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Book SynopsisThis book brings alive the richly diverse world of an underwater paradise: the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef. Stretching 625 miles through the Caribbean Sea along the coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras, this reef is the second largest coral structure on the planet. Imperiled Reef searches out the breathtaking intricacies of this endangered ecological treasure.Sandy Sheehy describes in eloquent detail the hard and soft corals, sponges, and myriad marine creatures—from sea turtles to jellyfish to dolphins—that interact to form a delicately balanced interdependent ecosystem, as well as the culturally diverse human communities that depend on them. She explores the work of marine biologists, oceanographers, and ecologists who have devoted their lives to studying this unique environment.Research shows that the future of the reef is at risk, Sheehy explains. Looking closely at threats ranging from global warming to overfishing to irresponsible development, Sheehy draws attention to the inspiring efforts of nongovernmental agencies, scientists, and local communities who are working together to address these challenges. She includes practical actions individuals can take to protect this reef—as well as marine ecosystems everywhere.Celebrating a vast, submerged landscape that has too often been undervalued, Imperiled Reef is both a strong case for protecting an international marvel and a powerful message of hope for the world’s oceans.Trade Review“[An] impassioned study. . . . There is much to savor in Sheehy’s paean to a unique ecosystem.”- Publishers Weekly;“Takes us on a fascinating journey through the unfolding crisis on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, and by extension the world’s oceans and climate. Sheehy possesses a deep knowledge of reef biodiversity and the ability to clearly convey not only the complicated challenges but also the concrete steps that can be taken to ensure healthy ocean ecosystems for future generations.”- Deb Castellana, director of strategic partnerships, Mission Blue/Sylvia Earle Alliance;“Australia’s Great Barrier Reef often hogs the spotlight, but as Sheehy’s book shows, the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef fringing the tropical Atlantic coast of the Americas is no less remarkable. You’ll meet the corals that build it and the charismatic creatures that call it home and make it function. Equally important, you’ll get to know the people dedicating their lives to the reef and learn what you can do to help it thrive.”- Nancy Knowlton, author of Citizens of the Sea: Wondrous Creatures from the Census of Marine Life;“It is delightful to see decades of science and conservation work in the Mesoamerican Reef being highlighted in this informative yet entertaining book, with so many great interviews from the field- where the real conservation happens.”- Melanie McField, director, Healthy Reefs for Healthy People Initiative;“Highlights an iconic place and the people who care for it even in the face of frightening challenges. May the continued commitment and innovation of these heroes serve as an example for others who are struggling to protect what is still intact and restore what has been lost.”- Stephen Gittings, science coordinator, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.

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Book SynopsisIdeal for city residents, developers, designers, and officials looking for ways to bring urban environments into harmony with the natural world and make cities more sustainable, Urban Ecology for Citizens and Planners offers a wealth of information and examples that will answer fundamental scientific questions, guide green initiatives, and inform environmental policies and decision-making processes.This book provides an overview of the synergistic relationships between humans and nature that shape the ecology of urban green spaces. It also emphasizes the social and cultural value of nature in cities for human health and well-being. Chapters describe the basic science of natural components and ecosystems in urban areas and explore the idea of biophilic urbanism, the philosophy of building nature into the framework of cities. To illustrate these topics, chapters include projects, case studies, expert insights, and successful citizen science programs from urban areas around the world.Authors Gail Hansen and Joseli Macedo argue that citizens have increasingly important roles to play in the environmental future of the cities they live in. A valuable resource for real-world solutions, this volume encourages citizens and planners to actively engage and collaborate in improving their communities and quality of life.

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Book SynopsisClimate Ghosts deals with the important issue of climate change and human impact on three species: woodland caribou, common loons, and lake sturgeon. Environmental historian Nancy Langston explores three “ghost species” in the Great Lakes watershed—woodland caribou, common loons, and lake sturgeon. Ghost species are those that have not gone completely extinct, although they may be extirpated from a particular area. Their traces are still present, whether in DNA, in small fragmented populations, in lone individuals roaming a desolate landscape in search of a mate. We can still restore them if we make the hard choices necessary for them to survive. In this meticulously researched book, Langston delves into how climate change and human impact affected these now ghost species. Climate Ghosts covers one of the key issues of our time. Trade Review"Nancy Langston supplies three examples of seemingly impossible and precarious recovery stories for migratory species that offer ways forward for anyone interested in addressing environmental inequality and climate change's impacts on migratory species…Through the stories of caribou, sturgeon, and loons, Climate Ghosts challenges its readers to examine personal and societal relationships and responsibilities to migratory species." * H-Net *"The most recent addition to The Mandel Lectures in the Humanities at Brandeis University series, Prof. Langston brings her readers a profound message of both warning and encouragement to action, of the potential for tragedy and the potential for renewal. While what has already happened cannot be changed, what happens next can be; but to act wisely, an understanding of these species in and of themselves as well as their existence in their environment must be achieved. Climate Ghosts is clearly a step towards such knowledge." * The Well-read Naturalist *"Historical information, dating back several centuries, is skilfully combined with details on present and planned restoration actions, providing insights into the past, present and possible future of these threatened species. Throughout the book, the prose flows well and without complex jargon, making this an enjoyable and accessible read. I would highly recommend Climate Ghosts to anyone interested in migratory species and climate change." * Oryx *“Like the species it examines, Climate Ghosts covers a lot of ground . . . . We learn about the animals’ biology, the cultural beliefs regarding them, the reasons for their decline, and the efforts to restore them. This is a story of trauma and loss, one that asks, ‘How do we keep from turning away?’. But it is also one that provides some hope in the dark and a possible way forward.” * Isis *“. . . . Nancy Langston takes the reader on a scientific and cultural tour in the far North, analyzing the combined effects of accelerated climatic processes and Anthropocene land-use change, as well as showing the spiritual depths of the Indigenous tribes who consider caribous, sturgeons, and loons totems. Further, the volume successfully provides a general introduction to the geography and history of the northern regions inhabited by these animals. To help save these ghost species, the author presents and analyzes the successful and less successful attempts to conserve, protect, and translocate them, outlining conservation strategies for the coming decades of climatic anomalies and incorporating the deep knowledge of Indigenous people of the ecology of the North. The volume has a well-deserved place on the bookshelves of ecologists, conservationists, and cultural anthropologists.” * Conservation Biology *“Teachers seeking contemporary examples to use to discuss climate change, threatened species, habitat destruction, and human impact need look no further: Climate Ghosts has that and more.” * American Biology Teacher *"Climate Ghosts is as much a call to address the violent and ongoing legacies of settler colonial racism, as it is to salvage particular animals and ecosystems in decline. This is a must read book—written with humility, head, and heart." -- Brinda Sarathy, University of Washington Bothell“Nancy Langston has written a stunning work of environmental history that illuminates the challenges facing wildlife vulnerable to climate change. While the book carries a dire warning, Langston draws hope from recent restoration programs, arguing that species on the brink should not be written off as doomed." -- John Sandlos, Memorial University of Newfoundland“By centering Indigenous rights and values, Langston shows how we can deepen our relationships with other human beings, and with fish, birds, and mammals; she understands each other as relatives. Climate Ghosts challenges us to engage critically with Indigenous dispossession, ecosystem change, and species restoration.” -- Michael Dockry, University of Minnesota“Maang, nme, adik (loon, sturgeon, caribou) are our older siblings. To the Anishnabek, these are relatives with as much right to be here as we have, and to treat a relative as a ‘resource’ is shameful. In this impassioned and detailed account, Nancy Langston shows how our lifeways are harming our siblings. She makes clear what will happen not only to our older siblings but to ourselves if we do not change." -- Kathie Brosemer, Environmental Director, Sault TribeTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Ghosts in the AnthropoceneChapter 2: Woodland Caribou Histories in the Upper Great LakesChapter 3: Caribou Futures in a Warming WorldChapter 4: Indigenous Communities and Lake Sturgeon RestorationChapter 5: The Gift of the LoonEndnotesBibliography

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Book SynopsisBecoming a Sustainable Runner is not just another running guide on developing the physical attributes to run faster or longer. What it will help you achieve is a newfound purpose that merges your passion for running with your concern for your health, your community, and the environment. It weaves together concepts of internal and external sustainability in a way that will help you run, think, and act in a way that is in line with your values.Divided into three parts, the book begins by giving you the tools to find excitement and joy in your runs and sustain your running for the long term. These include acknowledging stressors, setting new challenges, changing where you run and who you run with, and prioritizing physical and mental rest to minimize the risk of injury, illness, and burnout.Next, discover ways to enrich your running through personal connections. Learn about the importance of joining or forming a running community that fosters comradery with others who believe in the power of service and in giving back in meaningful and impactful ways.Then, tap into your passion to sustain our planet. Know what it means to be an eco-conscious traveler, make environmentally friendly choices about where you run and the products you use, and reduce your carbon footprint through the 3R’s: reducing, reusing, and recycling.Throughout the book you’ll enjoy stories from the authors about their personal challenges and triumphs as runners and stewards of the environment. Quotes and insights from well-known runners who are also climate change and environmental justice advocates underscore the breadth and depth of the issues facing us all.As a runner, you have the power to change the world for the better. Becoming a Sustainable Runner provides actionable steps to help you do just that.Trade Review“Tina and Zoë make us think about our strategy and goals in races and life. Better yet, they expect us to channel our energy for the greater good and the environment. I highly recommend Becoming a Sustainable Runner to everyone who exercises!”—Meb Keflezighi, Olympic Marathon Silver Medalist and Winner of the New York City Marathon and Boston Marathon“I’ve been waiting a long time for a book that puts running in the broader context of our bodies, our minds, and the world around us. Becoming a Sustainable Runner is that book.”—Malcolm Gladwell, New York Times Bestselling Author“I've loved running for a long time now, and I often think about how running nourishes me. What I don't think enough about is how we can use running to make our world better too. Becoming a Sustainable Runner is a practical guide for how we can all do this, in ways that make our running all the more joyful and sustaining.”—Simran Jeet Singh, Five-Time Marathoner and Author of National Bestseller The Light We Give"Becoming a Sustainable Runner is a fantastic example of how to improve your life in more of a wholesome way, and running is the muse that can be used to become aware and integrate how we are and want to live the rest of our life. When we are aware, we have more choices. When we are healthy, we make healthier choices, and those choices help the rest of our lives and the planet."—Darin Olien, Author of New York Times Bestseller Superlife and Cohost of Down to Earth With Zac Efron“Tina stands out as a vastly experienced and accomplished athlete, but it is her ability to place her craft in the broader context of life that makes her stand apart. In Becoming a Sustainable Runner, she helps explain not just how to run well but also how to live well by running. The difference is important, and it makes for a great read.”—Tim Brown, Cofounder of Allbirds“In Becoming a Sustainable Runner, Tina and Zoë have written a beautiful, thought-provoking, and empowering book. It gives us the tools to become more sustainable runners and drive positive change in our world, as well as the belief that we can all make a difference. Personally, it has helped me reframe my relationship with running and given me more confidence to challenge the status quo and fight for inclusion.”—Sophie Power, Ultrarunner and Founder of SheRaces"Becoming a Sustainable Runner is like getting a joyful, motivational hug from friends before a big race. Zoë and Tina grab flashlights, shine them under our beds, and help us realize those things we all share can be friends instead of monsters. It's always so scary to think of big topics like showing up every day, relentlessly, to improve as a runner and community member. This book teaches us that showing up every day can be so damn fun, especially when you have one of those flashlights that Zoë and Tina shine into the dark places. After you read this book, you're going to have to buy extra-strength melatonin because you're going to be so excited to wake up the next day and show the heck up. It's a delightful feeling, inspired by a delightful and important book.”—David Roche and Megan Roche, MD, PhD, Coaches and Authors of The Happy Runner "Every runner looking to embody a truly sustainable lifestyle needs to read Becoming a Sustainable Runner. Zoë and Tina explore every aspect of what being a sustainable runner means, from the lenses of mental health and body image, all the way to environmental impacts and sociocultural perspectives. This book exemplifies the interconnectedness of our actions with the outside world and goes to show that lifelong runners will be those who can find sustainability across all areas of life, not in just the sport of running.”—Grayson Murphy, professional runner for Saucony, 4x US Champion | 2x World Champion Table of ContentsPart I. Sustain Your Runner’s Mind and BodyChapter 1. Play the Long GameChapter 2. Bolster Your ConfidenceChapter 3. Clear Out the ClutterChapter 4. Focus on Sustainable StrengthChapter 5. Reduce Injury RiskChapter 6. Explore Your SurroundingsChapter 7. Replenish Your BodyPart II. Sustain Your Running CommunityChapter 8. Find Your PlaceChapter 9. Give BackChapter 10. Consider ActivismPart III. Sustain Our PlanetChapter 11. Encourage Sustainable EventsChapter 12. Be an Eco-Conscious TravelerChapter 13. Consume With CareChapter 14. Reduce, Reuse, RecycleChapter 15. Eat and Drink Responsibly

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Book SynopsisThere is virtually nowhere on Earth today that remains untouched by plastic and ecosystems are evolving to adapt to this new context. While plastics have revolutionized our modern world, new and often unforeseen effects of plastic and its production are continually being discovered. Plastics are entangled in multiple ecological and social crises, from the plasticization of the oceans to the embeddedness of plastics in political hierarchiesThe complexities surrounding the global plastic crisis require an interdisciplinary approach and the materialities of plastic demand new temporalities of thought and action. Plastic Legacies brings together scholars from the fields of marine biology, psychology, anthropology, environmental studies, Indigenous studies, and media studies to investigate and address the urgent socio-ecological challenges brought about by plastics. Contributors consider the unpredictable nature of plastics and weigh actionable solutions and mitigation processes against the ever-changing situation. Moving beyond policy changes, this volume offers a critique of neoliberal approaches to tackling the plastics crisis and explores how politics and communicative action are key to implementing social, cultural, and economic change.

