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The world is losing species and biodiversity at an unprecedented rate. The causes go deep and the losses are driven by a complex array of social, economic, political and biological factors at different levels. Immediate causes such as over-harvesting, pollution and habitat change have been well studied, but the socioeconomic factors driving people to degrade their environment are less well understood. This book examines the underlying causes. It provides analyses of a range of case studies from Brazil, Cameroon, China, Danube River Basin, India, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, Tanzania and Vietnam, and integrates them into a new and interdisciplinary framework for understanding what is happening. From these results, the editors are able to derive policy conclusions and recommendations for operational and institutional approaches to address the root causes and reverse the current trends. It makes a contribution to the understanding of all those - from ecologists and conservationists to economists and policy makers - working on one of the major challenges we face.

Ressource naturelle --- Natural resources --- Biodiversité --- Biodiversity --- Dégradation de l'environnement --- Environmental degradation --- Épuisement des ressources --- Resource depletion --- Environnement socioéconomique --- socioeconomic environment --- Impact sur l'environnement --- Environmental impact --- Étude de cas --- case studies --- Biodiversity. --- Extinction (Biology) --- Environmental degradation. --- Cameroon --- China --- Danube River --- India --- Mexico --- Pakistan --- Philippines --- République-Unie de Tanzanie --- United Republic of Tanzania --- Viet Nam --- Nature --- Effect of human beings on. --- CON Bioconservation --- Brazil = Brasil --- Cameroun = Cameroon --- Danube Basin --- Tanzania = Tanzanie ( = Tanganyika = German East Africa = British East Africa (after 1918) ) --- Vietnam --- bioconservation --- biodiversity --- Extinction (Biology). --- Anthropogenic effects on nature --- Ecological footprint --- Human beings --- Anthropogenic soils --- Human ecology --- Animals --- Extirpation (Biology) --- Biology --- Extinct animals --- Degradation, Environmental --- Destruction, Environmental --- Deterioration, Environmental --- Environmental destruction --- Environmental deterioration --- Natural disasters --- Environmental quality --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Effect of human beings on --- Extinction --- Extirpation