This book describes a fauna of global conservation concern and provides a framework for researchers to begin to test hypotheses regarding the evolution of freshwater mussels in Central America.
A Bill Gates, Financial Times, Sunday Times BOOK OF THE YEAR'Pragmatic and undoomy' GUARDIAN 'Essential reading' RUTGER BREGMAN 'Read this book -- now' MARK LYNASWe can t afford to delay climate action, but with all the shouting and disagreement it s hard to know where to turn.
This book presents a review of the state-of-the-art knowledge on the interactions between biodiversity and wind energy development, focused on the Portuguese reality.
This book brings a unique perspective to animal movement studies because all cases came from tropical environments where the great diversity, either biological and structurally (trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes), presents the animal with several options to fulfill its live requirements.
"e;Oceanic Oases Under Threat,"e; is a comprehensive analysis of the impact of climate change on various regions, focusing mainly on the Mediterranean, Gulf, and Indian Ocean areas.
El estudio de la biodiversidad marina se está convirtiendo no solo en una actividad académica que ayuda a conocer en mayor detalle las faunas y floras, sino en una urgencia social dada nuestra dependencia de los recursos naturales para poder mantener un nivel de vida aceptable.
"e;Wigwam Stories Told By North American Indians"e; by Mary Catherine Judd and Henook-Makhewe-Kalenaka offers a beautifully preserved collection of traditional Native American legends that bring to life the spiritual richness, natural wisdom, and cultural heritage of various Indigenous tribes.
The promise and challenges of managed aquifer recharge, a proven water-supply strategy that is benefitting communities around the globeGroundwater is essential for a healthy environment and thriving communities, but around the world, aquifers are drying up.
The promise and challenges of managed aquifer recharge, a proven water-supply strategy that is benefitting communities around the globeGroundwater is essential for a healthy environment and thriving communities, but around the world, aquifers are drying up.
Ecrire la ville a travers le signe de l'autre, c'est penser l'espace habite a partir du regard de celui qui, pour la premiere fois, le traverse et en fait l'experience.
Dans un contexte marque par les changements climatiques, la pression croissante sur les ressources naturelles et les exigences de durabilite, les evaluations environnementales et sociales sont devenues des instruments incontournables de gouvernance publique.
A powerfully evocative photographic chronicle of the high desert of the American WestSpanning almost all of Nevada and Utah and portions of California, Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming, the sparsely populated regions of the Great Basin and the Basin and Range Province have stories to tellstories intimate and vast, familial, historical, and geological.
From the acclaimed author of The Fate of Rome and Plagues upon the Earth, a monumental history of the world that lays bare the devastating human toll on animal lifeHumans are a force of nature like no other animal on the planet.
A powerfully evocative photographic chronicle of the high desert of the American WestSpanning almost all of Nevada and Utah and portions of California, Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming, the sparsely populated regions of the Great Basin and the Basin and Range Province have stories to tellstories intimate and vast, familial, historical, and geological.
From the acclaimed author of The Fate of Rome and Plagues upon the Earth, a monumental history of the world that lays bare the devastating human toll on animal lifeHumans are a force of nature like no other animal on the planet.
A breathtaking journey into the deep history of animal migration and the lessons it holds for life on a rapidly warming planetIn 2020, Inuit hunters of Canada's Central Arctic made an intriguing discovery.
A breathtaking journey into the deep history of animal migration and the lessons it holds for life on a rapidly warming planetIn 2020, Inuit hunters of Canada's Central Arctic made an intriguing discovery.
A naturalist's lyrical journey into the world of an endangered community of birds and the vanishing grasslands that sustain themAn elegant shorebird with a rounded body and an improbably elongated bill, the long-billed curlew is a highly intelligent bird that mates for life.
A naturalist's lyrical journey into the world of an endangered community of birds and the vanishing grasslands that sustain themAn elegant shorebird with a rounded body and an improbably elongated bill, the long-billed curlew is a highly intelligent bird that mates for life.
Today, Americans regard access to recreational landscapes as something of a human right and see a direct connection between landscape experiences and health.
Reclaiming the Climate Agenda: Indigenous Knowledge and Global Sustainability is a pioneering volume that challenges the dominant climate discourse and advocates for a more inclusive approach to sustainability.
Reclaiming the Climate Agenda: Indigenous Knowledge and Global Sustainability is a pioneering volume that challenges the dominant climate discourse and advocates for a more inclusive approach to sustainability.
Today, Americans regard access to recreational landscapes as something of a human right and see a direct connection between landscape experiences and health.
Acclaimed environmental writer and activist Bill McKibben turns to the biblical Book of Job to confront the deepest assumptions driving the modern environmental crisis.
Focusing on four plant species in the riparian landscapes of Galicia (Northern Spain), this book examines the ecological, conceptual, artistic, and material reality of exotic-invasive plants and the traces they leave behind after land management processes.
Primate Archaeology and Adaptation offers an interdisciplinary examination of Nicobar long-tailed macaques, situating their tool use, social behavior, and ecological flexibility within deep evolutionary time and contemporary conservation challenges.
Primate Archaeology and Adaptation offers an interdisciplinary examination of Nicobar long-tailed macaques, situating their tool use, social behavior, and ecological flexibility within deep evolutionary time and contemporary conservation challenges.
Academic training often leaves students poorly prepared for what they actually encounter in the field, where bridging the distance to the general public in matters related to wildlife and the status of our planet can pose a real challenge.
Academic training often leaves students poorly prepared for what they actually encounter in the field, where bridging the distance to the general public in matters related to wildlife and the status of our planet can pose a real challenge.
A state-of-the-art migratory atlas of North American birdsthe first resource of its kindMore than 70 percent of North American bird species are migratory, traveling annually between separate breeding and nonbreeding areas.
