Forests have become a key topic in ongoing debates about sustainability, as they lie at the intersection of climate change, biodiversity loss, competing land uses and evolving demands on the bioeconomy.
Forests have become a key topic in ongoing debates about sustainability, as they lie at the intersection of climate change, biodiversity loss, competing land uses and evolving demands on the bioeconomy.
Issues mankind faces today are global warming, climate change, widespread pollution of natural elements, environmental degradation and resource depletion.
"e;Gardens and Neighbors will provide an important building block in the growing body of literature on the ways that Roman law, Roman society, and the economic concerns of the Romans jointly functioned in the real world.
"e;Gardens and Neighbors will provide an important building block in the growing body of literature on the ways that Roman law, Roman society, and the economic concerns of the Romans jointly functioned in the real world.
Mountain Diversity: Dynamics of High-Altitude Environments explores the highly biodiverse, culturally rich, and often threatened mountain regions that comprise a quarter of the world's continental land surface.
Mountain Diversity: Dynamics of High-Altitude Environments explores the highly biodiverse, culturally rich, and often threatened mountain regions that comprise a quarter of the world's continental land surface.
Master's Thesis from the year 2008 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: 100%, Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus, course: Environmental and Resource Management, language: English, abstract: In the light of availability concerns and environmental implications of fossil fuels, attached with the remarkable rise in the price of oil during the past several years; biofuels are getting a significant increase in interest worldwide from governments, private investors, farmers and the public in general.
Essay from the year 2004 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: 1,3, Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus (Lehrstuhl fur VWL, inbesondere Umweltokonomie), course: Environmental Economics, language: English, abstract: Trade and environment form a complex relationship.
The story of how America's public landsour city parks, national forests, and wilderness areascame into being can be traced to a few conservation pioneers and proteges who shaped policy and advocated for open spaces.
The story of how America's public landsour city parks, national forests, and wilderness areascame into being can be traced to a few conservation pioneers and proteges who shaped policy and advocated for open spaces.
This book charts the historical development of citizen science, from its earliest days with amateur individuals working on their own, to the modern incarnation which often sees large numbers of people cooperating on environmental or health projects.
El libro presenta un barrido sobre las acciones pedagogicas institucionales y comunitarias que aportan a la apropiacion del territorio en Tibacuy, Cundinamarca, y en particular en la llamada inspeccion Bateas, a partir de diversas dinamicas que ejercen los actores involucrados (profesores, lideres comunitarios, veeduria ambiental, cooperativas, etc.
Reptiles of Ecuador takes readers on a scientific and immersive journey through one of the most biodiverse countries on Earth, exploring the remarkable reptiles that inhabit its Pacific coast, Andes, Amazon Basin, and Galápagos Islands.
Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Environmental Sciences, Technical University of Munich, course: Sustainable Consumption, language: English, abstract: In this article we first define and describe the concept and main points of environmental friendly marketing.
This book charts the historical development of citizen science, from its earliest days with amateur individuals working on their own, to the modern incarnation which often sees large numbers of people cooperating on environmental or health projects.
Historic Yellowstone National Park captures the most interesting moments in the park's history, the slices of life in Montana and Wyoming that provide an idea of what life was like for those who chose to explore this gloriously beautiful corner of the United States.
Historic Yellowstone National Park captures the most interesting moments in the park's history, the slices of life in Montana and Wyoming that provide an idea of what life was like for those who chose to explore this gloriously beautiful corner of the United States.
WINNER OF THE 2023 HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZEA WATERSTONES NATURE AND TRAVEL BEST BOOK OF 2023LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT NATURE WRITING PRIZE 2023'Modern, revealing and restorative, a coastal treasure' Amy Liptrot'Like its talismanic title, Huband's voice is distinct and singular.
Visions of Nature revives the work of late nineteenth-century landscape photographers who shaped the environmental attitudes of settlers in the colonies of the Tasman World and in California.
Savannas are the most widespread ecosystem in the tropics and as such are subjected to great human pressure that may result in massive soil degradation.
Visions of Nature revives the work of late nineteenth-century landscape photographers who shaped the environmental attitudes of settlers in the colonies of the Tasman World and in California.
Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2010 in the subject Environmental Sciences, University of Saint Joseph (CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL & HEALTH SCIENCE ), course: Governance, language: English, abstract: Empirical studies have shown that the rapid growth and development of the Macau economy did not only improve the standard of living of the local citizens, but also brought a change in their consumption behavior leading to a high level of solid wastes generation.
Changes in farmland management throughout the twentieth century, including agricultural intensification and increasing mechanisation, have resulted in the loss of habitat for many species.
Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2009 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: 2, University of Applied Sciences Essen, language: English, abstract: Today the head of states of most countries are aware of the fact that the human-based greenhouse effect is one of the main reasons for global warming and the melting of the ice at the poles.
Scientific Essay from the year 2007 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: B, Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus (University of Cottbus), course: Seminar, language: English, abstract: The planet earth has different species of organisms that have a specific role to play in the economic and social domain of a country.
The book introduces tourism earth-science as a new scientific discipline by applying the principles of earth-science in the study of natural and human tourism resources.
Scientific Study from the year 2008 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: B, , language: English, abstract: Health, environment and poverty are closely interrelated and inseparable, particularly in developing countries.
