Applied ecology Books

Book SynopsisEco entrepreneurship (the provision of new products, processes, services with environmental benefits) is not well understood regarding its motives, returns, products, services, organization, and property rights. However, as public concern about the environment rises, understanding the relationship between entrepreneurship and the environment is increasingly important. This volume examines the environmental entrepreneur and the role of property rights in encouraging eco entrepreneurship, and uses micro economics to assess whether eco entrepreneurship is fundamentally different from more general entrepreneurship.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Entrepreneurial biography: Klaus Reichardt, founder/managing partner of waterless co. LLC. Entrepreneurial biography: Paul Manson, president and CEO of sea breeze power corp.. Some microeconomics of eco-entrepreneurship. Unlocking the black box of entrepreneurship: Applications for the environment. A life cycle–based framework for environmental assessments of eco-entrepreneurship. Employee eco-initiatives: Case studies of two eco-entrepreneurial companies. Eco-entrepreneurship: An empirical perspective based on survey data. College student eco-entrepreneurship: A social movement perspective. List of Contributors. Advances in the study of entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth. Advances in the study of entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth. Copyright page.

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Book SynopsisIn this book of biblical reflections botanist Ghillean Prance draws richly from his experiences exploring the Amazon and many other regions - from the White Mountains of Turkey to the Hawaiian Archipelago.

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Book SynopsisKatharine Preston challenges us to think more deeply about the human condition and our choices in this time of ever-increasing climate disturbance. Moved by the landscapes surrounding her home, Wild Orchard Farm, and drawing on both her ecological and theological training, she writes for scientists leery of faith, people of faith who know and love the miracles of science, and anybody who shares the vision of the planet as a sacred community. Katharine studied anthropology as an undergraduate at Brandeis University, learning from indigenous American cultures about the place of humans in the natural world. She went on to gain a Master's in Forest Science from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and a Master's of Divinity from Andover Newton Theological School. She and her husband, John Bingham, live in Essex, New York and are active associates of the Iona Community. Fascinating theological reflection grounded in the real world, and in the greatest crisis of our time on earth. I'm so glad someone is asking these questions. Bill McKibben Author Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?There will be more books like this. There have to be. But read this one now, and be uplifted by Katharine's sense of wonder, fed by her scientific and theological literacy, her experiential reasoning, and her realistic and timely passion for the Earth and all its creatures in this, our age of accelerating climate crisis. David ColemanEnvironmental Chaplain with Eco-Congregation Scotland

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental policymaking has become an experimental field for new modes of governance. This timely book focuses on three prominent characteristics of new governance arrangements: the broad participation of non-state actors, the attempt to improve vertical and horizontal coordination, and the effort to integrate different types of expertise in an effective and democratically accountable way. Building on the analytical perspectives of legitimacy and effectiveness, which are seen as genuine acid test criteria for new governance, this book provides a critical assessment of current practices of participation, coordination and evidence-based policymaking in various case studies of environmental governance, in particular in the fields of biodiversity, climate and forest policy. The book provides insights from selected governance processes that go beyond consultancy-style best-practice examples but are embedded in a solid conceptual and theoretical discussion that will be invaluable to policymakers. It will also prove essential for scholars interested in environmental politics; policy studies; public policy; public administration; European politics; as well as science and technology studies. Contributors: S. Beck, M. Bocher, T.E. Boon, L. Giessen, K. Hogl, K. Kassioumis, M. Krott, E. Kvarda, D.H. Lund, I. Nathan, J. Newig, R. Nordbeck, K. Papageorgiou, M. Pregernig, S. Storch, M. Vakkas, S. WeilandTrade Review’An imaginative and stimulating collection of essays that makes an indispensable contribution to the literature on forest and environmental policy and governance.’- David Humphreys, The Open University, UK ’This is a very timely, relevant and interesting volume. Environmental problems are pertinent problems, as the book rightly states, so we need continuous attention and effort to analyse and apply environmental governance modes. Although urgently needed, their effectiveness and legitimacy are neither straight forward nor given. Therefore, a thorough in-depth analysis of these modes, their characteristics and their pros and cons is very helpful, both for academics and policy makers. This is exactly what this book offers.’- Bas Arts, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface INTRODUCTION 1. Legitimacy and Effectiveness of Environmental Governance – Concepts and Perspectives Karl Hogl, Eva Kvarda, Ralf Nordbeck and Michael Pregernig PART I: THE CHALLENGE OF PARTICIPATION 2. Participation in Environmental Governance: Legitimate and Effective? Jens Newig and Eva Kvarda 3. More Effective Natural Resource Management through Participatory Governance? Taking Stock of the Conceptual and Empirical Literature – and Moving Forward Jens Newig 4. Legitimacy and Policy Effectiveness of National Strategies for Sustainability in Austria Eva Kvarda and Ralf Nordbeck 5. The National Park Process in Denmark: A Network Governance Approach to Democratize Nature Policy-making? Tove E. Boon, Iben Nathan and Dorthe H. Lund PART II: THE CHALLENGE OF POLICY COORDINATION 6. The Challenge of Coordination: Bridging Horizontal and Vertical Boundaries Karl Hogl and Ralf Nordbeck 7. The Shift from Hierarchy to Governance in National Park Management: Analysing Participation, Coordination and Political Commitment Kostas Papageorgiou, Kostas Kassioumis and Michael Vakkas 8. Temporary Governance and Persistent Government: Rural Policy Integration in Pilot and Mainstream Funding Programs Lukas Giessen 9. Reflexive Governance: A Way Forward for Coordinated Natural Resource Policy? Sabine Weiland PART III: THE CHALLENGES OF SCIENCE-POLICY INTEGRATION 10. Normative and Analytical Perspectives on the Role of Science and Expertise in Environmental Governance Michael Pregernig and Michael Böcher 11. From Truth to Trust: Lessons Learned from ‘Climategate’ Silke Beck 12. Scientific and Local Knowledge in the Danish National Park Process Dorthe H. Lund 13. Institutionalization of Accountability within Mission-oriented Research: The Example of the ‘Decision Support System Forest and Climate Change’ Sabine Storch, Max Krott and Michael Böcher CONCLUSIONS 14. Effectiveness and Legitimacy of Environmental Governance – Synopsis of Key Insights Karl Hogl, Eva Kvarda, Ralf Nordbeck and Michael Pregernig Index

