People, Plants and Protected Areas A Guide to In Situ Management

About this book

First published as Plants and Protected Areas by Nelson Thornes

Conservation of plant resources is often focused on seed banks and botanical gardens. However, the two authors of People, Plants and Protected Areas present a comprehensive conservation strategy that complements this ex-situ approach with practical guidance on in-situ management and conservation of plant resources. People, Plants and Protected Areas aims to facilitate better management of protected areas and to illustrate new approaches to conservation of plants within their landscapes. It draws on concepts from forestry, the agricultural sciences, anthropology, ethnology and ethnobotany and should be useful to practitioners, academics and policy-makers.

Contents

- The 'People and Plants' Initiative
- Panel of Advisers
- Foreword
- Preface
- Why Preserve Plant Resources in Situ?
- In Situ Plant Conservation: Who is Involved?
- Working with Local Communities
- Setting Priorities and Planning for Management
- Monitoring and Evaluating Plant Resource Management
- Traditional Agriculture and Plant Conservation
- Appendices
- References
- Index

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Biography

John Tuxill is a botanist/conservationist based in eastern Panama; he is also a Research Fellow with the Worldwatch Institute. Gary Paul Nabhan is Director of Science at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum