Conservation of the environment

The Amazon rain forest covers more than five million square kilometers, amid the territories of nine different nations.

Over the past several decades, the field of invasion biology has rapidly expanded as global trade and the spread of human populations have increasingly carried animal and plant species across natural barriers that have kept them ecologically separated for millions of years.

News headlines would often have us believe that conservationists are inevitably locked in conflict with the people who live and work on the lands they seek to protect.

The classic papers that laid the foundations of modern ecology alongside commentaries by noted ecologists.

How can we manage a so-called "e;renewable"e; natural resource such as a fishery when we don't know how renewable it really is?

In the more than thirty years since the publication of Daniel H.

Dependent on a shrinking supply of bamboo, hunted mercilessly for its pelt, and hostage to profiteering schemes once in captivity, the panda is on the brink of extinction.

Human-induced climate change is emerging as one of the gravest threats to biodiversity in history, and while a vast amount of literature on the ecological impact of climate change exists, very little has been dedicated to the management of wildlife populations and communities in the wake of unprecedented habitat changes.

The emergence of Greenpeace in the late 1960s from a loose-knit group of anti-nuclear and anti-whaling activists fundamentally changed the nature of environmentalism--its purpose, philosophy, and tactics--around the world.

Deniers of climate change sometimes quip that claims about global warming are more about political science than climate science.

In The Big Muddy, the first long-term environmental history of the Mississippi, Christopher Morris offers a brilliant tour across five centuries as he illuminates the interaction between people and the landscape, from early hunter-gatherer bands to present-day industrial and post-industrial society.

The emergence of Greenpeace in the late 1960s from a loose-knit group of anti-nuclear and anti-whaling activists fundamentally changed the nature of environmentalism--its purpose, philosophy, and tactics--around the world.

Inconstant and forbidding, the arctic has lured misguided voyagers into the cold for centuries--pushing them beyond the limits of their knowledge, technology, and endurance.

Deniers of climate change sometimes quip that claims about global warming are more about political science than climate science.

Inconstant and forbidding, the arctic has lured misguided voyagers into the cold for centuries--pushing them beyond the limits of their knowledge, technology, and endurance.

Be it fair trade coffee or foreign oil, our choices as consumers affect the well-being of humans around the globe, not to mention the natural world and of course ourselves.

When most Americans think of environmentalism, they think of the political left, of vegans dressed in organic-hemp fabric, lofting protest signs.

Be it fair trade coffee or foreign oil, our choices as consumers affect the well-being of humans around the globe, not to mention the natural world and of course ourselves.

When most Americans think of environmentalism, they think of the political left, of vegans dressed in organic-hemp fabric, lofting protest signs.

The invasive species Tamarix first attracted the public eye in the 1990's when it was suspected of contributing to widespread drought and wildfires in the Western United States.

This collection gathers a set of seminal papers from the emerging area of ethics and climate change.

Plants provide the food, shelter, medicines, and biomass that underlie sustainable life.

Heritage is almost univocally conceived of as valuable and good, something we care for and preserve for ourselves and future generations.

In the United States alone, industrial and agricultural toxins account for about 60,000 avoidable cancer deaths annually.

For over 350 million years, thousands of species of amphibians have lived on earth, but since the 1990s they have been disappearing at an alarming rate, in many cases quite suddenly and mysteriously.

Archie Carr, one of the greatest biologists of the twentieth century, played a leading part in finding a new and critical role for natural history and systematics in a post-1950s world dominated by the glamorous science of molecular biology.

The main goal of this book is to encourage and formalize the infusion of evolutionary thinking into mainstream conservation biology.

Bobcat: Master of Survival tells the story of the most adaptable and resilient wild feline in the world.

The Great Depression coincided with a wave of natural disasters, including the Dust Bowl and devastating floods of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring antagonized some of the most powerful interests in the nation--including the farm block and the agricultural chemical industry--and helped launch the modern environmental movement.

Conservation medicine is an emerging discipline, focussing on the intersection of ecosystem health, animal health, and human health.

To those who know the charm of Aldo Leopold's writing in A Sand County Almanac, this collection from his journals and essays will be a new delight.

How did the Seregenti become an internationally renowned African conservation site and one of the most iconic destinations for a safari?

Over the last decade, the field of plant ecology has significantly developed and expanded, especially in research concerning the herbaceous layer and ground vegetation of forests.

Until about 13,000 years ago, North America was home to a menagerie of massive mammals.

"e;I am hopelessly and forever a mountaineer,"e; John Muir wrote.

Which species of sharks live within 500 nautical miles of North American shores, and what do we know about them?

One cubic mile of oil (CMO) corresponds very closely to the world's current total annual consumption of crude oil.

The environment, and how humans affect it, is more of a concern now than ever.

The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve has captured the worldwide attention of biologists, conservationists, and ecologists and has been the setting for extensive investigation over the past 30 years.

The chemical pollution that irrevocably damages today's environment is, although many would like us to believe otherwise, the legacy of conscious choices made long ago.

The chemical pollution that irrevocably damages today's environment is, although many would like us to believe otherwise, the legacy of conscious choices made long ago.

This collection gathers a set of seminal papers from the emerging area of ethics and climate change.

First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times Book Review as "e;a trenchant book, full of vigor and bite,"e; A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for America's relationship to the land.

Today there are over a billion vehicles in the world, and within twenty years, the number will double, largely a consequence of China's and India's explosive growth.

Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac has enthralled generations of nature lovers and conservationists and is indeed revered by everyone seriously interested in protecting the natural world.

"e;I am hopelessly and forever a mountaineer,"e; John Muir wrote.

The main goal of this book is to encourage and formalize the infusion of evolutionary thinking into mainstream conservation biology.

In The Big Muddy, the first long-term environmental history of the Mississippi, Christopher Morris offers a brilliant tour across five centuries as he illuminates the interaction between people and the landscape, from early hunter-gatherer bands to present-day industrial and post-industrial society.

For over 350 million years, thousands of species of amphibians have lived on earth, but since the 1990s they have been disappearing at an alarming rate, in many cases quite suddenly and mysteriously.