Environmental Conservation category: 3266 books
Biodiversity and Conservation
Characterization and Utilization of Plants, Microbes and Natural Resources for Sustainable Development and Ecosystem Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
This volume provides an enlightening and pragmatic approach to preserving biological diversity by gathering a wide range of peer-reviewed scientific content from biodiversity researchers and conservators from around the world. It brings comprehensive knowledge and information on the present status...
The Wilderness Warrior
Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2009
From New York Times bestselling historian Douglas Brinkley comes a sweeping historical narrative and eye-opening look at the pioneering environmental policies of President Theodore Roosevelt, avid bird-watcher, naturalist, and the founding father of America’s conservation movement.
In this...
by John Muir
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This book-collection file includes: The Grand Canon of the Colorado (article), The Mountains of California, Steep Trails, Stickeen (article), The Story of My Boyhood and Youth, Travels in Alaska, Yosemite, My First Summer in the Sierras, and Alaska Days with John Muir (by S. Hall Young). According to...
by Jo Roderick
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Just how Green is Green? Recycled Thoughts will change your views on current environmental challenges. We can no longer afford to ignore the obvious because it is inconvenient.
Logos, slogans, and Carbon Footprints are not Magic Filters that clean up our environment. These concepts are often...
by John Muir
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Travelogue by the renowned naturalist. According to Wikipedia: "John Muir (April 21, 1838 December 24, 1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of conservation of U.S. wilderness. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, and wildlife, especially...
Nature's Return
An Environmental History of Congaree National Park
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Located at the confluence of the Congaree and Wateree Rivers in central South Carolina, Congaree National Park protects the nation’s largest intact expanse of old-growth bottomland hardwood forest. Modern visitors to the park enjoy a pristine landscape that seems ancient and untouched by human hands,...
by Fergus Beeley, Rosamund Kidman Cox, Jonathan Porritt
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
Planet Earth is the most spectacular look at our planet that has ever been broadcast. It has made millions of viewers aware of the breathtaking beauty and variety of life on our planet, and just as importantly how fragile that life can be.
The premise of Planet Earth - The Future is to identify...
Wetlands
Integrating Multidisciplinary Concepts
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
The science of wetlands and our understanding of these complex ecosystems have improved considerably. The emergence of multidisciplinary strategies is providing new opportunities and innovative approaches to address issues such as climate change and coastal protection. This book, with contributions...
Our Forest, Your Ecosystem, Their Timber
Communities, Conservation, and the State in Community-Based Forest Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2007
Community-based forest management (CBFM) is a model of forest management in which a community takes part in decision making and implementation, and monitoring of activities affecting the natural resources around them. CBFM provides a framework for a community members to secure access to the products...
Quarterly Essay 48 After the Future
Australia's New Extinction Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
Australia is home to many animals and plants found nowhere else on earth, making Australians caretakers of a unique heritage in a land that tolerates few mistakes. Yet, in After the Future, Tim Flannery shows that this country is now on the brink of a new wave of extinctions, which threatens to leave...
Rat Island
Predators in Paradise and the World's Greatest Wildlife Rescue
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
Rat Island rises from the icy gray waters of the Bering Sea, a mass of volcanic rock covered with tundra, midway between Alaska and Siberia. Once a remote sanctuary for enormous flocks of seabirds, the island gained a new name when shipwrecked rats colonized, savaging the nesting birds by the thousands....
Energy Conservation In Whatever Way
Common Facts Everyone Should Know About Energy Saving And Finding Alternative Fuel Sources So You Can Do Your Share In Protecting The Environment
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
There are lots of easy ways to stop wasting energy. You don't have to go build a windmill in your backyard or join aggressive support groups if that's not your style in order to make a difference. We all have to realize that making little changes in our own lives can greatly lessen the harmful effects...
by Miranda Schreurs, Elim Papadakis
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2007
Human beings have been concerned about nature and their place in it for millennia. Disquiet about the consequences of human action on the natural environment date back to the ancient Greeks and Romans. The efforts of the green movement can be traced back to the nineteenth century. In this period,...
Natural Heritage from East to West
Case studies from 6 EU countries
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010
Cumulative global transformations, occurring daily, affect important aspects of our life. Characteristic cultural and natural heritage, including sites of priceless value, is under constant threat. There are growing pressures, of both natural and human origin, such as wars, con icts, natural or technological...