Conservation of the environment

Since coal is seen by many as the logical solution to the nation's energy crisis, strip mining operations will continue.

The Sierra Club's Fourteenth Biennial Wilderness Conference was cosponsored by the National Audubon Society, with over 100 organizations participating.

The aim of the present volume is to review the effects of human activity on physical environment processes, and this is justified not only as a complement to the approach taken by G.

This book tells how our welfare is ever more intimately tied up with the welfare of the millions of species that share the One Earth home with us.

Michigan is truly a "e;Great Lake State"e;: the two peninsulas, many islands, and 3,100 miles of shoreline on four of the Great Lakes give the state a unique location and a diverse physical environment.

Originally published in 1994, this volume presents research findings from experts on introduced pest ant species.

A rich, interdisciplinary study of Central African land ethics incorporating conversations with local rainforest inhabitants that yield vibrant new insights into the dilemmas of sustaining Africa's rainforests and its people.

Although there is in the United States a clear national consensus supporting the protection of the environment, advocates often profoundly disagree about the policies best designed to achieve this end.

The world's fourth largest island, with a unique biological and physical endowment, Madagascar is home to an extraordinary insular civilization that has struggled for more than a century against external domination.

This volume was assembled by two of Dr.

Although there is in the United States a clear national consensus supporting the protection of the environment, advocates often profoundly disagree about the policies best designed to achieve this end.

Based on the proceedings of the First National Wilderness Management Workshop, this book is designed to serve as a guide to understanding and implementing the 1964 Wilderness Act.

This book provides an understanding of the many biological and sociopolitical considerations involved in the conservation of biological resources.

The contributors consider how social science perspectives can contribute to our understanding of communities and their conflicting choices regarding the allocation and use of forest, agriculture and other natural resources.

This book is the outcome of a workshop on the conversion of tropical forest to pasture in Latin America convened in Oaxaca, Mexico in 1988.

Although Asia is the least urbanized continent, it contains half of the world's megacities and many of the world's fastest-growing economies.

Successful natural resource administration demands the well-exercised ability to deal with the interests of many actors--including the public and wildlife--in a balanced, constructive way.

This book focuses on the principles of wilderness, exploring the actual and potential values of wilderness, its ecology, economics, the effect of human impact, and mechanisms to protect small, relatively untouched tracts in or near urban areas in the United States.

Bioenergy, a promising alternative for developing countries, is already a key resource (in the form of fuelwood, for example) in millions of households around the world.

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This book won the 2023 The Wildlife Society Publication Award in the authored book category.

This book won the 2023 The Wildlife Society Publication Award in the authored book category.

The Handbook provides a supporting guide to key aspects and applications of landscape ecology to underpin its research and teaching.

The Handbook provides a supporting guide to key aspects and applications of landscape ecology to underpin its research and teaching.

Common Sense in Environmental Management examines common sense not in theory, but in practice.

Common Sense in Environmental Management examines common sense not in theory, but in practice.

When first published in 2009, Nature's Matrix set out a radical new approach to the conservation of biodiversity.

When first published in 2009, Nature's Matrix set out a radical new approach to the conservation of biodiversity.

This book examines the challenges and impacts of poor diets and nutrition from current food systems and the potential contribution of biodiversity and ecosystem services in addressing these problems.

This book examines the challenges and impacts of poor diets and nutrition from current food systems and the potential contribution of biodiversity and ecosystem services in addressing these problems.

Sandy beaches are the most abundant coastal environments worldwide, which have an undeniable and unique ecological value.

Sandy beaches are the most abundant coastal environments worldwide, which have an undeniable and unique ecological value.

The book presents a review of research and pilot-scale efforts undertaken by scientists all over the world towards utilization of solar energy for environmental remediation.

In this volume, emerging and established scholars bring ethical and political concerns for the environment, nonhuman animals and social justice to the study of nineteenth-century visual culture.

The book presents a review of research and pilot-scale efforts undertaken by scientists all over the world towards utilization of solar energy for environmental remediation.

In this volume, emerging and established scholars bring ethical and political concerns for the environment, nonhuman animals and social justice to the study of nineteenth-century visual culture.

First published in 1988.

The book provides data on all the species of the two genera Genera Brachystelma Sims and Ceropegia L.

First published in 1988.

The book provides data on all the species of the two genera Genera Brachystelma Sims and Ceropegia L.

First published in 1982.

Ethical Debates in Orangutan Conservation explores how conservationists decide whether, and how, to undertake rehabilitation and reintroduction (R&R) when rescuing orphaned orangutans.

First published in 1982.

Ethical Debates in Orangutan Conservation explores how conservationists decide whether, and how, to undertake rehabilitation and reintroduction (R&R) when rescuing orphaned orangutans.

This book is designed to help landowners and forestry professionals develop, implement, and monitor programs to manage both deer and forests with emphasis on resolving deer impact issues.

This book presents interdisciplinary research to examine the ongoing debates around nonhuman animals in urban spaces.

This book analyses the role tourism plays for sustainable development in Southeast Asia.

This book is aimed at conservation and development practitioners who need to learn and use R in a part-time professional context.

This book presents interdisciplinary research to examine the ongoing debates around nonhuman animals in urban spaces.

This book analyses the role tourism plays for sustainable development in Southeast Asia.