Conservation of the environment

Stewarding the Sound uses different perspectives to build awareness of the wealth and fragility of this ecosystem by balancing economic and social needs with conservation.

"e;Not since Darwin has an author so lifted the science of ecology with insight and delightful imagery"e; - Richard Dawkins In this book a master scientist tells the great story of how life on earth evolved.

For over 200 years, legislators, educators, and public-minded citizens have debated how to govern public schools.

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

For readers of Madhouse at the End of the Earth, Endurance, and other seafaring adventure stories comes a thrilling account of a 21st-century Arctic mission.

This book takes an interdisciplinary look at environmental protection during Poland's transition to market democracy.

People are inseparable from natural ecosystems, and understanding how people think about, experience, and interact with nature is crucial for promoting environmental sustainability as well as human well-being.

A how-to guide to mastering the skills you need to navigate the murky waters of an academic science career effectively.

Black Beaches and Bayous: The BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster provides a multidisciplinary, international perspective on one of the major disaster events within the United States during the last ten years.

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

In recent decades, China has undergone rapid economic growth, industrialisation and urbanisation concomitant with deep and extensive structural and social change, profoundly reshaping the country's development landscape and urban-rural relationships.

Sustainability of the natural environment and of our society has become one of the most urgent challenges facing modern Americans.

Hosting Earth is a timely and much-needed volume in the emerging literature of environmental philosophy, drawing upon art, science, and politics to explore alternatives to the traditional domination of nature by humans.

Energy Resources: Examining the Facts provides an authoritative, comprehensive overview of economic, political, and environmental drivers of America's energy picture, from trends in the production and consumption of fossil fuels and renewables to the state of the national energy grid.

GIS for Science, Volume 3: Maps for Saving the Planet, highlights real-world examples of scientists creating maps about saving life on Earth and preserving biodiversity.

Invasive species are among the greatest challenges to environmental sustainability and agricultural productivity in the world.

Cave organisms are the 'monsters' of the underground world and studying them invariably raises interesting questions about the ways evolution has equipped them to survive in permanent darkness and low-energy environments.

** WINNER OF THE 2023 ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE ** AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ** This is our world, as you've never seen it before.

We urgently need to transform to a low carbon society, yet our progress is painfully slow, in part because there is widespread public concern that this will require sacrifice and high costs.

An integrated synthesis of scientific knowledge and management information concerning the world''s first protected, and Africa''s largest, estuarine system.

California is globally renowned for its biological diversity, including its wealth of unique, or endemic, species.

Saving More Than Seeds advances understandings of seed-people relations, with particular focus on seed saving.

Traces the evolution of environmental policy and protest in East Germany and central Europe during the Cold War.

Ethical and Responsible Tourism explains the methods and practices used to manage the environmental impact of tourism on local communities and destinations.

The fourth volume in the Harte Research Institute's landmark scientific series on the Gulf of Mexico provides a comprehensive study of ecosystem-based management, analyzing key coastal ecosystems in eleven Gulf Coast states from Florida to Quintana Roo and presenting case studies in which this integrated approach was tested in both the US and in Mexico.

Planting for Pollinators is an easy-to-use gardening guide to help you encourage different types of insect pollinators into your garden.

A richly illustrated nature tour of Galapagos-now expanded, thoroughly updated, and with more than 650 color photographsGalapagos is a comprehensive, up-to-date, and profusely illustrated natural history of this spectacular archipelago.

It was a familiar sight at Yellowstone National Park: traffic backed up for miles as visitors fed bears from their cars.

Loveable or loathed?

A sweeping, policy-oriented account of the private and public management of the world's essential natural resource.

Not everybody cares about the fate of wild animals or the state of the natural environment.

A diverse account of how life exists in extreme environments and these systems'' susceptibility and resilience to climate change.

Mit Inkrafttreten der im Jahr 2006 erfolgten Föderalismusreform hat der Bund imBereich des Naturschutzes und der Landschaftspflege sowie des Jagdwesens eineüber die bisherige Rahmenkompetenz hinausgehende konkurrierende Gesetzgebungskompetenzerhalten, die durchgängig auch ins Einzelne gehende und unmittelbargeltende Regelungen erlaubt.

'Based on many years of personal research, and a thorough knowledge of the European literature, the authors provide an eminently readable account of the biology of the Common Buzzard.

An exploration of the biodiversity status of coastal habitats worldwide, emphasising their importance to society, major threats and conservation challenges.

This book explains the changing philosophies and permutations in research and management of South Africa''s national parks during the twentieth century.

Redefining Diversity and Dynamics of Natural Resources Management in Southeast Asia, Volumes 1-4 brings together scientific research and policy issues across various topographical areas in Asia to provide a comprehensive overview of the issues facing the region.

In this modern era of global environmental crisis, Sing Chew provides a convincing analysis of the recurring human and environmental crises identified as Dark Ages.

Ethical and Responsible Tourism explains the methods and practices used to manage the environmental impact of tourism on local communities and destinations.

The conservation of crop genetic resources is one of the important elements in efforts to sustainably increase agricultural production in low-income countries, and to guarantee long-term food security, especially for the low-income population groups in these countries.

This book addresses the future of urbanisation on the Galapagos Islands from a systems, governance and design perspective with the competing parameters of liveability, economic and ecological, using the Galapagos as a laboratory for the theoretical and postulative understanding of evolving settlement and habitation.

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

Collaborative Land Use Management: The Quieter Revolution in Place-Based Planning discusses the less-regulatory approaches to land use management that have emerged over the past 35 years, analyzing the collective value of such place-based planning approaches as land trusts, open-space ballot measures, watershed conservancies, ecoregional plans, and smart-growth initiatives.

Elephant tourism is a growing activity in many countries across Asia and Africa and is popular with tourists from all parts of the world.

This title was first published in 2001.

An absorbing celebration of the ecology, biology and cultural history of the rich hedgerow heritage in the British Isles.