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The late Navjot Sodhi conceived this book as a way of bringing to the forefront of our conservation planning for the tropics the views of people who were actually working and living there.  In its 31 chapters, 55 authors present their views on the conservation problems they face and how they deal with them. 

Effective long term conservation in the tropics requires the full participation of local people, organizations and governments. The human population of tropical countries is expected to grow by more than 2.5 billion people over the next several decades, with expectations of increased consumption levels growing even more rapidly than population levels; clearly there will be a need for more trained conservationists and biologists.  Significant levels of local involvement are essential to conservation success, with the rights of local people fully recognized, protected and fostered by governmental and international assistance.  Overarching conservation plans are necessary, but cannot in themselves lead to success.   

The individual experiences presented in the pages of this book will provide useful models that may serve to build better and more sustainable lives for the people who live in the tropics and lead to the continued survival of as many species and functioning ecosystems as possible. 

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Table of Contents

Title page

Copyright page

List of Contributors

Notes on Contributors

Acknowledgments

Remembering Navjot Sodhi: An Inspiring Mentor, Scholar, and Friend

The Émigré

The Big Ticket Science

The Fierce Competitor and Humanist

The Concern for Human Livelihoods

The Last Lunch

CHAPTER 1: Introduction: Giving a Voice to the Tropics

PART 1: From Within the Region

Section 1: Africa

CHAPTER 2: Conservation Paradigms Seen through the Eyes of Bonobos in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Summary

Conservation Paradigms

Paradigms in Wildlife Species Conservation

Great Apes and Conservation Paradigms

Conservation and Bonobos in DRC

Bonobos: Part of a Failing Conservation Paradigm?

Implications for Conservation of Bonobos

Bonobos and Parks as a Conservation Paradigm

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 3: Governance for Effective and Efficient Conservation in Ethiopia

Summary

Introduction

Babile Elephant Sanctuary

Nech Sar National Park

Kafta Sheraro National Park

Agricultural Investment in Southern Ethiopia

Synthesis

The Way Forward

CHAPTER 4: Wildlife in Jeopardy Inside and Outside Protected Areas in Côte d'Ivoire: The Combined Effects of Disorganization, Lack of Awareness, and Institutional Weakness

Summary

Introduction

Disorganization of the Conservation Sector in Côte d'Ivoire

Lack of Awareness at Multiple Levels

Institutional Weakness in the Field of Conservation

Conclusion and Recommendations

CHAPTER 5: Conservation Challenges for Madagascar in the Next Decade

Summary

The State of Madagascar's Biodiversity

Conservation Progress

Threats to Madagascar's Biodiversity

Challenges

Sustaining the Expanded Protected Area Network

Improving Benefits Sharing and Equitable Use of Natural Resources

Ensuring that Science Is Better Used to Support Conservation

Conclusion

CHAPTER 6: Conservation in Mauritius and Rodrigues: Challenges and Achievements from Two Ecologically Devastated Oceanic Islands

Summary

Introduction

Daunting Conservation Challenges

Conservation and Successes

Remaining Challenges

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 7: Design and Outcomes of Community Forest Conservation Initiatives in Cross River State of Nigeria: A Foundation for REDD+?

Summary

Introduction

Context and Drivers for Community Forestry in CRS, Nigeria

Donor Interventions and Accomplishments

Analysis and Discussion

A Case Study on a Local Systems Builder

Conclusion and Recommendations

CHAPTER 8: Shades of Green: Conservation in the Developing Environment of Tanzania

Summary

Introduction

The Lake Natron Soda Ash Project

The Kitulo National Park

Arguing for Sustainable Development and Conservation

CHAPTER 9: Sustainable Conservation: Time for Africa to Rethink the Foundation

Summary

Something Is Not Working

The Usual Suspects: Hedgehogs or Foxes

Sustainable Development

A Case for Sustainable Conservation

Conclusion: Which Way for Africa?

