Environmental Conservation Protection category: 3266 books
Mining North America
An Environmental History since 1522
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
Over the past five hundred years, North Americans have increasingly relied on mining to produce much of their material and cultural life. From cell phones and computers to cars, roads, pipes, pans, and even wall tile, mineral-intensive products have become central to North American societies. As...
Soil carbon sequestration potential of different forest types of aric Kutch, Gujarat with special emphasis on climate change
Soil carbon sequestration
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2014
Scientific Study from the year 2014 in the subject Environmental Sciences, grade: 3, Kachchh University (Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Department of Chemistry), language: English, abstract: The Gujarat state encompasses an arid area of 62,180 Km2 of which 73% is falling under kachchh...
Lifestyle and Nature
Integrating Nature Technology to Sustainable Lifestyles
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Environmental constraints are becoming increasingly severe, and now more than ever it is time that we confront head-on the change from an "underground resources" type of civilization to one with a new way of life and technology that embraces a sense of nature. To do so, we need to understand...
by Cesar Marolla
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Information and Communication Technology for Sustainable Development shows how ICT, as an enabler for all spheres of development, can help innovate business processes and operations, and provide faster integration of new technologies into business systems. Focused on sustainability, the book addresses...
Understanding Poverty and the Environment
Analytical frameworks and approaches
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
Does poverty lead to environmental degradation? Do degraded environments and natural resources lead to poverty? Or, are there other forces at play? Is the relationship between poverty and the environment really as straightforward as the vicious circle portrayal of ‘poverty leading to environmental...
by Mahdi Mason
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
If you're worried about the state of Mother Earth but aren't sure what you can do to actually make a difference, this book is for you! Find out practical ways you can start helping the environment, and live in harmony with it, NOW.International author and changemaker Dr Mahdi Mason,...
Urbanization: Challenge and Opportunity for Soil Functions and Ecosystem Services
Proceedings of the 9th SUITMA Congress
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
This proceedings volume focuses on different aspects of environmental assessment, monitoring, and management of urban and technogenic soils. Soils of Urban, Industrial, Traffic, Mining and Military Areas (SUITMAs) differ substantially from their natural zonal counterparts in their physical, chemical...
The World of the Salt Marsh
Appreciating and Protecting the Tidal Marshes of the Southeastern Atlantic Coast
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
The World of the Salt Marsh is a wide-ranging exploration of the southeastern coast—its natural history, its people and their way of life, and the historic and ongoing threats to its ecological survival.
Focusing on areas from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, to Cape Canaveral, Florida, Charles...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
This book presents an important discussion on soil and sustainable agriculture from a range of perspectives, addressing key topics such as sustainable intensification, the FAO Voluntary Guidelines, and the crucial role of appropriate tenure rights.
This second volume of the International Yearbook...
by Tim Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
The National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act is one of the mimportant natural areas protection programs ever established at the federal level. It has resulted in the creation of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System -- a rich American legacy that includes many of our finest waterways. This book is...
Path of the Puma
The Remarkable Resilience of the Mountain Lion
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
During a time when most wild animals are experiencing decline in the face of development and climate change, the intrepid mountain lion -- also known as a puma, a cougar, and by many other names – has experienced reinvigoration as well as expansion of territory. What makes this cat, the fourth carnivore...
by Dave Walker
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
This is an account of one man's 30-year involvement with England's rarest bird, the golden eagle. Initially employed by the RSPB as a senior species protection warden at a secret location in Cumbria, the author describes the intricacies of establishing a protection regime by wardens that would operate...
by David Gessner
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
An homage to the West and to two great writers who set the standard for all who celebrate and defend it.
Archetypal wild man Edward Abbey and proper, dedicated Wallace Stegner left their footprints all over the western landscape. Now, award-winning nature writer David Gessner follows the ghosts...
Ecological Intelligence
How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
The bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence and Primal Leadership now brings us Ecological Intelligence—revealing the hidden environmental consequences of what we make and buy, and how with that knowledge we can drive the essential changes we all must make to save our planet and ourselves.
We...