Environmental Conservation Protection category: 3266 books
by J. Michael Scott, Michael E. Soulé, Keith Hay
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
In Landscape Linkages and Biodiversity experts explain biological diversity conservation, focusing on the need for protecting large areas of the mdiverse ecosystems, and connecting those ecosystems with land corridors to allow species to move among them more easily.
The Perfect Protein
The Fish Lover's Guide to Saving the Oceans and Feeding the World
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
The planet will be home to more than 9 billion people by 2050, and we're already seeing critical levels of famine around the world mirrored by growing obesity in developed nations. In The Perfect Protein, Andy Sharpless maintains that protecting wild seafood can help combat both issues, because seafood...
Running Silver
Restoring Atlantic Rivers and Their Great Fish Migrations
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
That one could “walk drishod on the backs” of schools of salmon, shad, and other fishes moving up Atlantic coast rivers was a not uncommon kind of description of their migratory runs during early Colonial times. Accounts tell of awe-inspiring numbers of spawners pushing their way upriver, the...
Managing Protected Areas
A Global Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
This handbook, produced by world renowned experts from the World Conservation Union (IUCN), spans the full terrain of protected area management and is the international benchmark for the field. The book employs dozens of detailed international cases studies, hundreds of concise topical snapshots,...
by Stephanie Presber James, George R. Hughes, Donald R. Leal
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2000
The Politics and Economics of Park Management examines national protected area systems, in both developed and developing countries, that have made a transformation from 'fortress parks' to a sustainable use model. The contributors—park management, academics, and members of nongovenmental organizations—contend...
Tibet Wild
A Naturalist's Journeys on the Roof of the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2012
As one of the world’ s leading field biologists, George Schaller has spmuch of his life traversing wild and isolated places in his quest to understand and conserve threatened species— from mountain gorillas in the Virunga to pandas in the Wolong and snow leopards in the Himalaya. Throughout his...
Mhudi
An Epic Story About African Life A Century Ago
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
What started as a vision for the Olifants River Game Reserve [in South Africa] has become the story of a game ranger's life. With a naturalist's eye for detail as well as the bigger picture of managing a fragile ecosystem through years of drought and plenty, Mario Cesare brings a storyteller's delight...
by Zhou Mengqi
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2011
A celebration of the iconic giant panda (includes donation to the pandas in the care of Edinburgh Zoo). Despite becoming a symbol of wildlife conservation, having narrowly avoided extinction, there are fewer than 2,000 giant pandas alive today. This spectacular celebration of our best-loved bear combines...
by Reverend Billy Talen
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2016
Published on Earth Day, Friday, April 22nd, 2016 to maximize publicity.
Book differs from his previous titles on consumerism & shopping as he focuses here on the earth/environmentalism/conservation.
Reverend Billy is a constant and vital presence on the streets of New York, and other...
Black Hills National Forest
Harney Peak and the Historic Fire Lookout Towers
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
Once vital to fire prevention and detection, most of the Black Hills National Forest historic lookout towers now serve primarily as hiking destinations. The first crude lookout structures were built at Custer Peak and Harney Peak in 1911. Since that time, more than 20 towers have been constructed in...
by Gretchen Daily
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Intimate in size yet quietly breathtaking in scope, this graceful gift book will forever change how you think, and how you feel, about trees. In poetically sparse scientific observations, renowned conservation biologist Gretchen Daily narrates the evolution, impact, and natural wonder of trees. Alongside...
by Peter Osborne
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2004
Hacklebarney and Voorhees State Parks recounts the history of two beautiful natural sanctuaries at the southwestern end of New Jersey�s Highlands. Managed as a single unit by the state park service, the two parks are Hacklebarney, 977 acres along the Black River corridor, and Voorhees, 640 acres of...
Rewilding Our Hearts
Building Pathways of Compassion and Coexistence
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
In wildlife conservation, rewilding refers to restoring habitats and creating corridors between preserved lands to allow declining populations to rebound. Marc Bekoff, one of the world’s leading animal experts and activists, here applies rewilding to human attitudes. Rewilding Our Hearts invites...
The Secret World of Red Wolves
The Fight to Save North America's Other Wolf
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2013
Red wolves are shy, elusive, and misunderstood predators. Until the 1800s, they were common in the longleaf pine savannas and deciduous forests of the southeastern United States. However, habitat degradation, persecution, and interbreeding with the coyote nearly annihilated them. Today, reintroduced...