Environmental management

There is a growing need for appropriate management of aquatic plants in rivers and canals, lakes and reservoirs, and drainage channels and urban waterways.

International concern for the continued growth of greenhouse gas emissions, and the potentially damaging consequences of resultant global climate change, led to the signing of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change by 155 nations at the Earth Summit in June 1992.

by Elisabeth Mann Borgese Founder and Honorary President International Ocean Institute Adalberto Vallega has been, for decades, a master and great teacher of integrated coastal management and Mediterranean cooperation.

Polymers, main components of plastics and rubbers, are being discarded in increasing quantities.

During the 4th International Consultation on Forest Genetics and Tree Building, held in 1998 in Beijing, China, leading scientists were invited to review past achievements, to redefine the role of forest genetics and breeding in contemporary forestry, and to set priorities for future research and development.

The 38 chapters of this Field Manual provide the tools required for planning experiments with entomopathogens and their implementation in the field.

Global pesticide use is currently estimated at approximately 2.

Exploring Risk Communication presents a systematic planning approach to risk communication.

Entomopathogenic bacteria (Bacillus thuringiensis and B.

When Lovelock published his 'Gaia', it was for many people quite a relief.

The 1980s and 1990s have been a period of exciting new developments in the modelling of decision-making under risk and uncertainty.

The ECOMAC project (Eco-management Accounting as a Tool of Environmental Man- agement) has provided a framework for linking environmental management with man- agement accounting.

This book is the result of a three day workshop on "e;Evaluation in theory and practice in spatial planning"e; held in Ramsey Hall, University College London, in September 1996.

Environmental informatics is a field of applied computer science that develops and uses the techniques of information processing for environmental protection, research and engineering.

Reviews: Methods and Technology in Fish Biology and Fisheries published by Kluwer Academic Publishers is a book series dedicated to the publication of information on advanced, forward-looking methodologies, technologies, or perspectives in fish and is especially dedicated to relevant topics addressing global, fisheries.

The last decade of this century has seen a renewed interest in the dynamics and physics of the small bodies of the Solar System, Asteroids, Comets and Meteors.

Development and status of landscape ecology - subject of this book During the last decades, landscape ecology has developed tremendously.

This volume contains the lectures presented at the Advanced Study Institute on "e;Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Catalytic Solid Fuel Conversion for the Production of aean Synthetic Fuels"e; which was held at Ak~;ay, Edremit, Tiirkiye, between July 21 and August 3, 1991.

Modern liberal democracies are troubled by public problems in which the free market is no innocent bystander.

This volume provides a selection of the most significant papers presented at the Fourth Conference on Fish Telemetry in Europe, in Trondheim, Norway, in 2001.

What is the role of government in environmental politics and policy?

The Brahmaputra River is a precious gift of Nature to India and especially to its northeast region.

Radioactivity can be detected at different levels in almost all objects all over the world, including the human body.

Over recent years there has been an increasing awareness of the risks of locating hazardous industries near heavily populated, environmentally sensitive areas.

The interaction between environmental change and human activities is com- plex, requiring the concepts and tools of a number of disciplines for its effective analysis.

Caribbean Tsunamis - A 500-Year History from 1498-1998 broadly characterizes the nature of tsunamis in the Caribbean Sea, while bearing in mind both scientific aspects as well as potential interest by the many governments and populations likely to be affected by the hazard.

Public debate has stimulated interest in finding greater compatibility among forest management regimes.

As the coastal human population increases in the United States, there will likely be increasing environmental and socioeconomic pressures on our coastal and estuarine environments.

This book contains six studies on various national environmental policies and environment -oriented technology policy systems in Austria, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom, sandwiched between this introductory and a concluding chapter.

This book has been initiated by the workshop on Cultural heritage in changing landscapes, held during the IALE (International Association for Landscape Ecology) European Conference that started in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 200 1 and continued across the Baltic to Tartu, Estonia, in JUly.

Aerobiology is the science that studies the biological component of the atmosphere and its effects on living systems and on the environment.

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This book deals with voluntary approaches between farmers and water suppliers as an instrument to meet environmental standards, impacted by agricultural activities, more economically efficient and environmentally effective than by exclusive application of alternative instruments including command-and-control approaches.

Policy issues relating to forestry have been the subject of much debate in recent years, and many countries and international agencies have recently, or are currently in the process, of revising their policies for forestry.

This book can be regarded as a monograph on the debates and developments in Dutch environmental policy.

The global scale of alien species invasions is becoming more and more evident in the beginning ofthe new millennium.

When did man discover nuclear waste?

The large-scale application of new silvicultural systems has become a political reality in many parts of the world.

This is the first book in English reviewing and updating the geology of the whole Apennines, one of the recent most uplifted mountains in the world.

This is the first book to examine comprehensively the chlorine industry and its effects on the environment.

Decision making in land management involves preferential selection among competing alternatives.

Groundwater is endangered and polluted in several ways.

During recent decades, millions of tonnes of man-made chemicals have been produced and released into the environment, with very little safety testing.

Most of the chapters in this volume are authored by staff or associates of the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE).

During the last century international trade has become indispensable for many economies.

Most publications on heavy metals and the environment have focused on environmental pathways and risks.

Desertification has occurred worldwide.

Climate change is one of the major global environmental problems, one that has the potential to confront us with great costs during the decades to come.