From Denali's majestic slopes to the Great Swamp of central New Jersey, protected wilderness areas make up nearly twenty percent of the parks, forests, wildlife refuges, and other public lands that cover a full fourth of the nation's territory.
Decades of research and discussion have shown that the human population growth and our increased consumption of natural resources cannot continue - there are limits to growth.
A guide to creating community-based art installations using green waste, invasive species and natural materials Disposing of unwanted natural materials can be expensive and time-consuming, or it can present a tremendous opportunity for creating collaborative eco-art.
Life histories can be defined as the means by which individuals (or more precisely genotypes) vary their age- or stage-specific expenditures of reproductive effort in response to genetic, phenotypic, and environmental correlates of survival and fecundity.
Approaches to Water Sensitive Urban Design: Potential, Design, Ecological Health, Economics, Policies and Community Perceptions covers all aspects on the implementation of sustainable storm water systems for urban and suburban areas whether they are labeled as WSUD, Low Impact Development (LID), Green Infrastructure (GI), Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) or the Sponge City Concept.
Another volume in the widely-read New Naturalist series, this book is an in-depth study of the natural developments and history of Galloway and surrounding areas.
Off the shore of Hatteras Island, where the inner edge of the Gulf Stream flows northward over the outer continental shelf, the marine life is unlike that of any other area in the Atlantic.
This book is a call to action, providing the tools photographers need to help preserve threatened species and environments around the world or in their own backyards.
Given the different geographical and human contexts in which climate change impacts will be experienced, thinking by analogy provides one useful way to explore dimensions of such change.
Throughout British history rivers have been of profound economic, social and cultural importance yet as we see with increasing frequency they have the potential to wreak great destruction.
In 1885, San Antonio architect Alfred Giles began buying the land that would become Hillingdon Ranch, eventually accumulating 13,000 acres near the town of Comfort in Kendall County.
This updated and expanded second edition textbook, describes all main aspects of soil management, to address the serious problems of soil erosion and the attendant environmental pollution.
"e;It's up to every single one of us to do our bit for wildlife, however small our gardens, and The Butterfly Brothers know just how that can be achieved.
In diesem Buch werden Strategien zur Verbesserung der Widerstandsfähigkeit und des Schutzes der gemäßigten Wälder in Südamerika vorgeschlagen, damit diese Wälder auf nachhaltige Weise Ökosystemleistungen erbringen können.
First-PlaceWinner, Florida Writers Association Royal Palm Literary AwardExploring and chronicling a restored river in the heart of FloridaTheKissimmee Valley, which includes the Kissimmee chain of lakes and KissimmeeRiver, covers an area from Orlando to Lake Okeechobee.
A beautifully drawn comic book inspired by Japanese manga and Indigenous art and legendThis powerful story about a brave hummingbird shares a message of environmental stewardshipHummingbirds have long been a symbol of wisdom and courage.
An alchemic blend of travel and nature writing that explores the primary dilemma of the 21st century - the conflict of modern lifestyles with the natural environment.
A treasure for all lovers of wild plants - Wild Orchids of Britain provides a detailed account of all our orchid species, varieties and hybrids, and has a useful key to identification.
Decades of research and discussion have shown that the human population growth and our increased consumption of natural resources cannot continue - there are limits to growth.
The Western Australian jarrah forest is unique, contammg some of the most beautiful flora in the world, more than 100 species of birds and some 50 mammals indigenous to this State.
Currently considered a bridge between basic and Twopossibilities exist to expand landscape ecol- applied ecology, landscape ecology occupies an ogy: one consists of developing new research, and important new niche in ecology,representing a new the other in developing a good educational frame- star in the galaxy of the ecological sciences.
This book provides the first-ever overview of and guide to the geological setting and related features of the famous, volcanically active Galapagos Islands, as well as an in-depth analysis of the setting's relationship to the region's unique and iconic ecology, and its conservation.
The world's poor will be the most critically affected by a changing climate-and yet their current plight isn't improving rapidly enough to fulfill the UN's Millennium Development Goals.
In La Frontera, Thomas Miller Klubock offers a pioneering social and environmental history of southern Chile, exploring the origins of today's forestry "e;miracle"e; in Chile.
The Guayana Highlands in northeastern tropical America, rising from lowland rain forests and savannas up to 3000 m elevation, are characterized by ancient tablelands called tepuis.
