Conservation of the environment

"e;Close-up views of endangered fauna in their natural habitats are difficult enough to obtain, but the breathtaking artistic quality of the photography in this valuable documentation of Asia's disappearing forest habitats makes this book highly recommended for both scientists and nature lovers alike.

The growth of cities poses ever-increasing challenges for the natural environment on which they impact and depend, not only within their boundaries but also in surrounding peri-urban areas.

Featuring updated data for this second edition, this is a field guideto the tracks and signs of European birds.

If our planet is going to survive the climate crisis, we need to act rapidly.

How Silent Spring stands as a monument to a unique, loving relationship between Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, and how such love underpins a new environmental politicsAfter the success of her first bestseller, The Sea Around Us, Rachel Carson settled in Southport, Maine.

This book develops and establishes knowledge about borderology in the border zone between different countries, cultures, and climatic environment.

Wildfires have been growing in size, duration, and destructivity over the past 20 years.

This book highlights the latest advances in the science and practice of using ecosystem services to inform decisions for economic development in the context of the developing countries.

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Originally published in 2000, The Arctic provides a comprehensive overview of the region's rapidly changing physical and human dimensions, and demonstrates the importance of communication between natural scientists, social scientists, and local stakeholders in response to the tremendous challenges and opportunities facing the Arctic.

A fascinating synthesis on the current status and literature of connectivity conservation research and implementation.

Aquatic Functional Biodiversity: An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective provides a general conceptual framework by some of the most prominent investigators in the field for how to link eco-evolutionary approaches with functional diversity to understand and conserve the provisioning of ecosystem services in aquatic systems.

The work describes the general ecological aspects of Iran as well as West and Central Asia in the introduction.

Aspects of Brazilian Floristic Diversity: From Botany to Traditional Communities offers a unique approach in floristic diversity of the Neotropical region, specifically encompassing the Brazilian flora.

A brand new RSPB guide to help you become a confident and learned explorer of the seashore.

Invasive alien plants and animals are known for their disruption of ecosystems and threat to biodiversity.

In Regreening the Bare Hills: Tropical Forest Restoration in the Asia-Pacific Region, David Lamb explores how reforestation might be carried out both to conserve biological diversity and to improve the livelihoods of the rural poor.

Join zoologist Mark Carwardine and Britain's best-loved wit and raconteur, Stephen Fry, as they follow in their great friend Douglas Adams' footsteps, in search of some of the rarest and most threatened animals on Earth.

Today, 55% of the world's human population lives in urban areas.

A detailed exploration of the variety of threats that endangered species are facing around the world, whether they are due to human impact or so-called natural causes.

The Rhine River is Europes most important commercial waterway, channeling the flow of trade among Switzerland, France, Germany, and the Netherlands.

This book traces the emergence of wildlife policy in colonial eastern and central Africa over the course of a century.

A multidisciplinary review of salt marshes, describing how they function and respond to external pressures such as sea-level rise.

Winner of the Forest History Society's 2006 Charles A.

This volume discusses emerging contexts of agricultural and ecosystem resilience in Sub Saharan Africa, as well as contemporary technological advances that have influenced African livelihoods.

This book bridges natural, physical and social sciences to show how ecosystem ecology can inform the ecosystem services approach to environmental management.

This book gives voice to a group of leisure scholars who are engaged in conversations about sustainability.

The revitalizing and restoration of rivers, creeks and streams is a major focus of urban conservation activity throughout North America and Europe.

The remarkable story of Grant Fowlds, a conservationist who has dedicated his life to saving the last rhinos, vividly told with the help of Graham Spence, co-author of the bestselling The Elephant Whisperer.

This book introduces the various aspects of international farm animal protection and wildlife conservation through the lenses of food safety and environmental protection law.

Many warblers are notoriously difficult to identify in the field (and even in the hand!

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

Sustainable commercial fishing, species conservation, and bycatch are contentious topics.

Fire, both inevitable and ubiquitous, plays a crucial role in North American ecosystems.

This book brings together recent and ongoing empirical studies to examine two relational kinds of politics, namely, the politics of nature, i.

Gen Zs first existential toolkit for combating eco-guilt and burnout while advocating for climate justice.

Over the last two decades, the topic of forest ecosystem services has attracted the attention of researchers, land managers, and policy makers around the globe.

Originally published in 1988 Deforestation examines deforestation as a major environmental and development problem.

One night, poet and environmental writer John Lane tuned in to a sound from behind his house that he had never heard before: the nearby eerie and captivating howls of coyotes.

Ecophysiology of Desert Arthropods and Reptiles starts with a new classification of the world's deserts, based upon the type of precipitation and the effect on their faunas of arthropods and reptiles.

A comprehensive 2010 summary of interdisciplinary social methods and research strategies for analysis of the complex relationship between environments and societies.

This book centers Indigenous knowledge and practice in community-led climate change solutions.

Meliponini, the stingless bees of the tropics, process and store honey, pollen and plant resins to maintain their colonies.

My feet are practising their steps, gauging the slipperiness of wet lichen on rock and sounding each landing.

In Nordostdeutschland wurden in den letzten 15 Jahren große Anstrengungen unternommen, die Ökosystemleistungen der Flusstalmoore neu zu beleben.

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the history, theory, and current practices of rewilding.

Deniers of climate change sometimes quip that claims about global warming are more about political science than climate science.