Conservation of the environment

This book explores how participatory governance processes help to find integrated solutions to resource-based development while protecting ecosystems in UNESCO designated areas.

The Ocean Sunfishes: Evolution, Biology and Conservation is the first book to gather into one comprehensive volume our fundamental knowledge of the world-record holding, charismatic ocean behemoths in the family Molidae.

The Ocean Sunfishes: Evolution, Biology and Conservation is the first book to gather into one comprehensive volume our fundamental knowledge of the world-record holding, charismatic ocean behemoths in the family Molidae.

This book presents a broad compendium of biodegradation research and discussions on the most up-to-date bioremediation strategies.

This book presents a broad compendium of biodegradation research and discussions on the most up-to-date bioremediation strategies.

"e;Endlessly fascinating, unpretentiously educational, thoughtfully accessible and beautifully presented"e; - Alex Tattersall, award-winning underwater photographer and the founder of Underwater Visions.

"e;Endlessly fascinating, unpretentiously educational, thoughtfully accessible and beautifully presented"e; - Alex Tattersall, award-winning underwater photographer and the founder of Underwater Visions.

Lac-Megantic, Quebec, Canada - July 6, 2013.

Rethinking Wilderness and the Wild: Conflict, Conservation and Co-existence examines the complexities surrounding the concept of wilderness.

Rethinking Wilderness and the Wild: Conflict, Conservation and Co-existence examines the complexities surrounding the concept of wilderness.

As the popularity of the national parks grows, so do the challenges of visiting and managing them.

Despite their centrality to the operation of contemporary accredited zoo and aquarium institutions, the work of zoo veterinarians has rarely been the focus of a critical analysis in the social science and humanities.

Despite their centrality to the operation of contemporary accredited zoo and aquarium institutions, the work of zoo veterinarians has rarely been the focus of a critical analysis in the social science and humanities.

This volume unravels the underlying power relations that are masked in the present discourse of ecological sustainability and conflicts over natural resources.

This volume unravels the underlying power relations that are masked in the present discourse of ecological sustainability and conflicts over natural resources.

This book provides a comprehensive environmental history of how Australia's rainforests developed, the influence of Aborigines and pioneers, farmers and loggers, and of efforts to protect rainforests, to help us better understand current issues and debates surrounding their conservation and use.

This book provides a comprehensive environmental history of how Australia's rainforests developed, the influence of Aborigines and pioneers, farmers and loggers, and of efforts to protect rainforests, to help us better understand current issues and debates surrounding their conservation and use.

Aligning global governance to the challenges of sustainability is one of the most urgent international issues to be addressed.

Aligning global governance to the challenges of sustainability is one of the most urgent international issues to be addressed.

Our attitude to nature has changed over time.

Nanotechnology, clean technology, and geoengineering span the scale of human ingenuity, from the imperceptibly small to the unimaginably large.

Our attitude to nature has changed over time.

Nanotechnology, clean technology, and geoengineering span the scale of human ingenuity, from the imperceptibly small to the unimaginably large.

Falling or stagnant agricultural growth, increasing dependence on groundwater, climate variability, swift industrialization, and unplanned and unregulated urbanization in South Asia have spawned a variety of challenges for water resources governance, management and use: groundwater overdraft; insufficient, ill-managed and poor-quality freshwater supply vis-a-vis escalating demand; and water pollution.

Urban and Industrial Water Conservation Methods provides comprehensive and practical information regarding water use for various different sectors and describes the most suitable conservation devices and techniques to reduce water consumption in urban environments.

Falling or stagnant agricultural growth, increasing dependence on groundwater, climate variability, swift industrialization, and unplanned and unregulated urbanization in South Asia have spawned a variety of challenges for water resources governance, management and use: groundwater overdraft; insufficient, ill-managed and poor-quality freshwater supply vis-a-vis escalating demand; and water pollution.

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

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

This book examines theories and ethnographies related to the anthropology of power in conservation.

This book examines theories and ethnographies related to the anthropology of power in conservation.

This book provides insight into the hydrology, ecosystem services and management of water resources in the Parana River basin, including the importance of water to the socio-economic development of the countries within the watershed.

This book provides insight into the hydrology, ecosystem services and management of water resources in the Parana River basin, including the importance of water to the socio-economic development of the countries within the watershed.

Through a combination of theoretical and empirical approaches, this book explores the role of international environmental law in protecting and conserving plants.

Through a combination of theoretical and empirical approaches, this book explores the role of international environmental law in protecting and conserving plants.

This book provides the first contemporary assessment of area-based conservation and its implications for nature and society.

This book provides the first contemporary assessment of area-based conservation and its implications for nature and society.

Analyzing the self-sufficient Danish island of Samso, this book explains sustainability through a bio-geophysical understanding of how to best use society's limited resources to achieve true sustainability.

Analyzing the self-sufficient Danish island of Samso, this book explains sustainability through a bio-geophysical understanding of how to best use society's limited resources to achieve true sustainability.

This volume systematically analyses why legal doctrines for the protection of biodiversity are not sufficiently effective.

This volume systematically analyses why legal doctrines for the protection of biodiversity are not sufficiently effective.

Despite carefully constructed conservation interventions, deforestation in Indonesia is not being stopped.

Despite carefully constructed conservation interventions, deforestation in Indonesia is not being stopped.

This book provides a systematic review of nature-based solutions and their potential to address current environmental challenges.

This book provides a systematic review of nature-based solutions and their potential to address current environmental challenges.

Urban and Industrial Water Conservation Methods provides comprehensive and practical information regarding water use for various different sectors and describes the most suitable conservation devices and techniques to reduce water consumption in urban environments.

Raised in upstate New York, Mike earned a BS and MS in secondary science at SUNY-Oneonta and Cornell and then a Ph.

An examination of the ecological damage that has been done by several invasive species in the Great Lakes.

Have you ever wondered how you can maintain your current lifestyle, but not exhaust our planet's resources?

Farming and the Fate of Wild Nature addresses an urgent and complex issue facing communities and cultures throughout the world: the need for heightened land stewardship and conservation in an era of diminishing natural resources.