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Book SynopsisThe second edition of this Handbook contains more than 30 new and original articles as well as six essential updates by leading scholars of global environmental politics. This landmark book maps the latest theoretical and empirical research in this energetic and growing field. Captured here are the pioneering and lively debates over concerns for the health of the planet and how they might best be addressed. The introduction explores the intellectual trends and evolving parameters in the field of global environmental politics. It makes a case for an expansive definition of the field, one that embraces an interdisciplinary literature on the connections between global politics and environmental change. The remaining chapters are divided into four broad themes - states and cooperation; global governance; the political economy of governance; and knowledge and ethics - with each section covering key emerging issues. In-depth explorations are given to topics such as climate change, multinational corporations, international agreements and UN organizations, regulations and business standards, trade and international finance, multilevel and transnational governance, and ecological citizenship. Handbook of Global Environmental Politics, Second Edition is a comprehensive review of the field and offers cutting-edge ideas for further research. As such, scholars, students and policy makers will find themselves looking to it for many years to come. Contributors: S. Andresen, K. Backstrand, J.S. Barkin, S. Bernstein, F. Biermann, H. Bulkeley, K. Conca, P. Dauvergne, I. de Soysa, E.R. DeSombre, R. Dimitrov, A. Dobson, L. Elliott, R. Falkner, M. Finger, D. Fuchs, T. Gehring, L.H. Gulbrandsen, J. Gupta, T. Gutner, M.J. Hoffmann, D. Humphreys, S. Jinnah, A. Jordan, A. Kalfagianni, G. Kutting, D.L. Levy, R.D. Lipschutz, K. Litfin, R. Matthew, A.P.J. Mol, P. Newell, S. Park, M. Paterson, T. Princen, T. Rayner, H. Schroeder, H. Selin, T. Skodvin, G. Spaargaren, D.F. Sprinz, D. Svarin, J. Vogler, P. Wapner, M. WilliamsTrade Review‘Both novices and experts will benefit from having this outstanding resource in hand. It contains vivid descriptions on the cutting edge topics that form the heart of contemporary environmental politics. It offers a mother lode of footnote and end-of-chapter bibliographical material that can be mined for profit.’ -- American Society of International Law NewsletterTable of ContentsContents: PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Research Trends in Global Environmental Politics Peter Dauvergne PART II: STATES AND COOPERATION 2. When Regimes Backfire: Institutional Expectations and Environmental Deadlock J. Samuel Barkin 3. Changing Issue Structure to Avoid Free Riders: Protecting the Ocean Environment Elizabeth R. DeSombre 4. International Environmental Regimes as Decision Machines Thomas Gehring 5. Climate Regime Design, the Global Warming Potential, and Climate Risk Management Tora Skodvin 6. The Politics of Persuasion: UN Climate Change Negotiations Radoslav Dimitrov 7. Do We Need More Global Sustainability Conferences? Steinar Andresen 8. Changing North–South Challenges in Global Environmental Politics Joyeeta Gupta 9. Environment, Conflict, and Peacebuilding Richard Matthew 10. The Comfortable Lie? Another Look at Natural Resource Scarcity and Armed Conflict Indra de Soysa PART III: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE 11. Legitimacy Problems and Responses in Global Environmental Governance Steven Bernstein 12. International Organizations and Global Environmental Governance: Toward Structural Reform Frank Biermann 13. Studying the Global Commons: Governance without Politics? John Vogler 14. Long-term Environmental Policy: Definition–Origin–Response Options Detlef F. Sprinz 15. Global Environmental Politics and Governance: A Networks and Flows Perspective Arthur P.J. Mol and Gert Spaargaren 16. Global Multilevel Governance and the Management of Hazardous Chemicals Henrik Selin 17. Governing Climate Change: The Challenge of Mitigating and Adapting in a Warming World Tim Rayner and Andrew Jordan 18. Climate Governance Experiments Matthew J. Hoffmann 19. Global Cities and the Politics of Climate Change Harriet Bulkeley and Heike Schroeder PART IV: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF GOVERNANCE 20. The Political Ecology of Globalization Peter Newell 21. Exploring Global Governance from a Critical Global Political Economy Perspective Gabriela Kütting 22. Nonstate Actors in Global Environmental Governance Matthias Finger and David Svarin 23. The Effectiveness of Private Environmental Governance Doris Fuchs and Agni Kalfagianni 24. Private Actors and Strategies in Global Environmental Governance: The Role of Information Disclosure David L. Levy 25. Business Power, Business Conflict: A Neo-pluralist Perspective on International Environmental Politics Robert Falkner 26. Impacts of Nonstate Governance: Lessons from the Certification of Marine Fisheries Lars H. Gulbrandsen 27. Evaluating World Bank Environmental Performance Tamar Gutner 28. Greening Development Finance: Cases from the World Bank Group Susan Park 29. Moving the Earth: Cars and the Dynamics of Environmental Politics Matthew Paterson 30. Trade–Environment Politics: The Emerging Role of Regional Trade Agreements Sikina Jinnah PART V: KNOWLEDGE AND ETHICS 31. Environmental Human Rights: Greening “the Dignity and Worth of the Human Person” Ken Conca 32. Thinking like a Planet: Gaian Politics and the Transformation of the World Food System Karen Litfin 33. After Nature: Environmental Politics in a Postmodern Age Paul Wapner 34. Knowledge, Power and Global Environmental Policy Marc Williams 35. The Global Politics of Geoengineering David Humphreys 36. A Sustainability Ethic Thomas Princen 37. The Sustainability Debate: Déjà Vu All Over Again? Ronnie D. Lipschutz 38. Transnational Environmental Harm, Inequity and the Cosmopolitan Response Lorraine Elliott 39. Democracy and Global Environmental Politics Karin Bäckstrand 40. Ecological Citizenship Revisited Andrew Dobson Index

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Book SynopsisFor decades conservation has been based on the donor-driven principle. It hasn't worked. For centuries, environmental pollution or degradation has been addressed by the same attitude: the 'Polluter Pays' principle. That hasn't worked either. The cycle has to stop. But while everyone talks about using a market-driven approach, few know how to do it. Faced with the situation on the ground what do you do? What is happening? How can you engage a system so that it is self-sustaining and the people self-motivated? This study explores how the growing market in carbon can help to conserve carbon-based life forms. It discusses how reducing global warming and saving biodiversity can both be achieved with the right market conditions. The contributors include conservation biologists, ecologists, biologists, economists, lawyers, community and tribal specialists, financial specialists, market makers, environment specialists, climatologists, resource managers, atmospheric scientists, project developers and corporate fund managers.Trade Review'Mr Swingland and his co-authors make a compelling case that the best way to reduce the risk of any potential eco-disaster is to embrace market greenery.' The Economist 'This book should be useful for those involved with policy, research, practical conservation or the business development of carbon markets.' Environment Business Magazine 'This set of updated essays is a welcome addition.' The Times HigherTable of ContentsList of figures and Tables * About the Contributors * Preface Acknowledgements * List of Acronyms and Abbreviations * Introduction * Part 1: Carbon and Climate Change - Forests, Carbon and Global Climate * Changes in the Use and Management of Forests For Abating Carbon Emissions: Issues and Challenges Under the Kyoto Protocol * An Overview of a Free-Market Approach To Climate Change and Conservation * Potential Carbon Mitigation and Income in Developing Countries from Changes in Use and Management of Agricultural and Forest Lands * the Role of Multilateral Institutions * Electricity Generation: Options for Reduction in Carbon Emissions * Measuring, Monitoring and Verification of Carbon Benefits for Forest-Based Projects * Understanding and Managing Leakage in Forest-Based Greenhouse-Gas-Mitigation Projects * Part 2: Environmental Services - The Influence of Land-Use Change and Landscape Dynamics on the Climate System: Relevance to Climate-Change Policy Beyond the Radiative Effect of Greenhouse Gases * Economic, Biological and Policy Constraints on the Adoption of Carbon Farming in Temperate Regions * The Role of Sustainable Agriculture and Renewable-Resource Management in Reducing Greeenhouse-Gas Emissions and Increasing Sinks in China and India * Social Capital from Carbon Property: Creating Equity for Indigenous People * Species Survival and Carbon Retention in Commercially Exploited Tropical Rainforest * Animal Conservation, Carbon and Sustainability * Collateral Biodiversity Benefits Associated with 'Free-Market' Approaches to Sustainable Land Use and Forestry Activities * Developing Markets for Forest Environmental Services: an Opportunity for Promoting Equity While Securing Efficiency * Part 3: the Future Model - Carbon Sinks and Emissions Trading Under the Kyoto Protocol: a Legal Analysis * Protecting Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Climate Through a Global Carbon market * Designing a Carbon Market That Protects Forests in Developing Countries * Greenhouse-Gas-Trading Markets * Index

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Book SynopsisThe effectiveness and scope of operational analysis of sustainable development is explored in this major new book. Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development offers an integrated treatment of theory, methods and applications for economic-ecological analysis taking into consideration all the relevant interactions between economic, development and physical and biological processes.An overview of different theoretical perspectives, based on insights from economics, ecology and thermodynamics, is followed by discussion of the dimensions of sustainable development including ethics and intergenerational equity, sustainable and multiple use, and spatial sustainability. The second part of the book discusses methods for analysis, covering the choice of indicators, natural resource accounting, and integrated static, dynamic and spatial modelling, and evaluation, including multi-criteria and cost-benefit analysis. Attention is also given to decision support and the choice of policy instruments.Combinations of the various methods are applied in the final part of the book, using case studies which cover a range of ecosystems and regions, as well as a variety of issues and problems. These studies clearly show the potential of policy-oriented integrated economic-ecological analysis for sustainable development.Trade Review'This volume makes no excessive claims for the use of EE in its present form for informing environmental policy. It is refreshingly pragmatic and provides an excellent account of how EE is developing.'Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Preface Part I: Concepts, Theories and Frameworks Part II: Methods for Analysis and Evaluation Part III: Application of Methods–Case Studies References Index