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Book SynopsisCanadian environmental law is a dynamic and exciting area that is playing an increasingly important role in furthering sustainable development policy. Environmental law has distinctive relevant principles, operating procedures, implications, and importance in comparison with other areas of law, and these distinctions must be appreciated both within the legal community and by all those who are concerned with the way that courts handle environmental cases. Environment in the Courtroom provides extensive insight into Canadian environmental law. Covering key environmental concepts and the unique nature of environmental damage, environmental prosecutions, sentencing and environmental offences, evidentiary issues in environmental processes and hearings, issues associated with site inspections, investigations, and enforcement, and more, this collection has the potential to make make a significant difference at the level of understanding and practice. Containing perspective and insight from experienced and prominence Canadian legal practitioners and scholars, Environment in the Courtroom addresses the Canadian provinces and territories and provides context by comparison to the United States and Australia. No other collection covers these topics so comprehensively. This is an essential reference for all those interested in Canadian environmental law.Table of Contents AcknowledgementsList of ContributorsList of Figures Introduction In the Shadow of the Green Giants:Environmentalism and Civic EngagementJonathan Clapperton and Liza Piper Process and Possibilities Strategies for Survival:First Nations Encounters with Environmentalism Anna J. Willow Native/Non-Native Alliances:Challenging Fossil Fuel Industry Shipping at Pacific Northwest Ports Zoltán Grossman Conserving Contested Ground:Sovereignty–Driven Stewardship by the White Mountain Apache tribe and the Fort Apache Heritage Foundation John R. Welch From Southern Alberta to Northern Brazil:Indigenous Conservation and the Preservation of Cultural Resources Sterling Evans Parks For and By the People:Acknowledging Ordinary People in the Formation, Protection, and Use of State and Provincial Parks Jessica M. DeWitt Histories Alternatives:Environmental and Indigenous Activism in the 1970sLiza Piper Marmion Lake Generating Station:Another Northern Scandal? Tobasonakwut Peter Kinew Environmental Activism as Anti–Conquest:The Nuu–chch–nulth and Environmentalists in the Contact Zone of Clayoquot Sound Jonathan Clapperton Local Economic Independence as Environmentalism:Nova Scotia in the 1970s Mark Leeming "Not an Easy Thing to Implement":The Conservation Council of New Brunswick and Environmental Organization in a Resource–Dependent Province, 1969–1983Mark J. McLaughlin The Ebb and Flow of Local Environmental Activism:The Society for Pollution and Environmental Control (SPEC), British Columbia Jonathan Clapperton From Social Movement to Environmental Behemoth:How Greenpeace Got Big Frank Zelko Afterward Lessons and Directions from the Ground UpJonathan Clapperton and Liza Piper BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis new edition of Conservation and Management of Tropical Rainforests applies the large body of knowledge, experience and tradition available to those who study tropical rainforests. Revised and updated in light of developments in science, technology, economics, politics, etc. and their effects on tropical forests, it describes the principles of integrated conservation and management that lead to sustainability, identifying the unifying phenomena that regulate the processes within the rainforest and that are fundamental to the ecosystem viability. Features of the natural forest and the socio-cultural ecosystems which can be mimicked in the design of self-sustaining forests are also discussed. A holistic approach to the management and conservation of rainforests is developed throughout the book. The focus on South-East Asian forestry will be widened to include Africa and Latin America. Recent controversial issues such as biofuels and carbon credits with respect to tropical forests and their inhabitants will be discussed. This book is a substantial contribution to the literature, it is a valuable resource for all those concerned with rainforests. Cover Photo: The group of five Iban resting on rocky cliffs in the Ulu Katibas in 1957 were traditional shag (Sect. 2.2, p. 86) farmers from the longhouse of Penguluh Ngali in the steep-hilly Ulu Ai (Ai river headwaters) below the Lanyak Entimau Protected Forest in the PFE (see p. 339). They were part of the native Iban complement in an exploratory survey by F.G. Browne, (Chief) Conservator of Forests Sarawak and Chairman of the Iban Resettlement Board, myself as SFO Kuching and team leader, and my assistant, D. Parson. We had crossed the watershed eastward along a former headhunter trail and got lost for an additional week in the legendary, fascinatingly wild, almost virgin-primary, timber- and biodiversity/species-rich Mixed Dipterocarp Forest (MDF, see pp. xiv and 397) of the Ulu Katibas-Kapuas hill country. Our mission was to assess three alternative land-use options: logging and conversion to production forestry; agriculture; or TPA-NP (pp. xiv-xv). Our conclusion at the end of the crossing was that only TPA - NP was feasible; the Iban farming community had to be resettled on better, more suitable land and soil in Northern Sarawak. Upon returning to Kuching, we recommended the creation of a large, continuous TPA-NP. Iban villagers, tribal leaders and the Government (Governor Sir Anthony Abell) agreed. Strict adherence to the decreed Forest Policy (see pp. 171-173) and the application of the classic phronesis approach (see p. 341) had ensured the establishment and survival of large tracts of MDF and other forest types as TPA, such as the Batang Ai National Park (20,040 ha), Ulu Sebuyau National Park (18,287 ha) and Lanyak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary (182,983 ha), and enabled their inclusion in the current Malaysian (Sarawak and Sabah)-Indonesian transboundary 'Heart of Borneo' programme of biodiversity, species preservation, nature conservation and environmental protection (Photo EFB, 1957).Table of ContentsI: Contents II: Preface III: Acknowledgments IV: Acronyms, Abbreviations and Symbols 1: Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem, Land Cover, Habitat, Resource 1.1: Tropical Rainforest: Myths, Delusions and Reality 1.2: Rainforest Macro- and Mesoclimate 1.3: Rainforest Soils, Soil Types and Vegetation Types, Mosaics and Catenas 1.4: Large- and Medium- Scale Dynamic Changes of MDF at Large and Medium Spatial Scales 1.5: Rooting Sphere 1.6: Tree Crowns and Canopy: Physiognomy/ Structure and Functions 1.7: Hydrology, Nutrients and Pollutants 1.8: Tree Species Richness and Diversity 1.9: Floristic Changes and Distribution Patterns 1.10: Pristine and Manipulated Forest and Animal Life 1.11: Small-scale Dynamics, Regeneration, Sub-Formations and Early Growth 1.12: Forest Biomass, Stocks and Accretion 1.13: Forest Growth, Productivity and Production, Above-Ground and Soil Organic Matter (SOM) 1.14: The Worrying Global to Local Significance of Uncertainties, Risks and Constant Changes 1.15: Forest Diversity and Functions 1.16: Some Afterthoughts: How Much Science, How Much Ecological Insight Do We Still Need to Act and Why is There so Much Talk and Little Action? 2: Rainforest Use: Necessity, Wisdom, Greed, Folly 2.1: Original Inhabitants and Secondary Refugees: Forest-dwellers and the Rainforest 2.2: Shifting Cultivators, Cultural Transition, Agroforestry and NWFP 2.3: Native Customary Rights and Forestry 2.4: The Nightmares of Customary Logging, Illegal Landuse and Timber Mining 2.5: Customary and Conventional Selective Logging and the Community 2.6: Timber Production, Trade and Demands 2.7: Rainforest Abuse or Use: Exploitation or Integrated Harvesting? 2.8: Low-impact Harvesting Systems in the TRF 2.9: Tropical Rainforest and Global Climate Oscillations and Change 2.10: Environmental Change and Forestry 3: Sustainable Forestry in Rainforests: Reality or Dream, Hope or Chimaera? 3.1: The Concept of Sustainable Forestry: Origin and Post-Modern Relevance 3.2: The Holistic Nature of Sustainability in Forestry 3.3: Unpredictability and Uncertainties 3.4: History of Sustainable Forestry in Tropical Rainforests 3.5: Short History of Rainforest Silviculture and Management 3.6: Principles of Silvicultural Management 3.7: Conclusion: Hope or Chimera? 3.8: The “World Forestry” Concept: Glimmer of Hope or just another Dreamy Buzz? 4: Principles and Strategies of Sustainability 4.1: Time Scale and Hierarchy of Sustainability Principles and Strategies 4.2: Principles at National Level 4.3: Principles at Regional and Forest Management Unit Level 4.4: Principles at Forest-stand Level 4.5: Timber Management and Conservation/Preservation: Segregation or Integration? 4.6: Sustainable Alternative: Non-timber or Non-wood Forest Products? 5: The Tortuous Road Towards Forest Sustainability in the TRF: cases from which to learn 5.1: Example: The State of Sarawak 5.2: Africa: Paradigm Change in the Congo Basin blocks satisfactory Progress 5.3: Tropical America: Few could cope with Social Distortions and Political Miscasts 5.4: Conclusion 6: Naturalistic Close-to-Nature-Forestry Management in TRF 6.1: Origin, Goals, Targets and Principles of Close to Nature Forestry (CNF) 6.2: Potential and Actual Economic Production in CNF-TRF 6.3: Growth and Sustained Yield Potential of CNF in MDF 6.4: Systems unsuitable for Perhumid/ Humid Evergreen Tropical Forest (TRF) 6.5: Techniques, Standards and Problems of CNF in TRF 6.6: SMS for Fragile Oligotrophic Upland Soils in Kerangas and Caatinga Forests 6.7: SMS for Fragile Oligotrophic Peatswamp Soils in APR 6.8: Overcoming the Enigma of Uncertainty 6.9: Prospects for CNF in APR, Congo Basin and Amazon Basin-Yukatan 7: How to Avoid Forest Degradation or Upgrade Degraded Forest Ecosystems: a classic World Forestry Problem 7.1: When did the Problems Evolve and what Attempts were Made at Mitigation? 7.2: Restoration or Rehabilitation of Over-logged and timber-mined Upland Rainforests 7.3: Restoration in Secondary Forests on Zonal TRF Sites 7.4: Example: Multiple-purpose Plantations in Semengoh Forest Reserve 7.5: Restoration of Biodiversity in Plots RP 76 and TP 4B , Semengoh Forest Reserve 7.6: The Deramakot Model R&D Project, Role Model of an Integrated Approach 7.7: Silvicultural Conclusions on Restoration on Oxi-and Ultisols and on Podsols 7.8: Conclusion 8: Short-rotation Tree Plantations 8.1: Motivation and Objectives 8.2: Rationale and Risks 8.3: Selection System CNF versus Customary Logging and Conversion to Plantation 9: Forest Management: Doctrine, Muddle or Goal-Orientated System 9.1: What went wrong? 9.2: Do we still Need New Guidelines for Forestry in the Tropics? 9.3: Example: the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) Guidelines 9.4: The ITTO Guidelines for Planted Tropical Forests and Recreating Tropical Forests 9.5: Planning Sustainable Forest Utilisation: Information Needs 10: Certification of Forest Management and Timber Origin 10.1: Roots: Forest Resource Rape ; Offshoots: Boycott of Tropical Forestry and Timber 10.2: Principles, Criteria and Indicators of Sustainability 10.3: Objective Certification in TRF: Practicable or Virtually Impossible 10.4: Trade Policies and Tree-species Conservation 10.5: Why so far so little success and effect for so much fuss? 11: Where are We and the TRF in 2013? 11.1: Some Fundamentals 11.2: Management and Conservation 11.3: Economics 11.4: Information 11.5: Politics 12: Quo Vadis Silva Tropikos? 12.1: Classic Rome and Athens Teach a Lesson on the Roots of the Dilemma 12.2: Action Priorities 12.3: Where Should the TRF Go, where Can it Go Appendix 1: Glossary Appendix 2: Biocybernetic Principles of System Design V: References and Further Reading VI: Index of Species and Major Non- timber Forest Products VII: Subject Index

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Book SynopsisMountains have long held an appeal for people around the world. This book focusses on the diversity of perspectives, interaction and role of tourism within these areas. Providing a vital update to the current literature, it considers the interdisciplinary context of communities, the creation of mountain tourism experiences and the impacts tourism has on these environments. Including authors from Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America, the development, planning and governance issues are also covered.Table of Contents: Part 1. Mountain Tourism Introduction 1: Overview of Mountain Tourism: Substantive Nature, Historical Context, Areas of Focus : Part 2. Experience Provision in Mountain Tourism 2: Experience Provision in Mountain Tourism: Overview, Contextual Development and Emphasis 3: Wellness Tourism Experiences in Mountain Regions: The Case of Sparkling Hill Resort, Canada 4: Creating Tourist Experiences in European Alpine Areas: Beyond Mass Tourism 5: Motivations for a Destination Wedding in Canada’s Mountain Parks 6: Stamp Books in the Harz Mountains, Germany – Fun not Just for Children 7: Significant Innovation in the Development and Provision of Heli-ski Mountain Experiences: The Case of Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing 8: From Winter Destination to All-year-round Tourism: How Focus on Service can Reduce Fluctuation in Demand due to Seasonality : Part 3. People and Communities in Mountain Tourism 9: People and Communities in Mountain Tourism: Overview, Contextual Development and Areas of Focus 10: Tourism-led Amenity Migration in a Mountain Community: Quality of Life Implications for Fernie, British Columbia 11; In the Shadow of Machu Picchu: A Case Study of the Salkantay Trail 12: Transformative Wine Tourism in Mountain Communities 13: Sustainable Tourism in the Carpathians 14: Leisure Living in the Alps 15: Australia’s Alpine Areas: Motivations, Experiences and Satisfaction of Visitors to Mt Kosciuszko : Part 4. Natural Environments and Their Connection to Mountain Tourism 16: Natural Environments and Their Connection to Mountain Tourism:Overview, Contextual Development and Areas of Focus 17: Tourism, Environmental Pragmatism and Changing Attitudes Towards Mountains 18: External and Internal Challenges of Glacier Tourism Development in Iceland 19: Hiking Tourism in Germany’s Low and High Mountain Regions 20: Sustainable Mountain Hiking Practices in Isfahan, Iran 21: Two Canadian Mountaineering Camps: Participant Motivations and Sense of Place in a Wilderness Setting : Part 5. Impacts and Solutions in Mountain Tourism 22: Impacts and Solutions in Mountain Tourism: Overview, Contextual Development and Areas of Focus 23: Regional Collaboration in Community-based Mountain Tourism in World Heritage Sites: The Ifugao Rice Terraces of the Cordillera Central Mountains in the Philippines 24: Mountain Tourism Supply-chain Networks in Cross-border Settings: The Case of Intercerdanya, Spain 25: A Moral Turn for Mountain Tourism? 26: Mountain Tourism in Germany: Challenges and Opportunities in Addressing Seasonality at Garmisch-Partenkirchen 27: Tourism and Change in Nepal’s Mt Everest Region 28: Rural Tourism and Small Business Networks in Mountain Areas: Integrating Information Communication Technologies (ICT) and Community in Western Southland, New Zealand : Part 6. Development, Planning and Governance in Mountain Tourism 29: Development, Planning and Governance in Mountain Tourism: Overview, Contextual Development and Areas of Focus 30: Protected Areas in The Alps: Governance and Contributions to Regional Development 31: Setting the Table for Mountain Tourism: The Case of a South African National Park 32: Governance of French Ski Resorts: Will the Historic Economic Development Model Work for the Future? 33: The Development and Design of Ski Resorts: From Theory to Practice 34: Non-government Organizations’ Mountain Management: A Sustainable Support Model for Southern Oregon’s Mountain Destinations 35: Development and Governance of a Family Destination in the Alps: The Case of Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis : Part 7. Mountain Tourism Implications 36: Mountain Tourism: Implications and Sustainable Futures

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Book SynopsisForest fragmentation will inevitably continue over the coming years, especially in developing economies. This book provides a cutting edge review of the multi-disciplinary sciences related to studies of global forest fragmentation. It specifically addresses cross-cutting themes from both an ecological and a social sciences perspective. The ultimate goal of Global Forest Fragmentation is to provide a detailed scientific base to support future forest landscape management and planning to meet global environmental and societal needs.Table of Contentsa: Acknowledgements b: Preface Chapter 1: Global Forest Fragmentation: Introduction Chapter 2: The history of deforestation and forest fragmentation: a global perspective Chapter 3: Contemporary drivers of habitat fragmentation Chapter 4: Forest fragmentation and biodiversity conservation in human-dominated landscapes Chapter 5: Forest Fragmentation Genetics: What can genetics tell us about forest fragmentation? Chapter 6: Forest Fragmentation and Climate Change Chapter 7: Forest islands in an agricultural sea Chapter 8: Forest fragmentation and ecosystem function Chapter 9: Beyond the mirror: Tropical forest fragmentation and its impact on rural livelihoods. Chapter 10: Governance Failures and the Fragmentation of Tropical Forests Chapter 11: Future Forests, Fantasy or Façade

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Book SynopsisIn 1944 Lady Park Wood (45 hectares of woodland in Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire, UK) was set aside indefinitely by the Forestry Commission so that ecologists could study how woodland develops naturally. Since then, in a unique long-term study, individual trees and shrubs have been recorded at intervals, accumulating a detailed record of more than 20,000 individual beech, sessile oak, ash, wych elm, small-leaved lime, large-leaved lime, birch, hazel, yew and other species. In the seven decades since the study started, the wood has changed; trees grew, died and regenerated, and drought, disease and other events shaped its destiny. Each tree and shrub species reacted in its own way to changes in the wood as a whole and to changes in the fortunes of its neighbours. Meanwhile, the wild fauna, flora and fungi also responded, leaving the wood richer in some groups but poorer in others. In this landmark book, beautifully illustrated throughout, George Peterken and Edward Mountford, summarise the ongoing results of the Lady Park Wood study, highlighting its unique place in nature conservation and its significance to ecology in general. It also builds on experience at Lady Park Wood and elsewhere to discuss in particular: the role and maintenance of long-term ecological studies; the concept and form of natural woodland; the role of minimum-intervention policies in woodland nature conservation; near-to-nature forestry; and the desirability and practicalities of re-wilding woodlands.Table of Contents1: Understanding Woodland 2: Lady Park Wood and its History 3: The Ecological Reserve 4: Recording Trees and Expressing Change 5: The Changing Woodland 6: Ash: The Tree in the Spotlight 7: Beech and Oak, the Major Forest Trees 8: Limes and Wych Elm 9: Birch and other Short-lived Canopy Trees 10: Field Maple and Hazel, the other Coppice Species 11: Minor Trees and Shrubs 12: Habitats 13: Species 14: Long-term Ecological Studies 15: Natural Woodland in Theory and Practice 16: Near-to-Nature Forestry 17: Rewilding, Remoteness and Wilderness

