Island Press imprint: 745 books
Evolution in a Toxic World
How Life Responds to Chemical Threats
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
With BPA in baby bottles, mercury in fish, and lead in computer monitors, the world has become a toxic place. But as Emily Monosson demonstrates in her groundbreaking new book, it has always been toxic. When oxygen first developed in Earth's atmosphere, it threatened the very existence of life: now...
Place of the Wild
A Wildlands Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Where and what is the place of the wild? Is the goal of preserving biodiversity across the landscape of North America compatible with contemporary Western culture?Place of the Wild brings together original essays from an exceptional array of contemporary writers and activists to presin a single volume...
The Endangered Species Act at Thirty
Vol. 1: Renewing the Conservation Promise
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
The Endangered Species Act at Thirty is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary review of issues surrounding the Endangered Species Act, with a specific focus on the act's actual implementation record over the past thirty years. The result of a unique, multi-year collaboration among stakeholder groups...
Balancing on the Brink of Extinction
Endangered Species Act And Lessons For The Future
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Balancing on the Brink of Extinction presents a comprehensive overview of the Endangered Species Act -- its conception, history, and potential for protecting the remaining endangered species.
From Conquest to Conservation
Our Public Lands Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2003
From Conquest to Conservation is a visionary new work from three of the nation’s mknowledgeable experts on public lands. As chief of the Forest Service, Mike Dombeck became a lightning rod for public debate over issues such as the managemof old-growth forests and protecting roadless areas. Dombeck...
by Leesteffy Jenkins, Leesteffy Jenkins, John Pendergrass
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Biodiversity and the Law is a timely and provocative volume that combines historical perspective and cutting-edge legal analysis in an authoritative and broad discussion of biodiversity and the law. Leading legal and policy experts consider a variety of options for the worldwide protection of biodiversity...
Climate Change in Wildlands
Pioneering Approaches to Science and Management
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
Scientists have been warning for years that human activity is heating up the planet and climate change is under way. In the past century, global temperatures have risen an average of 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit, a trend that is expected to only accelerate. But public sentimhas taken a long time to catch...
Tiger Bone & Rhino Horn
The Destruction of Wildlife for Traditional Chinese Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Tiger Bone & Rhino Horns sheds light on the trade in animal parts for traditional Chinese medicine which is a leading cause of species endangermin Asia.
Correction Lines
Essays on Land, Leopold, and Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
The last fifteen years have been a period of dramatic change, both in the world at large and within the fields of ecology and conservation. The end of the Cold War, the dot-com boom and bust, the globalizing economy, and the attacks of September 11, among other events and trends, have reshaped our...
Environmental Justice
Issues, Policies, and Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
In Environmental Justice, leading thinkers of the environmental justice movemtake a direct look at the failure of "top down" public policy to effectively deal with issues of environmental equity.The book provides a startling look at pressing social and environmental problems and charts a course for...
Poisoned for Pennies
The Economics of Toxics and Precaution
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
“Cost-benefit analysis” is a term that is used so frequently we rarely stop to think about it. But relying on it can lead to some dubious conclusions, as Frank Ackerman points out in this eye-opening book. For example, some economists have argued that states should encourage—and even subsidize—cigarette...
Protecting Public Health and the Environment
Implementing The Precautionary Principle
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Protecting Public Health and the Environment describes the history, specific content, and scientific and philosophical foundations of the principle of precautionary action.
by R. Edward Grumbine
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Scientists and policymakers must work together if solutions to the biodiversity crisis are to be found. Yet all too often, scientific data are unknown or incomprehensible to policymakers, and political realities are not fully appreciated by scientists.Environmental Policy and Biodiversity addresses...
Human Natures
Genes, Cultures, and the Human Prospect
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
The Bell Curve, The Moral Animal, The Selfish Gene -- these and a hof other books and articles have made a seemingly overwhelming case that our genes determine our behavior. Now, in a new book that is sure to stir controversy, one of the world's leading evolutionary biologists shows why mof those...