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Book SynopsisIndustrial Ecology is perhaps the first serious attempt to go beyond general statements regarding the desirability of 'clean technology' and to assess realistically and quantitatively the range of practicable possibilities for reducing materials extraction, consumption and waste.This major new book examines strategic options for reducing wastes and pollution and increasing the productivity of materials. Using an industrial ecology perspective, the authors analyse thirteen generic cases of material, beginning with four families of metals (aluminium, chromium, copper and zinc), several families of chemicals (phosphates and fluorine; suphur-based, nitrogen-based and chlorine-based), silicon and several different types of waste. Opportunities for creating 'industrial ecosystems' by deliberate design are discussed as well as the use of low-value by-products as feed stocks for useful products. In addition to surveying the technological possibilities, the authors also consider the public interest, institutional barriers and the range of possible alternatives that might be applicable. Environmental scientists, economists, practitioners and policy makers will welcome Industrial Ecology's integrated approach and the emphasis which it places on resource productivity, materials cycle optimization and waste minimization.Trade Review'True to form, Ayres and Ayre's Industrial Ecology is a significant addition to the field, full of new and provocative ideas. While most works on industrial ecology can manage only a handful of case studies, the list of chapters in itself shows that this is a tour de force.'Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Materials Perspective 2. Resource Perspective 3. Alumina, Aluminum and Gallium 4. Copper, Cobalt, Silver and Arsenic 5. Chromium Sources, Uses and Losses 6. Zinc and Cadmium 7. Sulfur and Sulfuric Acid 8. Phosphorus, Fluorine and Gypsum 9. Nitrogen-Based Chemicals 10. The Chlor-Alkali Sector 11. Electronic Grade Silicon (EGS) for Semiconductors 12. Post-Consumer Packaging Wastes 13. Scrap Tires 14. Coal Ash: Sources and Possible Uses 15. On Industrial Ecosystems 16. Summary and Conclusions References Indexes

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Book SynopsisCurrent population growth is leading to a depletion in natural resources and could eventually cause irreversible damage to the environment. This book attempts to explain trends in the growth of the global population and the ecological consequences by blending the insights of analytical economics and behavioural ecology.The book begins by looking at population from a long term perspective and considers the ecological influences before going on to examine the economics of population growth. Reproduction decisions of the family are then analysed, and the welfare effect of these decisions on society as a whole are considered. Anup Shah pays particular attention to policies which could try to prevent or cure overpopulation. He asks whether there is a case for intervening in order to prevent overpopulation, and suggests that one way of reducing the effects of population growth is through technological advances which can help compensate for the adverse external effects. Finally, he examines the future of urban centres in the light of population growth.The book is written from a multidisciplinary approach and will have a wide readership throughout the social sciences. It will have particular appeal for economists, geographers, earth scientists, ecologists, environmentalists and those working in the area of development studies.Trade Review'Shah makes clear the need for a discourse on population between biologists and economists. . .'Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Part I: Ecological Analysis 2. The Ecological Foundations of Fertility 3. Moving Down the Eltonian Pyramid Part II: Economic Analysis 4. Malthusian Economics Versus the Demographic Transition 5. The Demographic Transition to Smaller Families 6. The Third World Couple Part III: Normative Analysis 7. Overpopulation 8. Self-regulation of Family Size in a Community 9. Indirect Intervention 10. Direct Intervention Part IV: Wherein lies the Future? 11. An Urban Future 12. Conclusions References

