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
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Este libro recoge un conjunto de textos elaborados a partir de discursos que nacieron de la palabra arrojada ante un público en debates ambientales recientes, y que desde el eco del diálogo, tomaron la forma escrita que ha quedado inscrita en este volumen.
In recent years nobody could have failed to notice the frequent and often sensati- alist media headlines warning of the latest global disease threat to humankind.
The globalization of trade, monetary and fiscal policies, capital markets, and investment patterns is reshaping the world economy and is leading to new financial, commercial, and marketing structures as well as unprecedented economies of scale.
Since the late 1960s the Indonesian state of East Kalimantan has witnessed a marked increase in the impact of human activities chiefly commercial logging and agricultural exploitation.
Japan's traditional and fragile satoyama landscape system was developed over centuries of human life on mountainous island terrain in a monsoon climate.
The Pasoh Forest Reserve (pasoh FR) has been a leading center for international field research in the Asian tropical forest since the 1970s, when a joint research project was carried out by Japanese, British and Malaysian research teams with the cooperation of the University of Malaya (UM) and the Forest Research Institute (FRI, now the Forest Research Institute Malaysia, FRIM) under the International Biological Program (IBP).
East Asia, with its large, fast-growing population and rapid industrialization, is an important area for global environmental problems, both in terms of the generation of greenhouse gases and the effects of any change in crop yields.
With a focus on environmentally friendly rice farming, this unique book integrates both ecosystem and human dimensions of ecological restoration to provide strategies to promote sustainable agriculture and rural development.
A multidisciplinary study of Bera Lake in Malaysia is presented here, focusing on natural resources throughout the lake's catchment area and assessing environmental impact.
This book presents an overview of current knowledge about social-ecological systems (SESs), a productive new field dedicated to understanding the relationships between human society and nature.
Tropical rain forests are increasingly expected to serve for climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation amid global climate change and increasing human demands for land.
Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) have been studied by primatologists since 1948, and considerable knowledge of the primate has been accumulated to elucidate the adaptation of the species over time and to distinct environments in Japan.
This book presents state-of-the-art scientific evidence and technological innovations to restore lands on the Loess Plateau of China, known worldwide for its serious land degradation and desertification problems.
The Life Triumphant Mastering the Heart and Mind James Allen - Offering his patented brand of spiritual advice that relied as much on self-empowerment as inspiration, James Allen - one of the most popular writers in the field at the turn of the 20th century - sets out to show the elements of character and conduct that go towards building a "e;life of calm strength and superlative victory.
Zwanzigtausend Meilen unter'm Meer Jules Verne - Der Roman ist vorgeblich ein Erlebnisbericht des französischen Professors Pierre Aronnax, Autor eines Werkes über Die Geheimnisse der Meerestiefen.
Zero Waste - Happy LifePlastik im Meer, Klimawandel, Ausbeutung – für ein umweltbewusstes und ethisch vertretbares Handeln gibt es genügend gute Gründe.
Der Meeres-Plastikmüll besteht aus ausgedienten Plastiktüten,Wasserflaschen, Einwegrasierern, CD-Hüllen, Eimern, Kabeltrommeln,Zahnbürsten, Feuerzeugen und anderen Gegenständen: Die Kunststoffe werdendurch Gezeiten und die Wirkung der Wellen teilweise in immer kleinereStücke zerteilt⁶ ⁴⁷Im Lebensraum der Wattwürmer an der Nordsee macht beispielsweise derKunststoff Polyvinylchlorid mehr als ein Viertel der Mikroplastikpartikelaus; dieser wird u A für Fensterrahmen, Rohre, Fußbodenbeläge,Kabelummantelungen, verschiedene Foliensorten und Kreditkarten verwendet⁴⁸Einige Kunststoffe werden durch die Lichteinwirkung und Freisetzung derenthaltenen Weichmacher spröde und brechen auseinander; so entstehen unteranderem – mm große so genannte Pellets, die von Meerestieren mit Planktonverwechselt und aufgenommen werden Noch kleinere Bruchstücke undfreigesetzte Chemikalien werden auch von Planktonorganismen selbstaufgenommen und besiedelt
Captain Paul Watson, 2012 für seinen Umweltaktivismus mit dem Jules Verne Award ausgezeichnet, ist ein Kämpfer mit klarer Mission: die Weltmeere vor illegaler Ausbeutung und Umweltzerstörung zu schützen --"Wenn die Meere sterben, sterben wir alle.
Recent nature conservation initiatives in Southern Africa such as communal conservancies and peace parks are often embedded in narratives of economic development and ecological research.
This book provides a critical assessment of conservation in the Anthropocene grounded in the personal, historical, and cultural development of human interaction with nature.
Seit mehr als 35 Jahren ist Vandana Shiva eine der wichtigen Stimmen in der Welt, wenn es darum geht, die kleinbäuerlichen Betriebe und damit die Ernährungssouveränität zu erhalten, das Saatgut vor der Vereinnahmung durch Konzerne zu bewahren und die Rechte der Frauen ebenso zu verteidigen wie die unveräußerlichen Rechte der Erdgemeinschaft aller Lebewesen.
