par Institut de recherche pour le développement (France).
IRD éditions ; Estimprim
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Disponible - 573.1 BIO
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Biodiversity in the global south : research for a sustainable world
Résumé
Présentation d'une série de recherches sur la préservation de la biodiversité dans l'hémisphère Sud et sur les menaces pesant sur elle au travers de textes courts et facile d'accès. L'accent est mis sur les liens entre la biodiversité et l'activité humaine, d'une part, et sur l'orientation de la science en direction de savoirs mobilisables et utiles pour un environnement durable, de l'autre. ©Electre 2020
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Date
- 2020
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Notes
- En anglais
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Langues
- Anglais
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Description matérielle
- 1 vol. (71 p.) : ill. en coul. ; 25 cm
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ISBN
- 978-2-7099-2874-8
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Indice
- 573.1 Protection de la nature, de la faune, de la flore, écosystèmes
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Quatrième de couverture
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Designed to reach the widest possible audience, this volume showcases some of the research projects which best illustrate the commitment of the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) to biodiversity and sustainable development. Among today's many pressing environmental challenges, protecting biodiversity is probably one of the most complex, since it cannot be understood independently of its interactions with the human societies who live with it, use it, manage it, destroy and, occasionally, protect it. As the examples contained herein demonstrate, biodiversity can no longer be confined by narrow academic boundaries. On the contrary, it is a subject inextricably linked with all of the major dynamics, human and non-human, which shape the global and local changes we currently face. In this respect, the present volume is testament to the commitment demonstrated by IRD and its partners to a vision of scientific endeavour which yields tangible, utilisable knowledge for the Global South, sustainability science in the strongest sense of the term, allowing our planet and its biodiversity to thrive in the long term.
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Biodiversity in the global south
Research for a sustainable world
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- Preface8
- Introduction11
- New tools for studying biodiversity18
- Swimming in a stream of information18
- Artificial intelligence to the rescue for biodiversity20
- The Nagoya protocol, reconciling ambition with effective action22
- Listening to the environment24
- A botanist in my smartphone26
- Using genetics to identify the adaptative capacities of coral28
- Protecting biodiversity30
- Converting waste water into fertiliser for leafier cities30
- Of dams and fish32
- Cataloguing the French Guiana forest34
- Birds and tourists as research topics36
- Making sure that regulation rhymes with appropriation38
- The proportion of birds40
- Biodiversity and health42
- Nature's abundance protects us against pandemics42
- At the cutting edge of ethnopharmacology44
- Tracking infectious diseases46
- Controlling the inevitable48
- Biodiversity to feed the world50
- Trees, the backbone of agriculture50
- Moving towards sustainable aquaculture52
- Adaptive fishing in Peru54
- Pastures and humans drip-fed by glaciers56
- Custodians of agricultural diversity58
- Rice as a common good60
- The potentiel of the world beneath our feet62
- Mangroves, a new Eldorado ?64
- Plant symbiosis66
- The Hidden Agriculture of the Amazon Forest68
- List of scientific contributors70
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Origine de la notice:
- FR-751131015 ;
- Electre
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Disponible - 573.1 BIO
Niveau 2 - Sciences