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Book SynopsisThis important book examines the economic policies required to reduce carbon dioxide emissions - a major source of pollution throughout the world. It explores the likely impact of environmental taxes on income distribution and economic welfare.The authors consider a tax on domestic fuel and power and a carbon tax, and the likely adverse distribution effects of these on a population. The analysis allows for the direct and indirect effects (through inter-industry transactions) of taxes on prices and consumers' responses to these price changes. The welfare effects are also estimated for a variety of income groups. The authors then evaluate the inequality and social welfare measures and consider whether the distributional effects can be overcome by adjusting transfer payments to compensate lower-income groups. This study examines environmental taxes in Australia with methods which can be applied to other countries, some of which were specifically designed to overcome data limitation problems.Environmental Taxes and Economic Welfare will be of special interest to researchers, academics, policymakers and advisers on taxation and environmental policy.Trade Review'The book stands as a rigorous evaluation of structural changes required to achieve the Toronto Target in carbon emissions reduction, the order of magnitude of a carbon tax required, and the distributional and welfare effects of domestic fuel and carbon taxes in Australia.' -- Meredith Fowlie, Journal of Energy Literature'This book is a very important contribution to the debate about the economic implications of Australia's response to global change.'– Ian Lowe, Economic RecordTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. A Minimum Disruption Approach 3. Minimum Disruption Calculations 4. Domestic Fuel Taxation 5. Modelling Demand Responses 6. Fuel Taxation with Demand Responses 7. The Effects of a Carbon Tax 8. Measuring Welfare Changes 9. The Welfare Effects of a Carbon Tax 10. Conclusions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis two volume collection of pioneering material includes landmarks and significant contributions to the subjects of global environmental issues. The editors have prepared a new introduction for this authoritative collection.This collection enables the reader, whether an economist or environmentalist, to have access to material published in a wide range of journals, many of which are relatively unavailable. It will be of considerable value to researchers and teachers in all of the disciplines, including: theoretical ecology; resource and environmental economics; industrial ecology and environmental science.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements • Introduction Part I: Ecological/Biological Perspective: Human Impacts on Biosphere, Gaia, Etc. 1. W.I. Vernadsky (1945), ‘The Biosphere and Noosphere’ 2. G.E. Hutchinson (1948), ‘On Living in the Biosphere’ 3. Walter Isard (1968), ‘Some Notes on the Linkage of Ecologic and Economic Systems’ 4. Lester Machta (1972), ‘The Role of the Oceans and Biosphere in the Carbon Dioxide Cycle’ 5. James E. Lovelock and Lynn Margulis (1974), ‘Atmospheric Homeostasis by and for the Biosphere: The Gaia Hypothesis’ 6. M.J. Chadwick (1975), ‘The Cycling of Materials in Disturbed Environments’ 7. J.M. Wood and E.D. Goldberg (1977), ‘Impact of Metals on the Biosphere’ 8. Rudolph B. Husar and Janet M. Holloway (1983), ‘Sulfur and Nitrogen over North America’ 9. William C. Clark (1989), ‘The Human Ecology of Global Change’ 10. Paul P. Christensen (1989), ‘Historical Roots for Ecological Economics – Biophysical versus Allocative Approaches’ 11. Anne P. Kinzig and Robert H. Socolow (1994), ‘Human Impacts on the Nitrogen Cycle’ 12. Robert Costanza, Ralph d’Arge, Rudolf de Groot, Stephen Farber, Monica Grasso, Bruce Hannon, Karin Limburg, Shahid Naeem, Robert V. O’Neill, Jose Paruelo, Robert G. Raskin, Paul Sutton and Marjan van den Belt (1997), ‘The Value of the World’s Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital’ Part II: Physical Economics Perspective: Materials Energy, Entropy, Mass Balance 13. William D. Nordhaus (1973), ‘The Allocation of Energy Resources’ 14. Clark W. Bullard III and Robert A. Herendeen (1975), ‘Energy Impact of Consumption Decisions’ 15. Bruce Hannon (1975), ‘Energy Conservation and the Consumer’ 16. R.U. Ayres and M. Narkus-Kramer (1976), ‘An Assessment of Methodologies for Estimating National Energy Efficiency’ 17. Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (1976), ‘Process Analysis and the Neoclassical Theory of Production’ and ‘The Economics of Production’ 18. R. Stephen Berry, Peter Salamon and Geoffrey Heal (1978), ‘On a Relation Between Economic and Thermodynamic Optima’ 19. Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (1979), ‘Energy Analysis and Economic Valuation’ 20. Cutler J. Cleveland, Robert Costanza, Charles A.S. Hall and Robert Kaufmann (1984), ‘Energy and the US Economy: A Biophysical Perspective’ 21. Robert U. Ayres (1989), ‘Industrial Metabolism’ 22. R.U. Ayres and A.V. Kneese (1989), ‘Externalities: Economics & Thermodynamics’ 23. Evan Mills, Deborah Wilson and Thomas B. Johansson (1991), ‘Getting Started: No-Regrets Strategies for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions’ 24. Herman E. Daly (1992), ‘Is the Entropy Law Relevant to the Economics of Natural Resource Scarcity? – Yes, of course it is!’ 25. C. Bianciardi, A. Donati and S. Ulgiati (1993), ‘On the Relationship between the Economic Process, the Carnot Cycle and the Entropy Law’ 26. A. Azapagic and R. Clift (1995), ‘Life Cycle Assessment and Linear Programming – Environmental Optimisation of Product System’ 27. Sander de Bruyn, Jeroen van den Bergh and Hans Opschoor (1997), ‘Structural Change, Growth, and Dematerialization: An Empirical Analysis’ Name Index Volume II: Part I: Resource/Environmental Perspective: Materials Energy, Exergy, Entropy, Mass Balance 1. John H. Cumberland (1966), ‘A Regional Interindustry Model for Analysis of Development Objectives’ 2. Kenneth E. Boulding (1966), ‘The Economics of the Coming Spaceship Earth’ 3. Herman E. Daly (1968), ‘On Economics as a Life Science’ 4. Robert U. Ayres and Allen V. Kneese (1969), ‘Production, Consumption, and Externalities’ 5. Ralph C. d’Arge and Allen V. Kneese (1972), ‘Environmental Quality and International Trade’ 6. Thomas D. Crocker and John Tschirhart (1972), ‘Ecosystems, Externalities, and Economies’ 7. Kenneth C. Hoffman and Dale W. Jorgenson (1977), ‘Economic and Technological Models for Evaluation of Energy Policy’ 8. Richard Grace, R. Kerry Turner and Ingo Walter (1978), ‘Secondary Materials and International Trade’ 9. David James (1985), ‘Environmental Economics, Industrial Process Models, and Regional-Residuals Management Models’ 10. Curt L. Anderson (1987), ‘The Production Process: Inputs and Wastes’ 11. Martin Jänicke, Harald Mönch and Manfred Binder (1993), ‘Ecological Aspects of Structural Change’ 12. Udo E. Simonis (1989), ‘Ecological Modernization of Industrial Society: Three Strategic Elements’ 13. A. Rose and C.Y. Chen (1991), ‘Sources of Change in Energy Use in the U.S. Economy, 1972-1982: A Structural Decomposition Analysis’ 14. David T. Allen and Nasrin Behmanesh (1994), ‘Wastes as Raw Materials’ 15. Don Fullerton and Thomas C. Kinnaman (1995), ‘Garbage, Recycling, and Illicit Burning or Dumping’ 16. S.M. de Bruyn and J.B. Opschoor (1997), ‘Developments in the Throughput-Income Relationship: Theoretical and Empirical Observations’ Part II: Sustainability and Growth Perspective Limits, Factors. . . 17. P.S. Dasgupta (1969), ‘On the Concept of Optimum Population’ 18. Ralph C. d’Arge (1971), ‘Essay on Economic Growth and Environmental Quality’ 19. R.C. d’Arge and K.C. Kogiku (1973), ‘Economic Growth and the Environment’ 20. Herman E. Daly (1974), ‘The Economics of the Steady State’ 21. Partha Dasgupta and Geoffrey Heal (1974), ‘The Optimal Depletion of Exhaustible Resources’ 22. Edward A. Hudson and Dale W. Jorgenson (1974), ‘U.S. Energy Policy and Economic Growth, 1975-2000’ 23. Robert M. Solow (1974), ‘The Economics of Resources or the Resources of Economics’ 24. John M. Hartwick (1977), ‘Intergenerational Equity and the Investing of Rents from Exhaustible Resources’ 25. J.E. Stiglitz (1979), ‘A Neoclassical Analysis of the Economics of Natural Resources’ 26. Bruce Hannon and John Joyce (1981), ‘Energy and Technical Progress’ 27. Partha Dasgupta and Karl-Göran Mäler (1991), ‘The Environment and Emerging Development Issues’ 28. L.S. Gross and E.C.H. Veendorp (1990), ‘Growth with Exhaustible Resources and a Materials-Balance Production Function’ 29. Paul M. Romer (1990), ‘Endogenous Technological Change’ 30. Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh and Peter Nijkamp (1994), ‘Dynamic Macro Modelling and Materials Balance: Economic-Environmental Integration for Sustainable Development’ 31. David Pearce, Kirk Hamilton and Giles Atkinson (1996), ‘Measuring Sustainable Development: Progress on Indicators’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisIntegrated assessment modelling is an active and rapidly developing field, triggered by the debate on climate change and the move towards the goal of sustainable development. This book provides an integrated approach to modelling, using a transdisciplinary approach. The author summarizes the main issues involved in the changing global system, and gives an overview of the emerging field of integrated assessment. He then presents a general discussion of the methodological principles of a multidisciplinary integrated modelling approach. Existing tools are examined and new methodological approaches are applied to various aspects of the problem of global change. The case studies focus on optimizing climate change mitigating policies, the allocation of emission rights and the the adaptive behaviour of social and biological agents. Special attention is given to the role of uncertainty, especially the subjective interpretation of uncertainties (world views), and the role of adaptive multi-agent modelling. The book concludes with a discussion on future uses of integrated assessment modelling in the global environment.Modelling Global Change will be vital to economists and scientists who have an interest in integrated assessment modelling, global modelling and decision support, environmental and ecological economists and those interested in sustainable development.Trade Review'. . . this is a book that anyone interested in integrated assessment modelling is advised to read.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Global Change 3. Integrated Assessment Modelling 4. Methodological Issues 5.Optimizing the Climate Change Problem 6. Global Energy Strategies 7. The Initial Allocation of Emission Rights 8. The Battle of Perspectives 9. Managing Malaria 10. Conclusions and Discussion Index

