Conservation of the environment

Landscapes of Power and Identity is a groundbreaking comparative history of two colonies on the frontiers of the Spanish empire-the Sonora region of northwestern Mexico and the Chiquitos region of eastern Bolivia's lowlands-from the late colonial period through the middle of the nineteenth century.

The first emphasis of the volume is on developments in the social theory of environmental issues, the environment, and the environmental crisis.

In eastern Australia, grassy eucalypt woodlands have been under severe pressure from agricultural development, with problems of land degradation and species decline being most severe in the cropping lands of south-eastern Australia.

From Prague to Berkeley to Nairobi to Kyiv, The Geography of Hope tells the stories of optimists who map the world to a better future.

This major reference is an overview of the current state of theoretical ecology through a series of topical entries centered on both ecological and statistical themes.

As water resources diminish with increasing population and economic pressures as well as global climate change, this book addresses a subject of ever increasing local and global importance.

Arguing that Americans should turn to private entrepreneurs rather than the federal government to guarantee the protection and improvement of environmental quality, the authors document numerous examples of how entrepreneurs have satisfied the growing demand for environmental quality.

This book provides original critical insights into climate politics and new directions for society''s response, for researchers, advanced students and policy makers.

"e;This water"e; he told me, "e;runs out to the eastern region, and flows into the Arabah; and when it comes into the sea, into the sea of foul waters [i.

An overview of the sources, uses and effects of ionising radiation in the environment and their consequences for life.

Since the early twentieth century, nations around the world have set aside protected areas for tourism, recreation, scenery, wildlife, and habitat conservation.

Environmental disasters, from wildfires and vanishing species to flooding and drought, have increased dramatically in recent years and debates about the environment are rarely far from the headlines.

This study discusses an original proposal aimed at critically analyzing the power relations that exist in contemporary agriculture.

Critical examination of participatory biodiversity assessment focusing on lessons for policy makers and planners.

One of the greatest unmet challenges in conservation biology is the genetic management of fragmented populations of threatened animal and plant species.

Extinction of species has alarmingly increased in recent decades due to anthropogenic activities, natural calamities and climate change.

Controversial, and often discussed with passion and vehemence, desertification is a problem on whose solution the survival of millions of humans is dependent.

Governing for the Environment explores one of the dimensions of the value-knowledge system needed in any movement towards humane governance for the planet: the ecological sustainability and integrity of the Earth's environment.

An understanding of applied ecology and conservation is an important requirement of a wide range of programmes of study including applied biology, ecology, environmental science and wildlife conservation.

Research on the ecosystems has emerged in recent decades as a vital, successful, and sometimes controversial approach to environmental science.

This Handbook is the first comprehensive account of comparative environmental law.

Nontarget Effects of Biological Control is the first book of its kind.

We urgently need to transform to a low carbon society, yet our progress is painfully slow, in part because there is widespread public concern that this will require sacrifice and high costs.

The management of common pool resources and publicly-owned areas is fraught with difficulty.

Discover a straightforward and holistic look at energy conversion and conservation processes using the exergy concept.

'In Clive, we have an ever-fascinating guide to Britain's heathery districts, not only marvelling at the wildlife of such wild places, but also celebrating their diverse origins, uses and cultural resonances' - Andrew Byfield

Heathlands are so much more than simply purple carpets of heather.

Combining theory, case studies and speculative fiction, a range of contributors, from leading UK academics to pioneering renewable activists, create a compelling picture of the potential perks and pitfalls of a low carbon future.

The original, 2006 edition of Timothy Edward Fulbright and J.

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

Getting the Climate Science Facts Right - discusses climate change science with reference to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

With particular emphasis on plants, this thought-provoking text examines the implications of human influences on micro-evolutionary processes.

This book provides complete and up-to-date information on sika deer biology and its management, focusing on their life history with an integrated approach of population dynamics, morphology, genetics, and evolution.

Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation, part of a three-volume set, updates on humanity's expanding ecological footprint.

How to cut heating and cooling costs, utilize solar energy, construct nonflush toilets and solar showers, collect rainwater, and apply permaculture techniques.

Over the past several decades, the field of invasion biology has rapidly expanded as global trade and the spread of human populations have increasingly carried animal and plant species across natural barriers that have kept them ecologically separated for millions of years.

The greening of citizenship, the state and ideology has created both opportunities and bottlenecks for progressive political movements.

Is there a real community of interest on the state of the environment that transcends national boundaries?

This book is a call to action, providing the tools photographers need to help preserve threatened species and environments around the world or in their own backyards.

First published in 2006, this book identifies the need for changes to human-created institutions responsible for natural resource management.

In recent times, the devastation occurring in places like Darfur has focused the world's attention on the intertwined relationship of military conflict and the environmentand the attendant human suffering.

This three-volume encyclopedia explores the evolution of green ideology and eco-friendly practices in contemporary American culture, ranging from the creation of regional and national guidelines for green living to the publication of an increasing number of environmental blogs written from the layperson's perspective.

There is a gap between the ecology of health and the concepts supported by international initiatives such as EcoHealth, One Health or Planetary Health; a gap which this book aims to fill.

Winner of the 2020 National Outdoor Book Award for Outdoor Classic!

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

The Sunday Times bestseller *Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize*A New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year'This book calls for nothing less than a revolution in the future of food' Kate RaworthFrom the bestselling author of Feral, a breathtaking first glimpse of a new future for food and for humanityFarming is the world's greatest cause of environmental destruction - and the one we are least prepared to talk about.