Conservation of the environment

This book will show you all the ways YOU can change how you travel to help save the planet.

A remarkable look at the rarest butterflies, how global changes threaten their existence, and how we can bring them back from near-extinctionMost of us have heard of such popular butterflies as the Monarch or Painted Lady.

The most up-to-date and authoritative resource on the biology and evolution of solitary beesWhile social bees such as honey bees and bumble bees are familiar to most people, they comprise less than 10 percent of all bee species in the world.

Described as 'Britain's greatest living nature writer', Richard Mabey has revealed his passion for the natural world in eloquent stories for BBC Wildlife Magazine.

Will most of the major fisheries of the world be exhausted by 2048, as has been claimed?

Without plants, there would be no life on earth.

Planet Earth is the most spectacular look at our planet that has ever been broadcast.

In his first book since the acclaimed The Running Sky Tim Dee tells the story of four green fields.

In 1994, Ray Anderson felt a 'spear in the chest': he realised that his company, billion-dollar carpeting manufacturer Interface, Inc, was plundering the environment with its unsustainable business practices, and that it desperately needed to change direction.

In 2008, a YouTube clip became an internet phenomenon.

Environmental enrichment is a simple and effective means of improving animal welfare in any species companion, farm, laboratory and zoo.

Today construction industry is being asked more and more to protect the quality of the countryside and to help enhance our natural environment.

How the science of ecology is changing to meet the daunting challenges of environmental sustainabilityOur species has transitioned from being one among millions on Earth to the species that is single-handedly transforming the entire planet to suit its own needs.

Britain is home to fifteen species of breeding birds of prey, from the hedgerow-hopping Sparrowhawk to the breathtaking White-tailed Eagle.

What rational justification is there for conceiving of all living things as possessing inherent worth?

Ancient lessons for sustainable citizenshipAn ecologically sustainable society cannot be achieved without citizens who possess the virtues and values that will foster it, and who believe that individual actions can indeed make a difference.

Until now there has been no single, comprehensive resource on the status of North America's most threatened birds and what people can do to help protect them.

Why our economy is cheating the future-and what we can do about itThe world's leading economies are facing not just one but many crises.

Until now there has been no single, comprehensive resource on the status of North America's most threatened birds and what people can do to help protect them.

Das geheime Leben der Bären zwischen Wildnis und ZivilisationMoritz Klose bringt uns in seinem Buch »Im Reich der Bären.

Das Leben in Megastädten wird mit dem Klimawandel immer beschwerlicher.

Molle, die Fledermaus, lebt mit ihren Freunden auf Burg Eckstein.

A joyous celebration of Britain's rich bird lifeIn Birdland, journalist and lifelong birder Jon Gower explores our intimate connection with the bird life around us.

Over the last fifteen years local citizens' movements have spread rapidly throughout Japan.

Over the last fifteen years local citizens' movements have spread rapidly throughout Japan.

Consumptive forms of wildlife tourism (hunting, shooting and fishing) have become a topic of interest - both to the tourism industry, in terms of destinations seeking to establish or grow this sector, and to other stakeholders such as environmental organisations, animal-rights groups, and the general public.

Consumptive forms of wildlife tourism (hunting, shooting and fishing) have become a topic of interest - both to the tourism industry, in terms of destinations seeking to establish or grow this sector, and to other stakeholders such as environmental organisations, animal-rights groups, and the general public.

Environmental patriotism, the belief that the national environment defines a country's greatness, is a significant strand in twentieth century American environmentalism.

Environmental patriotism, the belief that the national environment defines a country's greatness, is a significant strand in twentieth century American environmentalism.

This book brings together original cutting edge work that deals with global environmental harm from a wide variety of geographical and critical perspectives.

This book brings together original cutting edge work that deals with global environmental harm from a wide variety of geographical and critical perspectives.

This cutting-edge title is one of the first devoted entirely to the issue of carbofuran and wildlife mortality.

Historically, the conservation of forests and wildlife has focused on the creation of national parks and reserves.

Historically, the conservation of forests and wildlife has focused on the creation of national parks and reserves.

This book provides an invaluable, comprehensive and practical introduction to conservation issues associated with current farming practice.

Wildlife Forensics: Methods and Applications provides an accessible and practical approach to the key areas involved in this developing subject.

Wildlife Forensics: Methods and Applications provides an accessible and practical approach to the key areas involved in this developing subject.

Rescuing wild animals in distress requires a unique set of skills, very different from those used in handling domestic animals.

Rescuing wild animals in distress requires a unique set of skills, very different from those used in handling domestic animals.

Changing Cold Environments; Implications for Global Climate Change is a comprehensive overview of the changing nature of the physical attributes of Canada's cold environments and the implications of these changes to cold environments on a global scale.

This cutting-edge title is one of the first devoted entirely to the issue of carbofuran and wildlife mortality.

Changing Cold Environments; Implications for Global Climate Change is a comprehensive overview of the changing nature of the physical attributes of Canada's cold environments and the implications of these changes to cold environments on a global scale.

An impassioned case for the importance of ancient forests and their preservationStanding in an old-growth forest, you can instinctively sense the ways it is different from forests shaped by humans.

FUNDAMENTALS OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY This book is about hope in the face of forces that would degrade our world.

FUNDAMENTALS OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY This book is about hope in the face of forces that would degrade our world.

This important new text introduces conservation criminology as the interdisciplinary study of environmental exploitation and risks at the intersection of human and natural systems.

This important new text introduces conservation criminology as the interdisciplinary study of environmental exploitation and risks at the intersection of human and natural systems.

There is currently no basic text in wildlife law suitable for the wide range of courses in wildlife conservation and animal welfare at both bachelors and masters level, or for the large number of people who work in conservation and animal welfare; The Laws Protecting Animals and Ecosystems fills the gap in this significant market for a basic law text applicable to students and professionals whose primary training is in biology but who require a basic understanding of the laws relating to the protection of animals and ecosystems.