Research Catalog

Title

Wildlands : their protection and management in economic development / George Ledec, Robert Goodland.

Author

Ledec, George.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©1988.

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Additional Authors

Goodland, Robert J. A., 1939-

Description

xxii, 278 pages : illustrations; 28 cm

Summary

The world's wildlands - forests, savannas, wetlands, and other areas as yet little touched by human activity - are increasingly under pressure from population growth and economic development. But to view wildlands and human needs as necessarily in conflict is a disservice to both environmental and economic interests. In this pragmatic book the authors show how wildlands contribute substantially to economic development and to the well-being of the population, particularly in the long term. Wildlands protect the soil, control erosion and sedimentation, recycle wastes, reduce floods and droughts, buffer against storms, and provide habitat for plant and animal species that are of known or potential value, economically and in their own right. Preserving important wildlands is by far the cheapest and least complicated way of ensuring that these vital environmental services continue. To guard against unnecessary damage to irreplaceable natural areas, the World Bank required that wildland management measures - ranging from the establishment of national parks to the simple rerouting of a road - be included in development projects that may affect wildlands. The authors show how the policy has been applied in specific cases and address some of the practical considerations in establishing and administering protected areas. Useful appendixes give details on the status of wildlands in project areas around the world.

Subject

• Nature conservation
• Environmental protection
• Economic development > Environmental aspects
• environmental protection
• world
• Africa
• economic development
• nature conservation
• Management
• Naturschutz
• Wirtschaftsentwicklung

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 239-278.

ISBN

• 0821311549
• 9780821311547

LCCN

88029582

OCLC

• ocm18740004
• 18740004
• SCSB-9611753

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library