Environmental Conservation category: 3266 books
The Mediterranean region under climate change
A scientific update
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2018
This book has been published by Allenvi (French National Alliance for Environmental Research) to coincide with the 22nd Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22) in Marrakesh. It is the outcome of work by academic researchers on both sides of the Mediterranean...
Fisheries in the Pacific
The challenges of governance and sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018
Fisheries in the Pacific: The Challenges of Governance and Sustainability is a multidisciplinary book, which examines various aspects of coastal and oceanic fisheries in Pacific waters. These interrelated fisheries sectors are critical for regional food security and also represent a reserve of food...
Allied Power
Mobilizing Hydro-electricity during Canada's Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2015
Canada emerged from the Second World War as a hydro-electric superpower. Only the United States generated more hydro power than Canada and only Norway generated more per capita. Allied Power is about how this came to be: the mobilization of Canadian hydro-electricity during the war and the impact...
Water
Abundance, Scarcity, and Security in the Age of Humanity
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
An intellectual history of America's water management philosophy
Humans take more than their geological share of water, but they do not benefit from it equally. This imbalance has created an era of intense water scarcity that affects the security of individuals, states, and the global economy....
Ecosystems and Human Well-Being
A Manual for AssessmPractitioners
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Designed by a partnership of UN agencies, international scientific organizations, and developmagencies, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessm(MA) is the mextensive study ever of the linkages between the world’s ecosystems and human well-being. The goal of the MA is to establish the scientific basis for...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The international perspective for this book is the unprecedented level of concern over deforestation, recognized by the meeting of world leaders at the 1992 Earth Summit, in Rio do Janeiro, and culminating in the appoint ment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests (IPF), under the auspices of...
The Everything Green Classroom Book
From recycling to conservation, all you need to create an eco-friendly learning environment
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2009
This book is the essential guide for teaching children about nature and environmental protection. This guide shows teachers how to incorporate “green” concepts into everyday lessons, activities, and field trips. Also included are ways to send the lesson home, with clear steps for teaching children...
by Pavel Krasilnikov, Ma. del Carmen Gutiérrez-Castorena, Robert J. Ahrens
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Mexico is an extensive country with an extremely complex mosaic of landscapes. The soils of Mexico have still not been completely studied, and there are few publications available on this subject. This book provides a state-of-the-art view on Mexican soils, their geographical distribution, their...
GhBears
Exploring The Biodiversity Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
In GhBears, R. Edward Grumbine looks at the implications of the widespread loss of biological diversity, and explains why our species-centered approach to environmental protection will ultimately fail. Using the fate of the endangered grizzly bear -- the "ghbear" -- to explore the causes and effects...
by Catherine Rich
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2005
While certain ecological problems associated with artificial night lighting are widely known-for instance, the disorientation of sea turtle hatchlings by beachfront lighting-the vast range of influences on all types of animals and plants is only beginning to be recognized. From nest choice and breeding...
The Galapagos Marine Reserve
A Dynamic Social-Ecological System
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
This book focuses on how marine systems respond to natural and anthropogenic perturbations (ENSO, overfishing, pollution, tourism, invasive species, climate-change). Authors explain in their chapters how this information can guide management and conservation actions to help orient and better manage,...
Protecting Pollinators
How to Save the Creatures that Feed Our World
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2019
We should thank a pollinator at every meal. These diminutive creatures fertilize a third of the crops we eat. Yet half of the 200,000 species of pollinators are threatened. Birds, bats, insects, and many other pollinators are disappearing, putting our entire food supply in jeopardy. In North America...
Biodiversity Offsets
European Perspectives on No Net Loss of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2018
This book deals with the new concept of biodiversity offsets. The aim of offsetting schemes is to achieve no let loss or even net gain of biodiversity. Offsets obey a mitigation hierarchy and reflect the precautionary and polluter-pays principle in regard to project impacts.
Readers gain insights...
Ecological Integrity
Integrating Environment, Conservation, and Health
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Global Integrity Project has brought together leading scientists and thinkers from around the world to examine the combined problems of threatened and unequal human well-being, degradation of the ecosphere, and unsustainable economies. Based on the proposition that healthy, functioning ecosystems...