Environmental Conservation Protection category: 3266 books
Aquatic Functional Biodiversity
An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2015
Aquatic Functional Biodiversity: An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective provides a general conceptual framework by some of the most prominent investigators in the field for how to link eco-evolutionary approaches with functional diversity to understand and conserve the provisioning of ecosystem...
Protecting Sanibel and Captiva Islands
The Conservation Story
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2018
The vibrant Sanibel and Captiva Islands are ecological marvels compared to Florida's many overbuilt barrier islands. Development began with the construction of the Sanibel Island Lighthouse in 1884, when only the lighthouse keeper and assistant and their families lived on the island. Noted conservationist...
by B.-Michael Wilke, Karl Stahr, Hans-Peter Blume
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
The soils are fundamental to our existence, delivering water and nutrients to plants, that feed us. But they are in many ways in danger and their conservation is therefore a most important focus for science, governments and society as a whole.
A team of world recognised researchers have prepared...
by Paul Hackney
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
The barn owl is a ‘flagship’ species, at the top of the food chain, and its presence or absence is a good indicator of the health of the countryside. This is the enjoyable and informative story of the author’s success in restoring this beautiful bird to areas of the country where its numbers...
Stories from the Leopold Shack
Sand County Revisited
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
In 1934, conservationist Aldo Leopold and his wife Estella bought a barn - the remnant of a farm - and surrounding lands in south-central Wisconsin. The entire Leopold clan - five children in all - worked together to put into practice Aldo's "land ethic," which involved ecological restoration and...
The Rise and Fall of Countryside Management
A Historical Account
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
For at least half a century since the emergence of Country Parks and Forest Parks, countryside services have provided leisure, tourism, conservation, restoration and regeneration across Britain. Yet these services are currently being decimated as public services are sacrificed to the new era of austerity.
The...
Ethnobotany
A Methods Manual
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
Ethnobotany, the study of the classification, use and management of plants by people, draws on a range of disciplines, including natural and social sciences, to show how conservation of plants and of local knowledge about them can be achieved. Ethnobotany is critical to the growing importance of developing...
Tapping the Green Market
Management and Certification of Non-timber Forest Products
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
There is a rapidly growing interest in, and demand for, non-timber forest products (NTFPs). They provide critical resources across the globe fulfilling nutritional, medicinal, financial and cultural needs. However, they have been largely overlooked in mainstream conservation and forestry politics....
The "Greening" of Costa Rica
Women, Peasants, Indigenous Peoples, and the Remaking of Nature
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015
Since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the concept of sustainable development has become the basis for a vast number of “green industries” from eco-tourism to carbon sequestration. In The “Greening” of Costa Rica, Ana Isla exposes the results of the economist’s rejection of physical...
Le pouvoir de la biodiversité
Néolibéralisation de la nature dans les pays émergents
Language: French
Release Date: November 19, 2018
Depuis vingt ans, la communauté internationale promeut le développement de contrats d'accès aux ressources génétiques afin d'assurer une exploitation durable et équitable de la biodiversité. On constate cependant que les impacts de telles politiques sont limités, en termes de conservation...
The Green Collar Economy
How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
“Steadily—by redefining green—Jones is making sure that our planet and our people will not just survive but also thrive in a clean-energy economy.”
—Leonardo DiCaprio
A New York Times bestseller, *The Green Collar Economy by award-winning human rights activist and environmental leader...
Citizen Science
Public Participation in Environmental Research
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2012
Citizen science enlists members of the public to make and record useful observations, such as counting birds in their backyards, watching for the first budding leaf in spring, or measuring local snowfall. The large numbers of volunteers who participate in projects such as Project FeederWatch or Project...
Whole Earth Discipline
Why Dense Cities, Nuclear Power, Transgenic Crops, RestoredWildlands, and Geoeng ineering Are Necessary
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
An icon of the environmental movement outlines a provocative approach for reclaiming our planet
According to Stewart Brand, a lifelong environmentalist who sees everything in terms of solvable design problems, three profound transformations are under way on Earth right now. Climate change is...
The Optimistic Environmentalist
Progressing Toward a Greener Future
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
A hopeful, inspiring, and honest take on the environment
Yes, the world faces substantial environmental challenges — climate change, pollution, and extinction. But the surprisingly good news is that we have solutions to these problems. In the past fifty years, a remarkable number of environmental...