Environmental Conservation Protection category: 3266 books
Healing Earth
An Ecologist's Journey of Innovation and Environmental Stewardship
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
A true pioneer and respected elder in ecological recovery and sustainability shares effective solutions he has designed and implemented.
A stand-out from the sea of despairing messages about climate change, well-known sustainability elder John Todd, who has taught, mentored, and inspired such...
The Politics of the Environment
Ideas, Activism, Policy
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2007
The continuous rise in the profile of the environment in politics reflects growing concern that we may be facing a large-scale ecological crisis. The new edition of this highly acclaimed textbook surveys the politics of the environment, providing a comprehensive and comparative introduction to its...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017
In modern society, it has become increasingly important to consumers that their products be environmentally safe. Green marketing is the most efficient way for corporations to convey that their merchandise is environmentally ethical, which in turn increases profit. Green Marketing and Environmental Responsibility...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Humankind benefits from a multitude of resources and processes that are supplied by ecosystems, and collectively these benefits are known as ecosystem services. Interest in this topic has grown exponentially over the last decade, as biologists and economists have tried to quantify these benefits to...
Religion and Resistance in Appalachia
Faith and the Fight against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
In the last fifty years, the Appalachian Mountains have suffered permanent and profound change due to the expansion of surface coal mining. The irrevocable devastation caused by this practice has forced local citizens to redefine their identities, their connections to global economic forces, their...
Praying and Campaigning with Environmental Christians
Green Religion and the Climate Movement
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2016
This book presents an ethnographic study of environmental Christian networks involved in the climate and transition towns movements. Maria Nita examines the ways in which green Christians engage with their communities and networks, as well as other activist networks in the broader green movement....
Adaptive Co-Management
Collaboration, Learning, and Multi-Level Governance
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
In Canada and around the world, governments are shifting away from regulatory models for governing natural and cultural resources. New concerns with adaptive processes, feedback learning, and flexible partnerships are reshaping environmental governance. Meanwhile, ideas about collaboration and learning...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2006
The success of Environmental Management Systems (EMS) at military facilities requires support and leadership from the highest levels of management, adequate resources for development and implementation, and an acknowledgement by the military commanders that EMS is an integral part of facilities and...
Governance, Environment, and Sustainable Human Development in Drc
The State, Civil Society and the Private Economy and Environmental Policies in Changing Trends in the Human Development Index After Independence
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2016
This book considers Congolese society in a broader framework of social and environmental dimensions. It explains to a large extent how these dimensions depend on governance and assesses the impact of governance on the indices of human development and quality of life. Our Environment, Our Wealth is...
Media Research on Climate Change
Where have we been and where are we heading?
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Research on media coverage of climate change, as a particular subfield of environmental communication research, has proliferated over the past decade. This book sets out to consider what conclusions can be drawn in light of the existing body of work, what lessons can be learnt, what are the challenges...
Redefining Diversity and Dynamics of Natural Resources Management in Asia, Volume 4
The Reciprocal Relationship between Governance of Natural Resources and Socio-Ecological Systems Dynamics in West Sumatra Indonesia
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Redefining Diversity and Dynamics of Natural Resources Management in Southeast Asia, Volumes 1-4 brings together scientific research and policy issues across various topographical area in Asia to provide a comprehensive overview of the issues facing the region.
The Reciprocal Relationship between...
by David A Lewandowski
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Controlling the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOC) became a very prominent environmental issue with the passage of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, and will continue to be an environmental priority through the next decade. No single technology has played as important a role in the control...
Eurasian Environments
Nature and Ecology in Imperial Russian and Soviet History
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
Through a series of essays, Eurasian Environments prompts us to rethink our understanding of tsarist and Soviet history by placing the human experience within the larger environmental context of flora, fauna, geology, and climate. This book is a broad look at the environmental history of Eurasia,...
Easter Island
Scientific Exploration into the World’s Environmental Problems in Microcosm
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Easter Island, a World Heritage Site is still, after over 50 years since Thor Heyerdahl's work on the island, a fascinating area to explore and learn about a culture that has only remnants remaining, while documenting a marine ecology still mostly unknown.
Easter Island: Scientific Exploration...