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This volume examines the topic of local biodiversity conservation in the Asia-Pacific region, one of the most rapidly changing areas in the world. With a focus on aquatic systems, this book offers insight on the state of local biodiversity, challenges in management and conservation of biodiversity, and newly developed methods for monitoring biodiversity. In addition, because the service provided by an ecosystem for humans is interlinked with conservation, the final part is dedicated to evaluating the socioeconomic aspect of ecosystem services, with special reference to local biodiversity. In effect, all contributions provide information that is invaluable for effective conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. This work will interest all stakeholders in biodiversity conservation, including policy makers, NPOs, NGOs, environment-related industries, and biodiversity researchers, not only in the Asia-Pacific region, but also across the entire globe.

Life sciences. --- Biodiversity. --- Aquatic ecology. --- Environmental management. --- Life Sciences. --- Environmental Management. --- Freshwater & Marine Ecology. --- Environmental Monitoring/Analysis. --- Aquatic biodiversity conservation. --- Aquatic biodiversity --- Aquatic biological diversity conservation --- Conservation of aquatic biodiversity --- Conservation --- Aquatic resources conservation --- Biodiversity conservation --- Aquatic biology. --- Monitoring/Environmental Analysis. --- Hydrobiology --- Water biology --- Aquatic sciences --- Biology --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Aquatic ecology . --- Environmental monitoring. --- Biomonitoring (Ecology) --- Ecological monitoring --- Environmental quality --- Monitoring, Environmental --- Applied ecology --- Environmental engineering --- Pollution --- Aquatic biology --- Ecology --- Measurement --- Monitoring

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";The author makes an eloquent plea for marine biodiversity conservation.";-Library Journal";Harvell seems to channel the devotion that motivated the Blaschkas.";-The Guardian Winner of the 2016 National Outdoor Book Award, Environment Category It started with a glass octopus. Dusty, broken, and all but forgotten, it caught Drew Harvell's eye. Fashioned in intricate detail by the father-son glassmaking team of Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, the octopus belonged to a menagerie of unusual marine creatures that had been packed away for decades in a storage unit. More than 150 years earlier, the Blaschkas had been captivated by marine invertebrates and spun their likenesses into glass, documenting the life of oceans untouched by climate change and human impacts. Inspired by the Blaschkas' uncanny replicas, Harvell set out in search of their living counterparts. In A Sea of Glass, she recounts this journey of a lifetime, taking readers along as she dives beneath the ocean's surface to a rarely seen world, revealing the surprising and unusual biology of some of the most ancient animals on the tree of life. On the way, we glimpse a century of change in our ocean ecosystems and learn which of the living matches for the Blaschkas' creations are, indeed, as fragile as glass. Drew Harvell and the Blaschka menagerie are the subjects of the documentary Fragile Legacy, which won the Best Short Film award at the 2015 Blue Ocean Film Festival & Conservation Summit. Learn more about the film and check out the trailer here.

Marine biodiversity conservation. --- Marine invertebrates. --- Marine invertebrates --- Glass animals. --- Animals, Glass --- Glass figurines --- Aquatic invertebrates --- Marine animals --- Conservation of marine biodiversity --- Marine biodiversity --- Marine biological diversity conservation --- Aquatic biodiversity conservation --- Marine resources conservation --- Models. --- Conservation --- Blaschka, Leopold, --- Blaschka, Rudolf, --- Blaschka, Rudolph, --- Blaschka, Leopold --- Blaschka, Rudolf --- anthropocene. --- biodiversity. --- climate change. --- coral bleaching. --- global warming. --- marine biology. --- ocean health. --- plastics. --- pollution. --- sea level rise.

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This book highlights the anthropogenic pressures on the fresh water bodies and in particular, the Dal and Anchar Lake. As a result of climate change and global warming there is a likelihood that the glaciers which feed these water bodies may be lost. The lakes discussed in this volume can prove a vital source of information on water and biodiversity as well as the environmental features. The detailed examination of phytoplankton and zooplankton in this volume will prove a key factor for future studies in the field of biology and ecology. An in-depth analysis on the physical-chemical properties of the lakes' water is also presented.