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Book SynopsisEcosystems and Nature brings together the work of leading authorities in biodiversity research. It provides readers with a broad interdisciplinary perspective on the major issues in biodiversity, including economics, natural science, management and ethics.The collection is divided into four main sections: part I introduces some fundamental scientific and socio-economic concepts and analysis in order to illustrate the complexities involved in the human-ecosystems interface; part II deals with the valuation of ecosystems with special emphasis on the main biomes, faults, wetlands, marine systems, grasslands and agriculture; part III covers the problem of value appropriation and the relevant constraints and available policy instruments; the final section focuses on the difficult ethical issues that surround utilization and conservation of biodiversity.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Biodiversity: Basic Science and Economics 1. C.S. Holling (1973), ‘Resilience and Stability of Ecological Systems’ 2. Carl Folke, C.S. Holling and Charles Perrings (1996), ‘Biological Diversity, Ecosystems, and the Human Scale’ 3. Kris H. Johnson, Kristiina A. Vogt, Heidi J. Clark, Oswald J. Schmitz and Daniel J. Vogt (1996), ‘Biodiversity and the Productivity and Stability of Ecosystems’ 4. Stuart L. Pimm, Gareth J. Russell, John L. Gittleman and Thomas M. Brooks (1995), ‘The Future of Biodiversity’ 5. Kenneth Arrow, Bert Bolin, Robert Costanza, Partha Dasgupta, Carl Folke, C.S. Holling, Bengt-Owe Jansson, Simon Levin, Karl-Göran Mäler, Charles Perrings and David Pimentel (1995), ‘Economic Growth, Carrying Capacity, and the Environment’ 6. Charles Perrings and David Pearce (1994), ‘Threshold Effects and Incentives for the Conservation of Biodiversity’ 7. Timothy M. Swanson (1994), ‘The Economics of Extinction Revisited and Revised: A Generalised Framework for the Analysis of the Problems of Endangered Species and Biodiversity Losses’ Part II: Valuing Ecosystemfunctions and Services: Demonstrating the Value of Natural Biological Capital A Overviews 8. Gail Bingham, Richard Bishop, Michael Brody, Daniel Bromley, Edwin (Toby) Clark, William Cooper, Robert Costanza, Thomas Hale, Gregory Hayden, Stephen Kellert, Richard Norgaard, Bryan Norton, John Payne, Clifford Russell and Glenn Suter (1995), ‘Issues in Ecosystem Valuation: Improving Information for Decision Making’ 9. N. Bockstael, R. Costanza, I. Strand, W. Boynton, K. Bell and L. Wainger (1995), ‘Ecological Economic Modeling and Valuation of Ecosystems’ 10. John M. Gowdy (1997), ‘The Value of Biodiversity: Markets, Society, and Ecosystems’ B Tropical and Temperate Forests 11. Ricardo Godoy, Ruben Lubowski and Anil Markandya (1993), ‘A Method for the Economic Valuation of Non-Timber Forest Products’ 12. W. Neil Adger, Katrina Brown, Raffaello Cervigni and Dominic Moran (1995), ‘Total Economic Value of Forests in Mexico’ 13. Thomas D. Crocker (1985), ‘On the Value of the Condition of a Forest Stock’ C Temperate and Tropical Wetlands 14. Edward B. Barbier (1994), ‘Valuing Environmental Functions: Tropical Wetlands’ 15. Robert Costanza, Stephen C. Farber and Judith Maxwell (1989), ‘Valuation and Management of Wetland Ecosystems’ 16. Stephen K. Swallow (1994), ‘Renewable and Nonrenewable Resource Theory Applied to Coastal Agriculture, Forest, Wetland, and Fisheries Linkages’ D Marine Resources 17. R.K. Turner, S. Subak and W.N. Adger (1996), ‘Pressures, Trends, and Impacts in Coastal Zones: Interactions Between Socioeconomic and Natural Systems’ 18. H. Jack Ruitenbeek (1994), ‘Modelling Economy-Ecology Linkages in Mangroves: Economic Evidence for Promoting Conservation in Bintuni Bay, Indonesia’ 19. John B. Loomis and Douglas M. Larson (1994), ‘Total Economic Values of Increasing Gray Whale Populations: Results from a Contingent Valuation Survey of Visitors and Households’ E Grasslands and Agriculture 20. Katrina Brown (1997), ‘Plain Tales from the Grasslands: Extraction, Value and Utilization of Biomass in Royal Bardia National Park, Nepal’ 21. Lars Drake (1992), ‘The Non-Market Value of the Swedish Agricultural Landscape’ Part III: Capturing the Value of Ecosystemfunctions and Services A Property Rights, Institutions and Policy Instruments 22. James R. Kahn and Judith A. McDonald (1995), ‘Third-World Debt and Tropical Deforestation’ 23. H. Jack Ruitenbeek (1992), ‘The Rainforest Supply Price: A Tool for Evaluating Rainforest Conservation Expenditures’ 24. Brent M. Swallow and Daniel W. Bromley (1995), ‘Institutions, Governance and Incentives in Common Property Regimes for African Rangelands’ 25. Madhav Gadgil (1992), ‘Conserving Biodiversity as if People Matter: A Case Study from India’ 26. Martin Whitby and Caroline Saunders (1996), ‘Estimating the Supply of Conservation Goods in Britain: A Comparison of the Financial Efficiency of Two Policy Instruments’ B Conservation Management Priorities, Safe Minimum Standards and Opportunity Costs 27. Dominic Moran, David Pearce and Anouk Wendelaar (1996), ‘Global Biodiversity Priorities: A Cost-Effectiveness Index for Investments’ 28. Charles Perrings and Brian Walker (1997), ‘Biodiversity, Resilience and the Control of Ecological-Economic Systems: The Case of Fire-Driven Rangelands’ 29. Andreas Hohl and Clement A. Tisdell (1993), ‘How Useful are Environmental Safety Standards in Economics? – The Example of Safe Minimum Standards for Protection of Species’ 30. Priya Shyamsundar and Randall Kramer (1997), ‘Biodiversity Conservation – At What Cost? A Study of Households in the Vicinity of Madagascar’s Mantadia National Park’ 31. Sandra S. Batie and Carl C. Mabbs-Zeno (1985), ‘Opportunity Costs of Preserving Coastal Wetlands: A Case Study of a Recreational Housing Development’ Part IV: Ethics 32. Holmes Rolston III (1985), ‘Valuing Wildlands’ 33. Bryan G. Norton (1995), ‘Evaluating Ecosystem States: Two Competing Paradigms’ 34. Talbot Page (1995), ‘Harmony and Pathology’ 35. Alan Randall (1991), ‘The Value of Biodiversity’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisIn this controversial book Herman Daly, a leading commentator on the environment, offers lively criticism of existing work on ecological economics and the economics of ecology. The theme throughout the book is about changes in perspective, attitudes and policies required to avoid uneconomic growth - that is, the impoverishment that results when the environmental and social costs of growth exceed the benefits.Key issues addressed include: growth economics misunderstandings of thermodynamics economic development and population globalization money humans in the ecosystem. >This major new book will be of interest to economists, ecologists, environmentalists, public policy scholars and activists as well as social philosophers.Trade Review'This book will be essential reading for anyone who seeks answers to resolve the traditionally recognized conflicts between the economy and the environment. The answers this work proposes are not simple, but are well presented and necessary.' -- Bernardo Aguilar-Gonzalez, The Quarterly Review of Biology'Daly's book is an excellent and illustrating confrontation of the two important paradigms of scientific economics. It leaves the reader with the conviction that the still prevailing paradigm of neo-classical economics will have to be replaced if sustainability is to become a real objective of economic policy.' -- Gunther Weinschenck, Quarterly Journal of International AgricultureTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: On the Roots of Error in Growth Economics Part II: On Some Specific Errors in Growth Economics Part III: On Economists’ Misunderstanding of Thermodynamics Part IV: On Economic Development and Population Part V: On Globalization as Growth Economics’ Last Gasp Part VI: On Money Part VII: On Purpose Index

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Book SynopsisEcological Economics offers an authoritative overview of a rapidly developing discipline lying at the interface of economics, natural science and philosophy. This pioneering new book focuses on the concepts and methods required to integrate sciences and humanities in order to build ecological economics.Ecological Economics as a practice seeks to comprehend the evolving interactions between humans and the natural world. Ranging across the discipline from its conceptual and philosophical foundations to problems of global warming and waste production in the chemicals industry, the authors confidently address the central dilemma of control over nature by humans ignorant of the environmental impacts of their actions. Faber, Manstetten and Proops argue convincingly for an evolutionary approach to human-nature interactions and for the use of natural science concepts, such as entropy.Students and researchers concerned with environmental, resource and ecological economics will welcome Ecological Economics as a convincing and innovative approach to the creation of a discipline capable of contributing to a new relationship between human and non-human nature.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Part I: An Introduction to Ecological Economics 2. Ecological Economics: Rationale and Problem Areas 3. Towards an Open Future: Ignorance, Novelty and Evolution 4. The Dilemma of Modern Humans and Nature: An Exploration of the Faustian Imperative 5. Sustainable Development: The Roles of Science and Ethics Part II: Conceptual Foundations of Ecological Economics 6. Entropy: A Unifying Concept for Ecological Economics 7. The Use of the Entropy Concept in Ecological Economics 8. Evolution in Biology, Physics and Economics: A Conceptual Analysis 9. On the Conceptual Foundations of Ecological Economics: A Teleological Approach 10. Interdisciplinary Research Between Economists and Physical Scientists: Retrospect and Prospect Part III: Epistemological Perspectives on Ecological Economics 11. Humankind and the Environment: An Anatomy of Surprise and Ignorance 12. Experience, Knowledge and the Environment: An Epistemological Essay Part IV: Environmental and Resource Issues 13. Linking Ecology and Economy: Joint Production in the Chemical Industry 14. Reducing CO2 Emissions: Analysis and Policy References Indexes

