Greenwood Plantation in the Red Hills region of southwest Georgia includes a rare one-thousand-acre stand of old-growth longleaf pine woodlands, a remnant of an ecosystem that once covered close to ninety million acres across the Southeast.
The first complete history of Britain s mountains, capturing their beauty, tragedy and the pivotal role of these dramatic landscapes in the nation s past and future'A glorious survey of Britain's high places' GUARDIAN'Rich, dramatic [and] eye-opening' INDEPENDENT A definitive history of our rocky isles from the most magisterial and far-seeing perspective.
Appalled by the catastrophic decline of the capercaillie in Scotland author Roy Dennis argues a dysfunctional forest habitat is to blame and that Highland cattle can be the solution.
This book explores the ethical dimensions of nature conservation, discussing how we value the natural world and how it can be protected in a complex context where many ethically significant interests must be carefully weighed and balanced.
This book examines the impact of water-related subsidies on social and distributive equity and environmental sustainability in groundwater access and regulation in India.
A New York Public Library Best Nonfiction Book of 2025 A New York Times Book Review Critics' Pick A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2025 Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature ';A thrilling work of history that's wilder than fiction.
Oceanographic and Marine Environmental Studies around the Arabian Peninsula presents studies on a range of topics related to the marine environment of the Red Sea and Arabian (Persian) Gulf.
The impact of invasive species is second only to that of human population growth and associated activities as a cause of the loss of biodiversity throughout the world.
Originally published in 1969, at a time when there was an ever-increasing number of people going to the coast and countryside at weekends and on holiday, this book filled a gap by providing detail on the physical results of all that needed to be done for the leisure-seeking public.
Originally published in 1969, at a time when there was an ever-increasing number of people going to the coast and countryside at weekends and on holiday, this book filled a gap by providing detail on the physical results of all that needed to be done for the leisure-seeking public.
Oceanographic and Marine Environmental Studies around the Arabian Peninsula presents studies on a range of topics related to the marine environment of the Red Sea and Arabian (Persian) Gulf.
Written as a stand-alone textbook for students and a useful reference for professionals in government and private agencies, academic institutions, and consultants, Ecology and Conservation of Fishes provides broad, comprehensive, and systematic coverage of all aquatic systems from the mountains to the oceans.
Despite the potential synergy that can result from basing management applications on results from research, there is a polarization of cultures between wildlife managers and wildlife researchers.
This comprehensive book, Ecotourism Essentials: Principles, Challenges, and Practices for a Sustainable Future, delves into the intricate dynamics of ecotourism sustainability and effective communication, offering insights from global analyses and scholarly research.
Beach-spawning fishes from exotic locations on most continents of the world provide spectacular examples of extreme adaptations during the most vulnerable life cycle stages.
This comprehensive book, Ecotourism Essentials: Principles, Challenges, and Practices for a Sustainable Future, delves into the intricate dynamics of ecotourism sustainability and effective communication, offering insights from global analyses and scholarly research.
Fighting for the River portrays womens intimate, embodied relationships with river waters and explores how those relationships embolden local communities resistance to private run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plants in Turkey.
Fighting for the River portrays womens intimate, embodied relationships with river waters and explores how those relationships embolden local communities resistance to private run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plants in Turkey.
Despite their potentially adverse effects on nontarget species and the environment, insecticides remain a necessity in crop protection as well as in the reduction of insect-borne diseases.
This book examines the impact of water-related subsidies on social and distributive equity and environmental sustainability in groundwater access and regulation in India.
This book provides a compelling insider's account of The North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP), a groundbreaking initiative that has transformed avian conservation across the continent.
Choosing the optimal management option requires environmental risk managers and decision makers to evaluate diverse, and not always congruent, needs and interests of multiple stakeholders.
This book explores the ethical dimensions of nature conservation, discussing how we value the natural world and how it can be protected in a complex context where many ethically significant interests must be carefully weighed and balanced.
Examining anthropocentric assumptions and arguments in care ethics literature, this book argues that caring for plants represents a moral obligation and vital relationship between human carers and plant cared-fors.
Examining anthropocentric assumptions and arguments in care ethics literature, this book argues that caring for plants represents a moral obligation and vital relationship between human carers and plant cared-fors.
This book provides a compelling insider's account of The North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP), a groundbreaking initiative that has transformed avian conservation across the continent.
'A funny and beautifully written welcome to the enigmatic, weird and wonderful world of wasps' DAVE GOULSON, author of SILENT EARTHThere may be no insect with a worse reputation than the wasp, and none guarding so many undiscovered wonders.
'An ode to one of the world s best-loved birds' Harper s Bazaar'The perfect book for the penguin person in your life' Daunt Books'A joy' Horatio Clare, The Spectator Electrifyingly charismatic Dan Snow, author of On This Day in History The world's best-loved bird from the world's best-known publisher what's not to like?
