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Infrastructure Development and Ape Conservation

Infrastructure Development and Ape Conservation

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Series: State of the Apes, Book 3

Anthropology

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ISBN10: 1108436412
ISBN13: 9781108436410
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jan 17 2019
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.85
Height: 0.80 Width: 7.40 Depth: 9.60
Language: English
Infrastructure development in Africa and Asia is expanding at breakneck speed, largely in biodiversity-rich developing nations. The trend reflects governments' efforts to promote economic growth in response to increasing populations, rising consumption rates and persistent inequalities. Large-scale infrastructure development is regularly touted as a way to meet the growing demand for energy, transport and food - and as a key to poverty alleviation. In practice, however, road networks, hydropower dams and 'development corridors' tend to have adverse effects on local populations, natural habitats and biodiversity. Such projects typically weaken the capacity of ecosystems to maintain ecological functions on which wildlife and human communities depend, particularly in the face of climate change. This title is also available as Open Access via Cambridge Core.

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