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Book Synopsis'Humanity has been gambling for generations with the extent to which it can degrade nature and continue to prosper. Now the environmental debt is being called in and the ability of international diplomacy and law, government policy and political will to deal with the issues is being tested. Conservation, Biodiversity and International Law is a must read for any practitioner in the high-stakes business of restoring our ability to live in harmony with the natural world that sustains us.' - Alastair Morrison, Department of Conservation, New Zealand 'Biodiversity is the cornerstone of life - our plants, animals, and ecosystems are essential for livelihoods and have shaped our culture and traditions around the world. However our precious biodiversity is at risk as never before. Global targets to reduce biodiversity loss have not been met and we continue to lose biodiversity at an unprecedented rate. In fact we are currently in the middle of an extinction crisis and scientists have advised that one species from our planet is being lost every 38 minutes! The nature of this crisis and the actions taken to address it are clearly and articulately put forward in this landmark book by Professor Al Gillespie. This book is particularly useful in documenting the many policy and legal actions that have been taken to address these issues, and how the application of these instruments can be improved. Although focused on the law, the book covers a range of disciplines including science, philosophy and policy which lay the foundation for international law. This book makes a major and highly valued contribution to the disciple of environmental law and policy and is an invaluable reference for policy makers, practitioners and academic audiences.' - David Sheppard, CEO of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)This important and timely book provides a rigorous overview of the defining issues presently facing conservation at international level. The author provides detailed coverage of topics ranging from the classification of species right through to access and benefit sharing, drawing on his personal experience at intergovernmental level. Each question is examined through the prism of dozens of treaties and hundreds of decisions and resolutions of the key multilateral regimes, and the law in each area is supplemented by the necessary considerations of science politics and philosophy - providing much-needed context for the reader. Combining expert scholarship and first-hand insight, Conservation, Biodiversity and International Law will be an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners in international environmental law, as well as providing an accessible guide for students.Trade ReviewA major work: this book provides a comprehensive picture of the international legal challenges of natural heritage conservation. Truly an indispensable tool for policy-makers, experts and students. The book offers a complete guide to the complex world of treaties that regulate conservation at the global scale. --Francesco Bandarin, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for CultureThis book is written by a prominent and influential scholar who also has the benefit of first hand knowledge of practical working of environmental regimes, having participated in several important negotiations. Gillespie's monograph therefore stands out among other publications on the subject of conservation, combining thoughtful and scholarly approach to issues raised with un-parallel insights into the working of environmental law and the conservation of biodiversity. The book is very original in its presentation of this subject, especially in the selection of topics and the approach which is not only legal but also scientific, philosophical and political. This book is evidence of the great erudition of the author not only in the field of conservation but also in international environmental law and general international law, an example of which can be his analysis of the precautionary principle, trade and a very complex issue of the exception for indigenous peoples and science. Mention also must be made of his detailed approach to various multilateral treaty regimes such as Ramsar Convention and the World Heritage Convention. Gillespie wrote an exceptional book which is a must for international layers, both practitioners and scholars. It is a thought-provoking, very well researched and original monograph, which due to its all- encompassing approach will retain its importance for a very long period of time. --Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Queen Mary, University of London, UKThe book is an important contribution to environmental literature and specifically to environmental law internationally. International lawyers, both practitioners and academic lawyers alike - as well as policymakers - will welcome this thorough, scholarly and readable monograph as a must-have addition to their libraries. --Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister MagazineTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Species and Areas 3. Extinct and Endangered 4. Classifications 5. Tangible Benefits 6. Intangible Considerations 7. Habitat 8. Trade 9. Exceptions for Indigenous Peoples, Science and the Military 10. Aliens, Disease, Pests, and Genetically Modified Species 11. Incidental Capture 12. Development 13. Overlaps and Gaps 14. Compliance 15. Compliance on the High Seas 16. Management 17. Access and Benefit Sharing 18. Local Peoples, Education and Finance 19. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental Protection, Security and Armed Conflict is a timely reminder of the need to integrate sustainable development into key areas of international law, including all phases of armed conflict. Onita Das cleverly picks her way through the applicable law and derives solid suggestions for the future.'BR>- Karen Hulme, University of Essex, UKThis book explores environmental protection relevant to security and armed conflict from a sustainable development perspective. The author details how at each stage of the armed conflict life cycle, policy, law and enforcement have fallen short of the sustainable development model and concludes with a set of suggestions for how to address this pressing concern.The book considers and discusses:- Environmental protection relevant to security and armed conflict from a holistically sustainable development perspective.- Environmental protection relevant to security and armed conflict in the life cycle of armed conflict: pre-conflict, in-conflict and post-conflict.- Uses substantive sustainable development principles (duty of states to ensure sustainable use of natural resources; equity and the eradication of poverty; common but differentiated responsibilities; precautionary principle; public participation; good governance; integration and interrelationship; and polluter pays principle) as tools or objectives to achieve sustainable development in the context of environmental protection relevant to security and armed conflict.- The concept of sustainable development is utilized to fill the gaps left by policy and law in the field of environmental protection relevant to security and armed conflict.The book also examines 5 case-studies relating to Somalia, Darfur, Sudan, Sierra Leone, the First Gulf war and the Kosovo conflict.This fascinating and detailed study will strongly appeal to academics and postgraduate students in the fields of both environmental protection and international law, researchers, policy-makers, NGOs and individuals working in the field.Trade Review‘A most recent and impressive release. . . is a noteworthy editorial achievement because of the necessary, but often overlooked, connection the author makes between sustainable development issues and security paradigms by interpreting the causes, development and consequences of environmental degradation in conflict-ridden areas of the world. . . Impressive by its accuracy and optimal scope and depth, the text aids readers, helping them move easily into the central thesis of the study. . . We recommend Onita Das’ work to expert researchers, non-governmental activists, officials in national administration and international officials, teachers and students, as well as journalists interested in environmental protection and security studies alike.’ -- Eugen Strau?iu, Central and Eastern European Online Library‘Onita Das' book is a much-needed contribution to literature that draws together the worlds of environmental law and environmental security. Her overview of sustainable development law demonstrates knowledge of environmental legal history. . . Thankfully Onita Das has shed light on some important aspects that help us to see where we must venture.’ -- Elaine C. Hsiao, IUCNAEL EJournal‘This thoughtful, analytical and scholarly monograph encapsulates and examines the ramifications of the vast amount of research carried out by Onita Das on the dual considerations of sustainability and armed conflict. . . Because of its subject matter, the recent appearance of this book is certainly timely and worthy of close scrutiny, especially by those involved professionally in this complex area; academics and postgraduate students obviously, as well as policy-makers and yes, environmental lawyers.’ -- Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister Magazine‘Environmental Protection, Security and Armed Conflict is a timely reminder of the need to integrate sustainable development into key areas of international law, including all phases of armed conflict. Onita Das cleverly picks her way through the applicable law and derives solid suggestions for the future.’ -- Karen Hulme, University of Essex, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Sustainable Development, Security and Armed Conflict − Developing a Theoretical Framework for a Legal Analysis of War and the Environment 3. Failing Sustainable Development? Early Warning, Early Action, and Preventing Environmental Security Threats 4. Sustainable Development and the Protection of the Environment During Times of Armed Conflict 5. Post-conflict: Breaking the Cycle for a Better Future − Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection Relevant to Security and Armed Conflict 6. Conclusions and Challenges Index

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Book SynopsisIn this innovative book, Laura E. Huggins finds path breaking entrepreneurial solutions to difficult environmental challenges in some of the world's poorest areas.The approaches entrepreneurs are taking to these challenges involve establishing property rights and encouraging market exchange. From beehives to barbed wire, these tools are creating positive incentives and promoting both economic development and environmental improvements. The case studies are from the developing world and reveal where the biggest victories for less poverty and more conservation can be won. The pursuit begins by learning from local people solving local problems.Environmental Entrepreneurship encourages a broad audience to consider secure property rights and free markets as key ingredients to moving out of poverty and improving environmental quality at the same time. It will appeal to academics and students of environmental studies, environmental economics, environmental policy, as well as international development and business. Entrepreneurs and environmental groups such as The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, and The World Resources Institute will also find a wealth of invaluable information in this book.Contents: 1. Markets Meet the Environment in Unexpected Places 2. Saving Wildlife in Kenya and Sub-Sahran Africa with Shawn Regan and Terry Anderson 3. Fencing Fisheries in Namibia and Beyond 4. Ecosystems at Your Service in South America 5. The Thirsty Dragon 6. Un-American Indian Reservations and Resource Management with Terry Anderson IndexTrade Review‘Presenting five case studies in developing countries and in the US, [the book] reveals how entrepreneurs are finding innovative solutions in order to improve local economies and environmental quality. Laura Huggins' book is well written and well researched, drawing on a significant variety of sources. This book will be valuable to scholars, students, policymakers, activists and citizens in general, and provides excellent insights for those involved in public policy, community development and economic development in the context of sustainability.’ -- Mariza Almeida, Science & Public Policy‘An impressive work of original scholarship (Laura E. Huggins is a Research Fellow at PERC and the Hoover Institutions at Stanford University), Environmental Entrepreneurship: Markets Meet the Environment in Unexpected Places is deftly written and will prove of immense interest to both entrepreneurs and corporate executives, as well as environmentalists and conservationists. . . It is important and very strongly recommended for academic library reference collections.’ -- Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. Markets Meet the Environment in Unexpected Places 2. Saving Wildlife in Kenya and Sub-Sahran Africa with Shawn Regan and Terry Anderson 3. Fencing Fisheries in Namibia and Beyond 4. Ecosystems at Your Service in South America 5. The Thirsty Dragon 6. Un-American Indian Reservations and Resource Management with Terry Anderson Index

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Book SynopsisConserving biodiversity and ecosystem services is critical to promoting human welfare and sustainable development. Valuing Ecosystem Services: Methodological Issues And Case Studies presents the latest research on valuing ecosystem services and case studies by leading experts from around the world.This thought provoking book draws together prominent international authorities to discuss the key methodological issues and challenges in valuing ecosystem services. Covering a cross-section of ecosystems and services in different sites, countries and regions, and presenting state of the art surveys of studies on valuation of forest and coastal ecosystems and pollination services, the collection presents essential case studies that value ecosystem services and experiences with operationalizing valuation into policy.Providing a unique blueprint for moving the science and practice of ecosystem services valuation forward, this timely book will be of special interest to academics, policy makers and professionals working in ecological economics, natural resources, forestry and conservation.Contributors: G. Atkinson, I.J. Bateman, D.M. Bauer, P. van Beukering, L. Brander, N.D Burgess, F. Casey, H. Chang, D. Cooley, R. Costanza, V. Dujon, D. Ervin, C. Fezzi, A. Ghermandi, D. Gordon, E. Granek, G. Guannel, D. Immerzeel, M. Inoue, A. Jenkins, R. Jindal, J. Kerr, A.Kontoleon, R. Kramer, T. Kroeger, A. Lesser, J. Loomis, G.M. Mace, E.Y. Mohammed, S. Morse-Jones, B.C. Murray, K.N. Ninan, P.A.L.D. Nunes, L. Pendleton, L. Richardson, V. Shandas, R.D. Simpson, P.C. Sutton, C. Tisdell, R. K. Turner, T. Vegh, J.A. Yeakley, K. YoshidaTrade Review'This book is a compendium of some of the latest work on valuing ecosystem services, including a range of case studies. These studies begin to address some of the many limitations and caveats clearly noted in the 1997 Nature paper. It will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in this topic and for moving the science and practice of ecosystem services forward.' --Robert Costanza, The Australian National University, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction PART I: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES AND CHALLENGES 2. Economic Analysis for Ecosystem Service Assessments Ian Bateman, Georgina M. Mace, Carlo Fezzi, Giles Atkinson, R. Kerry Turner 3. Valuing Ecosystem Services Using Benefit Transfer: Separating Credible and Incredible Approaches John Loomis, Leslie Richardson, Timm Kroeger, Frank Casey 4. Contingent Valuation Responses and Hypothetical Bias Essam Yassin Mohammed 5. Stated Preferences for Tropical Wildlife Conservation among Distant Beneficiaries: Charisma, Endemism, Scope and Substitution Effects Sian Morse-Jones, Ian J. Bateman, Andreas Kontoleon, Silvia Ferrini, Neil Burgess, R. Kerry Turner 6. Space Matters: Exploring Problematic Spatial Issues in the Valuation of Ecosystem Services Paul C. Sutton 7. Valuing Pollination Services: A Comparison of Approaches Dana Marie Bauer 8. Limited Local Values and Uncertain Global Risks in Ecosystem Service Conservation: An Example from Pollinating Services R. David Simpson PART II CASE STUDIES: VALUATION 9. Valuing Forest Ecosystem Services – What we know and what we don’t K.N. Ninan, Makoto Inoue 10. Conserving Forest Wildlife and Other Ecosystem Services: Opportunity Costs and the Valuation of Alternative Logging Regimes Clem Tisdell 11. Valuing Forest Ecosystem Services – Case Study of a Forest Reserve in Japan K.N. Ninan, Makoto Inoue 12. Value after the Volcano: Economic Valuation of Montserrat’s Centre Hills Pieter van Beukering, Luke Brander and Desirée Immerzeel 13. The Economic Value of Ecosystem Services from Agricultural and Rural Landscapes in Japan Kentaro Yoshida 14. Characterizing Urban Ecosystem Services: Integrating the Biophysical and Social Dimensions of Human Dominated Landscapes Vivek Shandas, J. Alan Yeakley, Elise Granek, David Ervin, Veronica Dujon, Heejun Chang 15. The Benefits of Coastal Recreation of Europe’s Seas: An Application of Meta-Analytical Value Transfer and GIS Andrea Ghermandi, Paulo A.L.D. Nunes 16. Fishery Enhancement and Coastal Protection Services Provided by Two Restored Gulf of Mexico Oyster Reefs Timm Kroeger, Greg Guannel PART III CASE STUDIES: VALUATION AND POLICY 17. Harvesting the Financial Value of Coastal “Blue” Carbon Linwood Pendleton, Brian C. Murray, David Gordon, David Cooley, Tibor Verg 18. Exploring Demand for Tree Planting in a Payment for Environmental Services Project in Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya Rohit Jindal, John Kerr 19. The Role of Ecosystem Service Payments in Achieving Conservation Goals – Attitudes Among Farm Operators Randall Kramer, Aaron Jenkins, Adriane Lesser Index

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Book Synopsis'This book fills an important gap in the environmental governance literature, addressing governance at a lower level of abstraction than other texts and examining how it plays out in relation to specific modes and instruments of governing. It also contributes towards governance theory-building efforts through the development of an empirically relevant analytical framework. In so doing it provides a firm underpinning for assessing whether, to what extent and in what ways there has been a transition from government towards governance in environmental policy.'- Neil Gunningham, Australian National University'Theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich, this book provides an overview of the introduction, development, and use of new policy instruments and new modes of environmental governance in the European context, taking into account both national and European Union experiences. This is a welcome addition to the field!'- Miranda Schreurs, Environmental Policy Research Centre and Free University of Berlin, GermanyEuropean governance has witnessed dramatic changes in recent decades. By assessing the use of 'new' environmental policy instruments in European Union countries including the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Austria, this timely book analyses whether traditional forms of top-down government have given way to less hierarchical governance instruments, which rely strongly on societal self-steering and/or market forces. The authors provide important new theoretical insights as well as fresh empirical detail on why, and in what form, these instruments are being adopted within and across different levels of governance, along with analysis of the often-overlooked interactions between the instrument types.Providing important new theoretical insights into the governance debate by combining institutionalist and policy learning/transfer approaches, this book will be invaluable for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. The analytical insights as well as a thorough empirical assessment of the use of environmental policy instruments in practice will prove essential for environmental policy specialists/practitioners.Contents: Preface Part I: Introduction 1. Environmental Policy: From Government to Governance? Part II: Context 2. Governing by Policy Instruments: Theories and Analytical Concepts 3. Changing Institutional Contexts for the Use of Policy Instruments Part III: Governing by New Instruments 4. Governing by Informational Means 5. Governing by Voluntary Means 6. Governing by Eco-taxes 7. Governing by Emissions Trading Part IV: Emerging Patterns of Governing 8. Changing Patterns of Environmental Policy Instrument Use 9. Out with the 'Old' and in with the 'New'? Governing with Policy Instruments Bibliography IndexTrade ReviewThis path-breaking book, written by three well known experts, makes an extremely valuable contribution to the study of ''new'' environmental policy instruments as well as to much wider theoretical debates about governance, policy innovation, learning and transfer. Drawing on an unrivaled comparative empirical study of five different jurisdictions, it manages to make many new points about issues that many of us thought had already been settled. --Martin Janicke, Free University of Berlin, and former deputy chair, German Advisory Council on the Environment, GermanyMuch more than a study of environmental policy instruments, this book ranges widely and authoritatively over the ''government to governance'' debate, theories of policy change, regulation, policy transfer, and policy learning. Its lessons and conclusions are relevant and timely well beyond the European context of its case studies and it will be essential reading for public policy scholars everywhere for some time to come. --Jeremy Rayner, University of Saskatchewan, CanadaThis book represents a very rare achievement in that it combines detailed and up-to-the-minute empirical analysis of environmental policy over the past four decades, with a sophisticated discussion and critique of current theoretical issues in comparative and policy studies generally. It unfolds with a keen eye towards understanding the temporal dimensions of policy dynamics both in the specific policy field examined but also in terms of testing key analytical concepts. Taken as a whole it provides the most detailed empirical assessment to date of the general ''government to governance'' hypothesis, with significant implications for policy and governance studies in general. --Michael Howlett, Simon Fraser University, Canada and National University of SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Introduction 1. Environmental Policy: From Government to Governance? Part II: Context 2. Governing by Policy Instruments: Theories and Analytical Concepts 3. Changing Institutional Contexts for the Use of Policy Instruments Part III: Governing by New Instruments 4. Governing by Informational Means 5. Governing by Voluntary Means 6. Governing by Eco-taxes 7. Governing by Emissions Trading Part IV: Emerging Patterns of Governing 8. Changing Patterns of Environmental Policy Instrument Use 9. Out with the ‘Old’ and in with the ‘New’? Governing with Policy Instruments Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFor at least two decades, scholars and practitioners have argued that international beneficiaries of ecosystem conservation should help pay for the supply of services from which they benefit. Yet these arguments have remained inchoate and have had little real impact on the ground. Bishop and Hill's excellent edited volume should help change that. The chapters are chock full of insights and guidance for scaling payments for environmental services to the international level. Everyone interested in the formidable problems of generating sufficient, reliable funding for international ecosystem conservation and spending these funds efficiently should read this book.'- Paul J. Ferraro, Georgia State University, USGlobal Biodiversity Finance sets out the case for scaling up Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) at the international level. The book explores how International Payments for Ecosystem Services (IPES) can help capture the global willingness-to-pay for biodiversity, and how the resulting revenues can be used efficiently to encourage conservation and the sustainable supply of ecosystem services, on which we all depend. This timely volume includes examples of promising initiatives from around the world, supporting an agenda for action to make IPES a reality.Key questions addressed in this volume include:- Which ecosystem services are most likely to attract voluntary international payments?- How can we assess the international demand for particular ecosystem services?- How can potential importers of intangible ecosystem services ensure they receive value for money?- What is needed to become a competitive exporter of ecosystem services?- What kind of brokering and other services are needed to facilitate agreements between importers and exporters of ecosystem services?- What examples exist of international payments for ecosystem services, and what do they tell us about the potential for scaling up IPES?Researchers, teachers, policy makers, civil servants and technical staff of NGOs working at the interface between business and nature should find much useful material in this book.Contributors: A. Baranzini, N. Bertrand, J. Bishop, B. Borges, P. Covell, S. Engel, A.-K. Faust, L.A. Gallagher, C. Hill, D. Huberman, K. Karousakis, T. Koellner, M. Lehmann, A. Lukasiewicz, D. Miller, B. Norman, J. Olander, W. Proctor, F. Sheng, F. Vorhies, S. Waage, T. Wünscher, R.T. Zuehlke, S. ZwickTrade Review‘For at least two decades, scholars and practitioners have argued that international beneficiaries of ecosystem conservation should help pay for the supply of services from which they benefit. Yet these arguments have remained inchoate and have had little real impact on the ground. Bishop and Hill’s excellent edited volume should help change that. The chapters are chock full of insights and guidance for scaling payments for environmental services to the international level. Everyone interested in the formidable problems of generating sufficient, reliable funding for international ecosystem conservation and spending these funds efficiently should read this book.’ -- Paul J. Ferraro, Georgia State University, USThis timely book on “Global Biodiversity Finance” furthers our understanding of how our market-based approaches are needed to both finance and deliver conservation on a global scale. -- Francis Vorhies, ForbesTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction to International Payments for Ecosystem Services Joshua Bishop, Dustin Miller, Nicolas Bertrand, Fulai Sheng and David Huberman 2. Ecosystems, Economics and Payment for Ecosystem Services Joshua Bishop and David Huberman 3. The Two Sides of IPES Transactions: Exploring the Motivations for Demand and Supply Wendy Proctor and Sissel Waage with contributions from Markus Lehmann, Joshua Bishop, Beto Borges, Thomas Koellner and Anna Lukasiewicz 4. Household Demand for International Ecosystem Services: A Swiss Case Study Andrea Baranzini, Anne-Kathrin Faust and David Huberman 5. Cost-effective Targeting for IPES Tobias Wünscher and Stefanie Engel with contributions from Katia Karousakis 6. IPES Supply Side Case Study: The Surui Carbon Project in Brazil Steve Zwick with contributions from Phil Covell, Beto Borges and Jacob Olander 7. Matching International Demand For and Supply of Ecosystem Services Francis Vorhies, Joshua Bishop and Chloe Hill 8. Matching Supply and Demand in IPES: The Case of the GreenPalm Initiative Louise A. Gallagher, Bob Norman and Robert T. Zuehlke 9. Conclusions: Towards International Payments for Ecosystem Services Markus Lehmann Index

