Plant Conservation: An Ecosystem Approach (People and Plants International Conservation) - Softcover

Hamilton, Alan; Hamilton, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844070832 ISBN 13: 9781844070831

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

In this, the latest in the People and Plants series, plant conservation is described in the context of livelihoods and development, and ways of balancing the conservation of plant diversity with the use of plants and the environment for human benefit are discussed. A central contention in this book is that local people must be involved if conservation is to be successful.
Also examined are ways of prioritizing plants and places for conservation initiatives, approaches to in situ and ex situ conservation, and how to approach problems of unsustainable harvesting of wild plants. Roles for botanists, foresters, sociologists, development workers and others are discussed.
This book acts as a unifying text for the series, integrating case studies and methodologies considered in previous volumes and pointing out in a comprehensive, accessible volume the valuable lessons to be learned.

About this title

About the Author

Alan Hamilton is Manager of the Plant Conservation and Livelihoods Programme at Plantlife International.
Patrick Hamilton is a Research Fellow at the University of Exeter.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844070832
• ISBN 13: 9781844070831
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352