Environmental Conservation category: 3266 books
Biodiversity Conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Prioritizing Policies
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is exceptionally biodiverse. It contains about half of the world’s remaining tropical forests, nearly one-fifth of its coastal habitats, and some of its most productive agricultural and marine areas. But agriculture, fishing and other human activities...
Environmental Dilemmas
Ethics and decisions
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2007
This is a book by people who have had to make decisions which affect the environment in which we all live, decisions which sometimes affect the quality of life of millions. It is not an academic disquisition on how to approach decision-making. Most of the chapters are written by scientists who have...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
The earth’s biodiversity is a degree of ecosystem health which is vital to ecology and environmental sustainability. The microbial world is the largest unexplored reservoir. The agro-ecosystem enriched with rhizosphere implicit abundant and species-rich component of microbial diversity. Its global...
Coastal Conservation and Management
An Ecological Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Coastal Conservation and Management provides the reader with a synthesis of the range and variation of the main coastal formations and includes practical guidance on their management. The book discusses all the main coastal habitats of importance for nature conservation (saltmarsh, shingle, sand dune...
Ex Situ Plant Conservation
Supporting Species Survival In The Wild
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Faced with widespread and devastating loss of biodiversity in wild habitats, scientists have developed innovative strategies for studying and protecting targeted plant and animal species in "off-site" facilities such as botanic gardens and zoos. Such ex situ work is an increasingly important componof...
by Miriam Horn
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
**Now a feature-length documentary on the Discovery channel narrated by Tom Brokaw.
“Lush, gorgeously written…A profoundly hopeful book.” —Tina Rosenberg, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award**
A Kirkus Best Book of 2016
Many of the men and women doing...
Captain Paul Watson
Interview With a Pirate
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
The behind-the-scenes true story of Paul Watson, the world's most famous eco-pirate and marine animal rights activist.
Paul Watson became an animal rights activist at the young age of eleven, in 1962. When trappers killed a beaver that Paul had befriended, he systematically and efficiently...
Human Impacts on Amazonia
The Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Conservation and Development
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2006
From the pre-Columbian era to the present, native Amazonians have shaped the land around them, emphasizing utilization, conservation, and sustainability. These priorities stand in stark contrast to colonial and contemporary exploitation of Amazonia by outside interests. With essays from environmental...
A Living Past
Environmental Histories of Modern Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
Though still a relatively young field, the study of Latin American environmental history is blossoming, as the contributions to this definitive volume demonstrate. Bringing together thirteen leading experts on the region, A Living Past synthesizes a wide range of scholarship to offer new perspectives...
Implementing Ecological Integrity
Restoring Regional and Global Environmental and Human Health
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book contains some of the papers which were presented at the NATO Science, Environmental Security, Advanced Research Workshop on "Implementing Ecological Integrity: Restoring Regional and Global Environmental and Human Health" held in Budapest from June 26 to July 1, 1999. All papers...
Governance for Justice and Environmental Sustainability
Lessons across Natural Resource Sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
Understanding the governance of complex social-ecological systems is vital in a world faced with rapid environmental change, conflicts over dwindling natural resources, stark disparities between rich and poor and the crises of sustainability. Improved understanding is also essential to promote governance...
Climate Change Challenge (3C) and Social-Economic-Ecological Interface-Building
Exploring Potential Adaptation Strategies for Bio-resource Conservation and Livelihood Development
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2016
This book is the outcome of two International Conferences held at the ISEC in Bangalore, India: the international conference on “Climate Change and Social-Ecological-Economical Interface-Building: Modelling Approach to Exploring Potential Adaptation Strategies for Bio-resource Conservation and Livelihood...
by Edward T. McMahon, Mike McQueen, The Conservation Fund
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Written by two of the nation's leading experts on land conservation, Land Conservation Financing provides a comprehensive overview of successful land conservation programs -- how they were created, how they are funded, and what they've accomplished -- along with detailed case studies from across the...
Embattled River
The Hudson and Modern American Environmentalism
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
In Embattled River, David Schuyler describes the efforts to reverse the pollution and bleak future of the Hudson River that became evident in the 1950s. Through his investigative narrative, Schuyler uncovers the critical role of this iconic American waterway in the emergence of modern environmentalism...