Conservation of the environment

In Big Ecology, David C.

This book traces the development-environment discourse in India and examines the multi-layered interaction between society and nature in the light of the role of the state, judiciary and the civil society.

Life began in the sea, and even today most of the deep diversity of the planet is marine.

Ecological restoration, the attempt to guide damaged ecosystems back to a previous, usually healthier or more natural, condition, is rapidly gaining recognition as one of the most promising approaches to conservation.

Judicious soil fertility management is crucial for sustainable crop production and food security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

This edited volume consists of three parts.

The Red Hills region is an idyllic setting filled with longleaf pines that stretches from Tallahassee, Florida, to Thomasville, Georgia.

Over the last two decades, the topic of forest ecosystem services has attracted the attention of researchers, land managers, and policy makers around the globe.

The World Heritage community is currently adopting policies to mainstream human rights as part of a wider sustainability agenda.

In the winter of 199697, state and federal authorities shot or shipped to slaughter more than 1,100 Yellowstone National Park bison.

India's sustained and rapid economic growth offers an opportunity to lift millions out of poverty.

This book addresses urban ecology, green technology, problems with climate change prediction, groundwater contamination, invasive species and many other topics, and offers a guardedly optimistic interpretation of humanity's place in nature and our unique caretaker role.

In the continuing debate of how to confront the challenges of climate change, individuals, advocacy groups, and political parties in the United States offer arguments and solutions based on economic and political viewpoints.

Wind farms are an essential component of global renewable energy policy and the action to limit the effects of climate change.

North America's Great Lakes country has experienced centuries of upheaval.

Coral reefs are an important tourism resource for many coastal and island destinations and generate a range of benefits to their local communities, including as a food source, income from tourism, employment and recreational opportunities.

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

Since time immemorial indigenous people have engaged in legal relationships with other-than-human-persons.

Governance of Marine Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation explores governance of the world s oceans with a focus on the impacts of two inter-connected but historically separate streams of governance: one for fisheries, the other for biodiversity conservation.

Originally published in 2002, The Subsidy Scandal examines the subsidies spent by governments and the affect this has had on the environment.

Following the destruction of 95% of meadows during the twentieth century, there is an urgent need to understand what little unspoiled habitat remains in order to plan the management and restoration of existing sites, as well as re-creating future grassland habitats.

First published in 1999, this volume features contributors specialising in urban planning and examines the challenges of environmental planning in urban areas, focusing on policy, management, organisation and policy.

A presentation of 491 popular orchid species with 13 varieties and 3 natural hybrids in 51 genera with names beginning with A to E carefully detailed with beautiful photographs and concise descriptions of the plants, their distribution and habitats by a well-known author and photographer.

If our planet is going to survive the climate crisis, we need to act rapidly.

Revealing the impact of civilisation upon our bird life, with particular reference to the species that have come to rely largely on types of habitat greatly modified or actually formed by human action.

From Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado to the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas, this volume provides a snapshot of the most spectacular and important natural places in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains.

The book is designed to provide a review on the methods and current status of conservation of the tropical plant species.

Ethnoecology has blossomed in recent years into an important science because of the realization that the vast body of knowledge contained in both indigenous and folk cultures is being rapidly lost as natural ecosystems and cultures are being destroyed by the encroachment of development.

This book explores the continuation of coal mining in Australia despite growing awareness of its contribution to the climate crisis.

The revitalizing and restoration of rivers, creeks and streams is a major focus of urban conservation activity throughout North America and Europe.

South Africa's fynbos region has intrigued biologists for centuries.

A detailed exploration of the variety of threats that endangered species are facing around the world, whether they are due to human impact or so-called natural causes.

The world's poor will be the most critically affected by a changing climate-and yet their current plight isn't improving rapidly enough to fulfill the UN's Millennium Development Goals.

This three-volume encyclopedia explores the evolution of green ideology and eco-friendly practices in contemporary American culture, ranging from the creation of regional and national guidelines for green living to the publication of an increasing number of environmental blogs written from the layperson's perspective.

Humans pose an unprecedented threat to life in all its great diversity of forms.

Outlines the ecological fundamentals, assumptions, and techniques for reconstructing past environments using fossil animals from archaeological and paleontological sites.

Over the last decade, water security has replaced sustainability as the key optic for thinking about how we manage water.

Analyzing the self-sufficient Danish island of Samso, this book explains sustainability through a bio-geophysical understanding of how to best use society's limited resources to achieve true sustainability.

Insects, pests and weeds are responsible for substantial loss of crops and reduced food supplies, poorer quality of agricultural products, economic hardship for growers and processor.

The main goal of this book is to encourage and formalize the infusion of evolutionary thinking into mainstream conservation biology.

It has become more and more accepted that nature conservation is not possible without taking into account human activities.

This account explores how to promote biodiversity without compromising agricultural production in highly managed agricultural ecosystems.

Bringing together scholars of human geography, environmental sociology, law, economics and international policy from Finland, Russia, Sweden and Germany, this book examines how local communities and enterprises adjust to transition and institutional changes in Northwest Russia.