Environmental Conservation category: 3266 books
World Heritage Conservation
The World Heritage Convention, Linking Culture and Nature for Sustainable Development
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
The UNESCO World Heritage Convention has become one of the most successful UN instruments for promoting cultural diplomacy and dialogue on conservation of cultural and natural heritage. This book provides an overview of the convention through an interdisciplinary approach to conservation. It shows...
Generations on the Land
A Conservation Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2011
The landowners in this book have improved their land and done so by being profitable, generous to their human community, committed to family, and desirous of leaving land better than when it came into their stewardship.—from the introduction by Brent Haglund
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In 2008, the Sand...
Stand Up That Mountain
The Battle to Save One Small Community in the Wilderness Along the Appalachian Trail
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
In the tradition of A Civil Ac tion—the true story of a North Carolina outdoorsman who teams up with his Appalachian “mountain people” neighbors to save treasured land from being destroyed
Living alone in his wooded mountain retreat, Jay Leutze gets a call from a whip-smart fourteen-year-old,...
The Redwood Forest
History, Ecology, and Conservation of the Coast Redwoods
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Evidence is mounting that redwood forests, like many other ecosystems, cannot survive as small, isolated fragments in human-altered landscapes. Such fragments lose their diversity over time and, in the case of redwoods, may even lose the ability to grow new, giant trees.*The Redwood Forest*, written...
by Kip Anderson, Keegan Kuhn
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Discover the biggest issue in conservation today. This companion to the documentary Cowspiracy explores the impacts of the most environmentally destructive industry on the planet: animal agriculture.
The award-winning documentary Cowspiracy presents alarming truths about the effects of animal...
Conservation by Proxy
Indicator, Umbrella, Keystone, Flagship, and Other Surrogate Species
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010
The vast scope of conservation problems has forced biologists and managers to rely on "surrogate" species to serve as shortcuts to guide their decision making. These species-known by a host of different terms, including indicator, umbrella, and flagship species-act as proxies to represent larger conservation...
The Texas Landscape Project
Nature and People
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2016
The Texas Landscape Project explores conservation and ecology in Texas by presenting a highly visual and deeply researched view of the widespread changes that have affected the state as its population and economy have boomed and as Texans have worked ever harder to safeguard its bountiful but limited...
Against Extinction
The Story of Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
'Conservation in the 21st century needs to be different and this book is a good indicator of why.' Bulletin of British Ecological Society Against Extinction tells the history of wildlife conservation from its roots in the 19th century, through the foundation of the Society for the Preservation of...
Decolonizing Nature
Strategies for Conservation in a Post-colonial Era
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
British imperialism was almost unparalleled in its historical and geographical reach, leaving a legacy of entrenched social transformation in nations and cultures in every part of the globe. Colonial annexation and government were based on an all-encompassing system that integrated and controlled...
Indigenous Peoples, National Parks, and Protected Areas
A New Paradigm Linking Conservation, Culture, and Rights
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
A vast number of national parks and protected areas throughout the world have been established in the customary territories of Indigenous peoples. In many cases these conservation areas have displaced Indigenous peoples, undermining their cultures, livelihoods, and self-governance, while squandering...
by Marco Festa-Bianchet
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Efforts to conserve wildlife populations and preserve biological diversity are often hampered by an inadequate understanding of animal behavior. How do animals react to gaps in forested lands, or to sport hunters? Do individual differences--in age, sex, size, past experience--affect how an animal...
Ecotourists Save the World
The Environmental Volunteer's Guide to More Than 300 International Adventures to Conserve, Preserve, and Rehabilitate Wildlife and Habitats
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
A comprehensive guide to environmental and wildlife volunteer programs throughout the world.
This unique site-by-site guide profiles more than 300 programs where volunteers can work in a variety of activities involving conservation and study of wildlife. From the Fur Seal Project of the Earthwatch...
Nature Conservation in Europe
Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The Rio Summit has pointed to the urgency for the development of an international conservation policy; and the post-Maastricht debates in Europe have highlighted the need for the EU to reassess structural funding in nature conservation, as well as the influences on policy and practice.
This book is...
Natural Visions
The Power of Images in American Environmental Reform
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
Walden Pond. The Grand Canyon.Yosemite National Park. Throughout the twentieth century, photographers and filmmakers created unforgettable images of these and other American natural treasures. Many of these images, including the work of Ansel Adams, continue to occupy a prominent place in the American...