Environmental Conservation category: 3266 books
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Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2012
The book is designed to provide a review on the methods and current status of conservation of the tropical plant species. It will also provide the information on the richness of the tropical plant diversity, the need to conserve, and the potential utilization of the genetic resources. Future perspectives...
Crop Wild Relatives
A Manual of in situ Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
Crop wild relatives (CWR) are plant species which are more or less closely related to crops. They are a vital resource by providing a pool of genetic variation that can be used in breeding new and better adapted varieties of crops that are resistant to stress, disease, drought and other factors. They...
by F.P.G. Princée
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
Many endangered species of wild animals are managed in captivity through studbooks. In this book these data-rich resources are mined in innovative, integrated and statistically tested ways to maximise information gain for conservation practice – whether for captive or released/reintroduced or managed...
Human Values and Biodiversity Conservation
The Survival of Wild Species
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This pioneering book explores the influence of human values on the willingness of individuals to pay for the conservation of individual wildlife species (and classes of these), to be for or against their survival, and to favour or oppose their harvesting.Clement Tisdell combines original theories, survey...
Wild Again
The Struggle to Save the Black-Footed Ferret
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
This engaging personal account of one of America's most contested wildlife conservation campaigns has as its central character the black-footed ferret. Once feared extinct, and still one of North America's rarest mammals, the black-footed ferret exemplifies the ecological, social, and political challenges...
by David Benac
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
At the end of the nineteenth century, the rugged landscape of the Courtois Hills in the Missouri Ozarks was host to an isolated society of tenacious inhabitants, who subsisted almost entirely on the resources of its rich forests. It was this same valuable timber that drew the Missouri Lumber and Mining...
Wilderness and the American Mind
Fifth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
Roderick Nash’s classic study of changing attitudes toward wilderness during American history, as well as the origins of the environmental and conservation movements, has received wide acclaim since its initial publication in 1967. The Los Angeles Times listed it among the one hundred most influential...
Metamorphoses of the Zoo
Animal Encounter after Noah
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2010
Metamorphoses of the Zoo: Animal Encounter After Noah is a volume dedicated to radically transformative approaches to spaces set aside as zoological parks or gardens. Historically, these establishments served as symbols of power and venues for entertainment, but today, they have taken to portraying...
Simply Green:
Easy, Money-Saving Tips for Eco-Friendly Families
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
It's Not About Politics.
It's About Caring--And What Every Family Can Do!
Written by a passionately concerned couple--David Seligman is an active duty U.S. serviceman and Melissa is a devoted stay-at-home mom--this is the first book about going green that won't scare you with statistics, overwhelm...
Rights to Nature
Ecological, Economic, Cultural, and Political Principles of Institutions for the Environment
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1996
Property rights are a tool humans use in regulating their use of natural resources. Understanding how rights to resources are assigned and how they are controlled is critical to designing and implementing effective strategies for environmental managemand conservation.*Rights to Nature* is a nontechnical,...
Rewilding the World
Dispatches from the Conservation Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
A gripping account of the environmental crusade to save the world's most endangered species and landscapes—the last best hope for preserving our natural home
Scientists worldwide are warning of the looming extinction of thousands of species, from tigers and polar bears to rare flowers, birds,...
Nature's Fortune
How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
What is nature worth? The answer to this question-which traditionally has been framed in environmental terms-is revolutionizing the way we do business.
In Nature's Fortune, Mark Tercek, CEO of The Nature Conservancy and former investment banker, and science writer Jonathan Adams argue that...
by Werner Antweiler
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
As businesses face an increasing array of environmental challenges, including climate change, air and water pollution, and solid waste management, environmental management has become an increasingly important area of expertise. Elements of Environmental Management is an interdisciplinary textbook...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2010
Land Degradation and Desertification: Assessment, Mitigation, and Remediation reports research results in sustainable land management and land degradation status and mitigation in 36 countries around the world. It includes background papers with continental and international perspectives dealing with...