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Book SynopsisNorfolk played a unique role in the development of conservation. This book narrates the story of the movement, from its origins five hundred years ago to the present day. Rare and beautiful Norfolk, as described by the artist John Sell Cotman in 1841, with its rich wildlife habitats, historic buildings, diverse landscapes and archaeological sites, has long been a focus of interest for both naturalists and antiquarians. It has also been at the forefront of the modern conservation movement. The Norfolk Archaeological Trust, still the only local trust of its kind, was founded in 1923; the Norfolk Naturalist Trust, (later the Norfolk Wildlife Trust), founded in 1926, was the first county wildlife trust; while Blickling Hall was the first property to be accepted by the National Trust under its Country House Scheme. By the 1970s traditional marsheswere seen as particularly under threat and it was proposals to drain part of the Broadland marshes that led to the introduction of conservation schemes which have transformed much of British agriculture. In this engaging book, the author traces the history of the conservation movement and the people who were involved, including the Norfolk botanist and founder of the Linnean Society, Sir James Smith. In particular, she shows the influence of changingsocial attitudes and priorities upon the movement and ideas of heritage. Susanna Wade Martins is an honorary fellow of the School of History at the University of East Anglia; her previous publications include Coke ofNorfolk: A Biography and The Countryside of East Anglia (with Tom Williamson).Trade ReviewThis book does exactly what it says on the tin. It sets out an admirable assessment of the history of the conservation movement in Norfolk, in a clearly written text with well-chosen and often exceptionally well-presented images. * HISTORY *This book is a pleasure to read. * THE LOCAL HISTORIAN *Table of ContentsIntroduction The beginnings of the Conservation movement The State steps in: the beginnings of national legislation The Inter-war years Brave New World: the immediate post-war years Conflict and Compromise: into the 21st century Bibliography

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Book SynopsisEssays investigating the idea of natural heritage and the ways in which it has changed over time. The concepts of nature, culture and heritage are deeply entwined; their threads run together in some of our finest museums, in accounts of exploration and discovery, in the work of artists, poets and writers, and in areas that arecherished and protected because of their landscapes and wildlife. The conservation ethic - placing a value on the natural environment - lies at the heart of the notion of "natural heritage", but we need to question how those values originated, were consolidated and ultimately moulded and changed over time. In a contemporary context the connections between nature and culture have sometimes become lost, fragmented, dislocated or misunderstood; where did "natural heritage" begin and how do we engage with the idea of "nature" today? The essays collected here re-evaluate the role of culture in developing the concept of natural heritage, reflecting on the shifts in its interpretation over the last 300 years. Contributors: Martin Holdgate, Marie Addyman, E. Charles Nelson, Darrell Smith, Andrew Ramsey, Viktor Kouloumpis, Richard Milner, Gina Douglas, Penny Bradshaw, Arthur MacGregor, Chiara Nepi, Hannah Paddon, Stephen Hewitt, Gordon McGregor Reid, Ghillean T Prance, Peter Davis, Christopher Donaldson, Lucy McRobert, Sophie Darlington, Keith Scholey, Paul A. Roncken, Angus Lunn, Juliet Clutton-Brock, Tim Sands, Robert A. Lambert, James Champion, Erwin van Maanen, Heather Prince, Chris Loynes, Julie Taylor, Sarah Elmeligi, Samantha Finn, Owen Nevin, Jared Bowers, Kate Hennessy, Natasha Lyons, Mike Jeffries.Trade ReviewAn extremely rich source of viewpoints and explorations of what nature means. * ARCHIVES OF NATURAL HISTORY *Many chapters provide only an introduction and/or a tantalizing taste of the subject, but all have extensive bibliographies. Topics range from the perceptions of explorers and naturalists, the development of scientific collections and taxidermy, individual areas and locations, and nature in art and film to nature deficit disorder, social media, ecotourism, citizen science, and teddy bears. [...] This work is mainly recommended for collections with a focus on the history and/or philosophy of science, nature, or environmentalism. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsForeword - Martin Holdgate Introduction - Ian Convery and Peter Davis 'The Nomination of the Visible': William Turner's Practice of Natural History - Marie Addyman Early European Perceptions of the Nature of Australia - Charles Nelson Conserving Natural Heritage: Shifting Positions of Culture and Nature - Darrell Smith and Ian Convery and Andrew Ramsey and Viktor Kouloumpis Three Birds of a Feather - Darwin, Wallace and Attenborough: An Unbroken Tradition of Finding Where the Wild Things Are - Richard Milner Organising, Naming and Ordering Nature - Gina Douglas Our 'Great Entail': Constructing the Cultural Value of the Lake District - Penny Bradshaw Renaissance Collecting and Understanding of the Natural World - Arthur MacGregor Botanical Collecting, Herbaria and the Understanding of Nature - Chiara Nepi Taxidermy and the Representation of Nature - Hannah Paddon The Significance of Natural History Collections in the 21st Century - Stephen Hewitt Changed Attitudes to Nature Reflected in the Transformation of Menageries to Zoos - Gordon McGregor Reid Interpretation in Botanic Gardens - Ghillean T. Prance and Peter Davis Shifting Interpretations of the English Lake District - Christopher Donaldson Facebook Nature: My Generation and Other Animals - Lucy McRobert Visual Narratives in Wildlife Film-making - Sophie Darlington A History of Half a Century of Wildlife Television and its Impact on Audiences - Keith Scholey Landscape, Nature and the Contemporary Sublime in Illustrated Children's Literature - Paul A. Roncken Landscape, Nature and the Contemporary Sublime in Illustrated Children's Literature - Ian Convery The Public Perception of Protected Areas in the UK - Angus Lunn Conservation of Rare Species and Natural Heritage: the Wild and the Tame - Juliet Clutton-Brock Our Vanishing Natural Heritage and The Wildlife Trusts: a Century of Influence and Local Action for Nature and People - Tim Sands Our Vanishing Natural Heritage and The Wildlife Trusts: a Century of Influence and Local Action for Nature and People - Robert Lambert A Champion of the Tiger's Cause - James Champion Adventure, Nature and Commodification - Heather Prince and Chris Loynes Destination Nature: Wildlife and the Rise of Domestic Ecotourism in Britain, 1880-2015 - Robert Lambert Wild Places as Therapeutic Environments - Julie Taylor Citizen Science and the Perception of Nature - Ian Convery and Sarah Elmeligi and Samantha Finn and Owen Nevin Using Community-based Cultural Tourism to Enhance Nature Conservation in the Rupununi, Guyana - Jared Bowers Representing Natural Heritage in Digital Space: from the National Museum of Natural History to Inuvialuit Living History - Kate Hennessy Using Community-based Cultural Tourism to Enhance Nature Conservation in the Rupununi, Guyana - Natasha Lyons Out of the Wild Wood and into our Beds: the Evolutionary History of Teddy Bears and the Natural Selection of Deadly Cuteness - Mike Jeffries Rewilding: the Realisation and Reality of a New Challenge for Nature in the 21st Century - Erwin van van Maanen Rewilding: the Realisation and Reality of a New Challenge for Nature in the 21st Century - Ian Convery

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Book SynopsisIn this innovative book, Laura E. Huggins finds path breaking entrepreneurial solutions to difficult environmental challenges in some of the world's poorest areas.The approaches entrepreneurs are taking to these challenges involve establishing property rights and encouraging market exchange. From beehives to barbed wire, these tools are creating positive incentives and promoting both economic development and environmental improvements. The case studies are from the developing world and reveal where the biggest victories for less poverty and more conservation can be won. The pursuit begins by learning from local people solving local problems.Environmental Entrepreneurship encourages a broad audience to consider secure property rights and free markets as key ingredients to moving out of poverty and improving environmental quality at the same time. It will appeal to academics and students of environmental studies, environmental economics, environmental policy, as well as international development and business. Entrepreneurs and environmental groups such as The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, and The World Resources Institute will also find a wealth of invaluable information in this book.Contents: 1. Markets Meet the Environment in Unexpected Places 2. Saving Wildlife in Kenya and Sub-Sahran Africa with Shawn Regan and Terry Anderson 3. Fencing Fisheries in Namibia and Beyond 4. Ecosystems at Your Service in South America 5. The Thirsty Dragon 6. Un-American Indian Reservations and Resource Management with Terry Anderson IndexTrade Review‘Presenting five case studies in developing countries and in the US, [the book] reveals how entrepreneurs are finding innovative solutions in order to improve local economies and environmental quality. Laura Huggins' book is well written and well researched, drawing on a significant variety of sources. This book will be valuable to scholars, students, policymakers, activists and citizens in general, and provides excellent insights for those involved in public policy, community development and economic development in the context of sustainability.’ -- Mariza Almeida, Science & Public Policy‘An impressive work of original scholarship (Laura E. Huggins is a Research Fellow at PERC and the Hoover Institutions at Stanford University), Environmental Entrepreneurship: Markets Meet the Environment in Unexpected Places is deftly written and will prove of immense interest to both entrepreneurs and corporate executives, as well as environmentalists and conservationists. . . It is important and very strongly recommended for academic library reference collections.’ -- Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. Markets Meet the Environment in Unexpected Places 2. Saving Wildlife in Kenya and Sub-Sahran Africa with Shawn Regan and Terry Anderson 3. Fencing Fisheries in Namibia and Beyond 4. Ecosystems at Your Service in South America 5. The Thirsty Dragon 6. Un-American Indian Reservations and Resource Management with Terry Anderson Index

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Book SynopsisIn the face of the failure of the traditional 'command and control' model of environmental regulation to curb the devastating losses of biodiversity around the world, policymakers are increasingly seeking new approaches to deal with this complex interdisciplinary issue. The Privatisation of Biodiversity? provides a timely contribution to this debate by exploring the legal aspects and the scope to strengthen conservation through these reforms. Colin Reid and Walters Nsoh draw on literature well beyond legal sources, particularly from ecology, environmental economics, and philosophy to reach a number of pragmatic conclusions on the issues discussed. The new approaches explored include payment for ecosystem services, biodiversity offsetting and conservation covenants, as well as taxation and impact fees. Such mechanisms introduce elements of a market approach as well as private sector initiative and resources. This book considers both the practical and ethical aspects of the regulatory choices available to identify the potential and limitations of an increasingly market-based regime. Bringing clarity and coherence to a complex issue, this book will act as a useful tool for environmental and public law scholars as well as other academics in a range of fields interested in biodiversity conservation. It will also provide valuable insight for policymakers, legal practitioners involved in planning, environmental and agricultural matters, public bodies with responsibility for conservation, landowners, managers and developers, individuals and NGOs dedicated to biodiversity, and students of nature conservation interested in exploring new mechanisms for achieving their objectives.Trade Review'This excellent book addresses a key policy agenda for the future of nature conservation and the promotion of biodiversity - the need to involve private actors more centrally in the planning, management and execution of nature conservation policy. This is a central objective of current policy, both in the UK and internationally, but raises difficult questions for the role of the law in the future management of biodiversity. This thorough, thought provoking and timely text breaks new ground in addressing key problems raised by modern environmental policy, and exploring solutions.' --Chris Rodgers, Newcastle University, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Pervasive Issues 3. Payment for Ecosystem Services 4. Biodiversity Offsetting 5. Conservation Covenants 6. Taxation 7. Transferable Development Permits, Quotas and Impact Fees 8. Ethical Issues 9. Reflections Index

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Book SynopsisWe live on an increasingly human-dominated planet. Our impact on the Earth has become so huge that researchers now suggest that it merits its own geological epoch - the 'Anthropocene' - the age of humans. Combining theory development and case studies of 'planetary boundaries', emerging infectious diseases, financial markets and geoengineering, this groundbreaking book explores the 'Anthropocene Gap' otherwise known as society's current failure to address the most profound environmental challenges of our times.What are the political and institutional implications of this new epoch? And what are some novel ways to analyze the complicated interplay between institutions, Earth system complexity and technology? This book offers one of the first explorations of political and institutional dimensions of the Anthropocene concept by providing a novel combination of institutional analysis along with insights from Earth system sciences. It provides an exploration of the role of technology for global environmental governance and defines a new agenda for political science analysis in the Anthropocene.Offering the first summary of the planetary boundaries debate, this cutting edge book will be of great interest to researchers concerned in the interplay between politics, technology, and global environmental change, and those interested in the debate surrounding the Anthropocene and 'planetary boundaries'.Contents: Foreword. The 'Anthropocene Gap' 1. Planetary Terra Incognita 2. Governance and Complexity 3. Earth System Complexity 4. Epidemics and Supernetworks 5. Engineering the Planet 6. Financial Markets, Robots and Ecosystems 7. Bridging the 'Anthropocene Gap' Epilogue: Back to London via the Baltic Sea References IndexTrade Review'Victor Galaz opens a new pathway, critically needed, yet breathtaking. In a thoughtful and inspirational manner, he takes on the challenge of how humanity is to navigate the unprecedented scale, speed and complexity of the Anthropocene. The focus is on the interplay between rapid nonlinear global environmental change and emerging technologies, like engineering the planet, tipping points, epidemic surprise or increased connectivity between financial markets, commodity markets, ecosystem services and underlying technologies. In a truly novel way, Galaz moves governance research to the very front of sustainability science and resilience thinking Global Environmental Governance, Technology and Politics is indeed a groundbreaking contribution, highly recommended!' --Carl Folke, Stockholm University, Sweden'The idea of the Anthropocene highlights urgent environmental, health and economic challenges facing humanity. This book shows clearly why shifts in power and governance must be core to our responses, but also that new, creative, multi-scale approaches are needed. Candid, reflective and richly-illustrated, this is a must-read contribution to the debate of our age about how to build sustainable futures.' --Melissa Leach, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK'Global Environmental Governance, Technology and Politics should top the reading list for anyone interested in exploring the nature of governance and the role of technology in this new human-dominated epoch known as the Anthropocene. Combining insights from complexity, innovation and institutional design, Galaz brings cutting edge research to enlighten the current challenges facing humankind. This is a must read.' --Michael Schoon, Arizona State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword. The ‘Anthropocene Gap’ 1. Planetary Terra Incognita 2. Governance and Complexity 3. Earth System Complexity 4. Epidemics and Supernetworks 5. Engineering the Planet 6. Financial Markets, Robots and Ecosystems 7. Bridging the ‘Anthropocene Gap’ Epilogue: Back to London via the Baltic Sea References Index

