Conservation of the environment

Explore our emotional bond with nature to heal ourselves and the natural worldWhy spend countless hours indoors in front of screens when being in nature feels so good?

Secrets of the Manatee offers a fascinating look at Florida's most mysterious marine creature.

Williams examines the efforts of public agencies to better incorporate citizen participation in the administrative process.

Expanding water reusethe use of treated wastewater for beneficial purposes including irrigation, industrial uses, and drinking water augmentationcould significantly increase the nation's total available water resources.

'A tantalising glimpse of nature's capacity to heal' -- The Times 'Eye-opening' -- Daily Mail'Splendid, warm, and exhaustively researched' -- Sy Montgomery author of The Soul of an Octopus'Full of heart, zest, and honesty' -- Chantal Lyons, author of GroundbreakersFor readers of Jennifer Ackerman and Ed Yong, environmental journalist Alix Morris recounts the year she spent following seals, investigating their fascinating behaviour, the effects of their extraordinary return from near extinction, and how we can try to bring nature back into balance.

In this edited volume, the leading scholars in the field engage with consumers, marketers, corporations and policymakers as well as space dynamics and network formation to provide an in-depth examination of anti-consumption: a voluntary behavioural inclination to minimise rather than grow, to decelerate and simplify and to reduce the unnecessary exploitation of resources fuelled by consumer culture.

A comprehensive natural history of one of Britain's favourite animalsThe badger has for many years occupied a unique place in the British consciousness.

This book presents 12 effective methods to manage wetlands for conservation.

Mercury pollution and contamination are widespread, well documented, and continue to pose a public health concern in both developed and developing countries.

Contributors include Rick Bass, David James Duncan, Gretel Ehrlich, Kate Harris, and Deborah A.

In this book, the authors examine the governance of marine protected areas (MPA), and in particular they compare two different forms of governance - co-management (CM) and adaptive co-management (ACM).

Aldo Leopold and Ed Ricketts are giants in the history of environmental awareness.

The tropical UK Territories have extensive coral reefs.

Proposes new ways of managing ecological invasions by implementing an open adaptive network framework for ecosystem transformation.

Any effective response to an uncertain future will require independently thinking individuals working together.

From shipments of Canadian waste rotting in developing countries to overflowing landfills and ineffective recycling programs, Canada is facing a waste crisis.

In a society more concerned with how to cope with existential dread than how to make actionable changes to save the planet, a surprisingly large number of Americans identify as environmentalists.

The Butterflies of Britain & Ireland provides comprehensive coverage of all our resident and migratory butterflies, including the latest information on newly discovered species such as Cryptic Wood White and the Geranium Bronze.

The go-to guide to California's natural history, now updated with fresh insights on stewardship for a changing climate and diverse naturalist perspectives.

Originally published in 1985.

The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) has been off-limits to human habitation for nearly seventy years, and in that time, biodiverse forms of life have flourished in and around the DMZ as beneficiaries of an unresolved war.

This GeoGuide provides an overview of the geology of Alno, combined with an up-to-date field itinerary.

This book introduces various mathematical models used in ecological risk assessment, primarily discussing models used in hazard assessment.

Decades of research and discussion have shown that the human population growth and our increased consumption of natural resources cannot continue - there are limits to growth.

The key aim of this book is to explore the global conservation and management of sharks.

Biographer Steven J.

This book provides, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the fundamental roles that ecological interactions play in extinction processes, bringing to light an underground of hidden pathways leading to the same dark place: biodiversity loss.

This book shows how promoting clean energy technologies - from solar panels to electric cars - can end human-induced climate change.

What rational justification is there for conceiving of all living things as possessing inherent worth?

Dangerous climate change is coming.

In this edition of their bestseller, the sequel to the best-selling Good News for a Change, authors David Suzuki and Holly Dressel provide the latest inspiring stories about individuals, groups, and businesses that are making real change in the world.

This book discusses whether, and how, coexistence of people and endangered wildlife may be encouraged.

An excellent primer on key insights and questions in ecological economics from a celebrated pioneer of the field.

Current images of sustainability are often designed to instil fear and force change, not because we believe in it, but because we fear the consequences of inaction.

Peatlands form important landscape elements in many parts of the world and play significant roles for biodiversity and global carbon balance.

A unique global review of high mountain bird ecology, conservation, knowledge gaps, and research priorities for their persistence.

The Kruger National Park is one of the worlds leading stewards of biological diversity.

"e;Eminently quotable and passionately argued essays"e; on living in harmony with the earth and each other, by Wes Jackson, Wendell Berry, and more (Library Journal, starred review).

This book is a state-of-the-art compilation of the latest information on ecosystem services of agroforestry.

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

Poachers Caught!

A spirited yet humble account of one man's scientific career and personal journey to save the endangered rhinoceros in his native NepalIn early 2006, National Public Radio reported that "e;A promising conservation effort to save one of Nepal's signature endangered species is now in serious trouble, due primarily to poachers taking advantage of fighting between government forces and Maoist insurgents.

Uganda has extensive protected areas and iconic wildlife (including mountain gorillas), which exist within a complex social and political environment.

Was ist die Erde wert?

Parrots of the Wildis an exhaustive compendium of information about parrots, from their evolutionary history to their behavior to present-day conservation issues.