Environmental Conservation category: 3266 books
Conservation plan of Hindon River in-between Muzaffarnagar and Ghaziabad
Saurabh Mishra,Samarth Sharma, Prabhakar Shukla, Mukesh Kumar Singhal Alternate Hydro Energy Center Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Academic Paper from the year 2014 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: 8.5, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT ROORKEE), course: M.Tech, language: English, abstract: River Hindon is a major source of water to the highly populated and predominantly rural population of western Uttar...
For the Health of the Land
Previously Unpublished Essays And Other Writings
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Aldo Leopold's classic work A Sand County Almanac is widely regarded as one of the minfluential conservation books of all time. In it, Leopold sets forth an eloquplea for the developmof a "land ethic" -- a belief that humans have a duty to interact with the soils, waters, plants, and animals that...
Environmental Problem-Solving A Video-Enhanced Self-Instructional e-Book from MIT
An Overview of the Tools of Environmental Policy-Making and Decision-Making
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2017
The book is divided into four sections: The first section focuses on how certain environmental problems can only be solved through active government effort to implement policies that effectively take science and politics into account. This section introduces readers to foundational concepts, including...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
The proposed book focuses on one of the most important issues affecting humankind in this century - Peak Oil or the declining availability of abundant, cheap energy—and its effects on our industrialized economy and wildlife conservation. Energy will be one of the defining issues of the 21st Century...
Keeping the Wild
Against the Domestication of Earth
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Is it time to embrace the so-called “Anthropocene”—the age of human dominion—and to abandon tried-and-true conservation tools such as parks and wilderness areas? Is the future of Earth to be fully domesticated, an engineered global garden managed by technocrats to serve humanity? The schism between...
Bird Conservation
Evidence for the effects of interventions
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of wild birds. The authors worked with an international group of bird experts and conservationists to develop a global list of interventions that could benefit wild birds. For each intervention, the book...
Growing Greener
Putting Conservation Into Local Plans And Ordinances
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Growing Greener is an illustrated workbook that presents a new look at designing subdivisions while preserving green space and creating open space networks. Randall Arendt explains how to design residential developments that maximize land conservation without reducing overall building density, thus...
Conservation of the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog
Saving North America's Western Grasslands
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Prairie dogs and the grassland habitat in which they play a key ecological role have declined precipitously over the past two centuries. The currnumber of prairie dogs is believed to be less than 2 percof the number encountered by Lewis and Clark in the early 1800s, and only a fraction of grassland...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2010
Recent advances in molecular genetics and genomics have been embraced by many in natural resource conservation. Today, several major conservation and management journals are now using 'genetics' editors to deal solely with the influx of manuscripts that employ molecular data. The editors have attempted...
Nature's Place (Routledge Revivals)
Conservation Sites and Countryside Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Nature conservation has become increasingly important in Britain over the last three decades. This title, first published in 1986, deals with the critical issues surrounding nature conservation and wildlife protection. The book is broad in scope, with a focus on the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act...
Look Up!
Birds and Other Natural Wonders Just Outside Your Window
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Look Up! Birds and Other Natural Wonders Just Outside Your Window is a collection of uplifting yet scientifically-informed nature essays about experiencing nature in an affordable, accessible way. It highlights simple, practical ways to tune in to birds, nature, light, peace and weather – often...
Darwin, Darwinism and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands
The Legacy of Darwin and its New Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
The book explores how Darwin´s legendary and mythologized visit to the Galapagos affected the socioecosystems of the Islands, as well as the cultural and intellectual traditions of Ecuador and Latin America. It highlights in what way the connection between Darwin and the Galapagos has had real, enduring...
Conservation Management of Freshwater Habitats
Lakes, rivers and wetlands
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In this book the authors have applied research knowledge to the solution of practical problems facing wildlife conservation in freshwater habitats. Subjects covered include: evaluation of the conservation interest of sites; practical protection and management of freshwater habitats; species conservation.
The Allegheny Woodrat
Ecology, Conservation, and Management of a Declining Species
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2008
A decline in populations of Allegheny woodrats (Neotoma magister) was first noticed in the 1980s. Since that time, woodrats have become extirpated from at least two states and have declined dramatically in several others. Recent evidence suggests that the decline of this species may be proceeding...