Environmental Conservation Protection category: 3266 books
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...
Parks in Transition
Biodiversity, Rural Development and the Bottom Line
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Parks face intense pressure from both environmental and developmental perspectives to conserve biodiversity and provide economic opportunities for rural communities. These imperatives are often in conflict, while potential solutions may be subject to theoretical and practical disagreement and complicated...
The People's Own Landscape
Nature, Tourism, and Dictatorship in East Germany
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
East Germany’s Socialist Unity Party aimed to placate a public well aware of the higher standards of living enjoyed elsewhere by encouraging them to participate in outdoor activities and take vacations in the countryside. Scott Moranda considers East Germany’s rural landscapes from the perspective...
by Jeremy Purseglove
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
‘Exquisitely written’ Sunday Times Beautifully written and magnificently illustrated with photographs, line drawings and maps, this book serves both as a celebration of the richness of the British countryside, and as a warning of the legacy of loss and destruction we could so easily leave to future...
Nature of the Miracle Years
Conservation in West Germany, 1945-1975
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
After 1945, those responsible for conservation in Germany resumed their work with a relatively high degree of continuity as far as laws and personnel were concerned. Yet conservationists soon found they had little choice but to modernize their views and practices in the challenging postwar context....
Ecology and Conservation of Estuarine Ecosystems
Lake St Lucia as a Global Model
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
St Lucia is the world's oldest protected estuary and Africa's largest estuarine system. It is also the centerpiece of South Africa's first UNESCO World Heritage Site, the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, and has been a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance since 1986. Knowledge of its biodiversity,...
Conservation in the Internet Age
Threats and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Since the earliest days of our nation, new communications and transportation networks have enabled vast changes in how and where Americans live and work. Transcontinental railroads and telegraphs helped to open the West; mass media and interstate highways paved the way for suburban migration. In our...
Diagnosing Wild Species Harvest
Resource Use and Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
Diagnosing Wild Species Harvest bridges gaps of knowledge fragmented among scientific disciplines as it addresses this multifaceted phenomenon that is simultaneously global and local. The authors emphasize the interwoven nature of issues specific to the ecological, economic, and socio-cultural realms...
Bat Conservation
Global evidence for the effects of interventions
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of bats. The authors worked with an international group of bat experts and conservationists to develop a global list of interventions that could benefit bats.
For each intervention, the book...
The Everything Green Classroom Book
From recycling to conservation, all you need to create an eco-friendly learning environment
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2009
This book is the essential guide for teaching children about nature and environmental protection. This guide shows teachers how to incorporate “green” concepts into everyday lessons, activities, and field trips. Also included are ways to send the lesson home, with clear steps for teaching children...
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 Carl Death
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
A provocative reassessment of the relationship between states and environmental politics in Africa From climate-related risks such as crop failure and famine to longer-term concerns about sustainable urbanization, environmental justice, and biodiversity conservation, African states face a range of environmental...
Biodiversity Hotspots
Distribution and Protection of Conservation Priority Areas
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
Biodiversity and its conservation are among the main global topics in science and politics and perhaps the major challenge for the present and coming generations. This book written by international experts from different disciplines comprises general chapters on diversity and its measurement, human...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2013
The book is the first comprehensive analysis of the macroecology and geobotany of endemic vascular plants with case-studies and analyses from different regions in the world. Endemism is a pre-extinction phenomenon. Endemics are threatened with extinction. Due to international nature conservation policies...