Applied ecology

Ecosystems and biodiversity have been degraded over decades due to human activities.

This book brings together geological, biological, radical economic, technological, historical and social perspectives on peak oil and other scarce resources.

This book brings together geological, biological, radical economic, technological, historical and social perspectives on peak oil and other scarce resources.

'Biodiversity' at its simplest, refers to the variety of species inhabiting Planet Earth.

'Biodiversity' at its simplest, refers to the variety of species inhabiting Planet Earth.

Protected areas (PAs) contain biodiversity and ecosystems of high conservation value.

Protected areas (PAs) contain biodiversity and ecosystems of high conservation value.

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing human kind owing to the great uncertainty regarding future impacts, which affect all regions and many ecosystems.

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing human kind owing to the great uncertainty regarding future impacts, which affect all regions and many ecosystems.

Humanity is dependent on Nature to survive, yet our society largely acts as if this is not the case.

Humanity is dependent on Nature to survive, yet our society largely acts as if this is not the case.

How can we help and support people to face climate change?

How can we help and support people to face climate change?

Energy is at the top of the list of environmental problems facing industrial society, and is arguably the one that has been handled least successfully, in part because politicians and the public do not understand the physical technologies, while the engineers and industrialists do not understand the societal forces in which they operate.

Energy is at the top of the list of environmental problems facing industrial society, and is arguably the one that has been handled least successfully, in part because politicians and the public do not understand the physical technologies, while the engineers and industrialists do not understand the societal forces in which they operate.

In recent years the issue of food security has become centre stage in the global agenda.

In recent years the issue of food security has become centre stage in the global agenda.

This book argues against the assumption that sustainability and environmental conservation are naturally the common goal and norm for everyone in Amazonia.

This book argues against the assumption that sustainability and environmental conservation are naturally the common goal and norm for everyone in Amazonia.

In response to the challenges of a growing population and food security, there is an urgent need to construct a new agri-food sustainability paradigm.

In response to the challenges of a growing population and food security, there is an urgent need to construct a new agri-food sustainability paradigm.

The world's poor will be the most critically affected by a changing climate-and yet their current plight isn't improving rapidly enough to fulfill the UN's Millennium Development Goals.

The world's poor will be the most critically affected by a changing climate-and yet their current plight isn't improving rapidly enough to fulfill the UN's Millennium Development Goals.

Examining international water allocation policies in different parts of the world, this book suggests that they can be used as a platform to induce cooperation over larger political issues, ultimately settling conflicts.

Examining international water allocation policies in different parts of the world, this book suggests that they can be used as a platform to induce cooperation over larger political issues, ultimately settling conflicts.

The changing economic environment for the consumer that is emerging from the wreckage of the financial credit crunch plays directly into the importance of food spending.

The changing economic environment for the consumer that is emerging from the wreckage of the financial credit crunch plays directly into the importance of food spending.

To enhance sustainable development research and practice the values of the researchers, project managers and participants must first be made explicit.

To enhance sustainable development research and practice the values of the researchers, project managers and participants must first be made explicit.

This book looks at environmental governance in both Asia and Europe and offers a comparative analysis of the two regions in order to provide a better understanding of the concept of 'environmental governance' and its status in Europe and Asia.

This book looks at environmental governance in both Asia and Europe and offers a comparative analysis of the two regions in order to provide a better understanding of the concept of 'environmental governance' and its status in Europe and Asia.

Farmers' Rights are essential for maintaining crop genetic diversity, which is the basis of all food and agricultural production in the world.

Farmers' Rights are essential for maintaining crop genetic diversity, which is the basis of all food and agricultural production in the world.

This book explores cooperation between humans and animals in extreme environments and contends that understanding domestication is crucial to explaining how life is possible in such conditions.

Wild Law - In Practice aims to facilitate the transition of Earth Jurisprudence from theory into practice.

Wild Law - In Practice aims to facilitate the transition of Earth Jurisprudence from theory into practice.

Awareness of the use of animals in human society in fields such as farming, biotechnology and sport is dogged by the lack of a clear and objective exposition of the issues involved and a sense of possible conflict between human and animal welfare.

Awareness of the use of animals in human society in fields such as farming, biotechnology and sport is dogged by the lack of a clear and objective exposition of the issues involved and a sense of possible conflict between human and animal welfare.

The growing urgency, complexity and "e;wickedness"e; of sustainability problems-from climate change and biodiversity loss to ecosystem degradation and persistent poverty and inequality-present fundamental challenges to scientific knowledge production and its use.

The growing urgency, complexity and "e;wickedness"e; of sustainability problems-from climate change and biodiversity loss to ecosystem degradation and persistent poverty and inequality-present fundamental challenges to scientific knowledge production and its use.

Humankind benefits from a multitude of resources and processes that are supplied by ecosystems, and collectively these benefits are known as ecosystem services.

Humankind benefits from a multitude of resources and processes that are supplied by ecosystems, and collectively these benefits are known as ecosystem services.

From the first appearance of the term in law in the Clean Water Act of 1972 (US), ecological integrity has been debated by a wide range of researchers, including biologists, ecologists, philosophers, legal scholars, doctors and epidemiologists, whose joint interest was the study and understanding of ecological/biological integrity from various standpoints and disciplines.

From the first appearance of the term in law in the Clean Water Act of 1972 (US), ecological integrity has been debated by a wide range of researchers, including biologists, ecologists, philosophers, legal scholars, doctors and epidemiologists, whose joint interest was the study and understanding of ecological/biological integrity from various standpoints and disciplines.

Ecotourism and natural resource extraction may be seen as contradictory pursuits, yet in reality they often take place side by side, sometimes even supported by the same institutions.

Ecotourism and natural resource extraction may be seen as contradictory pursuits, yet in reality they often take place side by side, sometimes even supported by the same institutions.

The Great Barrier Reef is located along the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia and is the world's largest coral reef ecosystem.

The Great Barrier Reef is located along the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia and is the world's largest coral reef ecosystem.

Understanding how rhetoric, and environmental rhetoric in particular, informs and is informed by local and global ecologies contributes to our conversations about sustainability and resilience - the preservation and conservation of the earth and the future of human society.

Understanding how rhetoric, and environmental rhetoric in particular, informs and is informed by local and global ecologies contributes to our conversations about sustainability and resilience - the preservation and conservation of the earth and the future of human society.