Conservation of the environment

Dragonflies are among the most familiar and popular of all insects, deeply embedded in human cultural history.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;THE ALASKA ACCOUNT of John Muir: Travels in Alaska, The Cruise of the Corwin, Stickeen & Alaska Days with John Muir (Illustrated)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

The years 2021 to 2030 have been designated as "e;The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration"e;.

Collaborative Land Use Management: The Quieter Revolution in Place-Based Planning discusses the less-regulatory approaches to land use management that have emerged over the past 35 years, analyzing the collective value of such place-based planning approaches as land trusts, open-space ballot measures, watershed conservancies, ecoregional plans, and smart-growth initiatives.

Arguing that Americans should turn to private entrepreneurs rather than the federal government to guarantee the protection and improvement of environmental quality, the authors document numerous examples of how entrepreneurs have satisfied the growing demand for environmental quality.

In her new book, Gezon argues that local events continuously redefine and challenge global processes of land use and land degradation.

Case Studies in Environmental Ethics is a collection of more than 40 case studies covering diverse topics such as: genetic engineering, aesthetics, pollution, animal rights, population, and resource management.

The Allegheny National Forest exists on what might have been the most heavily exploited landscape in the history of civilization.

Historical Dictionary and Environmentalism, Third Edition provides a balanced and wide-ranging overview of the most important events, issues, organizations, ideas, and people shaping the direction of environmentalism worldwide.

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

Historical Dictionary and Environmentalism, Third Edition provides a balanced and wide-ranging overview of the most important events, issues, organizations, ideas, and people shaping the direction of environmentalism worldwide.

Provides a synthesis of prior research and novel results about the behaviour, conservation, ecology, evolution, and physiology of kestrels.

A straightforward introduction to a wide range of statistical methods for field biologists, using thoroughly explained R code.

The complete guide to our closest living relative, drawing on thirty years of primate observation.

Explores the complex relationship humans have with the environment.

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.

A detailed exploration of the variety of threats that endangered species are facing around the world, whether they are due to human impact or so-called natural causes.

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.

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.

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.

"e;An excellent starting place for research on plastic and its environmental impact.

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.

This handbook offers an in-depth discussion of the world's oceans.

"e;An excellent starting place for research on plastic and its environmental impact.

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Although the earth has been around for millions of years, humans have only been seriously interested in protecting and preserving the environment for less than 200 years and the terms conservationism and environmentalism are little more than 100 years old.

In this important new book on the declining health of one of America's leading environmental treasures, Howard Ernst reveals a Chesapeake bay that has become functionally dead.

Crate presents the first cultural ecological study of a Siberian people: the Viliui Sakha, contemporary horse and cattle agropastoralists in northeastern Siberia.

In this modern era of global environmental crisis, Sing Chew provides a convincing analysis of the recurring human and environmental crises identified as Dark Ages.

Policy makers in the People's Republic of China have been experimenting with new approaches to environmental management, resulting in a wide array of policy and program innovations under the broad heading of eco-compensation.

The Chesapeake Bay restoration effort has been touted as the nation's premier environmental restoration program.

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Casi todo lo que nos rodea implica riesgos de algún tipo, aunque no obstante es la cultura del riesgo la que ha coadyuvado al progreso y el desarrollo de la sociedad.

El presente trabajo tiene como proposito, suministrar informacion sencilla sobre la forma de produccion de alimentos en el contexto de agroecologia, tomando como modelo una huerta.

Climate change threatens to undermine the conservation values of protected areas, such as Khuvsgul Lake National Park (KLNP), one of Mongolia's largest and most visited parks.

This publication presents a biodiversity baseline assessment that was conducted in 2014-2015 at the Phipsoo Wildlife Sanctuary in southern Bhutan.

This study aims to mainstream environmental protection, climate change mitigation, and disaster risk management in the Asian Development Bank's country partnership strategy for Nepal in 2020-2024.

The Sanjiang Plain wetlands are among the most important wetlands in the People's Republic of China with unique habitats, species, and ecology.

The report highlights a broad spectrum of environmental impacts triggered due to construction, operation, and maintenance and their mitigation for four sectors: (i) power transmission, (ii) distribution, (iii) run-of-river hydropower, and (iv) solar photovoltaic generation projects for dissemination among Asian Development Bank specialists working in the energy sector and environment fields.

Policy makers in the People's Republic of China have been experimenting with new approaches to environmental management, resulting in a wide array of policy and program innovations under the broad heading of eco-compensation.

The Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion (SSME), as the apex of the Coral Triangle, is considered the center of the center of marine biodiversity where the highest number of colorful reef and marine fishes, various sizes of corals and shells, myriad shapes of algae, and protective mangrove forests are found.

This is a book about social and environmental decay in African rural landscapes endowed with natural resources.

This book is a contribution of the authors to the food - fuel debate.

This book aims at both academics and professionals in the field of forest-people interfaces.

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.

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This meticulously edited John Muir collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:Picturesque CaliforniaThe Mountains of CaliforniaOur National ParksMy First Summer in the SierraThe YosemiteTravels in AlaskaStickeen: The Story of a DogThe Cruise of the CorwinA Thousand-mile Walk to the GulfSteep TrailsStudies in SierraThe National Parks and Forest ReservationsSave the RedwoodsSnow-storm on Mount ShastaFeatures of the Proposed Yosemite National ParkA Rival of the YosemiteThe Treasures of the YosemiteYosemite GlaciersYosemite in WinterYosemite in SpringEdward Henry HarrimanEdward Taylor ParsonsThe Hetch Hetchy ValleyThe Grand Canon of the Colorado

The Mountains of California is Muir's tribute to the beauties of the Sierra.