Environmental policy and protocols

The controversy aroused by the Supreme Court's decision on offshore mineral rights emphsizes the importance of the public domain in the workings of the Canadian constitution.

Despite sporadic news coverage of extreme weather events, high-level climate change diplomacy, special UN days of celebration, and popular media references to impending ecological collapse, most students are not exposed to the detailed presentation and analysis of the international relations and diplomacy of environmental policy-making.

Despite sporadic news coverage of extreme weather events, high-level climate change diplomacy, special UN days of celebration, and popular media references to impending ecological collapse, most students are not exposed to the detailed presentation and analysis of the international relations and diplomacy of environmental policy-making.

Agriculture has historically been a critical and sensitive area in the Canadian economy.

In 1964 Canada and the United States agreed on a mammoth scheme for the development of the Columbia River.

The Canadian Environment in Political Context uses a non-technical approach to introduce environmental politics to undergraduate readers.

The Canadian Environment in Political Context uses a non-technical approach to introduce environmental politics to undergraduate readers.

Canada has over-promised and under-delivered on climate change, setting weak goals and allowing carve-outs, exceptions, and exemptions to undermine its climate policies.

Canada has over-promised and under-delivered on climate change, setting weak goals and allowing carve-outs, exceptions, and exemptions to undermine its climate policies.

Why has Canada been unable to achieve any of its climate-change targets?

Why has Canada been unable to achieve any of its climate-change targets?

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

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

There is a growing need for public buy-in if democratic processes are to run smoothly.

There is a growing need for public buy-in if democratic processes are to run smoothly.

Over the last century, the scale of Canada's domestic disaster response system has grown significantly due to the country's increased capacity for emergency management and the rise in natural hazards.

The climate crisis requires that we drastically reduce carbon dioxide emissions across all sectors of society.

The climate crisis requires that we drastically reduce carbon dioxide emissions across all sectors of society.

Costing billions of dollars annually, international trade in agricultural products is impactful and influenced by several factors, including climate change, food policy, and government legislation.

Costing billions of dollars annually, international trade in agricultural products is impactful and influenced by several factors, including climate change, food policy, and government legislation.

Conversations about climate change are filled with challenges involving complex data, deeply held values, and political issues.

Conversations about climate change are filled with challenges involving complex data, deeply held values, and political issues.

Exploring the ways in which culture, systems of value, and ethics impact agriculture, this volume addresses contemporary land questions and conditions for agricultural land management.

Exploring the ways in which culture, systems of value, and ethics impact agriculture, this volume addresses contemporary land questions and conditions for agricultural land management.

As climate change continues to threaten both our economic and ecological well-being, countries around the world are trying to implement green strategies that will simultaneously curb emissions and spur economic growth.

Climate change skeptics and business pundits alike are convinced that any public policy instruments used to curtail environmental degradation are antithetical to the interests of the corporate community.

Climate change skeptics and business pundits alike are convinced that any public policy instruments used to curtail environmental degradation are antithetical to the interests of the corporate community.

Between 1995 and 2005, the government of Alberta undertook major reforms to the way water is governed in the arid southern part of the province.

Between 1995 and 2005, the government of Alberta undertook major reforms to the way water is governed in the arid southern part of the province.

Climate change is prompting an unprecedented questioning of the fundamental bases upon which society is founded.

Australia's coral reefs stretch far and wide, covering 50 000 square kilometres from the Indian Ocean in the West to the Pacific Ocean in the East.

Across the world, cats are loved as pets or are kept or tolerated for their role in controlling some animal pests.

Humans spend more time in or on the water than ever before.

The Tasmanian devil is threatened by Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD), a transmissible form of cancer that has reduced the population by over 80%.

Environmental management involves making decisions about the governance of natural resources such as water, minerals or land, which are inherently decisions about what is just or fair.

Environmental management involves making decisions about the governance of natural resources such as water, minerals or land, which are inherently decisions about what is just or fair.

Emergency services personnel conduct their work in situations that are inherently dangerous.

Oil spills can be difficult to manage, with reporting frequently delayed.

Oil spills can be difficult to manage, with reporting frequently delayed.

Sustainability challenges blur the boundaries between academic disciplines, between research, policy and practice, and between states, markets and society.

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

Global food security is dependent on ecologically viable production systems, but current agricultural practices are often at odds with environmental sustainability.

We are currently facing significant challenges in environmental management that must be addressed to maintain the health of our planet and our population.

Global Application of Prescribed Fire provides a first-hand perspective of the various methods and ways people around the world view and use prescribed fire.

The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020 is the most comprehensive review of the status of Australia's avifauna ever attempted.

Telling people about research is just as important as doing it.

Freshwater scarcity is a critical challenge, with social, economic, political and environmental consequences.

Meeting future food needs without compromising environmental integrity is a central challenge for agriculture globally but especially for the Asia Pacific region - where 60% of the global population, including some of the world's poorest, live on only 30% of the land mass.

Floods, fires, famines, epidemics and disasters of all kinds are on the increase, and as their frequency rises so does the call for greater resilience.

Are you wishing you knew how to better communicate science, without having to read several hundred academic papers and books on the topic?