Environmental Conservation Protection category: 3266 books
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Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
"Ecosystem Services and Management Strategy in China" is a two-year international cooperation project that culminated from the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development’s Task Force on Ecosystem Services and Management. It combines case studies, scenario...
Water Policy Reform in Southern Alberta
An Advocacy Coalition Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
Between 1995 and 2005, the government of Alberta undertook major reforms to the way water is governed in the arid southern part of the province. Among the most significant reforms was the imposition of moratoria on new water licenses, the introduction of a market for buying and selling existing water...
The Community Forests of Mexico
Managing for Sustainable Landscapes
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2009
Mexico leads the world in community management of forests for the commercial production of timber. Yet this success story is not widely known, even in Mexico, despite the fact that communities around the globe are increasingly involved in managing their own forest resources. To assess the achievements...
Frog Pond Philosophy
Essays on the Relationship Between Humans and Nature
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
The philanthropist and philosopher Strachan Donnelley (1942--2008) devoted his life to studying the complex relationship between humans and nature. Founder and first president of the Center for Humans and Nature, Donnelley was a pioneer in the exploration and promotion of the idea that human beings...
Rights Resources and Rural Development
Community-based Natural Resource Management in Southern Africa
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) is an approach that offers multiple related benefits: securing rural livelihoods; ensuring careful conservation and management of biodiversity and other resources; and empowering communities to manage these resources sustainably. Recently, however,...
by Colin Bell, Don Pinnock
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
The Africa-wide Great Elephant Census of 2016 produced shocking findings: a decimated elephant population whose numbers were continuing to plummet. Elephants are killed, on average, every 15–20 minutes – a situation that will see the final demise of these intelligent, extraordinary animals in...
The Nature of Whiteness
Race, Animals, and Nation in Zimbabwe
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
The Nature of Whiteness explores the intertwining of race and nature in postindependence Zimbabwe. Nature and environment have played prominent roles in white Zimbabwean identity, and when the political tide turned against white farmers after independence, nature was the most powerful resource they...
Blue Genes
Sharing and Conserving the World's Aquatic Biodiversity
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
The advance of genetic sciences has led to a 'blue revolution' in the way we use aquatic biodiversity. By 2020, the world will be eating almost as much farmed as wild fish, marine bacteria could yield the cure for cancer and deep-sea bacteria may be exploited to gobble up oil spills. Science is moving...
Aralkum - a Man-Made Desert
The Desiccated Floor of the Aral Sea (Central Asia)
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
Having been the fourth largest lake on the globe roughly 50 years ago, today the Aral Sea no longer exists. Human activities caused its desiccation and the formation of a huge new desert, the Aralkum, which can be regarded as one of the greatest ecological catastrophes and - at the same time - the...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2009
This thorough revision of the classic Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals brings this authoritative book right up-to-date. Articles describe every species in detail, based on the very latest taxonomy, and a host of biological, ecological and sociological aspects relating to marine mammals. The latest information...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2014
The Landscapes and Landforms of Spain provides an informative and inviting overview of the geology and geomorphology of Spain. It incorporates a diverse range of topics, ranging from the fiery landscapes of the Canary Islands and its volcanic formations to the glacial scenery of the Pyrenees.
The...
Birds of a Feather
Seasonal Changes on both sides of the Atlantic
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
In Birds of a Feather, an informative and beautifully illustrated book, Colin Rees and Derek Thomas portray the changing seasons in the UK and US, bringing their observations together with some startling results. With images by artists Robert Gillmor and Ian Rees, the book will appeal to anyone with...
Forests of Belonging
Identities, Ethnicities, and Stereotypes in the Congo River Basin
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Forests of Belonging examines the history and ongoing transformation of ethnic and social relationships among four distinct communities--Bangando, Baka, Bakwéle, and Mbomam--in the Lobéké forest region of southeastern Cameroon. By slotting forest communities into ecological categories such as "hunters"...
Coexisting with Large Carnivores
Lessons From Greater Yellowstone
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
As in the rest of the United States, grizzly bears, wolves, and mountain lions in and around Yellowstone National Park were eliminated or reduced decades ago to very low numbers. In recyears, however, populations have begun to recover, leading to encounters between animals and people and, more significantly,...