Environmental Conservation category: 3266 books
A Question of Balance
Weighing the Options on Global Warming Policies
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2008
As scientific and observational evidence on global warming piles up every day, questions of economic policy in this central environmental topic have taken center stage. But as author and prominent Yale economist William Nordhaus observes, the issues involved in understanding global warming and slowing...
The Global Commons
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Vast areas of valuable resources unfettered by legal rights have, for centuries, been the central target of human exploitation and appropriation. The global commons -- Antarctica, the high seas and deep seabed minerals, the atmosphere, and space -- have remained exceptions only because access has...
by Patty Born Selly
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
This green activity book is for early care providers and educators of children ages 3-8 who want to incorporate developmentally appropriate environmental lessons into their daily curriculum.
Grant money is available to support programs in teaching children the aspects of sustainability and...
Ecological Social Work
Towards Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
The world is on the brink of ecological crisis. In the last decade we have seen a number of catastrophic events that illustrate this, including the 2004 tsunami across the Pacific, which killed over 150,000 people, and Hurricane Katrina in the United States, which left thousands dead and millions displaced....
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Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
This book presents the basic concepts of quantitative soil science and, within this framework, it seeks to construct a new body of knowledge. There is a growing need for quantitative approach in soil science, which arises from a general demand for improved economic production and environmental management....
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Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
This book describes selected microbial genera from the perspective of their environmentally and commercially sustainable use. By focusing on their physiology and metabolism and combining historical information with the latest developments, it presents a multidisciplinary portrait of microbial sustainability....
Air Quality
Monitoring, Measuring, and Modeling Environmental Hazards
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.
This new compendium provides a nuanced look at monitoring, measuring, and modeling air quality pollution in conjunction with its effects on public health and the environment. Air pollution has been proven to be a major environmental risk...
by Alice B.M. Vadrot
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
The establishment of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) points to the crucial role attributed to science and knowledge for the successful implementation of biodiversity politics by both scientists and policy-makers. With the increased importance of biodiversity...
Constructing Private Governance
The Rise and Evolution of Forest, Coffee, and Fisheries Certification
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Recent decades have witnessed the rise of social and environmental certification programs that are intended to promote responsible business practices. Consumers now encounter organic or fair-trade labels on a variety of products, implying such desirable benefits as improved environmental conditions or...
Developing an Appropriate Contaminated Land Regime in China
Lessons Learned from the US and UK
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
Like all industrialized countries, China has encountered increasing problems with land contamination in recent years. Abandoned mining and manufacturing sites and obsolete industrial complexes, while also creating new polluting industrial enterprises, represent impending environmental threats. More...
Monitoring of Gaseous Pollutants by Tunable Diode Lasers
Proceedings of the International Symposium held in Freiburg, F.R.G., 13–14 November 1986
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
By now it has been nearly twenty years since the pioneering studies at the MIT-Lincoln Laboratories, Lexington, USA, demonstrated the unique capabilities of lead salt tunable diode lasers (TDL) for infrared absorption spectroscopy. The progress in the use of TDL instrumentation for a wide variety...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2018
This book describes the ecosystem of the Andean watersheds, covering the Californian valley, tropical Andes, and southern Andes. Case studies of the new methods and techniques used for hydrological research in the Andes are provided, and sustainability issues pertaining to Andean water resources are...
The Ethnobotany of Eden
Rethinking the Jungle Medicine Narrative
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2018
In the mysterious and pristine forests of the tropics, a wealth of ethnobotanical panaceas and shamanic knowledge promises cures for everything from cancer and AIDS to the common cold. To access such miracles, we need only to discover and protect these medicinal treasures before they succumb to the...
The Age of Consequences
A Chronicle of Concern and Hope
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Our planet is approaching a critical environmental juncture. Across the globe we continue to deplete the five pools of carbon soil, wood, coal, oil, and natural gas at an unsustainable rate. We’ve burned up half the planet’s known reserves of oil one trillion barrels in less than a...