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Book SynopsisThe management of South Africa's elephants is a lightning-rod for a whole range of associated values-based policy issues pertaining to elephant in South Africa. The results of this comprehensive work will pave a way to better resolution of these controversial issues. The research has been thoroughly peer-, stakeholder- and publicity reviewed. It contains contributions from an expert author team comprised of many of the world's leading specialists, including biologists, environmentalists, ethicists, economists and lawyers. This title explores a range of topics: synthsising, evaluating and summarizing knowledge on the biology and ecology of elephants, elephant effects on trees, other herbivores, birds and ecosystem function, management techniques and the social, economic and ethical implications various options. Elephant management is the first of its kind and topical both nationally and internationally. The anticipated readership is broad, including not only conservation policymakers and practitioners in South Africa and Africa, but also postgraduate students in many parts of the world, researchers and academics, conservation NGO's, and members of the public.The title is likely to become required reading for university courses on related topics.Table of ContentsForeword List of figures List of tables List of boxes About the authors and contributors List of reviewers Acronyms and abbreviations Preface Summary for policymakers Chapter 1 The elephant in South Africa: history and distribution Lead author: Jane Carruthers Author: André Boshoff Contributing authors: Rob Slotow, Harry C Biggs, Graham Avery, and Wayne Matthews Chapter 2 Elephant population biology and ecology Lead author: Rudi van Aarde Authors: Sam Ferreira, Tim Jackson, and Bruce Page Contributing authors: Yolande de Beer, Katie Gough, Rob Guldemond, Jessi Junker, Pieter Olivier, Theresia Ott, and Morgan Trimble Chapter 3 Effects of elephants on ecosystems and biodiversity Lead author: Graham IH Kerley Authors: Marietjie Landman, Laurence Kruger, and Norman Owen-Smith Contributing authors: Dave Balfour, Willem F de Boer, Angela Gaylard, Keith Lindsay, and Rob Slotow Chapter 4 Interactions between elephants and people Lead author: Wayne Twine Author: Hector Magome Chapter 5 Elephant translocation Lead author: Douw G Grobler Authors: J J van Altena, Johan H Malan, and Robin L Mackey Chapter 6 Reproductive control of elephants Lead author: Henk Bertschinger Author: Audrey Delsink Contributing authors: J J van Altena, Jay Kirkpatrick, Hanno Killian, Andre Ganswindt, Rob Slotow, and Guy Castley Chapter 7 Controlling the distribution of elephants Lead author: CC (Rina) Grant Authors: Roy Bengis, Dave Balfour, and Mike Peel Contributing authors: Warwick Davies-Mostert, Hanno Killian, Rob Little, Izak Smit, Marion Garaï, Michelle Henley, Brandon Anthony, and Peter Hartley Contributors to the fencing table: Meiring Prinsloo, Ian Bester, John Adendorf, Paul Havemann, Bill Howells, Duncan MacFadyen, and Tim Parker Chapter 8 Lethal management of elephants Lead author: Rob Slotow Authors: Ian Whyte and Markus Hofmeyr Contributing authors: Graham H I Kerley, Tony Conway, and Robert J Scholes Chapter 9 Ethical considerations in elephant management Lead author: H P P (Hennie) Lötter Authors: Michelle Henley, Saliem Fakir, and Michele Pickover Contributing author: Mogobe Ramose Chapter 10 The economic value of elephants Lead author: James Blignaut Authors: Martin de Wit and Jon Barnes Chapter 11 National and international law Lead author: Lisa Hopkinson Authors: Marius van Staden and Jeremy Ridl Chapter 12 Towards integrated decision making for elephant management Lead author: Harry C Biggs Author: Rob Slotow Contributing authors: Robert J Scholes, Jane Carruthers, Rudi van Aarde, Graham H I Kerley, Wayne Twine, Douw G Grobler, Henk Berthshinger, CC (Rina) Grant, HP P (Hennie) Lötter, James Blignaut, Lisa Hopkinson, and Mike Peel Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental and animal studies are rapidly growing areas of interest across a number of disciplines. Natures of Africa is one of the first edited volumes which encompasses transdisciplinary approachesto a number of cultural forms, including fiction, non-fi ction, oral expression and digital media. The volume features new research from East Africa and Zimbabwe, as well as the ecocritical and eco-activist‘powerhouses’ of Nigeria and South Africa.The chapters engage one another conceptually andepistemologically without an enforced consensus of approach. In their conversation with dominant ideas about nature and animals, they reveal unexpected insights into forms of cultural expression of local communities in Africa. The analyses explore different apprehensions of the connections between humans, animals and the environment, and suggest alternative ways of addressing the challenges facing the continent. These include the problems of global warming, desertification, floods, animal extinctions and environmental destruction attendant upon fossil fuel extraction. There are few books that show how nature in Africa is represented, celebrated, mourned or commoditised. Natures of Africa weavestogether studies of narratives – from folklore, travel writing, novels and popular songs – with the insights of poetry and contemporary reflections of Africa on the worldwide web. The chapters test disciplinary and conceptual boundaries, highlighting the ways in which the environmental concerns of African communities cannot be disentangled from social, cultural and political questions.This volume draws on and will appeal to scholars and teachers of oral tradition and indigenous cultures, literature, religion, sociologyand anthropology, environmental and animal studies, as well as media and digital cultures in an African context.Table of Contents Foreword Chapter 1: “Here is some baobab leaf!”: Sunjata, foodways and biopiracy Chapter 2: Shona as a land-based nature-culture: A study of the (re)construction of Shona land mythology in popular songs Chapter 3: The environment as significant Other: The green nature of Shona indigenous religion Chapter 4: Animal praise poetry and the Samburu desire to survive Chapter 5: Voluntourism paradoxes: Strategic visual tropes of the natural on South African voluntourism websites Chapter 6: Toward ecocriticism in Africa: Literary aesthetics in African environmental literature Chapter 7: Critical intersections: Ecocriticism, globalised cities and African narrative, with a focus on K. Sello Duiker’s Thirteen Cents Chapter 8: Navigating Gariep country: Writing nature and culture in Borderline by William Dicey Chapter 9: Negotiating identity in a vanishing geography: Home, environment and displacement in Helon Habila’s Oil on Water Chapter 10: Animal narrators in Patrice Nganang’s Dog Days: An Animal Chronicle and Alain Mabanckou’s Memoirs of a Porcupine Chapter 11: Nature, animism and humanity in Anglophone Nigerian poetry Chapter 12: Animals, nostalgia, and Zimbabwe’s rural landscape in the poetry of Chenjerai Hove and Musaemura Zimunya About the Authors Acknowledgements Notes

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents the findings of four studies of the ironwood tree found in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and northwestern Mexico. Topics include perennial plants that depend on the shade of the ironwood for their survival, variation in the diversity and abundance of plant life under ironwood trees and elsewhere in the desert, the relationship between ironwood and a threatened species of cactus, and the harm done to ironwood trees by logging, the tourist trade, and misguided conservation efforts.

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Book SynopsisThe Upper Rio Orthon Basin of Pando, Bolivia, is a transition zone between moister lowland Amazonian forests and dryer deciduous forests. This largely unexplored region potentially harbours one of the most richly biodiverse aquatic systems within Bolivia, if not within the Amazon River basin. A multinational and multidisciplinary team of scientists surveyed the area to provide a baseline assessment of its biological and conservation value as well as the current and future threats facing the region. In just over two intensive weeks, scientists surveyed water quality, zooplankton, benthic macroinvertebrates, crustaceans and genetics.

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Book SynopsisA team of researchers, students, and local staff surveyed the vertebrate and invertebrate species in four areas of the Okavango Delta in northwestern Botswana. The survey reports water quality as benign and healthy with the exception of low dissolved oxygen levels. About a fourth of the 1250 plant species known from the Delta were recorded and were found to have moderate diversity and surprisingly uniform populations. The findings of diversity in the fish communities and a breeding colony harboring fourteen endangered bird species provide substantial support for the report's recommendations on conserving this ecologically significant area.