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Book SynopsisWith forests now enshrined in the Paris climate agreement, REDD+ initiatives and low emission development strategies (LEDS) will need insights like the ones provided in this timely and important volume to make a difference on the ground. The book draws on the perspectives of government officials from multiple sectors and at multiple levels to present a rich analysis of the economics, conditionalities and accountabilities for the design of intergovernmental fiscal transfers aimed at forest conservation - in competition with the income and jobs generated by natural resource exploitation. I highly recommend this book to anyone seeking practical ways forward on climate mitigation.'- Anne M. Larson, Center for International Forestry Research, PeruIntergovernmental fiscal transfers (IFTs) are an innovative way to create incentives for local public actors to support conservation. This book contributes to the debate about how to conserve tropical forests by implementing mechanisms for reducing deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+).With Indonesia as a case study, the authors adopt an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on political science, economics, and public policy. They consider the theoretical justification, as well as the wider political and administrative context for developing the design of IFTs for conservation.Students and scholars looking at conservation, ecological economics, decentralisation, forest policy and climate change will find this book to be of interest. It will also be of considerable use to policy-makers and practitioners working on forest policy, particularly those implementing REDD+.Trade Review‘With forests now enshrined in the Paris climate agreement, REDD+ initiatives and low emission development strategies (LEDS) will need insights like the ones provided in this timely and important volume to make a difference on the ground. The book draws on the perspectives of government officials from multiple sectors and at multiple levels to present a rich analysis of the economics, conditionalities and accountabilities for the design of intergovernmental fiscal transfers aimed at forest conservation – in competition with the income and jobs generated by natural resource exploitation. I highly recommend this book to anyone seeking practical ways forward on climate mitigation.’ -- Anne M. Larson, Center for International Forestry Research, PeruTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Theories of Decentralised Forest Management and Fiscal Decentralisation 3. The Cases of Riau and Papua Provinces 4. Factors Affecting Local Forest Governance 5. Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers and Indonesia's Experience 6. The Design of REDD+ and Decentralised Forest Management 7. Incentive Structures Influencing Subnational Governments’ Decisions on Land-use Change 8. The Distribution Formulae of IFTs for REDD+ 9. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisA practical guide to improve classes that are bored, hostile, aggressive or just not quite right. The book provides tips form making small class teaching more effective, with practical suggestions for a broad range of problems that teachers regularly encounter.Trade Review'The significant strength of this edited volume is that it goes beyond normative approaches to collaborative governance in a cross-disciplinary effort to analyze ''how to do collaboration'' and how to overcome the challenges involved in using collaboration in environmental governance.' --Eva Sorensen, Roskilde University, Denmark'This book will be invaluable for anyone interested in collaborative planning, management or governance. It includes significant chapters from some of the leading scholars in these fields, as well as insightful research from a new generation. It is an impressive compendium, a good read, and a useful coursebook.' --Judith Innes, University of California, Berkely--This text refers to the hardcover edition.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: The Challenges of Collaboration in Environmental Governance Richard D. Margerum and Cathy J Robinson PART I Theory and Context 2. Theoretical perspectives on the Challenges of Collaboration Richard D. Margerum 3. Back to the Future? Collaborative Environmental Governance Theory and Practice Tomas M. Koontz 4. The Other Side of Managing in Networks Robert Agranoff 5. Vitality in interactive governance: conditions and challenges Jurian Edelenbos and Ingmar van Meerkerk PART II Problems and Context 6. Where has all the salinity gone? The challenges of using science to inform local collaborative efforts to respond to large-scale environmental change Mat Gilfedder, Cathy J Robinson and Mike Grundy 7. Collaborative governance – does it work for climate change adaptation? Insights from the Dutch Delta Program Arwin van Buuren and Jitske van Popering 8. Collaboration challenges in addressing natural resource management problems: Australian regional case studies Helen Ross, Jennifer Bellamy and Brian Head PART III Policy, Politics and Power 9. When Voluntary is Prescribed but Mandated is Necessary: The Challenges of Compulsory Collaboration on Complex Public Issues Julia M. Wondolleck and Susan D. Lurie 10. Politicians and Collaborative Governance: The New Logic of Support Edward P. Weber 11. The Role of Power in Collaborative Governance Jill M. Purdy PART IV Organizations, Stakeholders and Governance 12. Collaboration Across Boundaries in the Indian Forest Service Daniel H. Nelson, Rosemary O'Leary, Larry D. Schroeder, Misty Grayer, Nidhi Vij 13. Towards a Joint Maintenance Approach for floodplain management in the Netherlands: tensions and possibilities Jeroen F. Warner, Jan M. Fliervoet and Antoine J.M. Smits PART V Process and Participation 14. From the table to the street: Strategies for building a more inclusive collaborative process Jane Rongerude and Gerardo Sandoval 15. The Challenge of Transformative Learning: Mining Practice Stories to Study Collaboration and Dispute Resolution Strategies John Forester 16. Hunting for country and culture: The challenges surrounding Indigenous collaborative partnerships on the coast of northern Australia Cathy J. Robinson Conclusion 17. The Challenges of Collaborative Governance: Towards a New Research Agenda Richard D. Margerum, Cathy J. Robinson and Ken Genskow Index

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Book SynopsisRoss Dowling and David Newsome present an original, substantial and much-needed contribution to the field which will further our understanding of geotourism in theory and practice. This Handbook defines, characterizes and explores the subject through a range of international perspectives and case studies, identifying geotourism as a rapidly emerging form of urban and regional sustainable development. With extensive case studies from North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australasia and Africa, this global Handbook examines and explains the relationship between geology and tourism. Thematically arranged sections cover the relationship of geology with tourism, sustainability and society, geotourism in urban areas, and interpretation and education strategies. The final two sections assess geotourism?s impact through wide-ranging case studies of UNESCO global geoparks and geotourism in a range of countries. The eminent academics and practitioners demonstrate how geotourism is a vehicle future for engaging the public and protecting geosites, as well as emphasising the importance of sustainability. An essential resource for students and educators, this Handbook provides an international perspective for those interested in tourism, environmental geography, ecology and geology. Written with practitioners in mind, this book reveals how tourism professionals and geologists can build a common vision by working together in sharing knowledge at the nexus of geology and tourism.Contributors include: M. Allan, E. Aparecida Del Lama, R.S. Aquino, A. Asrat, N. Azman, T. Brown, M. Burlando, H.S. Cahyadi, R.M. Clary, K. Crawford, E. da Silva Guimarães, R. Dowling, A. Dumaliang, B.C. Dumaliang, P. Erfurt, S. Espiner, N.T. Farsani, M. Garofano, A. Gates, C. Gomez, J.E. Gordon, M. Gray, N. Grünert, S.A. Halim, Herlina, Y. Jeon, J. Johnston, H.T. Kobryn, I. Komoo, L. Kubalíková, U. Lagally, J. Larwood, E.A. Lima, M. Machado, P. Migon, R. Miller, C. Neto de Carvalho, D. Newsome, R. Peña, H. Purdie, A. Riganti, J.P.R. Rivera, D.A. Ruban, H. Samodra, L. Sheydder de Oliveira Lopes, R.C. Soares, K. Takenouchi, M. Thomas, H. Torigoe, M. Van Kranendonk, J. Weber, G. Worton, K. XuTrade Review‘This comprehensive publication on the subject of geotourism is both a worthy and weighty contribution to the subject. . . . The editors intend this book to act as an international resource, for geotourism practitioners and also for those engaged in higher education and research. In my opinion, given the wealth of material included from a wide variety of contributors, combined with perspectives from around the world, they have most definitely succeeded.’ -- Eleanor Brown, Proceedings of the Geologists’ AssociationTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Geotourism: definition, characteristics and international perspectives Ross Dowling and David Newsome PART I GEOLOGY AND TOURISM 2. Geology for tourism professionals Jonathan Larwood and Graham Worton 3. Geodiversity, geoheritage, geoconservation and their relationship to geotourism Murray Gray 4. Geotourism and cultural heritage John E. Gordon 5. Who are geotourists? A case study from Jordan Ross Dowling and Mamoon Allan 6. Some characteristics of the geotourism literature Dmitry A. Ruban 7. The application of geographical information systems in geotourism Halina Kobryn and David Newsome PART II GEOTOURISM, SOCIETY AND SUSTAINABILITY 8. Public–private partnership framework for sustainable geopark development Richard S. Aquino and John Paolo R. Rivera 9. Developing and managing show caves in Italy Matteo Garofano 10. Geotourism and risk: A case study of a rockfall hazard at Fox Glacier, New Zealand Heather Purdie, Stephen Espiner and Christopher Gomez 11. Geotourism development and management in volcanic regions Patricia Erfurt 12. The potential contribution of geotourism in Africa Michael F. Thomas and Asfawossen Asrat PART III GEOTOURISM IN URBAN AREAS 13. Geotourism – a focus on the urban environment Angela Riganti and Jean F. Johnston 14. Generating Interest in Geotourism Near Urban Areas Through Integration with Historical Sites: Iron Mine Trail, Sterling Forest, New York, USA Alexander Gates 15. Urban geotourism with an emphasis on the city of São Paulo, Brazil Eliane Aparecida Del Lama PART IV INTERPRETATION AND EDUCATION STRATEGIES 16. Geo-interpretation: how and for whom? Piotr Migoń 17. Education as a key tenet of geotourism Neda Torabi Farsani, Carlos Neto de Carvalho and Kejian Xu 18. Geoheritage and public geoliteracy: Opportunities for effective geoscience education within US parks Renee M. Clary 19. Earth sciences for everybody as promotion of geotourism: the ‘Day of Geosites’ in Germany Ulrich Lagally 20. A conversation about geology and tourism in a remote area of Australia Jean F. Johnston and Martin J. Van Kranendonk PART V GEOTOURISM’S CONTRIBUTION TO GEOPARKS 21. Geotourism and geoparks Ross Dowling 22. Geotourism in Bergstrasse-Odenwald UNESCO Global Geopark, Germany Jutta Weber 23. Geotourism in Beigua UNESCO Global Geopark, Italy Maurizio Burlando 24. Geotourism in the Azores UNESCO Global Geopark, Portugal Eva Almeida Lima and Marisa Machado 25. Geotourism in Jeju Island UNESCO Global Geopark, South Korea Yongmun Jeon and Kyung Sik Woo 26. Geotourism in Itoigawa UNESCO Global Geopark, Japan Ko Takenouchi, Hiroko Torigoe and Theodore Brown 27. Geotourism in Langkawi UNESCO Global Geopark, Malaysia Ibrahim Komoo, Sharina Abdul Halim and Norzaini Azman 28. Geotourism in Batur UNESCO Global Geopark, Indonesia Hanang Samodra, Herlina and Hery Sigit Cahyadi 29. Geotourism in Stonehammer UNESCO Global Geopark, Canada Randall Miller 30. Geotourism in Araripe UNESCO Global Geopark, Brazil Rafael Celestino Soares, Wellington Ferreira da Silva Filho, Laryssa Sheydder de Oliveira Lopes and Eduardo da Silva Guimarães PART VI CASE STUDIES IN GEOTOURISM 31. The Maltese Islands: Developing and managing geotourism Kevin Crawford 32. Czech Republic: The planning and management of geotourism’s hidden resources Lucie Kubalíková 33. Namibia: geotourism in the arid zone Ross Dowling and Nicole Grünert 34. Philippines: The case of Masungi Georeserve Ann Dumaliang, Billie Crystal Dumaliang and Rolando Peña 35. New Zealand: A diverse array of geotourism resources Ross Dowling 36. Conclusions: Thinking about the future David Newsome and Ross Dowling Index

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Book SynopsisIn 1944 Lady Park Wood (45 hectares of woodland in Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire, UK) was set aside indefinitely by the Forestry Commission so that ecologists could study how woodland develops naturally. Since then, in a unique long-term study, individual trees and shrubs have been recorded at intervals, accumulating a detailed record of more than 20,000 individual beech, sessile oak, ash, wych elm, small-leaved lime, large-leaved lime, birch, hazel, yew and other species. In the seven decades since the study started, the wood has changed; trees grew, died and regenerated, and drought, disease and other events shaped its destiny. Each tree and shrub species reacted in its own way to changes in the wood as a whole and to changes in the fortunes of its neighbours. Meanwhile, the wild fauna, flora and fungi also responded, leaving the wood richer in some groups but poorer in others. In this landmark book, beautifully illustrated throughout, George Peterken and Edward Mountford, summarise the ongoing results of the Lady Park Wood study, highlighting its unique place in nature conservation and its significance to ecology in general. It also builds on experience at Lady Park Wood and elsewhere to discuss in particular: the role and maintenance of long-term ecological studies; the concept and form of natural woodland; the role of minimum-intervention policies in woodland nature conservation; near-to-nature forestry; and the desirability and practicalities of re-wilding woodlands.Table of Contents1: Understanding Woodland 2: Lady Park Wood and its History 3: The Ecological Reserve 4: Recording Trees and Expressing Change 5: The Changing Woodland 6: Ash: The Tree in the Spotlight 7: Beech and Oak, the Major Forest Trees 8: Limes and Wych Elm 9: Birch and other Short-lived Canopy Trees 10: Field Maple and Hazel, the other Coppice Species 11: Minor Trees and Shrubs 12: Habitats 13: Species 14: Long-term Ecological Studies 15: Natural Woodland in Theory and Practice 16: Near-to-Nature Forestry 17: Rewilding, Remoteness and Wilderness

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Book SynopsisThe use of mathematical models is a fundamental aspect of modern science. With computers now allowing previously difficult calculations to be done quickly and easily, an understanding of mathematics and an appreciation for modelling is possible even in fields with traditionally less mathematical content. Modelling Nature introduces basic concepts in mathematical modelling applied to natural systems to tackle real-world problems from fields such as physics, ecology, geology and epidemiology. It shows how using models can help to unravel complex issues such as the melting of the Arctic ice, the spread of infectious disease and the age of the Earth. The text helps students to build steadily upon a basic level of mathematics, to a more advanced understanding of mathematical concepts, for a thorough understanding of a variety of mathematical techniques. Key features include: Worked through calculations, with clear steps that can be followed with just a calculator, pen and paper or popular software packages. Intuitive introduction of advanced mathematical techniques in the context of model building, for an understanding of real-life application. An emphasis on an overall philosophy of building models, drawing repeatedly from the key elements of data, physical processes and mathematical methods to develop and refine models.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Modelling the Changing Arctic Ice Chapter 2: Modelling Bacterial Population Growth Chapter 3: Modelling the Growth of Human Populations Chapter 4: Modelling Radioactive Decay to Determine the Age of the Earth Chapter 5: Modelling the Distribution of Butterfly Species Chapter 6: Volcanic Gas, Environmental Damage and Statistical Models

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Book SynopsisThis short textbook introduces students to the concept of describing natural systems using mathematical models. We highlight the variety of ways in which natural systems lend themselves to mathematical description and the importance of models in revealing fundamental processes. The process of science via the building, testing and use of models (theories) is described and forms the structure of the book. The book covers a broad range from the molecular to ecosystems and whole-Earth phenomena. Themes running through the chapters include scale (temporal and spatial), change (linear and nonlinear), emergent phenomena and uncertainty. Mathematical descriptions are kept to a minimum and we illustrate mechanisms and results in graphical form wherever possible. Essential mathematical details are described fully, with the use of boxes. The mathematics supports but does not lead the text.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Modelling the Changing Arctic Ice Chapter 2: Modelling Bacterial Population Growth Chapter 3: Modelling the Growth of Human Populations Chapter 4: Modelling Radioactive Decay to Determine the Age of the Earth Chapter 5: Modelling the Distribution of Butterfly Species Chapter 6: Volcanic Gas, Environmental Damage and Statistical Models

