Environmental Conservation category: 3266 books
Large Carnivore Conservation
Integrating Science and Policy in the North American West
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Drawing on six case studies of wolf, grizzly bear, and mountain lion conservation in habitats stretching from the Yukon to Arizona, Large Carnivore Conservation argues that conserving and coexisting with large carnivores is as much a problem of people and governance—of reconciling diverse and sometimes...
An Introduction to Disturbance Ecology
A Road Map for Wildlife Management and Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
This book represents an introductory review of disturbance ecology and threat analysis, providing schematic concepts and approaches useful for work on sites that are affected by the impact of human actions. It is aimed at conservation and environmental practitioners, who will find tips for choosing...
Conservation Biology
For the Coming Decade
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Refecting what a new generation of conservation biologists is doing and thinking, this vital and far ranging second edition explores where conservation biology is heading. It challenges many conventions of conservation biology by exposing certain weaknesses of widely accepted principles. Combining...
by Saska Petrova
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
The role of local people in contemporary nature conservation practices is often poorly understood or neglected. This book, therefore, examines questions of local participation at the nature-society nexus within national parks in the transitional context of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The post-1990...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
The diamond-backed terrapin is not only a uniquely evolved and beautiful turtle, it also has a long history as a vital American food source. Once so numerous that people reportedly grew tired of eating them, diamond-backed terrapins are greatly reduced in numbers today and have become an icon of salt...
Conservation and Development in Cambodia
Exploring frontiers of change in nature, state and society
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Written by leading authorities from Australasia, Europe and North America, this book examines the dynamic conflicts and synergies between nature conservation and human development in contemporary Cambodia.
After suffering conflict and stagnation in the late twentieth century, Cambodia has experienced...
by Elijah K. Biamah, Michael K. Biamah
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
Environmental Degradation and Dryland Agro-Technologies in Northwest China” is a documentation of past and present research, training and extension experiences on: environmental degradation; conservation farming systems; water and nutrient management options; soil and water management technologies...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
This book provides insights into various aspects of marine faunal communities in India, which are extremely diverse due to the geomorphologic and climatic variations along the Indian coasts. Consisting of 30 chapters by experts in their respective fields, it is divided into two parts:
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Conservation Biology
Evolution in Action
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2008
The main goal of this book is to encourage and formalize the infusion of evolutionary thinking into mainstream conservation biology. It reviews the evolutionary foundations of conservation issues, and unifies conceptual and empirical advances in evolutionary conservation biology. The book can be used...
Farmland Conservation
Evidence for the effects of interventions in northern and western Europe
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
This synopsis covers evidence for the effects of conservation interventions for native farmland wildlife. It is restricted to evidence captured on the website www.conservationevidence.com. It includes papers published in the journal Conservation Evidence, evidence summarized on our database and systematic...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
The key aim of this book is to explore the global conservation and management of sharks. There has been a rapid decline in populations of many shark species, while new science has emerged of the critical role they play in marine ecosystems. However, the authors show that conservation law and policy...
Community Biodiversity Management
Promoting resilience and the conservation of plant genetic resources
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
The conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity are issues that have been high on the policy agenda since the first Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. As part of efforts to implement in situ conservation, a methodology referred to as community biodiversity management (CBM) has been developed by those...
by Nicole Silk
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
A Practitioner's Guide to Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation brings together knowledge and experience from conservation practitioners and experts around the world to help readers understand the global challenge of conserving biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems. More importantly, it offers specific...
by Professor Eric T. Freyfogle
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Critics of environmental laws complain that such rules often burden people unequally, restrict individual liberty, and undercut private property rights. In formulating responses to these criticisms, the conservation effort has stumbled badly, says Eric T. Freyfogle in this thought-provoking book. Conservationists...