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Book SynopsisFirst released in 1990, the essays in Home Place range from the personal—the search for a childhood vision of pristine grassland, the boy who goes from hunting to respecting wildlife and the living space around him—to theory on land use, environmental law, agriculture, education, and technology as it affects the relationships between humanity and the Ecosphere.

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Book SynopsisAdrift on the Ark is a collection of personal essays by Margaret Thompson that offers a straightforward study of the complex relationship between human beings and the natural world. The essays look at a wide range of beings--from spiders to peacocks--and cover issues such as our irrational phobias, our fascination with zoos, and the myths and stories we have created around the other occupants of this earth. They also observe the joy animals bring to us as our pets and the altruistic relationship between caregivers and companions. With lively anecdotes and engaging portraits of the animals who have enriched Margaret''s life, these entertaining and personal essays serve a double purpose: as a reminder of our place in the natural order and our intricate connections with animals; and as a warning about how much we stand to lose by ignoring our responsibilities for all life on earth. Meant to inspire and motivate, Adrift on the Ark is an enchanting reflection on the beneficial relationship between humans and other animals.

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Book SynopsisHow can we become more in tune with nature, even in the heart of the city? Once upon a time, a burnt-out Claire Dunn spent a year living off the grid in a wilderness survival experiment. Yet love and the possibilities of human connection drew her back to the city, where she soon found herself as overscheduled, addicted to her phone, and lost in IKEA as the rest of us. Given all the city offers — comfort, convenience, community, and opportunity — she wants to stay. But to do so, she’ll have to learn how to rewild her own urban soul. Claire swims in city rivers, forages in the suburbs, and explores many other practices to connect to the world around her. Rewilding the Urban Soul is a field guide to being at one with nature, wherever you are.Trade Review‘In Rewilding the Urban Soul, Claire asks an important question, “How can I expect us to fall in love with the world in the way that’s so needed if it’s dependent on going bush for a year? No, it has to be possible, right where we are.” A cliffhanger from that point on, Claire’s wonderful storytelling, research, and perspectives make it clear it’s not only possible, but it’s incredibly healing and fun! This book is essential for our times.’ -- Jon Young, author of Coyote’s Guide to Connecting with Nature and What the Robin Knows‘This beautiful and hopeful new memoir by Claire Dunn, about reconnecting with nature in the city, will leave you informed and inspired.’ * Stylist *‘Love makes us move to the city. Duty makes us stay. But how do we create a liveable habitat for our bodies and spirits and relations in these murderous places? You might find the answer in this book.’ -- Tyson Yunkaporta, author of Sand Talk‘In this beautifully written book, Claire Dunn encourages the reader to welcome back the fox woman with her untameable pelt and unfamiliar woody scent, to cherish numinous encounters, to fall in love with the world, to be enchanted once again. She inspires the possibility to wildness, both inner and outer, for all those living within city limits and beyond. Rewilding the Urban Soul will stir people’s souls, for sure.’ -- Miriam Lancewood, author of Woman in the Wilderness and Wild at Heart‘Claire Dunn, author of the classic My Year Without Matches, takes her next step into rewilding — the process of waking to the sit spot we call Earth. Even in cities, where the majority of people now live, we can still become indigenous to our universe. I was deeply moved by the eloquence of each page and the soul that fuels her words.’ -- Richard Louv, author of Our Wild Calling and Last Child in the Woods‘Looking for what’s untamed and true, but you’re ensconced in the city? No need to leave town. The wild is all around you — and in you, and as you — and you could not have a more seasoned, engaging, or big-hearted guide than Claire Dunn, she who has devoted years to wandering trail, thicket, and waterway, as well as the urban wilds. No matter your address, this deeply wise and spellbinding book is your portal out of the Matrix and into the Real, into the windswept world as beloved, into the mysteries of both nature and your own psyche, a siren’s song you cannot afford to resist.’ -- Bill Plotkin, author of Soulcraft, Wild Mind, and The Journey of Soul Initiation‘In the same way that Wohlleben wants us to visit the woods to connect with nature, Claire Dunn implores us to search for it within our urban environments. Spawned from a year living completely off-grid, Dunn explores the practices that make it possible for even the most ardent city slicker to enjoy a healthier relationship with the wilderness that surrounds us all.’ * Happy Mag, starred review *‘Part memoir, part urgent appeal, Claire Dunn’s new book explores how our urban lives can become more intimate with nature … [Rewilding the Urban Soul] is made of love, and it draws us in.’ -- Tracy Sorensen * The Newtown Review of Books *‘[T]hose intrigued by the wildness just beyond their apartment windows will find this to be a gem.’ * Publishers Weekly *Praise for My Year Without Matches: ‘This is a brave and adventurous book - a memoir that took me into the heart of the wilderness through the eyes of a courageous young woman. Claire’s writing is full of life and profound surprises. She writes with stunning intricacy of the world around her as she is caught in the spell of the wilderness. Read, and you will be caught in the ripple of the land as Claire leads us into alien yet intimate landscapes.’ -- Anne Deveson AO, author of Tell Me I'm Here and ResiliencePraise for My Year Without Matches: ‘Claire Dunn’s account of her year of living simply is so beautifully written, with such wisdom, wit and heart, and so many well-observed details, that you feel yourself alongside a dear friend, seeing and experiencing all she does, and hoping the journey will never end. This is the best, most honest book I have read in a long time.’ -- Louise Southerden, award-winning travel writerPraise for My Year Without Matches: ‘This is a surprising and remarkable account of one woman's quest to reconnect with the earth and herself. Written with raw honesty, humour, and poetic beauty, Claire swept me along through the swamps and mountaintops of her experience. Thrumming with the sounds of nature, read this book and hear in yourself the call to the wilds.’ -- John Seed, co-author of Thinking Like a Mountain

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Book SynopsisDr Mark Fisher is a recently retired scientist with a more than 40 years' experience in farming, research and philosophy. He draws onhistory, literature, common understandings and personal experiences to create a distinctive narrative. Mark was until 2021 a Principal Adviser to the NZ Ministry for Primary Industries (formerly Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry) and Director of Kotare Bioethics. He has been a board member of the Toi te Taiao: the Bioethics Council, the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC), and was the New Zealand chair of the Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching (ANZCCART).

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Book SynopsisThis heart of this volume is based on a lecture given in honour of Charles Strong, the authors mentor in the pursuit of peace. On Armistice Day 2018, we held an Armistice Day Convocation to honour Charles Strong as a pioneer pacifist in Australia and collected our reflections in a volume entitled, Remembering Pioneer Pacifist Charles Strong.

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Book SynopsisFrom racialised police brutality to climate change, #MeToo, ‘trans rights,’ COVID-19, the prospect of nuclear war, and the prevalence of trauma—we are constantly bombarded with high stakes problems that we are expected to speak out about and act on. On closer inspection, the popular solutions to each of these problems aren’t easy to reconcile. Black Lives Matter activists demand prison abolition, while #MeToo feminists want rapists in jail—and while our objections to war and police brutality make us suspicious of state institutions in general, our responses to climate change and COVID-19 reinforce our dependency on them. Out of the Fog cuts through the confusion. RenÉe Gerlich suggests that readers move beyond feeling overwhelmed and emotionally manipulated.Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter One: My StoryChapter Two: Desire and DistortionChapter Three: Rebellion and BacklashChapter Four: Fatal ContradictionsChapter Five: Cassandra’ s Power

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Book SynopsisBeginning in 1967 and for just over 30 years, the oil industry toiled in the relative obscurity of Northern Alberta as machines peeled away earth and boreal forest to exhume what has now become one of humanity''s most precious and contentious resources: bitumen. As the years passed, the bitumen mines sprawled, poisonous tailings ponds spread, toxins polluted the environment, cancer reared its head downstream and the price of petroleum soared beyond all expectations. As plans continue to build the Keystone and Northern Gateway pipelines, a growing number of scientists, journalists, First Nations and environmentalists are fighting to raise the alarm about the implications and propaganda surrounding the world''s largest energy project. In his second RMB Manifesto, Jeff Gailus dissects the global war on truth that has come to define the battle for oil. It is a battle fought not with bullets and bombs but with a dark web of Little Black Lies that poses a threat not only to environmental and human health, but to our moral and social well-being.

