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Act III in Patagonia

People and Wildlife

by William Conway
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013

From tracking elephant seals in the Atlantic to following flamingos in the Andes, Act III in Patagonia takes readers to the sites where real-life field science is taking place. It further illuminates the ecology of the region through a history that reaches from the time of the Tehuelche Indians known by Magellan, Drake, and Darwin to the present.

Timber, Tourists, and Temples

Conservation And DevelopmIn The Maya Forest Of Belize Guatemala And Mexico

by Richard B. Primack
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013

Stretching across southern Mexico, northern Guatemala, and Belize, the Maya Forest, or Selva Maya, constitutes one of the last large blocks of tropical forest remaining in North and Central America. Home to Mayan-speaking people for more than 5,000 years, the region is also uncommonly rich in cultural...

Vaquita

Science, Politics, and Crime in the Sea of Cortez

by Brooke Bessesen
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018

In 2006, vaquita, a diminutive porpoise making its home in the Upper Gulf of California, inheritedthe dubious title of world's most endangered marine mammal.Nicknamed "panda of the sea” for their small size and beguiling facial markings, vaquitas have been in decline for decades, dying by the...

No One Eats Alone

Food as a Social Enterprise

by Michael S. Carolan
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017

In today's fast-paced, fast food world, everyone seems to be eating alone, all the time—whether it's at their desks or in the car. Michael Carolan argues that needs to change if we want healthy, equitable, and sustainable food. We can no longer afford to ignore human connections as we struggle with...

Aldo Leopold's Odyssey

Rediscovering the Author of A Sand County Almanac

by Julianne Lutz Newton
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013

A household icon of the environmental movement, Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) may be the mquoted conservationist in history. A Sand County Almanac has sold millions of copies and Leopold's writings are venerated for their perceptions about land and how people might live in concert with the whole community...
by Char Miller
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013

Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism, the first new biography in more than three decades, offers a fresh interpretation of the life and work of the famed conservationist and Progressive politician. In addition to considering Gifford Pinchot's role in the environmental movement,...

International Wildlife Trade

A Cites Sourcebook

by Ginette Hemley
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013

For more than two decades, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, known as CITES, has been one of the largest and meffective conservation agreements in the world. By regulating international commerce in certain species -- from African elephants and exotic...

Mitigation Banking

Theory And Practice

by David Salvesen
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013

Under the Clean Water Act, developmthat results in the permandestruction of wetlands must, in mcases, be mitigated by the creation of a new wetland or the restoration of a degraded one. In recyears, the concept of "mitigation banking" has emerged. Rather than require developers to create and maintain...
by Jonathan Barnett, Larry Beasley
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015

As world population grows, and more people move to cities and suburbs, they place greater stress on the operating system of our whole planet. But urbanization and increasing densities also present our best opportunity for improving sustainability, by transforming urban development into desirable, lower-carbon,...

State of the World 2007

Our Urban Future

by The Worldwatch Institute
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015

In 2008, half of the Earth’s population will live in urban areas, marking the first time in history that humans are an urban species. State of the World 2007: Our Urban Future examines changes in the ways cities are managed, built, and lived in that could tip the balance towards a healthier and more peaceful urban future.
by Abhijeet Chavan
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012

Planetizen's Contemporary Debates in Urban Planning is a fascinating review of major topics and issues discussed in the field of urban planning, assembled by editors at Planetizen, the leading source of news and information for the planning and developmcommunity on the web. The book brings together...

The World's Water Volume 7

The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources

by Peter H. Gleick, Lucy Allen, Juliet Christian-Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012

Produced biennially, The World's Water is the mcomprehensive and up-to-to date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources. Each new volume examines critical global trends and offers the best data available on a variety of topics related to water. Volume 7 features chapters...

Structural Economics

Measuring Change in Technology, Lifestyles, and the Environment

by Faye Duchin
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013

In all societies, the main causes of environmental degradation are resource extraction and the generation of waste by households and industries. Realistic strategies for mitigating these impacts require an understanding of both the technologies by which resources are transformed into products, and...

Bridging Scales and Knowledge Systems

Concepts and Applications in Ecosystem Assessment

by Walter World Resources Institute, Walter Millennium Ecosystem Assessm
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013

Bridging the gap between local knowledge and western science is essential to understanding the world's ecosystems and the ways in which humans interact with and shape those ecosystems. This book brings together a group of world-class scientists in an unprecedented effort to build a formal framework...
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