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Book SynopsisDespite an increasing global awareness of environmental concerns, setting internationally binding and ambitious commitments has proven exceedingly complex. As states are seeking alternative methods to support global environmental protection, this book takes a closer look at the possibility of using national trade measures that make market access conditional on the environmental impact of the production process abroad. Inspired by accepted practice in other fields of law, Barbara Cooreman illustrates that the extraterritorial character of these environmental trade measures is not necessarily inconsistent with WTO law by proposing an extraterritoriality decision tree for trade measures targeting foreign production processes. Identifying key challenges through varied case studies, the author demonstrates that states can indeed use their market to further environmental progress, when the state's environment is affected and where a minimum level of international legal support exists for the environmental concern at issue. The book shows that current WTO laws leave more room for action than often thought and concludes that WTO law is no excuse for environmental inaction. Practical and comparative, this book will appeal to scholars of both environmental and trade law. It also offers a valuable tool to aid judges and lawmakers alike in determining the lawfulness of a measure.Trade Review'This is an important work which identifies the space left by the law of the World Trade Organization to address global or extraterritorial environmental concerns. By suggesting a new decision model, the author sheds further analytical light on the undertheorized implied jurisdictional clause of Article XX (g) GATT, referred to by the Appellate Body in US - Shrimp. This practical model, which the author goes on to apply to a number of well-known cases, is most useful to guide states and WTO decision-makers in striking an adequate balance between free trade imperatives and global environmental concerns.' --Cedric Ryngaert, Utrecht University, the Netherlands'This fascinating and highly readable volume constructs a decision-making framework to help in appraising the practice of extraterritoriality in environmental law. In building a ''decision-tree'' it places emphasis upon the location of the environmental concern and the degree of multilateral support for the measure in question. The volume will be essential reading for academics and practitioners grappling with the challenge of how to enhance the contribution that individual states can make to protecting the global environment whilst preventing powerful states from overreaching the limits of their jurisdiction.' --Joanne Scott, University College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction PART I: INTRODUCING ENVIRONMENTAL TRADE MEASURES 2. Product or process: Outlining the scope of trade law 3. The (extra)territorial reach of national measures under WTO law PART II: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR AN EXTRATERRITORIALITY DECISION TREE 4. A broader perspective on extraterritoriality 5. The proposal of a WTO extraterritoriality decision tree PART III: CASE STUDIES 6. The application of the extraterritoriality decision tree: case studies 7. Concluding chapter: outlook and final remarks Index

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Book SynopsisIn this authoritative book, leading international experts examine the use of scenario analyses and modelling in environmental assessments, highlighting their potential uses in making evidence-based decisions to address the risks and adverse impacts of rapid environmental change such as global warming and the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. In addition to theoretical and conceptual issues, contributors analyse the latest research on the applications of scenarios and models, and discuss the opportunities and challenges in using them for policy relevant research and action. Chapters include in-depth case studies from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America as well as those with a global or regional focus, providing a comprehensive review of the available tools and frameworks for conducting environmental assessments in diverse contexts. This book offers a roadmap for strengthening the science policy interface for environmental decision-making. Environmental Assessments will be crucial reading for scholars, postgraduate students, practitioners and policy makers working in ecological economics and ecology, biodiversity and ecosystem services, climate change and natural resources. It will be particularly useful for those working for international and intergovernmental agencies, national governments, businesses and NGOs looking to make informed decisions about responses to environmental change.Trade Review‘This book is an important contribution to research on environmental models, providing a comprehensive overview of the literature on building scenarios and how these can contribute in decision-making to reduce risks to planetary health and human well-being.’ -- Purnamita Dasgupta, Ecology, Economy and Society'This is an excellent collection of the latest state-of-the-art work on environmental scenario analysis and long-term modelling from within the social sciences. It provides essential conceptual, methodological and empirical insights to anyone working on understanding the long-term and complex causes and implications of environmental problems.' --Andreas Kontoleon, University of Cambridge, UK'One of the less obvious benefits of international assessments is spin-off books on topics flagged in the assessments. This book picks up on several issues identified in the IPBES methodological assessment of biodiversity scenarios and models. Aside from a very useful set of chapters on methodology, it includes a number of applications to marine, freshwater, terrestrial, and urban systems. Dr Ninan is to be congratulated for bringing together such an interesting and informative collection.' --Charles Perrings, Arizona State University, US'As we move deeper into the Anthropocene, the need deepens for assessments of the complex interactions between man and his environment. This book is a big step towards filling this gap. It provides interesting assessments on a row of important topics from seafoods to forestry, management of invasive species to climate and fisheries or municipal planning. The book draws extensively on good expertise from a range of important countries, including many in the developing world. Strongly recommended reading for everyone interested in ecosystems and global change.' --Thomas Sterner, University of Gothenburg, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Anne Larigauderie Preface 1 Introduction 1 K.N. Ninan PART I THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL ISSUES 2 Developing national scale integrated social-ecological scenarios for Canada’s oceans and marine fisheries 37 Louise S.L. Teh, William W.L. Cheung and U. Rashid Sumaila 3 Improving estimates of the economic effects of climate change in integrated assessment models 51 Lydia F. Prieg and Dmitry Yumashev 4 Monitoring and projecting land use and land cover change at multiple spatial scales 68 Isabel M.D. Rosa PART II APPLICATIONS AND CASE STUDIES 5 The future value of ecosystem services: global scenarios and national implications 81 Ida Kubiszewski, Robert Costanza, Sharolyn Anderson and Paul Sutton 6 Models and strategies for prioritizing the control of invasive exotic weeds in protected areas: theoretical and pragmatic challenges 109 Clement A. Tisdell, Bruce A. Auld and Stephen B. Johnson 7 Modelling the role of livestock intensification and deforestation in Brazil’s nationally determined contribution on emissions mitigation 126 Rafael De Oliveira Silva, Luis Gustavo Barioni and Dominic Moran 8 Spatial modelling and BAU scenario analysis of Cambodian forest 143 Ram Avtar, Ridhika Aggarwal and Rajesh Bahadur Thapa 9 Climate change and British Columbia’s staple seafood supply and prices 162 U. Rashid Sumaila and Vicky W.Y. Lam 10 Key socio-economic drivers for environmental change in Latin America and the Caribbean since 1960: trends, interactions and impacts 179 Ramón Pichs-Madruga 11 Ecosystem service assessment and mapping for sustainable management of wetlands in Kerala, India 200 Michael Sinclair, Andrea Ghermandi, Sheela A. Moses and Sabu Joseph 12 The Scenario Collaboratory: a framework for integrating environmental assessments and scenarios into municipal planning 215 Liliana Caughman, Noel Plemmons, Fletcher Beaudoin, Michele Crim and Vivek Shandas 13 Participatory modelling in adaptive environmental management: a case study in semi-arid northern Nicaragua 231 Federica Ravera, David Tarrasón, Klaus Hubacek, Roberto Molowny-Horas and Jan Sendzimir Index 249

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Book SynopsisIn Mystical Activism, we each hold the power to change the world right where we are. To call these "end times" is not hyperbole. We are in trouble and the signs are everywhere: extreme political divisions; xenophobic violence; enormous wealth inequity; poverty and homelessness; racism, sexism, and ageism; arms buildups and unending wars; and, most critical of all, terrifying climate disruption associated with man-made global warming. We are the cause of these dark times. Driven by left-brain beliefs, illusions and obsessions, humanity races headlong toward the collapse of civilization. Fortunately, the solution to these mounting crises also lies in the human psyche, arising from a most surprising source: the right-brain’s natural mystical consciousness. Our survival depends on whether we grasp and resolve this paradox in time.

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Book SynopsisToday, 55% of the world's human population lives in urban areas. By 2030, up to 90% of the global human population will live in cities and the global population is expected to increase by 68% by 2050. Although land cover categorized as "urban" is a relatively small fraction of the total surface of the Earth, urban areas are major driving forces in global environmental change, habitat loss, threats to biodiversity, and the loss of terrestrial carbon stored in vegetation biomass. These and many other factors highlight the need to understand the broad-scale impacts of urban expansion as it effects the ecological interactions between humans, wildlife and plant communities. In a series of essays by leading experts this book defines urban ecology, and provides much-needed focus on the main issues of this increasingly important subdiscipline such as the impacts of invasive species, protecting pollinators in urban environments, the green cities movement and ecological corridors. The book stresses the importance of understanding ecological forces and ecosystem services in urban areas and the integration of ecological concepts in urban planning and design. The creation of urban green spaces is critical to the future of urban areas, enhancing human social organization, human health and quality of life. Urban ecology is becoming a foundational component of many degree programs in universities worldwide and this book will be of great interest to students and researchers in ecology and conservation science, and those involved in urban planning and urban environmental management.Table of Contents1: Urban Ecology: What is it and Why? 2: How Urban Forest Composition Shapes the Structure and Function of Arthropod Communities 3: Wildlife in the City: Human Drivers and Human Consequences 4: Urban Plant Ecophysiology 5: Urban Biodiversity: Between Elsewhere-Nature and the Post-Wild World 6: Protecting Pollinators in the Urban Environment 7: Urban Ecology as an Integrative Science and Practice 8: The Ecology of Urban Climates 9: The Green Cities Movement: Progress and Future Challenges 10: Light pollution: How Urban Conditions Influence Ecological Interactions 11: Citizen Science in Urban Habitats 12: Ecology of Insects and Other Arthropods in Urban Agroecosystems 13: Future Prospects and Challenges in Urban Ecology

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Book SynopsisGateway communities that neighbour parks and protected areas are impacted by tourism, while facing unique circumstances related to protected area management. Economic dependency remains a serious challenge for these communities, especially in a climate of neoliberalism, top-down policy environments, and park closures related to environmental degradation or government budgets. The collection of works in this edited book provide bottom-up, informed, and nuanced approaches to tourism management using local experiences from gateway communities and protected areas management emerging from a decade of guidelines, rulemaking, and exclusive decision-making. Global perspectives are presented and contextualized at the local level of gateway communities in an attempt to balance nature, community, and commerce, while supporting the triple bottom line of sustainable tourism. While anticipating a post-COVID 19 global shift, readers are encouraged to think through transformation and resiliency in regard to how the flux of supply vs demand alters gateway community perspectives on tourism. Specific features of this book include: · Focus on transformations, which provides insight into the complex and dynamic nature of gateway communities. · Multidisciplinary, multi-cultural insights into protected area management. · Applied and conceptual chapters from global perspectives.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Appalachian Trail Communities: Gateway Partners in Parks and Protected Area Management Chapter 3: Building a Gateway to the Arctic: A Political Economy Perspective on Tourism Development and Conservation in Finnish Lapland Chapter 4: Gateway Community Relationships with a US National Park: A Qualitative Exploration of Community Member, Concessioner and Grand Teton National Park Staff Perspectives Chapter 5: Advocacy for Protected Areas in the Caribbean: A Collaborated Approach to Ecotourism in Antigua and Barbuda Chapter 6: Contribution of Tourism to Sustainable Development: Samalayuca Dunes (Mexico) Chapter 7: Community Engagement with Tourism Management in Small Atlantic islands Chapter 8: Protected Area Tourism in Batanes Islands, Philippines: Issues and impacts Chapter 9: The Praia do Sono (Paraty, Brazil) as a Gateway Community to Achieve the Universalization of Sustainable Development Goal 6 (Water Sanitation) in Tourist Areas Chapter 10: Public-private Partnerships: A Framework for National Park Gateway Community Development Chapter 11: Stories to Engage Protected Area Neighbouring Communities in Tourism Planning and Practice Chapter 12: Sustainable tourism Initiatives and Impediments: The National Mall as an Urban Gateway Community Chapter 13: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisFifty years after the Stockholm Conference first placed the environment on the international development agenda, this Handbook continues the debate. The Handbook discusses both the profound environmental and theoretical critique against development as modernization and economic growth, and how perspectives on nature have changed from an infinite resource to a fragile subject. Weighing up the successes and failures linked to environmental concerns in development and environment policy and practice, it recognizes the roots of international development as a Western project linked to the expansion of an environmentally destructive capitalism. Through active dialogue across geographical areas, disciplines and epistemologies, chapters critically assess current perspectives on the topic, including decolonialism, degrowth and post-development. Grounded in recent research on topics such as agriculture, fisheries, infrastructure, forest protection, supply chain management, climate negotiations and the renewable transition, the Handbook integrates a range of different viewpoints on international development and the environment to provide a fresh take on this contentious relationship.With an international scope, this expansive Handbook will be integral reading for students and scholars of development and the environment. It will also be a beneficial read for practitioners working in international organizations and development agencies.Table of ContentsContents: Preface xi 1 Introduction to Handbook on International Development and the Environment: from limits to growth to a transformation for the Anthropocene 1 Benedicte Bull and Mariel Aguilar-Støen PART I RETHINKING DEVELOPMENT: CRITIQUE AND DEFENSE OF A CONTESTED IDEA 2 The sticky myth of economic growth and the critique of development 26 Eduardo Gudynas 3 Leaving development behind: the case for degrowth 41 Federico Demaria and Erik Gómez-Baggethun 4 Dismantling the machine: rethinking the role of technology in critical development theory 57 Alf Hornborg 5 Development under scrutiny: environment, geopolitics and a reimagination of Latin America 71 Andrés Rivarola Puntigliano and Gianfranco Selgas 6 A transformative post-developmental state? State institutions as change-makers in the Anthropocene 83 Benedicte Bull 7 A Chinese Communist Party perspective on development and the environment: socialism through environmental development? 100 Bjørn Leif Brauteseth PART II RETHINKING THE ENVIRONMENT: FROM INFINITE RESOURCE TO FRAGILE SUBJECT 8 The river as subject: legal innovations and their consequence for rights and development 122 John A. McNeish 9 Oceans: the new economic frontier? 137 Mads Barbesgaard 10 The Arctic: last frontier for energy and mineral exploitation? 154 Ragnhild Freng Dale and Lena Gross 11 The international development of food and agriculture: global food regimes, environmental change and new configurations of power 170 Jostein Jakobsen 12 Will development kill us? Globalized livestock production in the “Pandemic Era” 185 Mariel Aguilar-Støen and Jostein Jakobsen PART III RECONSIDERING DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE 13 Infrastructure, development and the environment in a landscape of spatial reconfigurations across the Global South: The case of the Belt and Road Initiative 200 Fabricio Rodríguez and Julia Gurol 14 The new middle classes: consumption, development and sustainability 216 Arve Hansen and Ulrikke Wethal 15 New energy transitions, old problems: the challenge of achieving a just electrification with a gendered face 231 Kirsten Campbell and Tanja Winther 16 The business of sustainability as a governance tool 250 Jason Miklian and John Katsos PART IV RECONSIDERING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE 17 The challenges of effective international climate cooperation in an unequal world 267 Tora Skodvin 18 The sustainability governance of global supply chains: transnational approaches and the neglect of local development agendas 281 Almut Schilling-Vacaflor 19 Ecosystem services in development: frontier of green colonialism or tool for social justice? 296 Nicolena von Hedemann 20 Reclaiming state capacity in the politics of energy transitions: the cautionary tale of Venezuela’s predatory transition 313 Antulio Rosales Index 328

