Conservation of the environment

A core textbook series that aims to provide students with accessible, up-to-date accounts of Ecogeography - the marriage of ecology with geography - in the primary terrestrial and marine environments.

A core textbook series that aims to provide students with accessible, up-to-date accounts of Ecogeography - the marriage of ecology with geography - in the primary terrestrial and marine environments.

People and Physical Environment, A Global Approach provides an introduction to the main areas of environmental concern for geographers, environmental scientists and planners at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

People and Physical Environment, A Global Approach provides an introduction to the main areas of environmental concern for geographers, environmental scientists and planners at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

This book breaks the ground in Geographical texts by transcending a strictly regional or topical focus.

This book breaks the ground in Geographical texts by transcending a strictly regional or topical focus.

Amphibians of Ecuador: Craugastoridae.

Environmental movements have produced some impressive results, including cleaner air and the preservation of selected species and places.

Environmental movements have produced some impressive results, including cleaner air and the preservation of selected species and places.

Why are our environmental problems still growing despite a huge increase in global conservation efforts?

Why are our environmental problems still growing despite a huge increase in global conservation efforts?

Across the world, ecosystems are for sale.

Across the world, ecosystems are for sale.

First published in 1995.

First published in 1995.

First published in 2005.

First published in 2005.

Cultural landscapes are usually understood within physical geography as those transformed by human action.

Cultural landscapes are usually understood within physical geography as those transformed by human action.

From pre-European contact to the present day, people living in what is now the United States have constantly manipulated their environment.

From pre-European contact to the present day, people living in what is now the United States have constantly manipulated their environment.

New approaches to both cultural landscapes and historic urban landscapes increasingly recognize the need to guide future change, rather than simply protecting the fabric of the past.

New approaches to both cultural landscapes and historic urban landscapes increasingly recognize the need to guide future change, rather than simply protecting the fabric of the past.

First published in 1999.

First published in 1999.

An exploration of the scale, practical reality, and future implications of the growing integration of biodiversity conservation with global security concerns"e;There are few keener observers of international biodiversity conservation than Rosaleen Duffy.

Drawing on theory from anthropology, sociology, organisation studies and philosophy, this book addresses how the perception, communication and management of risk is shaped by culturally informed and socially embedded knowledge and experience.

Drawing on theory from anthropology, sociology, organisation studies and philosophy, this book addresses how the perception, communication and management of risk is shaped by culturally informed and socially embedded knowledge and experience.

The world relies on very few crop and animal species for agriculture and to supply its food needs.

As researchers in emerging economies, scientists are often the first foreign visitors to stay in remote rural areas and, on occasion, form joint venture ecotourism and community tourism projects or poverty alleviation schemes between local agencies or NGOs, the local community, and their home institution or agency.

As researchers in emerging economies, scientists are often the first foreign visitors to stay in remote rural areas and, on occasion, form joint venture ecotourism and community tourism projects or poverty alleviation schemes between local agencies or NGOs, the local community, and their home institution or agency.

Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised by millions of poor people in the tropics.

Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised by millions of poor people in the tropics.

Sustainable tourism is a widely used term that has accumulated considerable attention from researchers and policy makers over the past two decades.

Sustainable tourism is a widely used term that has accumulated considerable attention from researchers and policy makers over the past two decades.

Global Suburbs: Urban Sprawl from the Rio Grande to Rio de Janeiro offers a critical new perspective on the emerging phenomenon of the global suburb in the western hemisphere.

Global Suburbs: Urban Sprawl from the Rio Grande to Rio de Janeiro offers a critical new perspective on the emerging phenomenon of the global suburb in the western hemisphere.

The study focuses on Japan's policies toward international environmental issues and includes case studies on whaling, deforestation in the tropics, and acid deposition in Asia.

The study focuses on Japan's policies toward international environmental issues and includes case studies on whaling, deforestation in the tropics, and acid deposition in Asia.

Prepared and peer-reviewed by some of the foremost experts in the field, this easy-to-use pocket reference offers a wealth of information relating to wind energy and wind energy technologies.

Prepared and peer-reviewed by some of the foremost experts in the field, this easy-to-use pocket reference offers a wealth of information relating to wind energy and wind energy technologies.

The Earth Charter is a declaration of fundamental ethical principles for building a just, sustainable and peaceful global society, with ecological integrity as a major theme.

The Earth Charter is a declaration of fundamental ethical principles for building a just, sustainable and peaceful global society, with ecological integrity as a major theme.

Current images of sustainability are often designed to instil fear and force change, not because we believe in it, but because we fear the consequences of inaction.

Current images of sustainability are often designed to instil fear and force change, not because we believe in it, but because we fear the consequences of inaction.

Manual of Environmental Management is a practical guide for those involved in the control and reduction of environmental impacts in organisations.

Manual of Environmental Management is a practical guide for those involved in the control and reduction of environmental impacts in organisations.

This book analyses the Habitats Directive; one of the most prominent piece of EU environmental legislation of the past decades.

This book analyses the Habitats Directive; one of the most prominent piece of EU environmental legislation of the past decades.

Scholars have long noticed a discrepancy in the way non-Western and Western peoples conceptualize the scientific and religious worlds.