Sustainable Development and Conservation of Biodiversity Hotspots in Latin America: The Case of Ecuador
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Biodiversity Hotspots : Distribution and Protection of Conservation Priority Areas. ed. / Frank Emmanuel Zachos; Jan Christian Habel. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 2011. p. 435-452.
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T1 - Sustainable Development and Conservation of Biodiversity Hotspots in Latin America
T2 - The Case of Ecuador
AU - Rieckmann, Marco
AU - Adomßent, Maik
AU - Härdtle, Werner
AU - Aguirre, Patricia
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The conservation of biodiversity is closely linked to sustainable development.This is particularly evident in the so-called developing countries. LatinAmerica, for instance, hosts some of the most important biodiversity hotspots inthe world. However, this biodiversity is threatened by development processeswhich lead to environmental degradation and thus a significant loss of biodiversity.In Ecuador, new approaches towards sustainable development with a particularfocus on biodiversity conservation and environmental protection have been developedin recent years. Against the background of data on biological diversity in LatinAmerica and a description of conservation endeavours in the Latin-Americanregion, this chapter analyses the Ecuadorian efforts to achieve sustainable developmentand long-term protection of biological diversity. Positive impacts as well asnew challenges and conflicts, which result from these approaches, are identified anddiscussed.
AB - The conservation of biodiversity is closely linked to sustainable development.This is particularly evident in the so-called developing countries. LatinAmerica, for instance, hosts some of the most important biodiversity hotspots inthe world. However, this biodiversity is threatened by development processeswhich lead to environmental degradation and thus a significant loss of biodiversity.In Ecuador, new approaches towards sustainable development with a particularfocus on biodiversity conservation and environmental protection have been developedin recent years. Against the background of data on biological diversity in LatinAmerica and a description of conservation endeavours in the Latin-Americanregion, this chapter analyses the Ecuadorian efforts to achieve sustainable developmentand long-term protection of biological diversity. Positive impacts as well asnew challenges and conflicts, which result from these approaches, are identified anddiscussed.
KW - Biology
KW - Biodiversität
KW - Biodiversitätsschutz
KW - Lateinamerika
KW - Ecuador
KW - Protected Area
KW - Biodiversity Conservation
KW - Biosphere Reserve
KW - Food sovereignty
KW - Sustainable Society
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-20992-5_22
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-20992-5_22
M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
SN - 978-3-642-20991-8
SP - 435
EP - 452
BT - Biodiversity Hotspots
A2 - Zachos, Frank Emmanuel
A2 - Habel, Jan Christian
PB - Springer Verlag
CY - Berlin, Heidelberg
ER -