Conservation of the environment

Contemporary Earth and animal activists rarely collaborate, perhaps because environmentalists focus on species and ecosystems, while animal advocates look to the individual, and neither seems to have much respect for the other.

How should we respond to our converging crises of violent conflict, political corruption, and global ecological devastation?

All six species of sea turtles found in U.

This electronic-book provides a comprehensive examination of the systems approach to habitat restoration.

Old Materials, New Climate: Traditional Building Materials in a Changing World is an accessible guidebook to understanding historic materials - how they were traditionally made, how they survived the test of time, and how changes in climate are now impacting materials in new ways.

In light of recent evidence on the relationship of ozone to mortality and questions about its implications for benefit analysis, the Environmental Protection Agency asked the National Research Council to establish a committee of experts to evaluate independently the contributions of recent epidemiologic studies to understanding the size of the ozone-mortality effect in the context of benefit analysis.

This Handbook gives a comprehensive, international and cutting-edge overview of Sustainable Development.

An excellent primer on key insights and questions in ecological economics from a celebrated pioneer of the field.

This volume includes a selection of papers presented at the conference "e;Susta- able Resource Use and Economic Dynamics"e; (SURED), held on Monte Verita ` in Ascona, Switzerland, in June 2004.

An overview of the state of the world for understanding global issuesInside you will find: more than 110 thematic maps, more than 50 fact tables from world renown organizations, more than 130 photographs, a glossary and detailed indexes, rich encyclopedic content, reviewed by experts.

This book will help decision makers model nature-based solutions to the complex problem of sustainable development, locally and globally.

Using the lens of environmental history, William D.

Focuses on how the theories underlying sustainability can be translated into practice and the challenges involved in achieving this.

Globally, there are at least 45 species of game bird that have the word partridge in their name, but in this book G.

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French Ecocritique is the first book-length study of the culturally specific ways in whicha contemporary French literature and theory raise questions about nature and environment.

DNA is the essence of life and the original 'big data'.

Concern for environment is as old as human civilization.

The Ramsar Convention was established in 1971 to ensure the conservation and wise use of wetlands across the world.

Ecopedagogies showcases a range of creative approaches that educators across multiple disciplines use to empower students to access and engage with nature, an increasingly important consideration in a post-COVID world in environmental crisis.

Water use and conservation in the American West have long been shaped by a host of geographic, environmental, political and economic factors.

In recent decades, China has undergone rapid economic growth, industrialisation and urbanisation concomitant with deep and extensive structural and social change, profoundly reshaping the country's development landscape and urban-rural relationships.

Medicinal plant research is an evergreen subject.

Whether referring to a place, a nonhuman animal or plant, or a state of mind, wild indicates autonomy and agency, a will to be, a unique expression of life.

Originally published in 1988, this book was a plea for new approaches to environmental education.

This textbook introduces the basic concepts of mathematical modelling when applied to natural systems.

This book tells you where beach sand comes from, how waves are formed and how they break and move sand down the coast, how "e;works of man"e; have blocked this movement and caused beach erosion, and what can be done to save the beaches for future generations of Americans.

The environmental studies about natural resource issues are often studied as conflicts; this book is carefully designed to expound on how resolutions are negotiated and maintained.

Demonstrating the shortcomings of current policy and legal approaches to access and benefit-sharing (ABS) in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), this book recognizes that genetic resources are widely distributed across countries and that bilateral contracts undermine fairness and equity.

For most of the past century, Humbug Valley, a forest-hemmed meadow sacred to the Mountain Maidu tribe, was in the grip of a utility company.

Facing droughts, floods, and water security challenges, society is increasingly forced to develop new policies and practices to cope with the impacts of climate change.

An exploration of the need for innovative mechanisms of governance in an era when human actions are major drivers of environmental change.

Over the last few decades, unprecedented global population growth has led to increased demand for food and shelter.

For many industrial interests and governments in Canada and elsewhere, voluntary initiatives are the hot new way to win greener corporate behaviour.

The book explores how Darwin's legendary and mythologized visit to the Galapagos affected the socioecosystems of the Islands, as well as the cultural and intellectual traditions of Ecuador and Latin America.

Recent advances in the study of bats have changed the way we understand this illusive group of mammals.

In terms of China's current situation, the prevention and control of land degradation and the development of innovative sustainable land management activities lie within the purview of public works.

In Search of Biohappiness deals with methods of converting agro-biodiversity hotspots into happy spots.

The decision by multinational Shell not to dispose of the Brent Spar oil facility in the North Atlantic was taken after several occupations of the structure by Greenpeace, and as a result of large scale pro-Greenpeace protest in the UK, Germany and other continental countries.

To those who know the charm of Aldo Leopold's writing in A Sand County Almanac, this collection from his journals and essays will be a new delight.

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Practising Immanence: Living with Theory and Environmental Education makes creative contributions to both qualitative inquiry and environmental education by exploring how each of these ideas seep and fuse into one another, creating a space where methodology becomes pedagogy, and where each of these is already always environmental: indivisible with life.

How much radiation is too much?

To enhance sustainable development research and practice the values of the researchers, project managers and participants must first be made explicit.

This book explores the unanticipated benefits that may arise after wars and conflicts, showing how the preservation of battlefields and the establishment of borderlands can create natural capital in the former landscapes of war.

"e;Close-up views of endangered fauna in their natural habitats are difficult enough to obtain, but the breathtaking artistic quality of the photography in this valuable documentation of Asia's disappearing forest habitats makes this book highly recommended for both scientists and nature lovers alike.

Two of the world's most pressing needs-biodiversity conservation and agricultural development in the Third World-are addressed in Karl S.

Leading researchers present current methodological approaches and future directions for a less anthropocentric study of animal cognition.