Life sciences. --- Water quality. --- Water pollution. --- Biodiversity. --- Aquatic ecology. --- Conservation biology. --- Ecology. --- Environmental management. --- Life Sciences. --- Freshwater & Marine Ecology. --- Water Quality/Water Pollution. --- Conservation Biology/Ecology. --- Environmental Management. --- Marine biodiversity --- Urban lakes --- Diversity, Marine biological --- Marine biological diversity --- City lakes --- Municipal lakes --- Aquatic biodiversity --- Lakes --- Aquatic biology. --- Hydrobiology --- Water biology --- Aquatic sciences --- Biology --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Ecology --- Nature conservation --- Aquatic ecology . --- Ecology . --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Population biology --- Aquatic pollution --- Fresh water --- Fresh water pollution --- Freshwater pollution --- Inland water pollution --- Lake pollution --- Reservoirs --- River pollution --- Rivers --- Stream pollution --- Water contamination --- Water pollutants --- Water pollution --- Pollution --- Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. --- Freshwater --- Freshwater quality --- Marine water quality --- Quality of water --- Seawater --- Seawater quality --- Water --- Environmental quality --- Aquatic biology --- Quality --- Composition

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Marine Protected Areas in International law – an Arctic perspective , introduces and analyzes the legal rights and obligations of states under international law, using Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) as a tool to protect marine biodiversity. The fragile Arctic marine environment is under growing pressure from climate change and the prospect of increasing human activity affecting previously untouched areas. The conservation of Arctic marine biodiversity is a pressing and global concern, not least because the melting of sea ice will have widespread effects. By analyzing regional cooperation through the OSPAR Convention and under the Arctic Council, Jakobsen examines the implementation of the global legal framework for biodiversity protection and conservation in the Arctic. The book has a particular focus on the possibilities of the states to regulate shipping within the MPAs, as the increasing shipping activities represent a major threat to the sensitive marine Arctic.

Marine resources conservation --- Marine parks and reserves --- Marine biodiversity conservation --- Environmental law, International. --- International environmental law --- International law --- Common heritage of mankind (International law) --- Conservation of marine biodiversity --- Marine biodiversity --- Marine biological diversity conservation --- Aquatic biodiversity conservation --- Conservation areas, Marine --- Marine conservation areas --- Marine protected areas --- Marine reserves --- Marine sanctuaries --- MPAs (Marine protected areas) --- Sanctuaries, Marine --- Aquatic parks and reserves --- Conservation of marine resources --- Marine conservation --- Marine environmental protection --- Marine protection --- Aquatic resources conservation --- Marine pollution --- Law and legislation --- Conservation --- Convention on Biological Diversity --- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea --- Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic --- Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el derecho del mar --- Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer --- Convention on the Law of the Sea --- Ittifāqīyat al-Umam al-Muttaḥidah li-Qānūn al-Biḥār --- Ittifāqīyat al-Umam al-Muttaḥidah lil-Qānūn al-Dawlī lil-Biḥār --- Kaiyōhō ni kansuru Kokusai Rengō jōyaku --- Konvensi Hukum Laut --- Konvent︠s︡ii︠a︡ OON po morskomu pravu --- Law of the Sea --- Law of the Sea Convention --- Lian ho guo hai yang fa gong yue --- Lien ho kuo hai yang fa kung yüeh --- Symvasis tōn Hēnōmenōn Ethnōn dia to Dikaion tēs Thalasses --- UN Convention on the Law of the Sea --- UNCLOS 1982 --- Lian he guo hai yang fa gong yue (1982 December 10) --- 联合国海洋法公约 (1982 December 10) --- Haeyangpŏp e kwanhan Kukche Yŏnhap hyŏbyak --- Konvensi Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa Tentang Hukum Laut --- Abkommen über die biologische Vielfältigkeit --- Bioloogilise mitmekesisuse konventsioon --- CBD --- Convenção sobre a Diversidade Biológica --- Convención sobre Diversidad Biológica --- Convenio sobre biodiversidad --- Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica --- Convention sur la diversité biologique --- Convenzione sulla Diversitá Biologica --- Konvent︠s︡ii︠a︡ pro biolohichne riznomanitti︠a︡ --- Konvent︠s︡ii︠a︡ pro biolohichne rozmaïtti︠a︡ --- Sheng wu duo yang xing gong yue --- Sopimus biologisesta vaihtelevuudesta --- United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity --- OSPAR Convention --- Oslo/Paris Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic --- UNCLOS --- Lian he guo hai yang fa gong yue --- 联合国海洋法公约