Research Catalog

Title

Full of life : UNESCO biosphere reserves, model regions for sustainable development / German MAB National Committee (ed.).

Publication

Berlin : Springer-Verlag, c2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Deutsches Nationalkomitee MAB
• Unesco

Description

174 p. : col. ill., maps; 27 cm.

Summary

"This publication gives an overview of developments to date and the new direction for the MAB Programme in Germany. The generally valid guidelines for the conservation, care and development of these areas are explained. Various project examples from practice and research bear witness to the living implementation of the Programme in the German UNESCO biosphere reserves."--Jacket.

Alternative Title

• UNESCO biosphere reserves, model regions for sustainable development
• Biosphere reserves, model regions for sustainable development

Subject

• Unesco
• Biosphere reserves
• Sustainable development
• Life sciences
• Geography
• Biodiversity
• Endangered ecosystems
• Ecology
• Nature conservation
• Geosciences
• Biogeosciences
• Geography (general)
• Ecosystems
• Geoecology/Natural Processes
• Nature Conservation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword by the Director-General of UNESCO / Koichiro Matsuura -- Foreword by the publisher -- MAB -- a programme over the course of time / Alfred Walter, Folkert Precht, Rolf-Dieter Preyer -- World network of biosphere reserves / Jurgen Nauber -- Biosphere reserves : model regions for the future / Harald Plachter, Lenelis Kruse-Graumann, Werner Schulz -- The network of biosphere reserves in Germany / Dieter Mayerl -- People and cultures in biosphere reserves / Lenelis Kruse-Graumann -- From environmental education to learning for sustainability / Gertrud Hein, Lenelis Kruse-Graumann -- Communication and cooperation / Karl-Heinz Erdmann, Uwe Brendle, Ariane Meier -- Objectives and strategies for nature conservation / Michael Vogel -- Cultural and natural landscapes and the new wilderness / Michael Succow -- Cultural landscapes and biodiversity / Harald Plachter, Guido Puhlmann -- Conserve diversity! : practical landscape management / Josef Goppel -- The importance of nature rangers / Beate Blahy, Gertrud Hein -- Sustainable economic development / Werner Schulz -- Sustainable land management / Jurgen Rimpau -- Sustainable forestry / Hermann Graf Hatzfeldt -- Sustainable tourism development / Barbara Engels, Beate Job-Hoben -- Environmental management in industry / Frauke Druckrey -- Research and monitoring in biosphere reserves / Doris Pokorny, Lenelis Kruse-Graumann -- Planning for biosphere reserves / Dieter Mayerl -- Biosphere reserves in development cooperation / Monika Dittrich, Rolf-Peter Mack.

ISBN

3540200770

OCLC

• 57728814
• SCSB-12365682

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library