Conservation of the environment

United Methodist Women's Reading Group Selection"e;What can I do about the environment?

This synopsis covers evidence for the effects of conservation interventions for native farmland wildlife.

The Apostle Islands are a solitary place of natural beauty, with red sandstone cliffs, secluded beaches, and a rich and unique forest surrounded by the cold, blue waters of Lake Superior.

This comprehensive handbook, prepared by leading ocean policy academics and practitioners from around the world, presents in-depth analyses of the experiences of fifteen developed and developing nations and four key regions of the world that have taken concrete steps toward cross-cutting and integrated national and regional ocean policy.

Redefining Diversity and Dynamics of Natural Resources Management in Southeast Asia, Volumes 1-4 brings together scientific research and policy issues across various topographical areas in Asia to provide a comprehensive overview of the issues facing this region.

This book explains the changing philosophies and permutations in research and management of South Africa''s national parks during the twentieth century.

A guide to making good decisions about wildlife management and biodiversity conservation against a backdrop of socio-environmental change.

This book critically engages with how the conservation of tropical rainforests is financed.

The revitalizing and restoration of rivers, creeks and streams is a major focus of urban conservation activity throughout North America and Europe.

In view of the massive change in the area of distribution of many world biota across classical biogeographical realms, and of the drastic restructuring of the biotic components of numerous ecosystems, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) decided at its general Assembly in Ottawa, Canada, in 1982 to launch a project on the 'Ecology of Biological Invasions'.

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

Through a series of case studies from around the world, Capitalism and Conservation presents a critique of conservation's role as a central driver of global capitalism.

Temporary waters are found throughout the world, and include intermittent streams and ponds, episodic rain puddles, seasonal limestone lakes, the water-retaining structures of plants, such as bromeliads and pitcher plants, and a variety of man-made container habitats.

A state-of-the-art overview of current knowledge concerning tropical montane cloud forests, assessing their biological and hydrological value and their sustainability.

Today, the East African state of Tanzania is renowned for wildlife preserves such as the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and the Selous Game Reserve.

This volume examines the ecological consequences of European expansion as a result of land use and resource exploitation.

The key aim of this book is to explore the global conservation and management of sharks.

It is a curious situation that technologies we now take for granted have, when first introduced, so often stoked public controversy and concern for public welfare.

Conservationists assume a set of underlying values which guide their decision-making and action.

A profound knowledge of the past climate is vital for our understanding of global warming.

Das vorliegende Buch ist eine Zusammenstellung über die Methodik von Messungen des aktuellen Wasser- und Stofftransportes in Fließgewässern.

This second volume in the ISE series examines the reshaping of ISE policy in the context of multi-level governance and policy.

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The Appalachian Trail, a thin ribbon of wilderness running through the densely populated eastern United States, offers a refuge from modern society and a place apart from human ideas and institutions.

This book is a compilation of eel research and fish migration studies for more than 40 years showing the research history and recent advances in eel studies.

This fascinating book presents the experiences and pooled knowledge of two very different conservation scientists; Pei Shengji from Sichuan, China and Alan Hamilton from London, UK.

Addressing a topic of growing and vital concern, this book asks us to reconsider how we think about the natural world and our place in it.

Off-grid isn't a state of mind.

People are inseparable from natural ecosystems, and understanding how people think about, experience, and interact with nature is crucial for promoting environmental sustainability as well as human well-being.

In 1540 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado introduced the first domestic livestock to the American Southwest.

Drought has been a long companion in the human story.

Volcanic dust, climate change, tsunamis, earthquakes-geoscience explores phenomena that profoundly affect our lives.

The remarkable growth in religious tourism across the world has generated considerable interest in the impacts of this type of tourism.

For sixty million years, the Gila River, longer than the Hudson and the Delaware combined, has shaped the ecology of the Southwest from its source in New Mexico to its confluence with the Colorado River in Arizona.

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

Access to genetic resources and Benefit Sharing (ABS) has been promoted under the Convention on Biological Diversity, with the aim of combining biodiversity conservation goals with economic development.

Winner of the Forest History Society's 2006 Charles A.

In North America Juniperus woodlands occupy approximately 55 million hectares, an area larger than the state of Texas.

This book gathers a representative sample of the relevant knowledge related to the ecology, behavior, and conservation of birds in urban Latin America.

Synthesises important concepts, patterns and issues relating to avian habitat selection, drawing on examples from Europe, North America and Australia.

Environmental Sustainability and Global Change: Forests, Agriculture, and Soils vis a vis Human Disturbance offers an integrated approach to the socio-environmental dynamics of the ecological-economic nexus characteristic of Mediterranean landscapes.

Brings scientists, policy makers, land and water managers and citizen stakeholders together to resolve natural resource and environmental problems.

Coastal-Marine Conservation: Science and Policy introduces students and managers to complex conservation and management issues facing coastal nations of the world, their citizens, and international and non-governmental organizations.

This book introduces readers to second-generation biofuels obtained from non-food biomass, such as forest residue, agricultural residue, and waste wood.

In Big Ecology, David C.

Discover The Geographic Approach to help restore, preserve, and protect the environment.