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27 - Beyond protected areas: Biodiversity conservation and global change in Asia and the Pacific

from Part II - Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2021

By
Gernot Brodnig
Edited by
Pak Sum Low
Pak Sum Low
Affiliation:
Xiamen University Malaysia
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Summary

Protected areas have been the cornerstones of biodiversity conservation in the recent past. Many of them are under threat from local pressures, such as resource extraction and habitat encroachment. In addition, conservation managers are increasingly faced with global change and its drivers. These include climate change, globalization of trade and investment patterns, violent conflict, and migration, as well as HIV/AIDS and other pandemics. This chapter will explore a couple of these drivers of change in the Asia-Pacific context and assess their respective impacts on ecosystems and biodiversity. It will highlight the importance of adopting perspectives over a longer time and at larger spatial scales, and the need to look beyond the boundaries of conservation areas to address these challenges.

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Protected areas;biodiversity conservation;climate change;invasive alien species;global change
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Sustainable Development: Asia-Pacific Perspectives , pp. 359 - 366
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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