Environmental Conservation category: 3266 books
Environmental Debt
The Hidden Costs of a Changing Global Economy
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
An award-winning environmental activist and social entrepreneur exposes the link between our financial and environmental crises
For decades, politicians and business leaders alike told the American public that today's challenge was growing the economy, and that environmental protection could...
Negotiating Environmental Agreements
How To Avoid Escalating Confrontation Needless Costs And Unnecessary Litigation
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
When business leaders, governmofficials, and other stakeholders come to the table in an environmental, health, or safety dispute, acrimony often results, leading to expensive and time-consuming litigation. Not only does this waste precious resources, but rarely does the process produce the best outcome...
The Shocking
The Message
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
If you have an open mind and are seeking a much higher level of understanding the environment this book is for you. This book is for those who are environmentally conscience. As a resident living in the Victory Heights West Pullman Community under the name Abbas Hassain aka Charles Fletcher, I lived...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2004
Editorial Scope
The Environmental Communication Yearbook is a multidisciplinary forum through which a broad audience of academics, professionals, and practitioners can share and build theoretical, critical, and applied scholarship addressing environmental communication in a variety of contexts. This...
Environmental Justice in Postwar America
A Documentary Reader
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2018
In the decades after World War II, the American economy entered a period of prolonged growth that created unprecedented affluence�but these developments came at the cost of a host of new environmental problems. Unsurprisingly, a disproportionate number of them, such as pollution-emitting factories,...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Editorial Scope
The Environmental Communication Yearbook is a multidisciplinary forum through which a broad audience of academics, professionals, and practitioners can share and build theoretical, critical, and applied scholarship addressing environmental communication in a variety of contexts. This...
Resolving Environmental Conflicts
Principles and Concepts, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2019
Resolving a conflict is based on the art of helping people, with disparate points of view, find enough common ground to ease their fears, sheath their weapons, and listen to one another for their common good, which ultimately translates into social-environmental sustainability for all generations....
The Disney Conservation Fund
Carrying Forward a Conservation Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2016
A photo-driven, commemorative book celebrating the Disney Conservation Fund's 20th anniversary in 2015-2016.
Forgotten Grasslands of the South
Natural History and Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
Forgotten Grasslands of the South is a literary and scientific case study of some of the biologically richest and mendangered ecosystems in North America. Ecologist Reed Noss tells the story of how southern grasslands arose and persisted over time and addresses questions that are fundamental for conserving...
Conservation for Cities
How to Plan & Build Natural Infrastructure
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
It's time to think differently about cities and nature. Understanding how to better connect our cities with the benefits nature provides will be increasingly important as people migrate to cities and flourish in them. All this urban growth, along with challenges of adapting to climate change, will...
by Michael L. Schummer, Heath M. Hagy, K. Sarah Fleming
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
Moist-soil wetlands are seasonally flooded areas that produce early-succession plant communities of grasses, sedges, and other herbaceous plants. Moist-soil wetland plants provide food and cover for a diversity of wildlife species, including waterfowl and other waterbirds. Thus, conservation and management...
Environmental Management Revision Guide
For the NEBOSH Certificate in Environmental Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
The Environmental Management Revision Guide: For the NEBOSH Certificate in Environmental Managementis the perfect revision aid for students preparing to take their NEBOSH Certificate in Environmental Management. As well as being a handy companion volume to Brian Waters’ NEBOSH-endorsed textbook...
Saving Nature's Legacy
Protecting And Restoring Biodiversity
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1994
Written by two leading conservation biologists, Saving Nature's Legacy is a thorough and readable introduction to issues of land managemand conservation biology. It presents a broad, land-based approach to biodiversity conservation in the United States, with the authors succinctly translating principles,...
People, Plants and Protected Areas
A Guide to in Situ Management
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Conservation of plant resources is often focused on seed banks and botanical gardens. However, the two authors of this volume present a comprehensive conservation strategy that complements this ex-situ approach with practical guidance on in-situ management and conservation of plant resources. The...