Conservation of the environment

The Earth's sounds are wonderfully diverse, complex and beautiful - but they are under threat.

Bringing together ecology, evolutionary moral psychology, and environmental ethics, J.

En ce XXIe siècle, le vivant est une question vive : que ce soit au niveau de la recherche en sciences et technologie, en éducation, dans la société et lors des débats sur l'érosion de la biodiversité ou la transformation du vivant, par exemple.

In this extensively revised and enlarged edition of his best-selling book, David Suzuki reflects on the increasingly radical changes in nature and science from global warming to the science behind mother/baby interactions and examines what they mean for humankinds place in the world.

An essential guide to sustainable development for students and practitionersSustainability is a global imperative and a scientific challenge like no other.

National historic sites commemorate decisive moments in the making of Canada.

Focusing on cultural values and norms as they are translated into politics and policy outcomes, this book presents a unique contribution in combining research from varied disciplines and from both the developed and developing world.

Interest in progressive education and feminist pedagogy has gained a significant following in current educational reform circles.

Judith A.

A redemption story, an adventure story, and perhaps above all, a love story.

World Congress on Disaster Management (WCDM) brings researchers, policy makers and practitioners from around the world in the same platform to discuss various challenging issues of disaster risk management, enhance understanding of risks and advance actions for reducing risks and building resilience to disasters.

Although our planet faces numerous ecological crises, including climate change, many Christians continue to view their faith as primarily a "spiritual" matter that has little relationship to the world in which we live.

Losing It All to Sprawl is the poignant chronicle of award-winning nature writer Bill Belleville and how he came to understand and love his historic Cracker farmhouse and "e;relic"e; neighborhood in central Florida, even as it was all wiped out from under him.

How do we understand human-nature relationships in tourism, or determine the consequences of these relationships to be "e;good,"e; "e;bad,"e; "e;right,"e; "e;wrong,"e; "e;fair,"e; or "e;just"e;?

Plants have been a source of medicines and have played crucial role for human health.

Ecopedagogies showcases a range of creative approaches that educators across multiple disciplines use to empower students to access and engage with nature, an increasingly important consideration in a post-COVID world in environmental crisis.

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.

The North Pacific temperate rainforest, stretching from southern Alaska to northern California, is the largest temperate rainforest on earth.

Beginning with an Olympic ski race in northern Utah, this heartfelt book from award-winning writer and photographer Stephen Trimble takes a penetrating look at the battles raging over the land-and the soul-of the American West.

Primarily, the book draws together a series of important case studies to provide a comprehensive review and synthesis of the most recent concepts, theories and methods in scaling and uncertainty analysis.

This volume offers extensive information on insect life in dying and dead wood.

Saving the world's flora and fauna, especially high-profile examples such as chimpanzees, whales and the tropical rain forests, is big business.

This book is a call to action, providing the tools photographers need to help preserve threatened species and environments around the world or in their own backyards.

This book provides syntheses of ecological theories and overarching patterns of urban bird ecology that have only recently become available.

Charles C.

The field of plant population ecology has advanced considerably in the last decade since the first edition was published.

Nature's Steward chronicles the development of southwest Florida using the modern-day Conservancy of Southwest Florida as the lens through which to examine environmental history.

This book analyses the role tourism plays for sustainable development in Southeast Asia.

Finalist for the National Book AwardAn intimate reckoning with aquifer depletion in America's heartlandThe Ogallala aquifer has nourished life on the American Great Plains for millennia.

This collection of essays brings together discussions arguing that the circular economy must be linked to society and culture in order to create a viable concept for remodelling the economy.

Human exploitation of other mammals has passed through three histori- cal phases, distinct in their ecological significance though overlapping in time.

This book focuses on the environmental components of sustainability, including aspects of resourcing and the environmental impacts of human societies.

Stocking hatchery-produced fish has been a standard component of fisheries management for over 100 years.

This collection of reflective, critical, philosophical, and practical chapters represents the author's 60 years as a veterinarian, ethologist, and bioethicist.

The conservation of Earth's forest ecosystems is one of the great environmental challenges facing humanity in the 21st century.

This book is based on our two books, published in the USSR and translated in a number of other countries Conservation of living nature: problems and perspectives (1983) and The levels of conservation of living nature (1985).

The San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary is a large, complex estuarine ecosystem in California.

The decision to implement environmental protection options is a political one.

In Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White takes readers across the globe to discover the science and spirit of ocean tides.

How Silent Spring stands as a monument to a unique, loving relationship between Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, and how such love underpins a new environmental politicsAfter the success of her first bestseller, The Sea Around Us, Rachel Carson settled in Southport, Maine.

From green-lifestyle mavens who endorse products on social media to natural health activists sponsored by organic food companies, the marketplace for advice about how to live life naturally is better stocked than ever.

Alaska's great size is mirrored by the large number and diversity of its freshwater ecosystems.

Winner of the Western Writers of America 2014 Spur Award for Best Western Nonfiction, ContemporaryMention the Colorado high country today and vacation imagery springs immediately to mind: mountain scenery, camping, hiking, skiing, and world-renowned resorts like Aspen and Vail.

 This overview of the roles of alien species in insect conservation brings together information, evidence and examples from many parts of the world to illustrate their impacts (often severe, but in many cases poorly understood and unpredictable) as one of the primary drivers of species declines, ecological changes and biotic homogenisation.

This book analyzes different perspectives around sustainable development, risk management and managing demand across various sectors in India.