Title Achieving biodiversity protection in megadiverse countries : a comparative assessment of Australia and Brazil / edited by Paul Martin, Márcia Dieguez Leuzinger, Solange Teles da Silva, and Gabriel Leuzinger Coutinho

Published London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020

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Description 1 online resource Series Routledge studies in biodiversity politics and management Routledge studies in biodiversity politics and management. Routledge Studies in Biodiversity Politics and Management Ser Contents Observations -- Insufficient effectiveness -- The need for objective diagnoses -- The rationale for this book -- The issues, methods and evidence -- Controlling the biodiversity impacts of agriculture -- Biodiversity risk management in mining -- Creating and managing marine protected areas -- Social justice and the management of protected areas -- Low impact recreational use and biodiversity protection -- Partnered governance of biodiversity -- Biodiversity intelligence from satellites -- The challenge of using drones -- Funding biodiversity conservation -- Governing the governance system -- Strategies to improve outcomes Summary "This volume systematically analyses why legal doctrines for the protection of biodiversity are not sufficiently effective. It examples implementation in Australia and Brazil, two megadiverse countries with very differing legal and cultural traditions and natural environments. Substantial effort goes into the development and interpretation of legal doctrines for the protection of biodiversity in national and international law. Despite this, biodiversity continues in steep decline. Nowhere is this more evident than in megadiverse countries, such as Australia and Brazil, who possess the greatest number and diversity of animals and plants on Earth. The book covers a wide range of topics, including farming, mining, marine environments, indigenous interests and governance. Achieving Biodiversity in Megadiverse Countries highlights specific causes of underperformance in protecting diverse terrestrial and marine environments. It provides proposals for more effective implementation in these two jurisdictions, relevant to other megadiverse territories, and for biodiversity protection generally. Each chapter was written by teams of Australian and Brazilian authors, so that similar issues are considered across both jurisdictions, to provide both country-specific and generalisable insights. Achieving Biodiversity in Megadiverse Countries will of great interest to students and scholars of environmental law and governance and biodiversity conservation, as well as policymakers, practitioners and NGOs working in these fields"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher Subject Biodiversity conservation -- Australia Biodiversity conservation -- Brazil LAW -- Environmental. LAW -- Natural Law. LAW -- Natural Resources. Biodiversity conservation Australia Brazil Form Electronic book Author Martin, Paul (Paul V.), editor. Leuzinger, Márcia Dieguez, editor Silva, Solange Teles da, editor Coutinho, Gabriel, editor LC no. 2019055912 ISBN 9780429296239 0429296231 9781000052275 1000052273 9781000052367 1000052362 9781000052459 1000052451

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