Conservation of the environment Books

The Sheep Eaters is a book written by William A. Allen that explores the history and culture of the Native American tribe known as the Sheep Eaters. The Sheep Eaters were a small group of people who lived in the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming and Idaho, and...

Mediating Nature provides a history of the present nature of mass mediation. It examines the ways in which a number of discourses, technologies and institutions have historically shaped the current ways of imagining nature in the mass media. Where much...

Many of the processes influencing recruitment to an adult fish population or entry into a fishery occur very early in life. The variations in life histories and behaviours of young fish and the selective processes operating...

This book began life as a review article. That article spawned a symposium which was, in turn, greatly expanded to form the present volume. As the project moved through these developmental stages (hopefully, towards attainment...

The groundbreaking canopy-access and rain forest research at Lambir Hills National Park in Sarawak, Malaysia, has contributed an immense body of knowledge. Its major studies over more than a decade are synthesized here for the...

Recent developments in computer science, data mining and big data analytics have resulted in new operational frameworks in agriculture, food and the environment, which in fact, share a strong link between them. A key challenge for researchers is to...

Preface. 1. The Origins of Urban Forestry; J. Koch. 2. Understanding the Benefits and Costs of Urban Forest Ecosystems; D.J. Nowak, J.F. Dwyer. 3. Laws and Ordinances; V.D. Merullo, M.V.D. Errico. 4. Community Planning and the Natural Environment; W...

Challenges and Opportunities in the Area of Environmental Biotechnology; G.S. Sayler. Advances in Sustainable Biotechnology: Global Trends Affecting Green Technology; D. Miller. Green Chemistry: Using Enzymes As Benign Substitutes for Synthetic...

This book demonstrates that there is much about the New Deal that can be characterized as environmental, once one substitutes the word "environmental" for "conservation." Indeed, the scholarship that is contained within this extraordinary book will help...

Learning From the Ground Up: Global Perspectives on Social Movements and Knowledge Production; A.Choudry & D.Kapoor PART I: MAKING KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING FROM THE POLITICS OF KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION AND REPRESENTATION: 'CIVIL SOCIETY,' ACADEME, AND SOCIAL...

Nowadays, sports Mega-events - with the Olympic Games leading the way - go to immense effort to showcase their environmental credentials. With that in mind, this book compares and contrasts the environmental credentials of four Olympic Host cities...

After the Southern Resident orca Tahlequah swam with her newly born dead calf for 17 days, scientists, poets, and writers responded to her grief and the plight of the endangered orcas in this moving anthology. Edited by poets Andrew Shattuck McBride and...

Preface. 1. Brief Introduction to Fungi; J.J. Worrall. 2. Defining Individual Fungal Boundaries; A.D.M. Rayner, et al. 3. Defining Species in the Fungi; T.C. Harrington, D.M. Rizzo. 4. The Evolution of Sex and Recombination in Fungi; J.K.M. Brown. 5...

As forests are cut down, altered and fragmented, the communities of organisms associated with them are also affected. Predictions of global species extinction rates based on forest loss range 1% to 10% each decade. Because...

Past progress and future challenges R.J. Wheater Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK. In the past two decades much has been achieved in the sphere of breeding endangered species, and we should be pleased that...

Introduction. What is rarity? Appropiate measures. The non-interdependence of abundance and range. Complications of spatial scale. The dynamics of small populations and narrow ranges. Correlates of rarity. The patterns of rarity. Where next?

1 Needs and Concerns in Ecosystem Science.- 2 Cultural Eutrophication of Inland, Estuarine, and Coastal Waters.- 3 Managing Forests as Ecosystems: A Success Story or a Challenge Ahead?.- 4 Wastelands to Wetlands: Links Between Habitat Protection and...

1 Introduction: Scope and Need for an Ecology of Subtle Human Effects and Populated Areas.- Section I The Human Factor: Perception and Processes.- 2 The History and Present Entanglements of Some General Ecological Perspectives.- 3 An Exceptionally...

This book is an innovative study that places performance and dance studies in conversation with ecology by exploring the significance of dirt in performance.

Winner of the Forest History Society's 2006 Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Book AwardAs a central figure in the American wilderness preservation movement in the mid-twentieth century, Howard Zahniser (1906-1964) was the person most responsible for the landmark...

Media, Environment and the Network Society provides a timely and far-reaching analysis of the shifting role of the media in covering some of the most important global environmental challenges we face today. Anderson examines the influential theory of...

A neglected aspect of Byzantium, physical beauty appears as a quality with an unmistakable dark side, relating ambiguously to notions of power, goodness, evil, masculinity, effeminacy, life and death. Examined as an attribute of the human and, in...

Since the first edition ofthis book was written, public awareness oftropical rain forests has become so great that issues involving their exploitation are the stuffofdaily newspapers, radio and television. The plight ...

Now in paperback-the ten things we must do to ensure a safe and peaceful world, from legendary environmentalist Jane Goodall and brilliant animal behaviorist, Marc Bekoff.Combining her life's work living among the chimpanzees with her spiritual...

This is Volume I of A Farmer's Almanac Series, Fascination of Discovery. Drausin Wulsin's initial venture on the land was developing one of the first grass-based, New Zealand-style dairies in Ohio. The next enterprise entailed creating a wetlands...

An instruction manual for change, Urban Beekeeping explores how we can adapt urban spaces to create a more sustainable future, both for bees and for ourselves. Urban beekeeping has become a booming pastime in cities throughout the world. But why just fit...

Clare Reilly: Eye of the Calm is a celebration of artist Clare Reilly’s life and work. Reilly’s passions for coastal New Zealand and the country’s wildlife are brought to life in this beautiful collection, which explores themes of habitat destruction and...