Conservation of the environment

Carrion, or dead animal matter, is an inherent component of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems worldwide, and is exploited by a wide diversity of organisms from different trophic levels, including microbes, arthropods and vertebrates.

This book provides a comprehensive, updated syntheses of all the information available on Mar Chiquita, covering various aspects of the geography, geological history, biology and ecology of the site, as well as a detailed analysis of the current land-use patterns, environmental threats, and conservation issues.

This volume explores major wetland ecosystem services, such as climate cooling and water quality improvement, and discusses the recent wetland conservation and restoration activities in China and neighboring countries.

This book describes the entire coast and beaches and barrier systems of Australia.

This book provides keys to decrypt current political debates on the environment in light of the theories that support them, and provides tools to better understand and manage environmental conflicts and promote environmentally friendly behaviour.

Written with passion for anyone interested in seeing an end to the illegal trade in elephant ivory and rhino horn, this book shows how, by working together, people all over the world who care about these animals are gradually bringing about change for the better.

This volume comprises a selection of papers describing the main features of the Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands Geopark (Canary Archipelago, Spain).

This volume discusses emerging contexts of agricultural and ecosystem resilience in Sub Saharan Africa, as well as contemporary technological advances that have influenced African livelihoods.

This study discusses an original proposal aimed at critically analyzing the power relations that exist in contemporary agriculture.

Over half of the world's population now lives in urban areas.

This edited volume consists of three parts.

This book discusses how tourism between neighboring countries like Poland and Germany is hindered despite the Schengen Treaty.

This book provides the first-ever overview of and guide to the geological setting and related features of the famous, volcanically active Galapagos Islands, as well as an in-depth analysis of the setting's relationship to the region's unique and iconic ecology, and its conservation.

This book provides a state-of-art overview of the significant advances in understanding the impacts of wind energy on wildlife.

This book provides a broad overview of how the promotion of ocean and coastal literacy is being planned, applied and evaluated in Brazil, a country of continental dimensions with a great diversity of cultural, educational and social realities.

This book brings a unique perspective to animal movement studies because all cases came from tropical environments where the great diversity, either biological and structurally (trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes), presents the animal with several options to fulfill its live requirements.

The book focuses on environment and conservation issues pertaining to the Himalayas, spanning Pakistan, Nepal, India, Bhutan and Myanmar.

This book traces the emergence of wildlife policy in colonial eastern and central Africa over the course of a century.

This book provides a foundation for modern applied ecology.

This SpringerBrief focuses on the principles of ecotourism such as relevance of the field, origin, fundamental aspects, definitions, philosophy, implications in biodiversity conservation and environmental impacts.

This edited volume consists of three parts.

This introductory volume provides an overview about the history and current status of European mammals, as well as management strategies.

Depuis l’avènement des clubs privés à la fin du XIXe siècle, le succès de la pêche sportive ne se dément pas.

The Juan Fernandez Archipelago is located in the Pacific Ocean west of Chile at 33(deg) S latitude.

This book explores the unanticipated benefits that may arise after wars and conflicts, showing how the preservation of battlefields and the establishment of borderlands can create natural capital in the former landscapes of war.

This book gathers the most recent research findings on ecology and conservation of marine vertebrates in Latin America, making use of high technological methods to show readers the diversity of the marine research that has been conducted in these countries over the last decades.

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.

This edited volume documents the current nature conservation status of arable habitats in Europe.

This book describes the myriad components of the Hindu Kush-Himalaya (HKH) region.

Over half of the world's population now lives in urban areas.

Les enjeux de la nature aujourd’hui et demain : sciences de la vie, alimentation, agriculture, environnement et pollution, précautions et risques.

Rapid and radical changes were taking place in the countryside.

The Call of the Wild is a novel by American writer Jack London.

The Call of the Wild is a novel by American writer Jack London.

The Call of the Wild is a novel by American writer Jack London.

The Call of the Wild is a novel by American writer Jack London.

Buck, a sturdy crossbreed canine (half St.

Buck, a sturdy crossbreed canine (half St.

Esta historia tiene como protagonista a un perro llamado Buck que en el otoño de 1894, cuando el descubrimiento de los yacimientos auríferos de Klondike arrastra hacia los hielos de Alaska a hombres de todas partes del globo, Buck es productivamente vendido y enviado al Norte.

The Call of the Wild is a novel by American writer Jack London.

The Call of the Wild is a novel by American writer Jack London.

The Call of the Wild is a novel by American writer Jack London.

Buck, a sturdy crossbreed canine (half St.

The book on sea ice ecology is the ecology of sea ice algae and other microorganism as bacteria, meiofauna, and viruses residing inside or at the bottom of the sea ice, called the sympagic biota.

This book explores lithium extraction in Chile as part of the global energy transition, unravelling the ontological, ecological, and economic dimensions behind this type of extractivism.

Welcome to the Commonsverse, a parallel social economy helping millions of commoners take charge and escape the predatory Market/State order.

What if Nature is more cooperative, andless competitive, than we think?

What do you think of when you think of Nature?