Conservation of the environment

"e;Wetland Restoration: Shanghai Dalian Lake Project"e; introduces the whole Shanghai DaLian wetland restoration project, including the background investigation of the wetland, the overall planning of wetland restoration, its detailed design, engineering construction and engineering effects.

Leaping Ahead: Advances in Prosimian Biology presents a summary of the state of prosimian biology as we move into the second decade of the 21st century.

The first hopeful book about climate change, The Future Earth shows readers how to reverse the short- and long-term effects of climate change over the next three decades.

Quoting contemporary accounts from hunters, missionaries and traders from the early nineteenth century onwards, this book illustrates the ecology of the country as it was emphasizing its rich large mammal fauna, its decline from increasing aridity of the country, it destruction by hunters, by disease, and most importantly, destruction of its vast herds, notably of wildebeest, due to the developing beef export economy and the erection of veterinary cordon fences depriving the large game of migration routes in times of drought.

In der mitteleuropäischen Naturlandschaft war ursprünglich eine Vielzahl von großen Pflanzenfressern heimisch.

In 1996, the Guatemalan civil war ended with the signing of the Peace Accords, facilitated by the United Nations and promoted as a beacon of hope for a country with a history of conflict.

Regulations require that development projects in wetland areas restore or replace lost wetland functions and values.

As the world enters the new millennium, mankind faces a series ofnew prob- lems, many of them created by man himself.

Phosphorus is essential to the production of our food, and it also triggers algal blooms in lakes, rivers, and oceans when it slips through our hands.

Access to genetic resources and Benefit Sharing (ABS) has been promoted under the Convention on Biological Diversity, with the aim of combining biodiversity conservation goals with economic development.

This book provides an informative and intriguing overview of the most scenic landscapes of Belgium and Luxembourg.

Explains how communities and ecosystems everywhere can be strengthened to survive climate chaos.

This volume is a collection of reports presented at the International NATO Advanced Research Workshop Conservation of the Biological Diversity as a Prerequisite for Sustainaible Development of the Black Sea Region.

Traces the evolution of environmental policy and protest in East Germany and central Europe during the Cold War.

An intimate portrait of a mysterious and misunderstood animal.

A plague is spreading throughout the Florida Everglades.

As the dazzling economic and social changes in China have imposed substantial impact upon the quality of environmental governance, it is time to review the problems and progress in the politics of China's environmental protection.

This book demonstrates how mathematical models constructed in system dynamics modelling platforms, such as Vensim, can be used for long-term management of environmental change.

This book explains the role and limitations of liberalized international trade on the global environment and sustainable development.

A richly illustrated field guide to all of North America's major habitatspacked with invaluable information to help you get the most out of your outdoor adventuresWhether you're a birder, naturalist, outdoor enthusiast, or ecologist, knowing the surrounding habitat is essential to getting the most out of your experiences in the field.

This book addresses topics related to the impact of invasive species including biosecurity, demographics, species diversity and food security.

Clearcut forests, endangered species, national parks, loss of crop varieties: in the last decade the common element of these varied concerns has become widely recognized.

Learned and fixed behaviors underlie many of the patterns we observe in songbirds.

A practical and fascinating guidebook covering the fishes, invertebrates and other marine life of the North Sea and English Channel.

The incredible story of one man's obsession to find and protect the world's largest flowers As a child, Chris Thorogood dreamed of seeing Rafflesia - the plant with the world's largest flowers.

Islands are special places; they can be havens for unique plants and animals and refuges for wildlife.

Ellavut / Our Yup'ik World and Weather is a result of nearly ten years of gatherings among Yup'ik elders to document the qanruyutet (words of wisdom) that guide their interactions with the environment.

A proposal to reframe the Anthropocene as an age of actual and emerging coexistence with earth system variability, encompassing both human dignity and environmental sustainability.

This book offers an overview of the natural and human history of island environments from early settlement to current challenges in island management.

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

Chelsea Green, the Vermont-based independent publisher, has always had a nose for authors and subjects that are way ahead of the cultural curve, as is evident in this new anthology celebrating the company's first thirty years in publishing.

Explains the current state of play in relation to biodiversity loss and explores a sustainable path for the future.

El príncipe Carlos con la ayuda de sus dos principales colaboradores, Ian Skelly y Tony Juniper, comparte sus puntos de vista sobre cómo los desafíos modernos más apremiantes de la humanidad tienen sus raíces en nuestra falta de armonía con la naturaleza.

This book presents a comprehensive overview and analysis of mangrove ecological processes, structure, and function at the local, biogeographic, and global scales and how these properties interact to provide key ecosystem services to society.

Presents new evidence from more than twenty countries on the role of ecosystems in supporting the livelihoods of the poor.

To the casual observer Ontario appears as an immense territory, stretching from west of the Great Lakes to the St.

Longleaf forests once covered 92 million acres from Texas to Maryland to Florida.

West Southwest: Vertebrate Life in Southern California celebrates an amazingly diverse fauna with description, evolutionary background, geographic insight, and ecological detail.

Phocid (or earless or true) seals are ecologically diverse, occupying habitats from the tropics to the poles in marine and freshwater and feeding on anything from tiny zooplankton to other marine mammals.

Discover wholesome, sustainable and plant-based dishes in this essential cookbook, perfect for anyone looking to reduce their waste this year!

From tenements to alleyways to latrines, twentieth-century American cities created spaces where pests flourished and people struggled for healthy living conditions.

A unified theory of conservation that addresses the broad problem of conservation, the principles that inform conservation choices, and the application of those principles to the management of the natural world.