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Book SynopsisOffering insights on violence in conservation in Africa, this timely book demonstrates how and why the state pursues conservation objectives to the detriment of its citizens. It focuses on how the dehumanization of black people and indigenous groups, the insertion of global green agendas onto the continent, a lack of resource sovereignty, and neoliberal conservation account for why violence is a permanent feature of conservation in Africa. Chapters uncover various forms of violence experienced on the continent, revealing the local and global conditions that enable them, and propose pathways towards non-violent conservation. The book concludes that the ideology of conservation is also an ideology about people. Crucially, it highlights the implications of increasing investment in violent instruments and the institutionalization of militarized approaches for conservation, the state, and ordinary people. Scholars and students of political ecology and environmental policy and planning will greatly benefit from this book’s drawing together of perspectives encompassing green violence and the militarization of conservation. It will also be an invigorating read for African studies researchers looking at coloniality and the re-evaluation of the African state, particularly through the lens of nature conservation.Trade Review‘This volume traces the trajectory of the dominant conservation narratives and approaches in Africa, and reveals the myriad ways in which contemporary conservation ideologies and practices reproduce colonial conservation ideologies and practices. The chapters compiled into this volume illuminate the contradictions and contestations of the dominant conservation approaches, and propose alternatives that can produce beneficial outcomes for both people and nature. This book is an important contribution to our understanding of conservation, and is a must read for those who want to envision a conservation which will guarantee sustainable outcomes.’ -- James C. Murombedzi, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Ethiopia‘The Violence of Conservation in Africa presents a sobering assessment of the toll in human suffering paid by ordinary citizens living in or near Africa's national parks and reserves. The essays reveal the undeniable coloniality of thought permeating twenty-first century nature conservation practices, linking the preservation of Africa’s charismatic wildlife to a long history of “violence against black bodies”. The editors have brought together mostly authors based in African NGOs and universities, giving voice to those close to events on the ground. This is a must read for anyone interested in protecting Africa’s biodiversity without sacrificing the human rights of common citizens.’ -- Rod Neumann, Florida International University, US‘The Violence of Conservation in Africa explores the vexed question of why conservation action in Africa is so often associated with violence and militarisation. Maano Ramutsindela, Frank Matose and Tafadzwa Mushonga have brought together a strong team of African researchers and practitioners to explore this strain of “green” violence through case studies. In a far-reaching and important book, they ask where conservation violence emerged, why it persists, and whether it is inevitable. They call for a future of non-violence in nature conservation, for the sake of both people and non-human nature.’ -- Bill Adams, University of Cambridge, UK, and The Graduate Institute, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Preface xii PART I DIMENSIONS OF VIOLENT CONSERVATION IN AFRICA 1 Conservation and violence in Africa 2 Maano Ramutsindela, Frank Matose and Tafadzwa Mushonga PART II THE MILITARIZATION OF CONSERVATION 2 The state and contested natural resources in Africa 23 Frank Matose, Dina Dabo, Tichayana Konono and Simphiwe Tsawu 3 The violence of greening the state in Africa 38 Emmanuel Mogende and Maano Ramutsindela 4 The coloniality of “crisis conservation”: the transnationalization and militarization of Virunga National Park from an historical perspective 53 Esther Marijnen 5 Violent forests, local people and the role of the state in Zimbabwe 73 Tafadzwa Mushonga 6 The new turn in the militarization of conservation in Cameroon, Central Africa 90 Guy Patrice Dkamela and Samuel Nguiffo PART III LOCAL IMPACT AND AGENCY 7 ‘We just saw the fence’: infrastructural violence, fencing and the legacy of South Africa’s bantustan 113 Amber Abrams 8 Postcolonialism, protected areas and Basarwa of Central Kalahari Game Reserve 134 Joseph E. Mbaiwa and Olekae T. Thakadu 9 Green violence along the value chain of illicit trade 155 Shaun Cozett 10 Transgression and the making of local heroes in Mozambique: the conflict of contested illegality 168 Nelisiwe L. Vundla PART IV ALTERNATIVES 11 Protecting (with) Mount Mabo: is another form of nature conservation possible? 188 Anselmo Matusse 12 Princess Vlei – a story of entangled vitality 203 Tania Katzschner and Bridget Pitt 13 Non-violent conservation: the need and possibilities 223 Maano Ramutsindela, Tafadzwa Mushonga and Frank Matose Index

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Book SynopsisThe interconnectedness of global society is increasingly visible through crises such as the current global health pandemic, emerging climate change impacts and increasing erosion of biodiversity. This timely Handbook navigates the challenges of adaptive governance in these complex contexts, stressing the necessarily compounded nature of biophysical and social systems to ensure more desirable governance outcomes.Highlighting the dynamics and diversity of governance systems across the globe, leading experts in the field examine the successes and failures of these systems. Synthesising theory with methodology and practical case studies, chapters explore adaptive governance in forest management, marine environments and open data ecosystems, looking closely at the role of adaptive governance in climate mitigation and disaster risk reduction. Answering the call for large-scale transformations that move societies away from unsustainable development trajectories, this prescriptive Handbook explores the existing adaptive governance measures that have driven reflexive, sustainable change. Reflecting on the past decade of research in the field, it concludes by outlining new areas of contention and inquiry for the next decade of adaptive governance research.Interdisciplinary in scope, this comprehensive Handbook will prove an invigorating read for students and scholars of environmental law, governance and regulation, and political science and public policy. Policymakers looking to innovate their adaptive governance approaches will also find this a beneficial companion.Trade Review‘This volume brings a dazzling array of international authors together to present the latest thinking on adaptive governance and how it can be made to work in tackling transformative and rapid change in complex social ecological systems. These innovations are urgently needed to address major challenges such as the climate crisis. The approach is highly interdisciplinary, presenting new ideas and linking to diverse theory and concepts, and to empirical cases from around the world. It will be essential reading for scholars and practitioners of environmental change, policy and governance, and those studying politics, international relations, geography and resource management.’ -- Katrina Brown, University of Exeter, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Adaptive Governance 1 Sirkku Juhola PART I THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENTS 2 Operationalising adaptive governance: a research agenda 15 Barbara Cosens, Holly Doremus, J. B. Ruhl, Niko Soininen and Lance Gunderson 3 Adaptive governance, law and regulation 35 Niko Soininen, Barbara Cosens, J. B. Ruhl and Suvi-Tuuli Puharinen 4 Conceptualising the science–policy–practice interface of adaptive governance 54 Carina Wyborn, Jasper Montana, Amber Datta and Elena Louder PART II LATEST TRENDS IN METHODS 5 Futures-thinking: concepts, methods and capacities for adaptive governance 76 Carla Alexandra, Carina Wyborn, Claudia Munera Roldan and Lorrae van Kerkhoff 6 Spatial data, methods, and mismatches for adaptive governance research 99 Maija Nikkanen and Aleksi Räsänen 7 Serious games as an adaptive governance method 115 Peter Edwards PART III GOVERNANCE CONTEXTS AND CASE STUDIES 8 Adaptive governance in forest management 127 Jesse Abrams and Marine Elbakidze 9 Adaptive governance for marine environments: methods, challenges, and lessons for ocean fisheries 143 Barbara Quimby 10 Adaptive governance in open data ecosystems: experiences and insights on the role of sociotechnical arrangements 158 Cancan Wang 11 Policy experimentation in the construction of ecological civilisation in China 176 Ping Huang and Linda Westman 12 The role of adaptive governance in climate mitigation and adaptation: a local perspective 192 Grete K. Hovelsrud and Hege Westskog 13 Adaptive and anticipatory governance in urban adaptation to climate change 207 Alexandra Jurgilevich 14 Towards adaptive property: legal design for a climate-affected future 218 Daniel Fitzpatrick 15 Adaptive governance for disaster risk reduction 233 R. Patrick Bixler, Sandeep Paul, Debasmita Bhakta, Tamar Farchy, Jessica Olson, Matthew Preisser and Paola Passalacqua 16 The next decade of adaptive governance research: concluding remarks 252 Sirkku Juhola Index 260

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Professor Fikret Berkes provides a unique introduction to the social and interdisciplinary dimensions of biodiversity conservation. Examining a range of approaches, new ideas, controversies and debates, he demonstrates that biodiversity loss is not primarily a technical issue, but a social problem that operates in an economic, political and cultural context. Berkes concludes that conservation must be democratized in order to broaden its support base and build more inclusive constituencies for conservation.Key features include: focus on Indigenous peoples' rights, knowledge and practices discussion of commons governance, co-management and responsibility exploration of the history of conservation and the nature stewardship traditions a broad view of conservation that encompasses the well-being of humans as well as ecosystems Taking an interdisciplinary social science approach that includes conservation science concepts, this Advanced Introduction will benefit students of environmental studies, geography, ecology and conservation. It will also be a useful resource for conservation organizations.Trade Review‘[Berkes] is one of the key researchers and teachers of this transformation in conservation, which views people as integral parts of ecosystems, rather than merely as “managers” or “stressors… The book is small, concise, and easy to read… It is not a book of recipes, yet one can start learning how to cook from it… Berkes warns that community-based conservation should not be viewed as a panacea. Rather, flexible and adaptive options require a diversity of governance regimes, and community-based conservation is one of them.’ -- Zsolt Molnár, Conservation Biology‘This book is a well put together synthesis of community-based conservation theory and practice. It could be used both as a textbook for a class in community-based conservation as well as a manual for international conservation practitioners.’ -- Richard Smardon, Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences'Fikret Berkes didn't invent the concept of community-based conservation, but he has been its most vigorous and high-profile academic advocate and analyst. His towering impact on the social science of conservation makes this masterful volume all the more essential. It is the indispensable guide for all aspects of conservation science in the remainder of the 21st century.' -- - David Barton Bray, Florida International University, US'Fikret Berkes has helped re-shape conservation. As a leading scholar and educator, he has influenced generations of conservation scholars and practitioners with foundational work on community-based conservation, diversity of ecological knowledge, adaptive management, resilience of social-ecological systems, and biocultural conservation. In his new book, Berkes distills these lessons into a clear and concise narrative that will be a fantastic resource for teachers, students, and anyone interested in understanding the wicked problems biocultural diversity faces and the diverse and dynamic solutions that are possible.' -- - Michael Gavin, Colorado State University, US'Fikret Berkes is internationally renowned for his research and writings in the areas of social-ecological systems and commons theory. This book is a brilliant distillation of research and thinking so far in the area of biodiversity conservation and all that it entails. Professor Berkes' analyses of the key aspects of community-based conservation are clear and elegant, supported by numerous examples from around the world. This is an extraordinary and insightful book that I recommend without hesitation.' -- - Nancy Turner, University of Victoria, Canada‘This is a clear and cogent review of a quiet revolution. It is a globally-important book about a specific type of conservation, one that builds from the specificities of communities and ecosystems. It makes clear that biodiversity loss is a social problem, and that participatory approaches can unlock citizen power. This book could help to save the planet from ecosystem collapse and climate crises. It points to optimism, so much is already working in community conservation. Now these social-ecological practices need to be spread to all countries and ecosystems.’ -- - Jules Pretty, University of Essex, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Why community-based conservation? 2. Nature stewardship traditions, historical and contemporary 3. Can local development be made compatible with conservation? 4. Indigenous peoples: Local stewardship for global conservation 5. Multiple ways of knowing: Indigenous and local knowledge 6. No tragedy on the commons 7. Governance: Diverse, flexible, pluralistic 8. Synthesis and conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Professor Fikret Berkes provides a unique introduction to the social and interdisciplinary dimensions of biodiversity conservation. Examining a range of approaches, new ideas, controversies and debates, he demonstrates that biodiversity loss is not primarily a technical issue, but a social problem that operates in an economic, political and cultural context. Berkes concludes that conservation must be democratized in order to broaden its support base and build more inclusive constituencies for conservation.Key features include: focus on Indigenous peoples' rights, knowledge and practices discussion of commons governance, co-management and responsibility exploration of the history of conservation and the nature stewardship traditions a broad view of conservation that encompasses the well-being of humans as well as ecosystems Taking an interdisciplinary social science approach that includes conservation science concepts, this Advanced Introduction will benefit students of environmental studies, geography, ecology and conservation. It will also be a useful resource for conservation organizations.Trade Review‘[Berkes] is one of the key researchers and teachers of this transformation in conservation, which views people as integral parts of ecosystems, rather than merely as “managers” or “stressors… The book is small, concise, and easy to read… It is not a book of recipes, yet one can start learning how to cook from it… Berkes warns that community-based conservation should not be viewed as a panacea. Rather, flexible and adaptive options require a diversity of governance regimes, and community-based conservation is one of them.’ -- Zsolt Molnár, Conservation Biology‘This book is a well put together synthesis of community-based conservation theory and practice. It could be used both as a textbook for a class in community-based conservation as well as a manual for international conservation practitioners.’ -- Richard Smardon, Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences'Fikret Berkes didn't invent the concept of community-based conservation, but he has been its most vigorous and high-profile academic advocate and analyst. His towering impact on the social science of conservation makes this masterful volume all the more essential. It is the indispensable guide for all aspects of conservation science in the remainder of the 21st century.' -- - David Barton Bray, Florida International University, US'Fikret Berkes has helped re-shape conservation. As a leading scholar and educator, he has influenced generations of conservation scholars and practitioners with foundational work on community-based conservation, diversity of ecological knowledge, adaptive management, resilience of social-ecological systems, and biocultural conservation. In his new book, Berkes distills these lessons into a clear and concise narrative that will be a fantastic resource for teachers, students, and anyone interested in understanding the wicked problems biocultural diversity faces and the diverse and dynamic solutions that are possible.' -- - Michael Gavin, Colorado State University, US'Fikret Berkes is internationally renowned for his research and writings in the areas of social-ecological systems and commons theory. This book is a brilliant distillation of research and thinking so far in the area of biodiversity conservation and all that it entails. Professor Berkes' analyses of the key aspects of community-based conservation are clear and elegant, supported by numerous examples from around the world. This is an extraordinary and insightful book that I recommend without hesitation.' -- - Nancy Turner, University of Victoria, Canada‘This is a clear and cogent review of a quiet revolution. It is a globally-important book about a specific type of conservation, one that builds from the specificities of communities and ecosystems. It makes clear that biodiversity loss is a social problem, and that participatory approaches can unlock citizen power. This book could help to save the planet from ecosystem collapse and climate crises. It points to optimism, so much is already working in community conservation. Now these social-ecological practices need to be spread to all countries and ecosystems.’ -- - Jules Pretty, University of Essex, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Why community-based conservation? 2. Nature stewardship traditions, historical and contemporary 3. Can local development be made compatible with conservation? 4. Indigenous peoples: Local stewardship for global conservation 5. Multiple ways of knowing: Indigenous and local knowledge 6. No tragedy on the commons 7. Governance: Diverse, flexible, pluralistic 8. Synthesis and conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook on Tourism and Conservation demonstrates the intrinsic nexus between tourism, the environment and sustainable natural resources use. It applies Ostrom’s social-ecological systems (SESs) theory as the analytical framework for reaching a consensus on divergent viewpoints within the context of global environmental change and emerging governance issues.Reflecting the interdependency between tourism and biodiversity conservation, the book focuses on four thematic areas. These include tourism and conservation in protected areas; tourism and climate change; sustainable agritourism; and destination communities and natural resources conservation. Thus equity and environmental justice issues are highlighted in relation to how destination communities have benefitted from tourism activities. The Handbook will be a useful guide for policymakers and relevant institutions in the implementation of tourism policies that balance issues in tourism and environmental conservation equally and which in turn could enhance wider participation in tourism development by all stakeholders in the sector.The Handbook will be a valuable resource for academics, researchers and students of tourism studies, geography, environmental policy, management and related fields. It will also be beneficial for sustainable tourism policymakers and planners.Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Tourism and Conservation 1 Oluwatoyin D. Kolawole, Joseph E. Mbaiwa, Wame L. Hambira, and Emmanuel Mogende PART I TOURISM AND CONSERVATION IN PROTECTED AREAS 2 Tourism and conservation in protected areas: on collective efficacy 10 Jabulile Happyness Mzimela and Inocent Moyo 3 The prospects of forest-based tourism for marginalised communities 25 Joyce Lepetu, Gofaone Rammotokara and Hesekia Garekae 4 Human–elephant conflict: implications for rural livelihoods and wildlife conservation 37 Kenalekgosi Gontse, Joseph E. Mbaiwa and Olekae T. Thakadu 5 Residents’ perception of ecotourism development at Tachila Nature Reserve, North-East District, Botswana 54 Joseph E. Mbaiwa and Unabo Tafa PART II TOURISM AND CLIMATE CHANGE 6 Tourism and climate change adaptation in protected areas 73 Kaarina Tervo-Kankare 7 Tourism and climate change vulnerabilities: a focus on African destinations 86 Kaitano Dube 8 Tourism and climate change: consequences, adaptation and mitigation 101 Esraa A. El-Masry 9 Evaluating climate change communication for sustainable environmental conservation in the tourism sector 115 Sharon Tshipa and Olekae T. Thakadu 10 Perspectives on the effects of environmental change in northern Botswana and its implications for CBNRM 130 Maduo Mpolokang and Jeremy Perkins PART III SUSTAINABLE AGRITOURISM 11 Potentials and challenges of sustainable agritourism in Fortín, Veracruz, Mexico 147 Karina Nicole Pérez-Olmos, Noé Aguilar-Rivera and Carlos Enrique Villanueva-González 12 ‘Negotiating with the juggernaut’: on agritourism and the paradoxes of market-driven conservation 164 Mikael Andéhn and Patrick J. N. L’Espoir Decosta 13 Micro and small-scale culture-based tourism initiatives as a livelihood option for rural women in Kenya 176 Rita Wairimu Nthiga and Beatrice H. O. Ohutso Imbaya 14 Environmental impact of rural tourism 189 Gondo Reniko and Oluwatoyin D. Kolawole 15 Towards agritourism development in Zimbabwe: growth potential, benefits and challenges 204 Rudorwashe Baipai, Oliver Chikuta, Edson Gandiwa and Chiedza N. Mutanga PART IV DESTINATION COMMUNITIES AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION 16 Commodification of nature and territorialization: conservation, local communities and Botswana’s international cooperation 223 Kekgaoditse Suping 17 Community-based natural resources management and poverty reduction 237 Israel R. Blackie 18 Information communication technologies and community-based tourism organisations 249 Siamisang Sehuhula 19 Assessing the role of the central government and communities in alleviating poverty through ecotourism 263 Thekiso Molokwane and Agnes Tshepo Nkone 20 Sense of place and tourism in cultural landscapes 278 Joseph E. Mbaiwa and Gladys B. Siphambe 21 Co-management of world heritage sites for community benefit 299 Olekae T. Thakadu, Wame L. Hambira, Gaseitsiwe Smollie Masunga, Barbara N. Ngwenya, Abigail Lillian Engleton, Dandy Badimo and Ineelo Mosie PART V CONCLUSION 22 The interlinkage between tourism, environmental conservation, and natural resource management: a synthesis 328 Oluwatoyin D. Kolawole, Joseph E. Mbaiwa, Wame L. Hambira, and Emmanuel Mogende Index

