Conservation of the environment

A global transformation in food supply and consumption is placing our food security at risk.

Drawing on the author's personal experiences working across the globe, this book explains why we need to conserve biodiversity, the threats it faces, how we can successfully conserve biodiversity, and some success stories of how we have conserved it.

Leading experts provide the first comprehensive account of transnational efforts to respond to climate change, for researchers, graduate students and policy makers.

The conservation of biological diversity depends on people's knowledge and actions.

This book challenges the dominant narrative of migration as the default response to climate change, introducing the concept of Environmental Non-Migration (ENM).

Originally published in 1974 Campaigning for the Environment addresses the issue of the environmental lobby.

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

How does the human mind transform space into place, or land into landscape?

An increasing population has put tremendous pressure on agricultural productivity to fulfill the demands of human consumption.

Coastal zones represent a frontline in the battle for sustainability, as coastal communities face unprecedented economic challenges.

A description of the transformations in Chinese and Taiwanese responses to the environment across the twentieth century.

Global Change in Marine Systems analyses and appraises societal and governing responses to change affecting marine social and ecological systems around the world.

Typically, landscape ecologists use empirical observations to conduct research and devise solutions for applied problems in conservation and management.

This book explains the role and limitations of liberalized international trade on the global environment and sustainable development.

Until about 13,000 years ago, North America was home to a menagerie of massive mammals.

"e;It's up to every single one of us to do our bit for wildlife, however small our gardens, and The Butterfly Brothers know just how that can be achieved.

Recognized today as one of America's best zoos, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden has become one of Columbia, South Carolina's most popular tourist destinations and one of the most visited zoos in the southeastern United States.

Humans and animals have developed multiple and complex interactions in the fields of tourism, leisure, and development.

Global warming and human-driven impacts are changing the World's ecological zones.

In Landscapes of Power Dana E.

Lac-Megantic, Quebec, Canada - July 6, 2013.

To understand modern principles of sustainable management and the conservation of wildlife species requires intimate knowledge about demography, animal behavior, and ecosystem dynamics.

Without plants, there would be no life on earth.

The tireless resistance of local communities fighting for ownership of America's third largest water system.

This book is bulging with promising land patterns for students, planners, conservationists and policy makers.

The Canadian Environment in Political Context uses a non-technical approach to introduce environmental politics to undergraduate readers.

In 1944 Lady Park Wood (45 hectares of woodland in Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire, UK) was set aside indefinitely by the Forestry Commission so that ecologists could study how woodland develops naturally.

The Routledge International Handbook ofHigher Education for Sustainable Development gives a systematic and comprehensive overview of existing and upcoming research approaches for higher education for sustainable development.

UNESCO Biosphere Reserves (BRs) are designated areas in geographical regions of global socio-ecological significance.

This book is an important guide for individuals seeking to develop and grow their leadership skills in the wildlife conservation sector, across varied disciplines such as environmental management, conservation biology, and ecotourism.

The life, death and afterlife of one of the true icons of extinction, the Great AukThe great auk was a flightless, goose-sized bird superbly adapted for life at sea.

Protecting special places in danger of being changed forever requires urgent action.

The book narrates the story of how the school, founded by women pioneers of public education in a Rocky Mountain mining settlement, became the centre and sustaining force of the town's community life from its beginning in the 1870s to the present day.

Northern Tanzania is an important and diverse ecological and cultural region with many protected lands.

This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of bats.

The pace of human progress accelerated profoundly in the twentieth century, spawning revolutionary advances in medicine, agriculture, and industry.

Although Alexander von Humboldt never saw a baobab, he wrote: 'Among organic creatures, this tree [Dracaena draco (dragon tree)] is undoubtedly, together with the Adansonia or baobab of Senegal, one of the oldest inhabitants of our planet' (Humboldt 1852).

This book provides insight into the hydrology, ecosystem services and management of water resources in the Parana River basin, including the importance of water to the socio-economic development of the countries within the watershed.

This book is about tropical biology in action- how biologists grapple with the ecology and evolution of the great species diversity in tropical rainforests and coral reefs.

The definitive field guide to North American saltwater fish-from the absolute authority on sportfishing Before you head out to the open seas, listen up: Your tackle box is not complete without Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Saltwater Fish!

The book presents a review of research and pilot-scale efforts undertaken by scientists all over the world towards utilization of solar energy for environmental remediation.

Veteran wilderness guide Michael P.

Historical Ethnobiology presents a unique approach to analyzing human-nature interactions, using theoretical and methodological aspects to examine historical scientific knowledge.

Robert Bateman is one of the worlds greatest wildlife artists and most committed naturalists.

Provides a comprehensive synthesis of a fundamental phenomenon, the species–area relationship, addressing theory, evidence and application.

Ecotourism and natural resource extraction may be seen as contradictory pursuits, yet in reality they often take place side by side, sometimes even supported by the same institutions.

Estimating abundance of wildlife is an essential component of a wildlife research program, and a prerequisite for sound management.