Protection of the Three Poles

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Polar regions play a major role in the global agenda as they are rich in oil and other resources, marking them for contamination, overfishing, and further degradation. A global protection role model and several outlook scenarios are proposed to help set in motion polar protection priorities that are actually valid.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-05-09
Mått155 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt546 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor340
FörlagSpringer Verlag, Japan
ISBN9784431546726

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Part I Introduction..-1 Introduction: Why Three Poles and Why Protect Them? .-Falk Huettmann..-Part II Polar Overview..-2 IPY 2007–2008: Where Threads of the Double Helix and Sputnik Intertwine. .-David J. Carlson..-Part III The Antarctic..-3 Unnatural Selection of Antarctic Toothfish in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. .-David G. Ainley, Cassandra M. Brooks, Joseph T. Eastman, and Melanie Massaro..-4 Protection of Wilderness and Aesthetic Values in Antarctica. .-Rupert Summerson..-Part IV The Hindu Kush–Himalayas..-5 Real World Protection for the “Third Pole” and Its People. .-Nakul Chettri, Arun B. Shrestha, Yan Zhaoli, Birendra Bajracharya, Eklabya Sharma, and Hua Ouyang..-6 Mining the Himalayan Uplands Plant Database for a Conservation Baseline Using the Public GMBA Webportal. .-Dirk Nemitz, Falk Huettmann, Eva M. Spehn, and W. Bernhard Dickoré..-Part V The Arctic..-7 Community-Based Surveys and Management of Walruses and Polar Bears in the Area of Cape Kozhevnikov (Chukotka, Russia) . .-Andrei Boltunov, Viktor Nikiforov, and Varvara Semenova..-8 Toward the New Role of Marine and Coastal Protected Areas in the Arctic: The Russian Case. .-Vassily Spiridonov, Maria Gavrilo, Yury Krasnov, Anton Makarov, Natalia Nikolaeva, Ludmila Sergienko, Andrei Popov, and Elena Krasnova..-9 Status, Threat, and Protection of Arctic Waterbirds. .-Christoph Zöckler..-10 Global Issues for, and Profiles of, Arctic Seabird Protection: Effects of Big Oil, New Shipping Lanes, Shifting Baselines, and Climate Change. .-Grant R.W. Humphries and Falk Huettmann..-11 Polar Diseases and Parasites: A Conservation Paradigm Shift. .-Susan J. Kutz..-Part VI Synthesis..-12 Yet Another, But This Time Realistic, Polar Synthesis, Meta-Analysis, and Outlook: Protecting Ice, Snow, People, Species, Habitats, and Global Temperatures for Good? .-Falk Huettmann..-Epilogue..-Index.

From the reviews: "Huettmann (Univ. of Alaska-Fairbanks) and collaborating authors have made a brave attempt to document the environmental pressures facing the 'three poles'--the Arctic, Antarctic, and the Hindu Kush-Himalayas. ... the book is divided into five parts, one for each pole, preceded by an overview of the polar regions and concluded by a synthesis, also contributed by the editor. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through professionals." (J. D. Ives, Choice, Vol. 50 (4), December, 2012)