Conservation of the environment

A welcome dive into the world of aquarium craft that offers much-needed knowledge about undersea environments.

Throughout the tropical world, especially in South and Southeast Asia, tropical America, Africa and Oceania, there exists a range of forest garden farming systems.

Are zoos an anachronism in the 21st century when we can watch animals in their natural habitat, close-up from our couches without worrying about cruelty?

A multi-disciplinary account of the current status, problems, and solutions to the coral reef crisis, first published in 2006.

Under capitalism, economic growth is seen as the key to collective well-being.

The conference "e;Combating Desertification with Plants"e; was held in Beer Sheva, Israel, from November 2-5, 1999, and was attended by 70 participants from 30 countries and/or international organisations.

The farming of animals for meat and milk confronts a stark dilemma.

This book introduces the complex world of carbon dynamics within forest ecosystems, particularly in boreal zones, while also incorporating findings from selected temperate areas.

Marine debris is a global pollution problem affecting marine life, maritime commerce and environmental quality.

This volume presents part of the proceedings of NERC 2022, with an emphasis on conservation of bio-diversity in North-east India.

A full and annotated collection of the correspondence between two extraordinary scientific individuals, James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis.

A multidisciplinary volume describing the effects of volcanism on the environment, past and present, for researchers and advanced students.

Gateway communities that neighbour parks and protected areas are impacted by tourism, while facing unique circumstances related to protected area management.

Problems in Management of Locally Abundant Wild Mammals contains the proceedings of the Management of Locally Abundant Wild Mammals: A Workshop to Examine the Need for and Alternatives to the Culling of Wild Animals, held in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts from September 29 to October 3, 1980.

In this eloquent and sympathetic book, Evernden evaluates the international environmental movement and the underlying assumptions that could doom it to failure.

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.

This book presents a critical review of the ethics of conservation-related resettlement.

Als Standardwerk beschreibt das Große Handbuch der Gleisinstandhaltung in anschaulicher und komprimierter Form alle Aspekte der Gleisinstandhaltung in Theorie und Praxis.

This book provides readers with a foundation in policy development and analysis, describing how policy, including legal mechanisms, are applied to the marine environment.

A concise and accessible introduction to the concept of species, exploring its historical, biological and philosophical uses.

How Nature Speaks illustrates the convergence of complexity theory in the biophysical and social sciences and the implications of the science of complexity for environmental politics and practice.

This book assesses the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), examining both implementation and compliance.

Environmental activism has most often been credited to grassroots protesters, but much early progress in environmental protection originated in the halls of Congress.

A comprehensive, full-colour work providing insights into recent advances in the ecological understanding of ladybirds.

More than two third of the surface area of our planet is covered by oceans and assessment of the marine biodiversity is a challenging task.

Make conservation investments using structured decision-making, mathematical programming, the power of markets, and behavioral nudges.

Armenia is a small landlocked mountainous country located in the Southern Caucasus.

This book helps to establish a simple framework to identify and use bird species as a bioindicator for high nature value (HNV) farmlands.

Conservation physiology is a rapidly expanding, multidisciplinary field that utilizes physiological knowledge and tools to understand and solve conservation challenges.

CONSERVATION BIOGEOGRAPHY The Earth s ecosystems are in the midst of an unprecedented period of change as a result of human action.

This book addresses the challenges and opportunities faced by the world's forests posed by climate change, conservation objectives, and sustainable development needs including bioenergy, outlining the research and other efforts that are needed to understand these issues, along with the options and difficulties for dealing with them.

There is a growing need for public buy-in if democratic processes are to run smoothly.

Forestry has been witness to some dramatic changes in recent years, with several Western countries now moving away from the traditional model of regarding forests merely as sources of wood.

Finalist for the 2020 WILLA Literary Award, Creative NonfictionInspired by her first breathtaking trip in the Grand Canyon, Harriet Hunt Burgess dedicated her life to saving land for future generations.

The loss of biodiversity is a major environmental problem in nearly every terrestrial ecosystem on Earth.

Legal frameworks to ''reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation'' (REDD+) are analysed to focus on protections and benefits for indigenous peoples and forest communities.

An inspiring book about love in its purest form.

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

A comprehensive guide to the calls of the 44 species of bat currently known to occur in Europe.

Bioinvasions is a current top research subject for natural sciences, social sciences and humanities and a major concern for conservationists, land managers and planners.

In 1994, Ray Anderson felt a 'spear in the chest': he realised that his company, billion-dollar carpeting manufacturer Interface, Inc, was plundering the environment with its unsustainable business practices, and that it desperately needed to change direction.

Global conservation efforts are celebrated for saving Guatemala's Maya Forest.

Why has the American South--a place with abundant rainfall--become embroiled in intrastate wars over water?

In this book, we document and evaluate the recovery of gray wolves (Canis lupus) in the Great Lakes region of the United States.

Savannas are the most widespread ecosystem in the tropics and as such are subjected to great human pressure that may result in massive soil degradation.