Island Press imprint: 745 books
The World's Water 2004-2005
The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
The quality and availability of fresh water are of critical importance to human and ecosystem health. Given its central role in the functioning of all living systems, water is arguably the mimportant of all natural resources.
Produced biennially, The World's Water provides a timely examination...
The World's Water 2006-2007
The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Produced biennially, The World's Water provides a timely examination of the key issues surrounding freshwater resources and their use. Each new volume identifies and explains the msignificant currtrends worldwide, and offers the best data available on a variety of water-related topics. The 2006-2007...
Not by Timber Alone
Economics And Ecology For Sustaining Tropical Forests
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Not by Timber Alone presents the findings of the Harvard Institute for International Developmstudy, commissioned by the International Tropical Timber Organization, that examined the economic value of tropical hardwood forests as productive living systems and the potential for their multiple use management.
by R. Neil Sampson
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1989
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1989
Natural Resources for the 21st Century is an in-depth assessmby natural resource experts that offers a reliable status report on water, croplands, soil, forests, wetlands, rangelands, fisheries, wildlife, and wilderness.
by Eric Dinerstein
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
In 1972, Eric Dinerstein was in film school at Northwestern University, with few thoughts of nature, let alone tiger-filled jungles at the base of the Himalayas or the antelope-studded Serengeti plain. Yet thanks to some inspiring teachers and the squawk of a little green heron that awakened him to...
Beyond Naturalness
Rethinking Park and Wilderness Stewardship in an Era of Rapid Change
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
The central concept guiding the managemof parks and wilderness over the past century has been “naturalness”—to a large extthe explicit purpose in establishing these special areas was to keep them in their “natural” state. But what does that mean, particularly as the effects of stressors...
The Rain Forests of Home
Profile Of A North American Bioregion
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Stretching from the redwoods of California to the vast stands of spruce and hemlock in southeast Alaska, coastal temperate rain forests have been home to one of the highest densities of human settlements on the continfor thousands of years. However, the well-being of this region is increasingly threatened...
Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar
A Conservation Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2005
As part of a global effort to identify those areas where conservation measures are needed murgently, World Wildlife Fund has assembled teams of scientists to conduct ecological assessments of all seven continents. Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar is the latest contribution, presenting...
by Karen McLeod, Marco (Octavio) Aburto (Aburto, Marco
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Conventional managemapproaches cannot meet the challenges faced by ocean and coastal ecosystems today. Consequently, national and international bodies have called for a shift toward more comprehensive ecosystem-based marine management. Synthesizing a vast amount of currknowledge, Ecosystem-Based Managemfor...
by Jon Rodiek
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Americans are having an increasing impact on the rural landscape as developmfurther encroaches in former wilderness areas. This disruptive land use is causing a decline in wildlife and wildlife habitats. Wildlife and Habitats in Managed Landscapes presents a new strategy for solving this problem by...
Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River
Nature and Power in the People's Republic of China
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
China’s meteoric rise to economic powerhouse might be charted with dams. Every river in the country has been tapped to power exploding cities and factories—every river but one. Running through one of the richest natural areas in the world, the Nujiang’s raging waters were on the verge of being...
GhBears
Exploring The Biodiversity Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
In GhBears, R. Edward Grumbine looks at the implications of the widespread loss of biological diversity, and explains why our species-centered approach to environmental protection will ultimately fail. Using the fate of the endangered grizzly bear -- the "ghbear" -- to explore the causes and effects...
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...
Tidal Marsh Restoration
A Synthesis of Science and Management
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Many coastal tidal marshes have been significantly degraded by roadways and other projects that restrict tidal flows, limiting their ability to provide vital ecosystem services including support of fish and wildlife populations, flood protection, water quality maintenance, and open space.
Tidal...