Environmental Conservation Protection category: 3266 books
Wetlands
Integrating Multidisciplinary Concepts
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
The science of wetlands and our understanding of these complex ecosystems have improved considerably. The emergence of multidisciplinary strategies is providing new opportunities and innovative approaches to address issues such as climate change and coastal protection. This book, with contributions...
Quarterly Essay 48 After the Future
Australia's New Extinction Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
Australia is home to many animals and plants found nowhere else on earth, making Australians caretakers of a unique heritage in a land that tolerates few mistakes. Yet, in After the Future, Tim Flannery shows that this country is now on the brink of a new wave of extinctions, which threatens to leave...
Environmental Monitoring using GNSS
Global Navigation Satellite Systems
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are revolutionizing the world in a way their original developers never envisaged. From being military “war” tools, GNSS satellites are rapidly becoming “peace” tools that play a potentially critical role in enabling changing environmental phenomenon...
by Miranda Schreurs, Elim Papadakis
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2007
Human beings have been concerned about nature and their place in it for millennia. Disquiet about the consequences of human action on the natural environment date back to the ancient Greeks and Romans. The efforts of the green movement can be traced back to the nineteenth century. In this period,...
Natural Heritage from East to West
Case studies from 6 EU countries
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010
Cumulative global transformations, occurring daily, affect important aspects of our life. Characteristic cultural and natural heritage, including sites of priceless value, is under constant threat. There are growing pressures, of both natural and human origin, such as wars, con icts, natural or technological...
A Delicate Balance
Constructing a Conservation Culture in the South Carolina Lowcountry
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Sustainability of the natural environment and of our society has become one of the most urgent challenges facing modern Americans. Communities across the country are seeking a viable pattern of growth that promotes prosperity, protects the environment, and preserves the distinctive quality of life...
The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of Korea
Protection, Conservation and Restoration of a Unique Ecosystem
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
Untouched since 1953, the Korean DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) has transformed itself into one of the few ecologically pristine zones and a vital habitat for endangered species. Often cited as a potential "peace park", it could one day be a common ground for reconciliation and harmony.
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Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
Precision agriculture (PA) involves the application of technologies and agronomic principles to manage spatial and temporal variation associated with all aspects of agricultural production in order to improve crop performance and environmental quality. The focus of this book is to introduce a non-specialist...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
One of the major challenges of sustainable development is the interdisciplinary nature of the issues involved. To this end, a team of conservation biologists, hunters, tourist operators, ranchers, wildlife and land managers, ecologists, veterinarians and economists was convened to discuss whether...
Habitat Conservation Planning
Endangered Species and Urban Growth
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2014
As environmental awareness grows around the world, people are learning that a diversity of species and the habitat to support them is necessary to maintain the ecological health of the earth. At the same time, however, the pressure to develop wildlife habitat for human settlement and economic gain...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Protected areas have become an increasingly important tool both in the conservation of biodiversity and in revenue generation through sustainable use. This is the only sure way to guarantee the protection necessary for many species, habitats and ecosystems in the future.
Integrated Protected Area...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Protected areas and conservation policies ore usually established with only local nature and wildlife in mind. Yet they con have far reaching consequences for local populations, often undermining their access to resources and their livelihoods. This book is the first comprehensive discussion of the...
Climate and Conservation
Landscape and Seascape Science, Planning, and Action
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2012
Climate and Conservation presents case studies from around the world of leading-edge projects focused on climate change adaptation-regional-scale endeavors where scientists, managers, and practitioners are working to protect biodiversity by protecting landscapes and seascapes in response to threats...
African American Environmental Thought
Foundations
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Choice Outstanding Book
African American intellectual thought has long provided a touchstone for national politics and civil rights, but, as Kimberly Smith reveals, it also has much to say about our relationship to nature. In this first single-authored book to link African American and environmental...