Conservation of the environment

Forest fragmentation will inevitably continue over the coming years, especially in developing economies.

This book summarizes what is known about mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) geographically and by major taxa.

From beer labels to literary classics like A River Runs Through It, trout fishing is a beloved feature of the iconography of the American West.

The Juan Fernandez Archipelago is located in the Pacific Ocean west of Chile at 33(deg) S latitude.

Ceri's humorous but meaningful message accompanied by Ralph's sensational paintings will satisfy art-lovers and conservationists alike.

Offers a unifying framework for community ecology by addressing how communities are assembled from species pools.

Human dependence on technology has increased exponentially over the past several centuries, and so too has the notion that we can fix environmental problems with scientific applications.

Explore the world's natural habitats and the plants and animals that live there.

Adaptive reuse - the process of repairing and restoring existing buildings for new or continued use - is becoming an essential part of architectural practice.

Monitoring Nature Conservation in Cultural Habitats presents monitoring as an integral component of responsible conservation management and as a catalyst for decision making.

The most up-to-date and comprehensive handbook to the region's mammals, illustrated with exceptional photography.

The San Francisco Bay, the biggest estuary on the west coast of North America, was once surrounded by an almost unbroken chain of tidal wetlands, a fecund sieve of ecosystems connecting the land and the Bay.

On a misty morning in eastern Kentucky, cross-bearing Christians gather for a service on a surface-mined mountain.

This book aims to cover the multitude of corporate approaches towards mainstreaming biodiversity conservation and ecological management in policies and action plans, and explores the roles of these efforts in achieving national and global targets for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Routledge Handbook of Forest Ecology is an essential resource covering all aspects of forest ecology from a global perspective.

Mark Rowlands presents a novel analysis of three epoch-defining environmental problems: climate, extinction, and pestilence.

This book presents various aspects of agroforestry research and development, as well as the latest trends in degraded landscape management.

This book, while focusing on current preservation challenges posed by the Aga, or Mariana crow, also reflects the larger issues and challenges of biodiversity conservation in all oceanic island ecosystems.

This book will provide the state-of-the-art on most of the topics involved in the ecology and conservation of birds of prey.

Was ist Strahlenschutz?

Food and the global agricultural system has become one of the defining public concerns of the twenty-first century.

This book examines the impact and implications of Japan's withdrawal from the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW), which came into effect in July 2019.

Originally published in 1974, Arctic and Alpine Environments examines, the relatively simple ecosystems of arctic and alpine lands that still occupy extensive areas little disturbed by modern technology.

Providence Canyon State Park, also known as Georgia's "e;Little Grand Canyon,"e; preserves a network of massive erosion gullies allegedly caused by poor farming practices during the nineteenth century.

Regions with Mediterranean-type climates include parts of California, South America, Australia, and of course, Europe.

San Francisco Bay is the largest and most productive estuary on the Pacific Coast of North America.

Dynamic naturalist Michael Blencowe has travelled the globe to uncover the fascinating backstories of eleven extinct animals, which he shares with charm and insight inGone.

International peace parks-transnational conservation areas established and managed by two or more countries-have become a popular way of protecting biodiversity while promoting international cooperation and regional development.

Explore the animal kingdom with this pictorial atlas of the world's wildlife.

The first comprehensive treatment of data science as a new and powerful way to understand and manage human-environment interactions.

This thematic volume represents an important and exciting benchmark in the study of integrative ecology, synthesizing and showcasing current research and highlighting future directions for the development of the field.

Face aux incertitudes grandissantes, l’action publique, et particulièrement les politiques environnementales, reposent sur la mobilisation massive de scientifiques.

Can a continuous growth of agriculture be achieved in the sub-Sahara region without inducing irreversible damage to the ecosystem?

Plant based Biotechnology has come to represent a means of mitigating the problems of global food security in the twenty first century.

Thoroughly researched and finely crafted, After the Grizzly traces the history of endangered species and habitat in California, from the time of the Gold Rush to the present.

John Lyman Book PrizeFrom whaling museums to National Geographic television specials to "e;tiki bars,"e; the high seas have enchanted modern Americans as an adventurous frontier.

Farley Mowat's outrageous memoir begins with his unlikely conception in a canoe and continues to his boyhood fascination with creatures of the natural world and on to his youthful rambles and adventures.

This book has a broad scope and provides a comprehensive overview of the most up-to-date knowledge of the plant genus Baccharis.

Loveable or loathed?

With strong personal and professional ties to the Gulf of Mexico, marine geologist John B.

Why has Canada been unable to achieve any of its climate-change targets?

This book covers an overview of the Mahanadi River basin, spanning a total area of 141,581 square kilometers and extending across the states of Chhattisgarh (52.

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

Running waters are enormously diverse, ranging from torrential mountain brooks, to large lowland rivers, to great river systems whose basins occupy subcontinents.

This volume brings together current research and practice on gibbon conservation, ecology, taxonomy and phylogenetics.

Since the founding of the National Park Service in 2016, tens of thousands of NPS employees and volunteers have devoted themselves to preserving our public lands, which today number more than 400.

The population of the Persian leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) has drastically declined; this Asian leopard subspecies has disappeared from some parts of its former range.