Conservation biology : voices from the tropics / [edited by] Navjot S. Sodhi, Luke Gibson, Peter H. Raven. [electronic resource] Sodhi, Navjot S. Gibson, Luke. Raven, Peter H. Nature conservation Tropics. Conservation biology Tropics. QH77.T78 .C667 2013eb 333.720913 23 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. Online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed July 30, 2013). Unprecedented habitat loss, species declines, climate warming, and pollution are culminating in an environmental crisis that needs to be addressed with innovative and radical solutions. The crisis runs deep in the tropics, where two-thirds of the biodiversity exists in the backdrop of massive loss of native habitats and environmental neglect. Environmental apathy, corruption, poor natural resource governance, poverty, and lack of conservation funding remain formidable challenges to tangible conservation in the tropics. Ultimately, our ability to ride the current environmental crisis will de. Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell, ©2013. ©2013. 2013 Text 1 online resource (xxiv, 264 pages) : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118679838 eng Conservation Biology : Voices from the Tropics. Conservation Biology : Voices from the Tropics. Tropics. fast (OCoLC)fst01240674 Tropics. Tropics. Tropics. Tropics.