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Book SynopsisCold Matters is a vital and approachable work that distills the scientific complexities of snow, ice, water and climate and presents the global implications of research put forth and funded by the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences. This timely book gives the concerned reader an opportunity to take part in the conversation about our global environment in a way that transcends traditional scientific journals, textbooks, public talks or newspaper articles that are so often ignored or forgotten. In the end, Cold Matters will change the way you think about ice and snow. The impassioned narrative and sophisticated illustrations found within the pages of Robert Sandford''s latest work offer ecologically and globally minded citizens an understanding of the behaviour of our ever-changing climate system and its effect on cold environments in western Canada over the past 400 years. Using revolutionary prediction scenarios to model glaciers and glacier meltwater in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Yukon, NWT and throughout the world, Cold Matters presents a clear snapshot of how altered ecosystems will impact future climates, urban centres and agricultural landscapes.

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Book SynopsisAt the last census in 2006, just over 80 percent of Canada''s population lived in urban centres. How we feed that population and protect its food sources is an enduring subject of debate in food security circles these days. As consumers and citizens, we all need to take a hard look at the deficiencies in Canada''s ability to feed the urban poor; our dependence on imported foods and centralized food processing; our detachment from our food sources; the often problematic solutions to food security devised by governments, municipalities and non-profit groups; and where we are headed if we change nothing in these times when change is urgently needed. Many efforts are being made to introduce urban agriculture initiatives all across the country, to address the problems we''ve created and to protect our cities from real and potential crises in the food supply. With passion and lyricism, Digging the City addresses the problems facing urban omnivores in the 21st century and looks at various policy, grassroots and utopian solutions being developed and implemented, while considering the pros and cons of plans such as vertical farms, urban fish farms, transition-town initiatives, seed banks, permaculture and water conservation projects.

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Book SynopsisThe Cacapon and Lost Rivers are located in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia's eastern panhandle. Well loved by paddlers and anglers, these American Heritage Rivers are surrounded by a lush valley of wildlife and flora that is part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.Although still rural and mostly forested, development and land fragmentation in the Cacapon and Lost River Valley have increased over the last decades. Listening to the Land: Stories from the Cacapon and Lost River Valley is a conversation between the people of this Valley and their land, chronicling this community's dedication to preserving its farms, forests, and rural heritage.United around a shared passion for stewardship, the Cacapon and Lost Rivers Land Trust and local landowners have permanently protected over 11,000 acres by incorporating local values into permanent conservation action. Despite the economic pressures that have devastated nearby valleys over the past twenty years, natives and newcomers alike have worked to protect this valley by sustaining family homesteads and buying surrounding parcels.This partnership between the Land Trust and the people of this Valley, unprecedented in West Virginia and nationally recognized for its success, greatly enriches historic preservation and conservation movements, bringing to light the need to investigate, pursue, and listen to the enduring connection between people and place.

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Book SynopsisOften spoken at the end of a prayer, a well-known Sioux phrase affirms that we are all related." Similarly, the Sioux medicine man, Brave Buffalo, came to realize when he was still a boy that the maker of all was Wakan Tanka (the Great Spirit), and ...in order to honor him I must honor his works in nature." The interconnectedness of all things, and the respect all things are due, are among the most prominentand most welcomethemes in this collection of Indian voices on nature. Within the book are carefully authenticated quotations from men and women of nearly fifty North American tribes. The illustrations include historical photographs of American Indians, as well as a wide selection of contemporary photographs showing the diversity of the North American natural world. Together, these quotations and photographs beautifully present something of nature's timeless message.

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Book SynopsisThe Roosevelt elk populate the parks along California’s north coast and comprise the largest land mammals in the parks, some weighing up to 1,200 pounds. They are a stable terrestrial land mammal population, a fixture in the parks, but still require ongoing stewardship and management. In a study spanning more than twenty years, Weckerly made key observations and conducted various investigations under a multitude of ecological conditions. Few authors have dedicated this much time and effort into a single research area. It is a testament to perseverance that his groundbreaking study of the Roosevelt elk was so successful. He was able to document the independent dynamics of several herds of female elk, experience the extinction of one of their subpopulations, and record scientific conclusions in the context of resiliency and redundancy of the elk population. This book will be of considerable interest to those who investigate the ecology of big game animals, including naturalists, hunters, and individuals with particular interest in Redwood State and National Parks. It is an important book that contributes substantially to the persistence and viability of Roosevelt elk in the parks and the surrounding area.Trade ReviewThe book is well written, interesting, and should be of interest to a wide array of people. Most scientific aspects of the book are spot on. I think this is a book that should be of value to a broad audience, including visitors to the parks, and not just scientists."" - Terry Bowyer, Idaho State University

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Book SynopsisThis issue focuses on: 1) Exploring the significance of territorial spatial planning by stressing its necessity and main ideas under the contemporary background of ecological civilisation construction in China, while re-examining the role of landscape architects in this reform. 2) Strengthening research on related methodologies and techniques of urban ecological planning, ecological security pattern, ecological infrastructure, and ecological restoration to improve cities liveability and resilience and rebuild harmonious human-nature relationship under a mandatory planning framework combined with resilient measures, avoiding inflexible ecological conservation practices. 3) Analysing and learning from diversified efforts made by different countries and regions to promote urban development while protecting ecosystems, particularly their experience on territorial, regional, and urban planning that is significantly valuable to the Chinese counterpart, to leverage the value of territorial natural resources. 4) Exploring feasible approaches that help restore urban ecosystem structure and ecological elements, and improve planning and design methods on specific sites, so as to enhance spatial construction and ecological quality, to eventually improve a national eco-security pattern with scientific and user-friendly planning and design. 5) Encouraging applications of research frontiers in geology, macro-ecology, regional economics, public management, and sustainability science.

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Book SynopsisWhat do you think of when you think of Nature? Prolific author and National Geographic writer Doug Chadwick’s fresh look at human’s place in the natural world. In his accessible and engaging style, Chadwick approaches the subject from a scientific angle, with the underlying message that from the perspective of DNA humans are not all that different from any other creature. He begins by showing the surprisingly close relationship between human DNA and that of grizzly bears, with whom we share 80 percent of our DNA. We are 60 percent similar to a salmon, 40 percent the same as many insects, and 24 percent of our genes match those of a wine grape. He reflects on the value of exposure to nature on human biochemistry and mentality, that we are not that far removed from our ancestors who lived closer to nature. He highlights examples of animals using “human” traits, such as tools and play. He ends the book with two examples of the healing benefits of turning closer to nature: island biogeography and the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative. This book is a reflection on man’s rightful place in the ecological universe. Using personal stories, recounting how he came to love and depend on the Great Outdoors and how he learned his place in the system of Nature, Chadwick challenges anyone to consider whether they are separate from or part of nature. The answer is obvious, that we are an indivisible from all elements of a system that is greater than ourselves and should never be neglected, taken advantage of, or exploited. This is a fresh and engaging take on man’s relationship to nature by a respected and experienced author.Trade Review"Combining the eye of a naturalist, the ear of a storyteller, and the heart of one who cares deeply for the fate of the wild — and the wild lurking within each of us— Chadwick demonstrates the biological truth that the fate of all life on Earth is intertwined." -- Big Sky JournalTable of ContentsPrologue Chapter One: I am at Least Four-Fifths of a Grizzly Chapter Two: Kaboom Chapter Three: The Living Planet Quick Reference Guide Chapter Four: The State of Our Union Chapter Five: Health Coverage for Primates Chapter Six: Elephants and Excavations Chapter Seven: Daydreaming at the Fair Chapter Eight: Rescue at Sea, Part One Chapter Nine: Rescue at Sea, Part Two Chapter Ten; Ode to a Strawberry Chapter Eleven: Coda to a Strawberry Chapter Twelve: Crowboarding Chapter Thirteen: Why Y2Y Epilogue: Note to (Greater) Self

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