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Freshwater Ecosystems in Protected Areas: Conservation and Management book cover

1st Edition

Freshwater Ecosystems in Protected Areas Conservation and Management

Edited By C. Max Finlayson, Angela H. Arthington, Jamie Pittock Copyright 2018
300 Pages 81 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

300 Pages 81 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

300 Pages 81 Color Illustrations
by Routledge
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Freshwater ecosystems have the greatest species diversity per unit area and many endangered species. This book shows that, rather than being a marginal part of terrestrial protected area management, freshwater conservation is central to sustaining biodiversity. It focuses on better practices for conserving inland aquatic ecosystems in protected areas, including rivers, wetlands, peatlands,... Read more

1. An introduction to issues for managing freshwater ecosystems in protected areas

C.M Finlayson, A.H. Arthington and J. Pittock

2. Freshwater ecosystem types and extents

G.R. Milton and C.M. Finlayson

3. Freshwater ecological principles

A.H. Arthington, C.M Finlayson and J. Pittock

4. Defining and enhancing freshwater protected areas

V. Hermoso, M. Thieme, R. Abell, S. Linke and E. Turak

5. What is different about freshwater protected areas?

N. Dudley, D. Juffe-Bignoli and M. Kettunen

6. Managing threats to freshwater systems within protected areas

J. Pittock, L. Baumgartner, C.M. Finlayson, J.D. Thiem, J.P. Forbes, L.G.M. Silva and A.H. Arthington

7. Conserving freshwater species in protected areas

E. Turak and J. Pittock

8. Managing specific freshwater ecosystems

A.H. Arthington, C.M. Finlayson, D.J. Roux, J.L. Nel, W. Rast, R. Froend, J. Turpie and L. van Niekerk

9. Freshwater protected area corridors

J. Pittock, M. Thieme, E. Blom and D. Willems

10. Planning ecologically: the importance of management at catchment scales

R. Flitcroft, C. Little, J. Cabrera and I. Arismendi

11. Planning for the protection and management of freshwater ecosystems inside and outside protected areas

J.L. Nel and D.J. Roux

12. Managing freshwater protected areas in the global landscape

CM Finlayson, NC Davidson, PA Gell, R Kumar and RJ McInnes

13. Climate change and the management of freshwater protected areas

C.M. Finlayson and J. Pittock

14. Freshwater ecosystems in protected areas: a synthesis

C.M. Finlayson, A.H. Arthington and J. Pittock

Biography

C. Max Finlayson is Director of the Institute for Land, Water and Society and Professor for Ecology and Biodiversity at Charles Sturt University, Australia, and the Ramsar Chair for the Wise Use of Wetlands at IHE Delft, The Netherlands. He is a visiting Professor at the Institute for Wetland Research in the China Academy of Forestry.

Angela H. Arthington is an Emeritus Professor in the Australian Rivers Institute at Griffith University, Australia.

Jamie Pittock is an Associate Professor in the Fenner School of Environment and Society at The Australian National University, Australia.

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