This book examines how different countries across Southeast Asia and Latin America respond to the emergence and expansion of the lucrative, yet controversial palm oil industry, paying attention to how national policy and governance regimes are shaping this global industry.
Pillage d’eau, fracturation du sous-sol, contamination de l’air, danger de l’industrie nucléaire, privatisation des montagnes, érosion de la biodiversité… Si le Québec a pu échapper jusqu’ici à diverses tentatives d’agressions envers son territoire, c’est grâce à des groupes mobilisés, qui demeurent en alerte.
In Desert Fishing Lessons, aquatic ecologist Adam Kerezsy takes you on a rollicking journey through Australia's arid-zone waterways and shows us that have much to learn from healthy desert rivers and the 'tough-as-nails critters' that live in them.
In The Evolution of Gerald Durrell: A Naturalist's Critical Biography, Mary Sanders Pollock revisits the life and work of Gerald Durrell, one of the most significant environmentalist figures of the 20th century.
This book examines how different countries across Southeast Asia and Latin America respond to the emergence and expansion of the lucrative, yet controversial palm oil industry, paying attention to how national policy and governance regimes are shaping this global industry.
«Els animals se n'han anat, però ell els conserva la memòria, atura la decadència dels ossos i de la closca, perquè els que vinguin després puguin aturar-s'hi al costat i veure-hi la imatge del propi temps.
Avec le réchauffement climatique quatre fois plus important aux pôles que sur le reste de la planète, les eaux polaires arctiques sont de plus en plus accessibles au trafic maritime et aux ressources d’hydrocarbures jugées considérables, et ce sur de plus en plus longues périodes estivales.
WINNER OF THE PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONLONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITINGFINALIST IN THE GARDEN MEDIA GUILD AWARDSFive years after writing her first nature memoir, The Bumblebee Flies Anyway, Kate Bradbury has a new garden.
Retrouver l’art dans la logique de la nature, avec toutes ses épaisseurs, c’est le propre de l’Art contemporain qui a détruit les formes de médiation entre l’acte créatif et l’objet naturel, pour retrouver la notion de Vie dans l’œuvre et rejoindre l’acte vital.
La médiation représente un pont incontournable pour résoudre les conflits dans un monde en constante évolution où écologie et intelligence artificielle prennent une place prépondérante.
Avec le réchauffement climatique quatre fois plus important aux pôles que sur le reste de la planète, les eaux polaires arctiques sont de plus en plus accessibles au trafic maritime et aux ressources d’hydrocarbures jugées considérables, et ce sur de plus en plus longues périodes estivales.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZEA FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'The bothy embrace is addictive' ADAM NICOLSON'Will have you reaching for your boots' CAL FLYN.
Winner of the 2025 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThis handbook presents a comprehensive overview of insect conservation and provides practical solutions to counteract insect declines, at a time where insects are facing serious threats across the world from habitat destruction to invasive species and climate change.
This book unveils the myriad streams of ecocentric thoughts that have been flowing through the human mind - in indigenous communities, in the wisdom of philosophers, in the creative expressions of poets and writers - sometimes latent, but sometimes more explicit.
Winner of the 2025 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThis handbook presents a comprehensive overview of insect conservation and provides practical solutions to counteract insect declines, at a time where insects are facing serious threats across the world from habitat destruction to invasive species and climate change.
The acclaimed director shares a gorgeously photographed and "e;wonderfully thorough immersion in the world of bees and beekeeping"e; (Rowan Jacobsen, author of Fruitless Fall).
JOHN BURROUGHS MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED NATURAL HISTORY BOOKA scientist experiences primordial wonders and the wisdom of solitude in one of Earths wildest and most endangered placesGreenland, one of the last truly wild places, contains a treasure trove of information on Earths early history embedded in its pristine landscape.
La médiation représente un pont incontournable pour résoudre les conflits dans un monde en constante évolution où écologie et intelligence artificielle prennent une place prépondérante.
Some portions of the following pages have already appeared in the monthly numbers of the Sanitary Engineer, and the complete work is now published with a view to assist Surveyors of Towns and others who are directly engaged in providing that house dustbins shall be regularly cleared, and streets kept clean; and also in the hope that it may be the means of drawing some public attention to the question, thus showing the householder something of what is being done for his welfare by Sanitary Authorities, and how each individual may assist in the good work, instead of, as is now frequently the case, inadvertently or purposely retarding the execution of some very necessary though unostentatious sanitary measures.
Forest is a celebration of the diverse ways in which trees and forests are as magnificent, economically relevant and profoundly enchanting today as they ever have been.
JOHN BURROUGHS MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED NATURAL HISTORY BOOKA scientist experiences primordial wonders and the wisdom of solitude in one of Earths wildest and most endangered placesGreenland, one of the last truly wild places, contains a treasure trove of information on Earths early history embedded in its pristine landscape.
This "e;must-read book describes in disturbing detail"e; how the energy industry has fueled a bogus controversy about manmade climate change (Toronto Star).
When you look at the world through the lens of upfront carbon, everything changes The astonishing upfront carbon of everyday objects from coffee cups to heat pumps, and why electric bikes, not electric cars, are the answer.
LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON CONSERVATIONInvestigating the ethical and practical challenges of one of the greatest threats to biodiversity: invasive species.
The acclaimed director shares a gorgeously photographed and "e;wonderfully thorough immersion in the world of bees and beekeeping"e; (Rowan Jacobsen, author of Fruitless Fall).
Over the past decade, people have learned about oil contamination in the Ecuadorian Amazon through toxic tours in which a guide brings participants - students, lawyers, environmental activists, journalists, and foreign tourists - to visit contaminated sites.
This "e;must-read book describes in disturbing detail"e; how the energy industry has fueled a bogus controversy about manmade climate change (Toronto Star).
This collection of reflective, critical, philosophical, and practical chapters represents the author's 60 years as a veterinarian, ethologist, and bioethicist.
When you look at the world through the lens of upfront carbon, everything changes The astonishing upfront carbon of everyday objects from coffee cups to heat pumps, and why electric bikes, not electric cars, are the answer.
LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON CONSERVATIONInvestigating the ethical and practical challenges of one of the greatest threats to biodiversity: invasive species.
Retrouver l’art dans la logique de la nature, avec toutes ses épaisseurs, c’est le propre de l’Art contemporain qui a détruit les formes de médiation entre l’acte créatif et l’objet naturel, pour retrouver la notion de Vie dans l’œuvre et rejoindre l’acte vital.
Este libro reúne cinco capítulos relacionados con los aspectos metodológicos del proceso de homogenización de series de tiempo de precipitación, además aborda una aplicación en la planificación ambiental y el ordenamiento territorial e ilustra un uso de las series homogenizadas para la estimación del caudal del río San Jorge, estas tres temáticas se desarrollan en la región climática del Bajo Magdalena.
This book provides for the first time an integrative analysis of the major drivers of decline and threats of insects and related arthropods in the Neotropical region.
This book provides for the first time an integrative analysis of the major drivers of decline and threats of insects and related arthropods in the Neotropical region.
Dive into the untamed beauty of nature and the boundless spirit of adventure with "The Call of the Wild," an exhilarating journey that will awaken your senses and ignite your imagination.
'Environmental Problem-Solving' presents short excerpts from carefully selected readings, expert commentaries on those readings, assignments, and the best MIT student responses to the assignments and exam questions with excellent student response.
Basándose en la sabiduría espiritual de san Francisco de Asís y guiados por el papa Francisco –quien prologa la obra–, los autores de El placer por el cambio dan respuestas para una coexistencia armoniosa entre la humanidad y el planeta Tierra.
