Evaluation and Assessment for Conservation

...a most useful volume highlighting answers to the very real question of practitioners of conservation, 'How do we measure and assess what we do?'. - Biodiversity and Conservation

• Importance and value of biodiversity. An ecological basis for evaluation and assessment. Methods of valuing nature and the environment. Assessment for conservation and protection. Ecological evaluation of biotic communities. Evaluation and assessment of areas for protection. Evaluation and assessment in planning and development. Epilogue. Appendices. Index.