Conservation of wildlife and habitats

An ambitious and beautifully illustrated account of the evolution and biology of insects.

Hardly a day goes by without news of the extinction or endangerment of yet another animal species, followed by urgent but largely unheeded calls for action.

Hardly a day goes by without news of the extinction or endangerment of yet another animal species, followed by urgent but largely unheeded calls for action.

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This volume considers current and future challenges for nature law and policy in Europe.

Explore the world's natural habitats and the plants and animals that live there.

This volume considers current and future challenges for nature law and policy in Europe.

This is a book with a mission.

This book is a visual tour of Caribbean coral reefs between 1968 and 1978.

Sustainable Uses and Prospects of Medicinal Plants presents information on less known and underexplored medicinal plant species in various regions of the world.

Sustainable Uses and Prospects of Medicinal Plants presents information on less known and underexplored medicinal plant species in various regions of the world.

Understanding Nature is a new kind of ecology textbook: a straightforward resource that teaches natural history and ecological content, and a way to instruct students that will nurture both Earth and self.

Understanding Nature is a new kind of ecology textbook: a straightforward resource that teaches natural history and ecological content, and a way to instruct students that will nurture both Earth and self.

This book is a visual tour of Caribbean coral reefs between 1968 and 1978.

Plastikmonstern auf der Spur – Ein neuer Fall für die Grünen PiratenIm Biebersee wurde ein Monster gesichtet, doch auf einem Tauchausflug entdecken Ben, Flora, Pauline, Lennart und Jannik etwas viel Schlimmeres: Ein riesiges Gebilde aus Plastiktüten und -fetzen geistert durchs Wasser und nur mit Mühe können die Freunde eine Ente befreien, die sich in den Schnüren verheddert hat.

Sabotage auf der Seehundstation – Ein neuer Fall für die Grünen PiratenEndlich Ferien an der Nordsee – Sonne, Strand und Muscheln sammeln!

In the popular imagination, no issue has been more closely linked with the environmental group Greenpeace than whaling.

Whaling has become one of the most controversial environmental issues.

Today, the East African state of Tanzania is renowned for wildlife preserves such as the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and the Selous Game Reserve.

During the 1960s and 1970s, rapidly growing environmental awareness and concern created unprecedented demand for ecological expertise and novel challenges for ecological advocacy groups such as the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).

The Apostle Islands are a solitary place of natural beauty, with red sandstone cliffs, secluded beaches, and a rich and unique forest surrounded by the cold, blue waters of Lake Superior.

The Americas have been the site of two distinct waves of human migration, each associated with human-caused extinctions.

Penguins, among the most delightful creatures in the world, are also among the most vulnerable.

Muntjac and water deer were introduced to Britain from East Asia.

Chimney Swifts, birds that nest and roost in chimneys, have been historically abundant in North America.

In this completely revised Texas A&M University Press edition, Guthery and coauthor Fidel Hernndez have breathed new life into a classic work that for more than twenty years has been teaching biologists, managers, and ranchers to think like a quail.

Some thousands of years ago, the world was home to an immense variety of large mammals.

Secrets of the Manatee offers a fascinating look at Florida's most mysterious marine creature.

A research-based account of what we know about zoos, animals living in zoos, and how they interact with humans.

A research-based account of what we know about zoos, animals living in zoos, and how they interact with humans.

A completely up-to-date introduction to the most common group of bees in Britain.

Dragonflies are among the most familiar and popular of all insects, deeply embedded in human cultural history.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Important and empowering' - BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH'Get this great guide and be inspired' - STEPHEN FRY'A handbook of hope .

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Important and empowering' - BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH'Get this great guide and be inspired' - STEPHEN FRY'A handbook of hope .

This book considers how we encounter and make meaning from extinction in diverse settings and cultures.

Eine Geschichte, die nicht nur Kinder lehrt, was Weihnachten wirklich ausmachtEs ist Heiligabend.

The inspiring biography of an Adirondack legend whose tireless efforts are credited with much of today's preservation policies in the Adirondacks.

The Great Tree of Life is a concise, approachable treatment that surveys the concept of the Tree of Life, including chapters on its historical introduction and cultural connection.

The years 2021 to 2030 have been designated as "e;The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration"e;.

Transparency for Sustainability in the Food Chain lays out the key issues and challenges in food safety, food quality, chain integrity, the link with consumers, and the technological base of tracking and tracing systems.

A single-resource volume of information on the most current and effective techniques of wildlife modeling, Models for Planning Wildlife Conservation in Large Landscapes is appropriate for students and researchers alike.

We are currently facing the sixth mass extinction of species in the history of life on Earth, biologists claim-the first one caused by humans.

In this impressively researched, alarming book, Rosaleen Duffy investigates the world of nature conservation, arguing that the West’s attitude to endangered wildlife is shallow, self-contradictory, and ultimately very damaging.

Each fall and spring, millions of birds travel the Pacific Flyway, the westernmost of the four major North American bird migration routes.

Before commercial whaling was outlawed in the 1980s, diplomats, scientists, bureaucrats, environmentalists, and sometimes even whalers themselves had attempted to create an international regulatory framework that would allow for a sustainable whaling industry.

Winner of the 2014 Albert Corey Prize from the American Historical AssociationWinner of the 2013 Hal Rothman Award from the Western History AssociationWinner of the 2013 John Lyman Book Award in the Naval and Maritime Science and Technology category from the North American Society for Oceanic HistoryFor centuries, borders have been central to salmon management customs on the Salish Sea, but how those borders were drawn has had very different effects on the Northwest salmon fishery.

The first edition of this seminal book was written at a time of rapidly growing interest in the potential for land use planning to deliver sustainable development, and explored the connections between the two and implications for public policy.

Along a tiny spring in a narrow canyon near Death Valley, seemingly against all odds, an Inyo Mountain slender salamander makes its home.

The Caribbean is a global biodiversity hotspot; half its resident bird species are found nowhere else, yet, a quarter are threatened with extinction.

This book does more than just create the definitions of vulnerable, endangered and critically endangered animals.