Section 2: Americas

CHAPTER 10: Challenges and Opportunities for Bridging the Research–Implementation Gap in Ecological Science and Management in Brazil

Summary

Introduction

Challenges and Opportunities

Recommendations

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 11: Conserving Biodiversity in a Complex Biological and Social Setting: The Case of Colombia

Summary

Introduction

Current Conservation Context

Conservation and Management Challenges in the Territory

Territorial Issues and Socioeconomic Models

Ecosystem and Ecoregion-Specific Threats

Conservation Strategies

A Final Thought

Conclusions

CHAPTER 12: Indigenous Rights, Conservation, and Climate Change Strategies in Guyana

Summary

Introduction

Addressing Conservation of Natural Resources and Climate Change in Guyana

Role of Traditional Practices in Climate Change and Conservation in Guyana

Conclusion

CHAPTER 13: Challenges and Opportunities for Conservation of Mexican Biodiversity

Summary

Biodiversity in Mexico

Conservation Problems

Overview of Conservation Lines

Concluding Remarks

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 14: Paraguay's Challenge of Conserving Natural Habitats and Biodiversity with Global Markets Demanding for Products

Summary

Introduction

Uniqueness of Paraguay

Deforestation and Protected Areas in Paraguay

Encouraging Signs Since 2004

The Predicament of the Chaco Region

Conservation Balances

Acknowledgments

Section 3: Asia

CHAPTER 15: Land-Use Change and Conservation Challenges in the Indian Himalaya: Past, Present, and Future

Summary

The Area

Formation of the Himalaya and the Build-up of Biodiversity

The First Axe

The Existing Scenario

Drivers of Biodiversity Loss

Meeting the Challenges Ahead

CHAPTER 16: Conservation Challenges in Indonesia

Summary

Introduction

Conservation Practices

Challenges

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 17: Singapore: Half Full or Half Empty?

Summary

Introduction

Nineteenth Century: Exploitation and Deforestation

Twentieth Century: Extinctions, Invasions, and Conservation

Twenty-First Century Singapore: Half Full or Half Empty?

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 18: Want to Avert Extinctions in Sri Lanka? Empower the Citizenry!

Summary

Introduction

Extinction and Endangerment

Where Must There be Change?

A Pathway to Reform

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 19: Conservation of Hornbills in Thailand

Introduction

Conservation Issues in Thailand

Why Conserve Hornbills?

Threats to and the Conservation Status of Hornbills

Status of Hornbills in Thailand

Recommendations

Acknowledgments

Section 4: Oceania

CHAPTER 20: Tipping Points and the Vulnerability of Australia's Tropical Ecosystems

Summary

Introduction

Methods

Results: Vulnerable Ecosystems

Discussion

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 21: Biodiversity and Conservation in the Pacific Islands: Why Are We Not Succeeding?

Summary

Introduction

Island Ecosystem Fragility

Loss of Traditional Knowledge and Practices

Shift in Resource Use Purpose and Land ownership

Sustainability and Climate Change

Values, Beliefs, and Religion

Income Generation

Leadership, Corruption, and Responsibility

Youth Education and Implementation Capacity

Conclusion

CHAPTER 22: When Worlds Collide: Challenges and Opportunities for Conservation of Biodiversity in the Hawaiian Islands

Introduction

Controlling the Impacts of Invasive Species

Implementing Conservation at an Effective Scale for Recovery

Social Factors

Climate Change

Final Thoughts

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 23: The Chimera of Conservation in Papua New Guinea and the Challenge of Changing Trajectories

PART 2: Thoughts from Diaspora

CHAPTER 24: Complex Forces Affect China's Biodiversity

Summary

Introduction

Overall Status of China's Biodiversity

Complexity of Interacting Forces Affecting Biodiversity

Strategies and Actions for Biodiversity Conservation

The Future of China's Biodiversity

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 25: Governance and Conservation in the Tropical Developing World

CHAPTER 26: Knowledge, Institutions, and Human Resources for Conservation of Biodiversity

