Conservation of the environment

The second volume of a major new series of books on British natural history.

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

Agricultural droughts affect whole societies, leading to higher food costs, threatened economies, and even famine.

An accessible, engagingly written book on Arctic environmental change and cooperation by an author intimately involved in Arctic science and policy.

Degradation of the nation's water resources threatens the health of humans and the functioning of natural ecosystems.

Since the need to protect ground water from pollution was recognized, researchers have made progress in understanding the vulnerability of ground water to contamination.

Originally published in 1982, Biogeographical Processes is a concise introduction to biogeography aimed at undergraduate students.

Can the stories of bananas, whales, sea birds, and otters teach us to reconsider the seaport as a place of ecological violence, tied to oil, capital, and trade?

For over two hundred years, the Catskill Mountains have been repeatedly and dramatically transformed by New York City.

"e;Evidence bases for conservation are becoming increasingly important to convince landowners and politicians of the need to take action in defence of species and habitats all around the world.

For over fifty years, Wendell Berry has argued that our most pressing ecological and cultural need is a renewed formal intelligence-a mode of thinking and acting that fosters the health of the earth and its beings.

This book presents a comprehensive biological and ecological information about owls in the neotropic area.

Rattle's new book challenges key assumptions concerning the role of Internet and communication technologies (ICTs) in globalization processes.

The Great Lakes Basin in North America holds more than 20 percent of the world's fresh water.

Climate disruption is often discussed on a global scale, affording many a degree of detachment from what is happening in their own backyards.

The notion of Endangerment stands at the heart of a network of concepts, values and practices dealing with objects and beings considered threatened by extinction, and with the procedures aimed at preserving them.

Published in 1999, Creative Governance sets out to develop new ideas on the development of Fisheries in Europe.

As one of the world's largest and most bio-diverse countries, India's approach to environmental policy will be very significant in tackling global environmental challenges.

Fluvial Geomorphology of Great Britain studies the development of river-made land forms, together with the associated fluvial processes.

This book provides a highly illustrated synthesis of research on cold-water corals worldwide.

The aim of this book is to outline the main methods and techniques available to ornithologists.

This book highlights classification patterns and underlying ecological drivers structuring the vegetation of selected indigenous subtropical forests in South Africa.

In this eclectic anthology, more than 20 scientists, nature writers, poets, and Zen practitioners, attest to how paying attention to nature can be a healing antidote to the hectic and harrying pace of our lives.

Adaptive management is the recommended means for continuing ecosystem management and use of natural resources, especially in the context of 'integrated natural resource management'.

Through this book, readers will gain a comprehensive overview of transdisciplinary knowledge co-production in local contexts as an issue-driven and solution-oriented process, and will come to understand its relationship to societal transformation processes toward sustainability.

This book is a guide for the identification of the indigenous forest trees of Uganda.

This book focuses on the worldwide threats to mangrove forests and the management solutions currently being used to counteract those hazards.

This book provides the first comprehensive economic valuation of U.

In his engaging book Windshield Wilderness, David Louter explores the relationship between automobiles and national parks, and how together they have shaped our ideas of wilderness.

Over the course of a year, in just one national forest in California, raids on illegal marijuana growing operations yielded 19,710 pounds of infrastructure, 138 ounces of restricted poisons, 4,595 pounds of fertilizer, 12 gallons of common pesticides, 5.

The vast majority of the countries of the world are now facing an imminent energy crisis, particularly the USA, China, India, Japan and EU countries, but also developing countries having to boost their economic growth precisely when more powerful economies will prevent them from using the limited supply of fossil energy.

For centuries, the English Lake District has been renowned as an important cultural, sacred and literary landscape.

This pioneering volume provides a blueprint for managing the challenges of ocean conservation using marine historical ecology-an interdisciplinary area of study that is helping society to gain a more in-depth understanding of past human-environmental interactions in coastal and marine ecosystems and of the ecological and social outcomes associated with these interactions.

As they provide a negotiating space for a diversity of interests, Multi-Stakeholder Platforms (MSPs) are an increasingly popular mode of involving civil society in resource management decisions.

Avec le réchauffement climatique quatre fois plus important aux pôles que sur le reste de la planète, les eaux polaires arctiques sont de plus en plus accessibles au trafic maritime et aux ressources d’hydrocarbures jugées considérables, et ce sur de plus en plus longues périodes estivales.

The Role of Colloidal Systems in Environmental Protection describes the importance of colloids in many applications that contribute to environmental protection, including drinking water and wastewater treatment, heavy metal remediation, treatment of radioactive materials, corrosion, and energy conversion.

The book includes 22 chapters by 28 authors united by the single theme: biogeography and ecology of Bulgaria.

'In Clive, we have an ever-fascinating guide to Britain's heathery districts, not only marvelling at the wildlife of such wild places, but also celebrating their diverse origins, uses and cultural resonances' - Andrew Byfield

Heathlands are so much more than simply purple carpets of heather.

Amphibian species around the world are unusually vulnerable to a variety of threats, by no means all of which are properly understood.

A concise and contemporary synthesis of research into the ecology and conservation of wood ants, encompassing all known species.

Why is the bread basket of Arabia importing more water via grain than is pumped locally by all sectors and why does nobody notice?

The management of common pool resources and publicly-owned areas is fraught with difficulty.

The northeastern seaboard of North America, extending from Labrador to Cape Cod, was the first region of North America to suffer from human exploitation.

This book reveals the science and beauty of Mammoth Cave, the world's longest cave, which has played an important role in the natural sciences.

Essays investigating the idea of natural heritage and the ways in which it has changed over time.

Previously published in French by A ditions Quae, this volume presents findings of a major research programme into landscape and sustainable development.