Environmental management

Typically, landscape ecologists use empirical observations to conduct research and devise solutions for applied problems in conservation and management.

This book is a compilation of recent developments in land, ecosystem, and water management in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.

This colorful book offers you a window into the world of Mahatma Gandhi, one of the most amazing people of the twentieth century.

Since the industrial revolution, progress has meant an increase in labour productivity.

Projecting modest future growth for both prices and harvest levels, this study, first published in 1990, provides theoretical and empirical justification for challenging the conventional wisdom that real timber prices will rise for the indefinite future.

The publication of Reintroduction Biology of Australian and New Zealand Fauna nearly 20 years ago introduced the new science of 'reintroduction biology'.

Environmental health law is a wide-ranging, detailed and complex body of law within the UK.

Borowiec surveys North African history and current efforts to halt the movement of the Sahara into surrounding countries.

Increasingly, companies are being judged by their performance in terms of Environmental Social Governance (ESG).

The book is on latest investigations of natural hazards like earthquakes, landslides, and glacial hazards carried out in last few years.

Natural disasters in recent years have brought the study of disaster resiliency to the forefront.

International aid is about much more than money.

Drawing on the expertise of marine researchers from both the natural and social sciences, this book examines how we, as both scientists and societies, can return to a sustainable co-existence with the ocean and use the tools of transdisciplinarity to bring together the diverse forms of knowledge needed to achieve this important task.

This book advocates a more thoughtful approach to urban water management.

This book focuses on analysing how legal systems set the terms for interactions between human beings and plants.

To understand modern principles of sustainable management and the conservation of wildlife species requires intimate knowledge about demography, animal behavior, and ecosystem dynamics.

The richer countries spend about US$165 billion yearly on overseas aid, mainly to keep human development going.

World trade in agriculture, with its massive subsidies, restrictive barriers, international collaboration and competition, and the livelihoods of millions of farmers worldwide at stake, is an emotive subject that often provokes heated debate.

Globally rainforests are under threat on numerous fronts, including clearing for agriculture, harvesting for timber and urban expansion.

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The discovery, just forty years ago, of vast oil and gas reserves in the Southwestern part of Norway, and more recently in the Arctic High North region, created an economic titan and posed a vast array of challenges for both the Norwegian government and the residents of this area.

There is a rapidly growing interest in, and demand for, non-timber forest products (NTFPs).

Land use decisions in karst terrains can have immediate and serious impacts on the local landscape and groundwater resources.

Bringing together contributions from diplomats, UN agency officials, lawyers and academics, this book provides insight into the evolution of international environmental law, diplomacy and negotiating techniques.

This volume comprehensively covers soil microbial processes that regulate the flux of greenhouse gasses (GHG) from agricultural soils, in an effort to address how GHG regulating microbes can be used to mitigate harmful climate change impacts on agriculture.

Essentials of Toxicology for Health Protection is ideal as both a course book for students and a handbook for field professionals involved in responding to chemical incidents and local environmental concerns.

Originally published in 1986.

This edited volume defines and compares central aspects of governance and management related to urban open spaces (UOSs) such as long-term management, combined governance and management and strategic management of UOSs.

UNESCO Biosphere Reserves (BRs) are designated areas in geographical regions of global socio-ecological significance.

Marine extremes, as they are conceived of in this volume, encompass environments, activities, events and impacts.

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play an increasingly prominent role in addressing complex environmental issues such as climate change, persistent bio-accumulative pollutants, and the conservation of biodiversity.

This book is an important guide for individuals seeking to develop and grow their leadership skills in the wildlife conservation sector, across varied disciplines such as environmental management, conservation biology, and ecotourism.

One of the most striking and persistent ways humans dominate Earth is by changing land-cover as we settle a region.

This thought-provoking, accessible book critically examines the dominant food regime on its own terms, by seriously asking whether we can afford cheap food and by exploring what exactly cheap food affords us.

Not since the 19th century has the future of the countryside been such a focus of political and public attention, nor of profound uncertainty and anguished debate.

Micronutrient research has been an important component of the soil fertility and plant nutrition program in Pakistan since the identification of zinc deficiency in rice in 1969.

Northern Tanzania is an important and diverse ecological and cultural region with many protected lands.

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This book presents an analysis of climate change and agricultural laws in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa in order to determine whether they adequately addressed the concept of agricultural adaptation.

Written by one of the world's leading scholars in the field, this book provides a unique perspective on the connections between energy justice and human rights.

Without energy, there is no well-functioning economy, besides facing social risks.

The concept of food and nutrition security has evolved and risen to the top of the international policy agenda over the last decade.

The wind power business has grown from a niche sector within the energy industry to a global industry that attracts substantial investment.

This book is intended for use by natural resource managers and scientists, and students in the fields of natural resource management, ecology, and conservation biology, who are confronted with complex and difficult decision making problems.

This book, as a part of a series of CERES publications, provides a multi-regional and cross-sectoral analysis of food and water security, especially in the era of climate risks, biodiversity loss, pressure on scarce resources, especially land and water, increasing global population, and changing dietary preferences.

Humans generate millions of tons of waste every day.

This book presents a collection of research papers and case studies from leading experts in the field.

Greenland and the International Politics of a Changing Arctic examines the international politics of semi-independent Greenland in a changing and increasingly globalised Arctic.