This edited volume scrutinizes how pre-Columbian human societies have shaped and transformed lowland South America - contributing to biological and landscape diversity.
This edited volume scrutinizes how pre-Columbian human societies have shaped and transformed lowland South America - contributing to biological and landscape diversity.
L'Afrique est aujourd'hui confrontée à un curieux paradoxe : l'abondance des déchets et l'insuffisance de la couverture en énergie électrique entraînant des délestages ou des rationnements intempestifs des ménages, des services publics, des entreprises, alors même que l'on pourrait utiliser ceux-ci pour en produire celui-là.
This book uses primary documents as a lens through which to examine historical and present-day efforts to protect endangered species in the United States and around the world.
This book presents a comprehensive study of the role that the Blue Flag beach program has played around the world, considering economic, social and environmental perspectives.
Les principes de prévention, de précaution ou de participation, le développement durable, les énergies renouvelables, le tri sélectif, la taxe carbone, l'éco-innovation, voilà quelques terminologies qui devraient nous rassurer.
A moving exploration of presence and place told through the stories of small-scale farmers who, despite intense adversity, continue caring for their land Love for the Land explores the power and potential of people-place relationships.
Serpulid polychaetes are a unique and highly specialised group of marine segmented worms that have adapted to inhabiting self-secreted calcareous tubes attached to a wide range of hard substrates.
Este texto parte de una delimitación de los conceptos "patrimonio" y "paisaje" para analizarlos a la luz de la confrontación intertextual de documentos oficiales con las voces de los lugareños de Tilcara, Purmamarca, Humahuaca y Volcán.
A richly illustrated field guide to all of North America's major habitatspacked with invaluable information to help you get the most out of your outdoor adventuresWhether you're a birder, naturalist, outdoor enthusiast, or ecologist, knowing the surrounding habitat is essential to getting the most out of your experiences in the field.
This single-volume resource explores the five major oceans of the world, addressing current issues such as sea rise and climate change and explaining the significance of the oceans from historical, geographic, and cultural perspectives.
Ecological restoration, although a relatively new endeavour compared to other disciplines, has gained significant momentum during the last decade as accelerating global change becomes more apparent.
Energy Resources: Examining the Facts provides an authoritative, comprehensive overview of economic, political, and environmental drivers of America's energy picture, from trends in the production and consumption of fossil fuels and renewables to the state of the national energy grid.
Conservation interest in moths, by far the predominant components of Lepidoptera, lags far behind that for butterflies, for which conservation practice provides many well-established lessons for extension to their near relatives.
This fifth volume in the Ecology and Ethics series integrates key concepts of the previous four volumes by addressing biocultural conservation through novel educational methods.
This book shows, through real and current examples from the field of environmental and wetland science, that personal and professional success depends on persistence and a refusal to compromise on "e;doing the right thing"e; which for Professor Mitsch meant saving some of the world's most important ecosystems, as well as educating future researchers and the general public along the way.
A marvelously illustrated look at the most deadly predators on the planetTooth and Claw presents the world's top predators as you have never seen them before, from big cats and wild dogs to sharks, reptiles, and killer whales.
This book provides, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the fundamental roles that ecological interactions play in extinction processes, bringing to light an underground of hidden pathways leading to the same dark place: biodiversity loss.
In this book, an international team of leading marine mammal scientists, with a remarkably diverse set of backgrounds and areas of expertise, lead you through a synthesis of current knowledge on baleen whales.
This volume provides comprehensive overviews of each terrestrial cetartiodactyl species' biology including palaeontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction and development, ecology, habitat and diet.
In einer Zeit, in der das Wohl unserer Haustiere immer mehr in den Fokus rückt, bietet Markus Vogels Buch "Ganzheitliche Therapien für vierbeinige Freunde" einen fundierten Einblick in die Welt der Alternativmedizin für Tiere.
Bird migration between Europe and Africa is a fraught journey, particularly in the Mediterranean, where migratory birds are shot and trapped in large numbers.
This book presents current research in the political ecology of indigenous revival and its role in nature conservation in critical areas in the Americas.
As industry and technology proliferate in modern society, sustainability has jumped to the forefront of contemporary political and environmental discussions.
Recovering from a factory accident that nearly claimed his eyesight, a young John Muir ventured into the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains.
This is the first comprehensive review of the Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) established in 2000.
Socio-environmental crises are currently transforming the conditions for life on this planet, from climate change, to resource depletion, biodiversity loss and long-term pollutants.
The Natura 2000 network of protected areas is the centrepiece of European Union nature policy, currently covering almost one-fifth of the EU's entire land territory plus large marine areas.
This book addresses the multidisciplinary challenges in biodiversity conservation with a focus on wildlife crime and how forensic tools can be applied to protect species and preserve ecosystems.