Introduction

Usable Knowledge

Institutions

Human Resources

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 27: People, Plants and Pollinators: Uniting Conservation, Food Security, and Sustainable Agriculture in East Africa

Summary

Introduction

Conservation Issues around Subsistence Agriculture

Tilling Common Ground: Pollinators as a Flagship for Mitigating Conservation Challenges

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 28: Balancing Societies' Priorities: A Science-based Approach to Sustainable Development in the Tropics

Summary

Introduction

Food and Biofuel Demands

Forest Conservation and REDD+

Weathering the Storm

Outlook

CHAPTER 29: Biodiversity Conservation Performance of Sustainable-Use Tropical Forest Reserves

Summary

Introduction

SURs Worldwide and in Amazonia

Human Densities in Amazonian Reserves

Wildlife Conservation Performance of SURs

Discussion

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 30: Concluding Remarks: Lessons from the Tropics

Index

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Conservation biology : voices from the tropics / [edited by] Navjot S. Sodhi, Luke Gibson, Peter H. Raven.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-470-65863-5 (cloth)

1. Nature conservation–Tropics. 2. Conservation biology–Tropics. I. Sodhi, Navjot S.

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333.720913–dc23

2013009680

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Cover image: Paraguay’s Chaco forest, one of the last wilderness frontiers in South America, is home to jaguars, giant anteaters, and several groups of indigenous people. But this remote habitat is now being plundered by rapid agricultural development, and much of the forest already has fallen to make way for widespread cattle pastures. Feeding the world’s growing population will present challenging problems for conservationists, as highlighted in the essay by Alberto Yanosky and other voices from the tropics. Photo by Alberto Yanosky.

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List of Contributors

Sylvanus Abua

Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

Email: [email protected]

 

Germán Ignacio Andrade-Pérez

School of Management, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

Email: [email protected]

 

Carter T. Atkinson

US Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, P.O. Box 44, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii 96718

Email: [email protected]

 

Paul C. Banko

US Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, P.O. Box 44, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii 96718

Email: [email protected]

 

Hans Bauer

WildCRU, University of Oxford, Tubney House, Tubney OX13 5QL, UK

Email: [email protected]

 

Kamaljit S. Bawa

Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 02478, USA;

Sustainability Science Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;

Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bangalore 560 024, India

Email: [email protected]

 

Gilianne Brodie

School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of the South Pacific, Private Bag, Suva, Fiji Islands

Email: [email protected]

 

Gerardo Ceballos

Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Exterior S/N Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 México, D.F. México

Email: [email protected]

 

Vijak Chimchome

Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, Ngamwongwan Road, Bangkok 10900, Thailand

Email: [email protected]

 

Richard T. Corlett

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China

Email: [email protected]

 

Wondmagegne Daniel

Texas Tech University, Department of Natural Resources Management, Goddard Building, Box 42125, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

 

Charbel El-Hani

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Biomonitoramento, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, R. Barão de Jeremoabo S/N, CEP 40170-290, Salvador, BA, Brazil

Email: [email protected]

 

F.B. Vincent Florens

Department of Biosciences, University of Mauritius, Réduit, Mauritius;

UMR 53 PVBMT, Université de la Réunion, St Denis, La Réunion, France

Email: [email protected]

 

Andrés García

Estación de Biología Chamela, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 21. San Patricio, Melaque, Jalisco, México 48980

Email: [email protected]

 

Fikirte Gebresenbet

Oklahoma State University, Department of Zoology, 311 D Life Sciences West, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

 

Roy E. Gereau

Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, USA

Email: [email protected]

 

Luke Gibson

Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore

Email: [email protected]

 

Mwangi Githiru

Department of Zoology, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 40658-00100, Nairobi, Kenya

Wildlife Works, P.O. Box 310-80300, Voi, Kenya

Email: [email protected]

 

Amleset Haile

Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands; CASCAPE project, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

 

Bila-Isia Inogwabini

Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NR, UK

Email: [email protected]

 

James D. Jacobi

US Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, P.O. Box 44, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii 96718

