Conservation of the environment

How one of the world''s most important religions, Christianity, shaped one of the important issues of our time, the environment.

A concise environmental history of the near-extinction of the bison from the mid-eighteenth century to the present.

A primatologist''s guide to using geographic information systems (GIS); from mapping and field accuracy, to tracking travel routes and the impact of logging.

A multidisciplinary approach to transforming biodiversity governance to combat the failure of current efforts and halt biodiversity loss.

A history of 150 years of social-ecological transformations in the arid savannah landscape of Namibia.

A comprehensive overview of the environmental impacts of unconventional oil and gas reserves, authored by an international consortium of experts.

Proposes new ways of managing ecological invasions by implementing an open adaptive network framework for ecosystem transformation.

A global assessment of potential and anticipated impacts of efforts to achieve the SDGs on forests and related socio-economic systems.

A history of 150 years of social-ecological transformations in the arid savannah landscape of Namibia.

A global assessment of potential and anticipated impacts of efforts to achieve the SDGs on forests and related socio-economic systems.

Provides a holistic and comprehensive approach, covering a wide range of topics and issues relevant to conservation translocations.

Provides a holistic and comprehensive approach, covering a wide range of topics and issues relevant to conservation translocations.

Discover how conservation can be made more effective through strengthening links between science research, policy and practice.

Discover how conservation can be made more effective through strengthening links between science research, policy and practice.

Provides a comprehensive synthesis of a fundamental phenomenon, the species–area relationship, addressing theory, evidence and application.

Combining personal stories of motivation with new research this book offers a holistic picture of primate conservation in the Anthropocene.

Provides a comprehensive synthesis of a fundamental phenomenon, the species–area relationship, addressing theory, evidence and application.

Brings scientists, policy makers, land and water managers and citizen stakeholders together to resolve natural resource and environmental problems.

Provides a comprehensive theological framework in which good eating contributes to the healing of communities and the world.

Explains how artificial intelligence methods can be used to aid conservation of wildlife, forests, coral reefs, rivers, and other natural resources.

A multi-disciplinary perspective on species conservation, from the biology of threatened island species to leadership of their recovery.

In this far-reaching examination of environmental problems and politics in northern Thailand, Tim Forsyth and Andrew Walker analyze deforestation, water supply, soil erosion, use of agrochemicals, and biodiversity in order to challenge popularly held notions of environmental crisis.

Unpacks humanness and how it shapes our interactions with the environment, helping readers to make responsible decisions about the future.

Discusses the benefits and risks, as well as the economic and socio-political realities, of rewilding as a novel conservation tool.

Unpacks humanness and how it shapes our interactions with the environment, helping readers to make responsible decisions about the future.

The book explains how new forms of climate activism bridge business and society to speed up decarbonization through renewable energy.

The environmental crisis besieges morality with unanswered questions and ethical dilemmas, requiring fresh examination of nature''s value, animal rights, activism, and despair.

Offers an interdisciplinary exploration of resilience in agriculture, and implications for producers seeking to adapt to change and uncertainty.

Presents different strategies for biological control along with their ecological bases, using many examples from a diversity of ecosystems.

Brings scientists, policy makers, land and water managers and citizen stakeholders together to resolve natural resource and environmental problems.

The first book to focus on the legal aspects of climate engineering, making recommendations for future laws and governance.

This book will help decision makers model nature-based solutions to the complex problem of sustainable development, locally and globally.

A comprehensive account of joint species distribution modelling, covering statistical analyses in light of modern community ecology theory.

Explains how artificial intelligence methods can be used to aid conservation of wildlife, forests, coral reefs, rivers, and other natural resources.

Proclaims the enjoyment of teaching, studying and learning outdoors via the inspirational stories of some remarkable people.

An overview of the forms of agency in urban climate politics, discussing their strengths, limitations, and the power dynamics between them.

The first book to focus on the legal aspects of climate engineering, making recommendations for future laws and governance.

Presents the state-of-the-art of model-based integration of ecology and economics in the field of biodiversity conservation.

A practical, step-by-step guide to rearing freshwater mussels, one of the most imperiled groups of animals in the world.

Provides guidelines for assessing the sustainability of urban systems including theory, methods and case studies.

Looks at the question: do forests cool or warm the atmosphere and reduce global warming?

Discusses the benefits and risks, as well as the economic and socio-political realities, of rewilding as a novel conservation tool.

The first book to present the latest discoveries on the behaviour, ecology and evolutionary biology of lorises and pottos.

A ground breaking study of primates that live in flooded habitats around the world.

The environmental crisis besieges morality with unanswered questions and ethical dilemmas, requiring fresh examination of nature''s value, animal rights, activism, and despair.

A practical, step-by-step guide to rearing freshwater mussels, one of the most imperiled groups of animals in the world.

Provides guidelines for assessing the sustainability of urban systems including theory, methods and case studies.

The first book to present the latest discoveries on the behaviour, ecology and evolutionary biology of lorises and pottos.

Presents the state-of-the-art of model-based integration of ecology and economics in the field of biodiversity conservation.

Presents different strategies for biological control along with their ecological bases, using many examples from a diversity of ecosystems.