Email: [email protected]

 

Richard K.B. Jenkins

Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK;

School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, UK;

Madagasikara Voakajy, B.P. 5181, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar

Email: [email protected]

 

Michelle Kalamandeen

Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus, Georgetown, Guyana

Email: [email protected]

 

Gustavo H. Kattan

Departamento de Ciencias Naturales y Matemáticas, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana-Cali, Cali, Colombia

Email: [email protected]

 

Lian Pin Koh

Department of Environmental Sciences, ETH Zurich, CHN G 73.1, Universitatstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland

Email: [email protected]

 

Inza Koné

Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire, 01 BP 1303 Abidjan 01;

Laboratory of Zoology, Université Félix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22

Email: [email protected]

 

Virendra Kumar

Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Mountain and Hill Environment, University of Delhi, Delhi – 110007, India

Email: [email protected]

 

William F. Laurance

Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS) and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland 4870, Australia

Email: [email protected]

 

Nigel Leader-Williams

Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NR, UK

Email: [email protected]

 

Jianguo Liu

Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823-5243, USA

Email: [email protected]

 

Narong Mahannop

Director of Wildlife Conservation Office, Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Phahonyothin Road, Bangkhen, Bangkok 10900, Thailand

Email: [email protected]

 

Dino J. Martins

Insect Committee of Nature Kenya, The East Africa Natural History Society, P.O. Box 44486 GPO 00100, Museum Hill, Nairobi, Kenya;

Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University Cambridge, MA, USA;

Turkana Basin Institute, Stony Brook University, Kenya

Email: [email protected]

 

Sittichai Mudsri

Director of Forest Fire Control Division, Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Thailand

Email: [email protected]

 

Carolina Murcia

Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA

Email: [email protected]

 

Maharaj K. Pandit

Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi – 110007, India;

Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Mountain & Hill Environment, University of Delhi, Delhi – 110007, India

Email: [email protected]

 

Flavia Pardini

Página 22, Rua Itararé, 123, CEP 01308-030, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Email: [email protected]

 

Renata Pardini

Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão – travessa 14, 101, CEP 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Email: [email protected]

 

Kelvin S.-H. Peh

Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK

Email: [email protected]

 

Carlos A. Peres

Centre for Biodiversity Research, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK

Email: [email protected]

 

Rohan Pethiyagoda

Ichthyology Section, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia

Email: [email protected]

 

Patrick Pikacha

Solomon Islands Community Conservation Partnership, P.O. Box R82, Ranadi, Honiara, Solomon Islands

Email: [email protected]

 

Pilai Poonswad

Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand

Email: [email protected]

 

Thane K. Pratt

US Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, P.O. Box 44, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii 96718

Email: [email protected]

 

Dewi M. Prawiradilaga

Division of Zoology, Research Centre for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Cibinong-Bogor, Indonesia

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

 

Hajanirina Rakotomanana

Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar

Email: [email protected]

 

Jonah Ratsimbazafy

Groupe d'Etude et de Recherche sur les Primates de Madagascar 34, Cité des Professeurs, Fort Duschenne, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar;

Department of Paleontology and Biological Anthropology, Faculty of Science, University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar;

Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust – Madagascar Programme, B.P. 8511, Antananarivo (101) Madagascar

Email: [email protected]

 

Peter H. Raven

President Emeritus

Missouri Botanical Garden

P.O. Box 299

St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, USA

Email: [email protected]

 

Pedro L.B. da Rocha

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Biomonitoramento, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, R. Barão de Jeremoabo S/N, CEP 40170-290, Salvador, BA, Brazil

Email: [email protected]

 

Phil Shearman

University of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea

Email: [email protected]

 

Navjot S. Sodhi

Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore

 

Herwasono Soedjito

Division of Botany, Research Centre for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Cibinong Science Centre, Jl. Raya Jakarta Bogor KM 46, Cibinong-Bogor 16911, Indonesia

Email: [email protected]

 

Dimitrina Spencer

Department of Education, University of Oxford, UK

Email: [email protected]

 

Robert Spencer

Environmental Consultant, UK

Email: [email protected]

 

Flora I. Tibazarwa

Department of Botany, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O Box 35060, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Email: [email protected]

 

Marika Tuiwawa

South Pacific Regional Herbarium, University of the South Pacific, Private Bag, Suva, Fiji Islands

Email: [email protected]

 

Bethany L. Woodworth

Department of Environmental Studies,

University of New England,

11 Hills Beach Road, Biddeford, ME 04005, Maine, USA

Email: [email protected]

 

Alberto Yanosky

Guyra Paraguay, Gaetano Martino 215, Asunción, Paraguay

Email: [email protected]

Notes on Contributors

Sylvanus Abua, with a background in geography, lives and works in Cross River State where he has observed first-hand the donor-supported conservation efforts presented as case studies in this paper. He has extensive social research experience with a focus on local communities' capacities for participatory forestry management. He holds a masters' degree in environment and development from the University of Reading, United Kingdom. His education also includes a masters' degree in geographical information systems from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Germán Ignacio Andrade-Pérez is a Professor of Ecosystem Management and Global Environmental Change at the School of Management at Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. He is a biologist with a Master's in Environmental Studies from Yale University. He has been scientific director and executive director of the Colombian non-governmental organization (NGO) Fundación Natura, and coordinator of the Conservation Biology Program of the Colombian Alexander von Humboldt Institute. He has advised conservation programs for international organizations in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Venezuela with the World Conservation Union, World Bank, International Development Bank, United Nations, and international NGOs.

Carter T. Atkinson is a Research Microbiologist with US Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center and has worked in Hawaii and the Pacific Basin for over 20 years on the ecology and impacts of introduced diseases and disease vectors on native and indigenous forest birds. He has either served on or advised on a number of US Fish and Wildlife Service Recovery Teams on disease issues that may affect recovery of threatened and endangered island birds.

Paul C. Banko is a Research Wildlife Biologist with US Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, where his research is focused on the conservation biology of Hawaiian birds. Most of his research has focused on the ecology of endangered forest bird species, with special emphasis on historical population trends, feeding ecology and specialization, threats to food webs, and species restoration.

Hans Bauer has lived in Ethiopia since 2008, building research capacity at several universities. Previously he studied conservation of large carnivores, with a focus on West and Central Africa. Dr Hans Bauer specializes in biodiversity conservation and capacity building in Africa. With an interdisciplinary conservation science background, he has focused on higher education development, human–wildlife conflict, management of protected areas, sustainable development, and community-based management of natural resources. He has ample experience with sectoral support in conservation and in education, with knowledge management, and with international policy dialogue. He coordinates lion conservation and research in several African countries for WildCRU, University of Oxford.

Kamal S. Bawa is a Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and Founder-President of the Bangalore-based Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE). He has published more than 190 scientific papers and 10 authored or edited books and monographs. Among the many awards he has received are: Giorgio Ruffolo Fellowship at Harvard University, Guggenheim Fellowship, Pew Scholar in Conservation and the Environment, the Distinguished Service Award from the Society for Conservation Biology, and the Gunnerus Award in Sustainability Science from the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters. His latest book, Himalaya: Mountains of Life (www.Himalayabook.com), a sequel to Sahyadris: India's Western Ghats was published earlier this year. www.kbawa.com

Gilianne Brodie has lived and worked in the tropics and on islands for almost 30 years. She has predominantly studied invertebrate biodiversity in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems. Gilianne is currently biodiversity and conservation research group leader for the Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment at the University of the South Pacific (USP) where since 2008 she has taught invertebrate biology and conservation biology. Gilianne received her PhD from James Cook University, Australia, where she also lectured for 16 years in the School of Marine Biology and Aquaculture. Gilianne has a long history with the Pacific Islands having also been a postgraduate student at USP in the late 1980s and more recently having worked with the Secretariat of Pacific Community Land Resources Division from 2005 to 2007.

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