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Book SynopsisIn this book, Achim Korber carefully examines the influence of environmental policy on trade policy. He explores environmental protectionism and models it using public choice theory.The author focuses on: a theoretical analysis of ecological protectionism and the potential misuse of environmental regulation as a tool to gain competitive advantage a comprehensive case study on the tuna-dolphin cases of the GATT/WTO. The study reveals that the US legislation was not - as it was widely perceived - a victory for the environmentalists but for the billion dollar industry of the US tuna canneries an in-depth literature survey on various approaches to protectionism including an analysis of lobbying models including the contest-success function. The Political Economy of Environmental Protectionism, with its wealth of new material, will be of great interest to environmental, political, and trade economists as well as policymakers and researchers.Trade Review'Korber's book is valuable reading for those interested in public choice aspects of trade and environmental policy.' -- Axel Michaelowa, Climate PolicyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Explaining Trade Protectionism and the ‘Greening’ of Trade Policy Instruments 3. The Political Process: Lobbying Functions 4. Raising Rivals’ Costs with Environmental Policy – A Lobbying Approach 5. The Political Economy of the US Dolphin-safe Legislation Policy 6. Concluding Remarks Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTo deal effectively with transboundary environmental problems such as climate change, it is important to have an idea of the model for an 'efficient' and 'fair' policy. An understanding of the strategic interactions involved in the international decision-making process is also essential. Carsten Helm uses rigorous theoretical reasoning and applications to address these issues. The first part of the book contains a normative analysis based on fair division theory and welfare theory. The empirical focus is on burden sharing in the climate change regime, for which a concrete proposal is derived. The book then extends the perspective by taking into account the self-interest of sovereign states. Using cooperative game theory the potential for Pareto efficient cooperation is analysed. Finally, Carsten Helm applies non-cooperative game theory to analyse issues such as environmental and welfare effects of emissions trading, the misuse of scientific uncertainties as a bargaining tool and the effects of discontinuities in environmental systems on cooperation. This highly topical book will be of great interest to economists and political and environmental scientists, as well as all those involved in the policy and decision making of international environmental agreements.Trade Review'Helm's book is impressive for its combination of rigorous theory in real world contexts . . . highly recommended.' -- David Pearce, Environmental and Resource EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Part I: International Policy in the Fairness Mode 2. An Axiomatic Approach to Fair Burden Sharing 3. A Welfarist Approach to Fair Burden Sharing Part II: International Policy in the Cooperative Mode 4. Environmental Cooperation as a Coalitional Game Part III: International Policy in the Non-Cooperative Mode 5. International Emissions Trading and the Choice of Allowances 6. Cooperation Behind the Veil of Scientific Uncertainty 7. Dynamic Aspects and Threshold Effects 8. Outlook Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book aims to further advance analysis on Negotiated Environmental Agreements (NEAs) in a multi-disciplinary and co-ordinated way. The authors advocate increased use of NEAs as policy instruments to deal with environmental problems.The book analyses, both theoretically and through the example of existing European agreements, the critical factors that can influence the performance of a negotiated environmental agreement. Negotiating Environmental Agreements in Europe contains 12 case studies analysing 12 different negotiated agreements in European countries. These are analysed comparatively in order to examine to what extent the different hypotheses postulated in the book are valid.Policymakers, environmental economists and researchers as well as NGOs and representatives of industries affected by NEAs will all find this book of immense interest and worth.Table of ContentsContents: Part I: Theoretical Reflections on Negotiated Agreements 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Reflections on the Proliferation of Negotiated Agreements Part II: Twelve Case Studies on European Negotiated Agreements 3. Self-Commitment on the Collection and Recovery of Spent Batteries and the Reduction of Mercury Content in Batteries 4. The Voluntary Pledge Regarding the Environmentally Sound Management of End-of-Life Vehicles 5. The Belgian Agreement upon the Collection and Recycling of Batteries 6. Agreements on the Use of CFCs in France 7. The Agreement on the Quality of Gasoline in Italy 8. The Eco-Emballages Case Study: Domestic Packaging Waste in France 9. The UK Farm Films Producers Group 10. The Disposal of White and Brown Goods 11. The Energy Efficiency Agreement with the UK Chemical Industries Association 12. Covenant Regulating the Reduction of Sulphur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxide Emissions by the Power Generation Industry 13. The Belgian Electricity Agreement 14. The Province of Vicenza Negotiated Agreements Part III: Bringing Theory and Practice Together: An Evaluation of the Studied Agreements 15. Comparative Evaluation of the Case Studies 16. General Conclusions and Policy Recommendations Index

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Book SynopsisThis coherent collection of both previously published and specially written papers applies general economic principles to the conservation of wildlife and natural areas, and outlines consequential policy issues. Particular consideration is given to open-access situations, property rights in wildlife and to the total valuation of species, allowing for their possible positive and negative values.Possible conflict between economic growth and biodiversity conservation is discussed, as are the arguments for state provision of parks and protected areas. Asian elephants, kangaroos and whales are selected examples of species used to illustrate applications of the underlying principles. Forestry management is also reviewed, drawing upon the experiences of China and India.Clem Tisdell aims to demonstrate how economics can help to clarify and resolve social conflicts about nature conservation, while also highlighting the limits of economics in providing answers such as those of an intrinsic value. Doubts are thrown upon some widely accepted concepts, such as the Environmental Kuznets curve, when applied to the relationship between nature conservation and economic growth.The Economics of Conserving Wildlife and Natural Areas will be warmly welcomed by academics and policymakers in the areas of ecological and environmental economics as well as natural resource economists and managers and those with a linked interest to development studies.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: An Overview Part II: General Issues in Biological Conservation Part III: Economics of Conserving Wildlife Species Part IV: Conservation and Use of Natural Areas Index

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Book SynopsisThe first Handbook of original articles by leading scholars of global environmental politics, this landmark volume maps the latest theoretical and empirical research in this young and growing field. Captured here are the dynamic and energetic debates over concerns for the health of the planet and how they might best be addressed. The introductory chapters explore the intellectual trends and evolving parameters in the field of global environmental politics. They make 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 three broad themes - states, governance and security; capitalism, trade and corporations; and knowledge, civil societies and ethics - with each section providing a cohesive discussion of current issues. In-depth explorations are given to topics such as: global commons, renewable energy, the effectiveness of environmental cooperation, regulations and corporate standards, trade liberalization and global environmental governance, and science and environmental citizenship.A comprehensive survey of the latest research, the Handbook is a necessary reference for scholars, students and policymakers in the field of global environmental politics.Trade Review'The book's greatest strength is the range and theoretical ambition of its contributions to regime theory, governance, and international cooperation. . . Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, and faculty.' -- D.L. Feldman, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Global Environmental Politics: Handbook Topics and Themes Peter Dauvergne 2. Research in Global Environmental Politics: History and Trends Peter Dauvergne PART II: STATES, GOVERNANCE AND SECURITY 3. Garrett Hardin and Tragedies of Global Commons Marvin S. Soroos 4. Studying the Global Commons: Governance Without Politics? John Vogler 5. Globalization and Environmental Protection on the High Seas Elizabeth R. DeSombre 6. Renewable Energy and International Politics Ian H. Rowlands 7. Effectiveness, Capacity Development and International Environmental Cooperation Stacy D. VanDeveer 8. Why Environmental Politics Looks Different from the South Adil Najam 9. Man, The State and Nature: Rethinking Environmental Security Richard A. Matthew 10. Filthy Rich, Not Dirt Poor! How Nature Nurtures Civil Violence Indra de Soysa 11. Why is There No Unified Theory of Environmental Governance? Oran R. Young PART III: CAPITALISM, TRADE AND CORPORATIONS 12. Towards a Political Economy of Global Environmental Governance Peter Newell 13. Environmental Governance . . . or Government? The International Politics of Environmental Instruments Andrew Jordan, Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel and Anthony R. Zito 14. Environmental Regulation, Certification and Corporate Standards: A Critique Ronnie D. Lipschutz 15. Incentives Affecting Land Use Decisions of Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners Abigail M. York, Marco A. Janssen and Elinor Ostrom 16. Green Political Economy and the Promise of the Social Economy John Barry and Graham Smith 17. Moving the Earth: Cars and the Dynamics of Environmental Politics Matthew Paterson 18. Transnational Corporations and Global Environmental Governance Jennifer Clapp 19. Environmental Policy and the Environmental Kuznets Curve: Can Developing Countries Escape the Detrimental Consequences of Economic Growth? Matthew A. Cole and Eric Neumayer 20. Trade Liberalization and Global Environmental Governance: The Potential for Conflict Kate O’Neill and William C.G. Burns 21. The Environment, Trade and International Organizations J. Samuel Barkin 22. Race to the Middle: Environmental Politics in the Mercosur Free Trade Agreement Kathryn Hochstetler PART IV: CIVIL SOCIETIES, KNOWLEDGE AND ETHICS 23. Science and Environmental Citizenship Sheila Jasanoff 24. Science and International Environmental Governance Peter M. Haas 25. Knowledge and Global Environmental Policy Marc Williams 26. Vulnerability Analysis and Environmental Governance Marybeth Long Martello 27. Growth and Fragmentation in Expert Networks: The Elusive Quest for Integrated Water Resources Management Ken Conca 28. After Nature: Environmental Politics in a Postmodern Age Paul Wapner 29. Transnational Environmental Harm, Inequity and the Cosmopolitan Response Lorraine Elliott 30. Gaia Theory: Intimations for Global Environmental Politics Karen Litfin Index

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Book SynopsisThis fully updated and comprehensively revised edition of a classic text concentrates on the economics of conserving the living environment. It begins by covering the ethical foundations and basic economic paradigms' essential for understanding and assessing ecological economics. General strategies for global environmental conservation, policies for government intervention, developing countries, preserving wildlife and biodiversity, open-access to and common property in natural resources, conservation of natural areas, forestry, agriculture and the environment, tourism, sustainable development and demographic change are also all covered.This second edition deals with contemporary environmental policy issues that can be expected to be of lasting concern and importance - each chapter benefiting from either the addition of substantial sections of new material, valuable explanations or updates and revisions in light of developments in theory or world events and conditions. Updated techniques of economic analysis are also introduced, explained simply, and applied as appropriate.Economics of Environmental Conservation, Second Edition is written in an engaging and accessible manner and as such will be warmly received by both specialists and non-specialists in economics. It will find a wide readership amongst academics and policymakers in the fields of ecological, environmental and natural resource economics as well as those involved in development studies, environmental management and science, and conservation ecology and biology. Particular chapters will be of interest to those in tourism studies, agriculture, wildlife management and forestry.Trade Review'Tisdell has produced one of the best books in print about the economics of environmental conservation. This volume updates the 1991 edition by discussing more current issues, theories, developments, and analytic frameworks. Tisdell masterfully weaves into many chapters insights from ecological economics - a somewhat new area of economics that cannot be ignored in informed discussions of environmental conservation. . . Tisdell writes clearly and documents each chapter extremely well. He presents a quite balanced view on policy issues, discussing pros and cons of different policies. . . Overall, an extraordinary book. Essential. Academic collections, upper-division undergraduate and up.' -- D.D. Miller, Choice'I like it a lot and would certainly recommend it to students as an excellent entry point into environmental economics. It is certainly comprehensive, covering international through to local environmental issues, developed and developing country experiences across both "green" and "brown" topics. The book is written in a highly accessible style and embodies a rigorous theoretical base on which is developed a host of practical examples of application. This reflects Tisdell's wide ranging experience as one of the "senior statesmen" of environmental economics.' -- Jeff Bennett, The Australian National University'A second edition of this book is to be warmly welcomed. The insights it offers into the sustainable use of ecological resources, especially in developing countries, are important for those coming to the study of environmental, resource or ecological economics for the first time. While the treatment of new topics such as globalization and the Environmental Kuznets Curve adds value to the original text, the inclusion of much material from the first edition helps remind us that there is a rich and long-standing literature on this topic.' -- Charles Perrings, University of York, UK'In the second edition of Economics of Environmental Conservation Clem Tisdell applies wisdom, experience and carefully developed economic theory to dozens of conservation issues. The result is a wide ranging book that skillfully employs ecological economics to analyse conservation issues drawn often from Australia and Asia and relevant in many countries. The policy options proposed to the diverse conservation issues reflect a philosophy developed during more than thirty years research. The book is a rich source of insight and inspiration for anyone analysing environmental conservation issues.' -- Ross Cullen, Lincoln University, New ZealandTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Economics and the Living Environment 2. Global Conservation Strategies and Concerns 3. Markets and Government Intervention in Environmental Conservation 4. Environmental Conservation in Developing Countries 5. Preservation of Wildlife and Genetic Diversity 6. Open-Access, Common-Property and Natural Resource Management 7. Economics of Conserving Natural Areas and Valuation Techniques 8. Forestry, Trees and Conservation 9. Agriculture and the Environment 10. Tourism, Outdoor Recreation and the Natural Environment 11. Sustainable Development and Conservation 12. Population, Economic Growth, Globalisation and Conservation: A Concluding Perspective Index LIST OF MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN CLEM TISDELL'S SECOND EDITION OF ECONOMICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION COMPARED TO 1ST EDITION ORGANISED BY CHAPTERS Chapter 1 Contains a new section on “Uncertainty, welfare and environmental issues”. Chapter 2 Has been renamed “Global conservation strategies and concerns” updated, and a new section added: “Significant differences between Caring for the Earth and the World Conservation Strateg.” Chapter 3 • A slight alteration of chapter title has been made so that it now reads: “Markets and government intervention in environmental conservation”. • A new introductory section has been added in order to place the market system within a set of social mechanisms for environmental management. This enables market mechanisms to be seen in context. Also in this new section the possibility of using market mechanisms for resource management is related to property rights and the scope for excludability on the one hand, and rivalry or competitiveness in the use of resources on the other. This is important because it specifies (classifies) the prospects for using markets to efficiently manage environmental resources. • New material is added to provide a simplified exposition of the theory of Paretian relevant and irrelevant environmental externalities. • Tradeable environmental rights are added as one mechanism for managing adverse environmental externalities. Chapter 4 • Additional illustrations and examples of issues involving environmental conservation in developing countries have been put in the text. • A final section is added to provide concluding observations on conservation in LDCs. Chapter 5 Several new sections have been added to this chapter to take account of advances in theory and changed world conditions since the 1st edition eg. the development of the total economic value concept the use of GMOs and growing globalisation. Added sections cover the following: • Total economic value and the valuation of wildlife and biodiversity; • Property rights in genetic material, GMOs, and conservation of biodiversity; and • Globalisation, market extension and genetic diversity of domesticated animals and plants. Chapter 6 • The title has been slightly changed and a clearer distinction has been made between open-access resources and communal resources. • There are links back to the property rights discussion in the first section of Chapter 3. • An extra section has been added to clarify and discuss open-access to resources and its regulation. Chapter 7 The title of this chapter has been altered somewhat to better reflect its contents. It is now entitled “Economics of conserving natural resources and valuation techniques.” Several extra sections are added, these include: • “An overview of approaches to estimating the value of non-marketed commodities”. This places the various economic valuation techniques in context. • “Some additional economic valuation techniques”. This introduces choice modelling and mixed techniques, such as the hedonic travel cost method. • “Using total economic values for social choices about resource use.” This provides a further opportunity to put economic valuation techniques in context and to follow-up the use of the total economic valuation technique introduced in Chapter 5. • “Government versus non-government provision of natural areas”. Since the 1st edition, NGOs have become increasingly involved in conservation and this section is added to assess their economic role and the rationale of their involvement. Chapter 8 A new section has been added: “Forest plantations versus natural forests: a discussion”. This addresses an important environmental issue. Chapter 9 A new section has been added entitled “Genetically modified organisms in agriculture: economic and biodiversity issues”. This has been done to keep the chapter on agriculture and the environment abreast of new developments. Chapter 10 Two sections have been added: • “Tourism, conservation and the total economic value of a natural area and economic impact and economic impact analysis”. This enables the practical implications of two different sets of economic concepts to be appreciated and provides cross links to sections in Chapters 5 and 7. • “Sustainability, ecotourism and economics”. This discusses the nature of ecotourism, its economics and whether or not it contributes to sustainability. Chapter 11 A new section has been added entitled “Capital, natural resource conversion and human welfare: further considerations”. This provides an opportunity to relate natural resources to conceptual developments in the theory of capital and provides a more in depth treatment of strong and weak conditions for sustainable development. Chapter 12 This chapter has undergone significant change. Its title is altered to “Population, economic growth, globalisation and conservation: a concluding perspective”. The sections on population levels and population growth have been revised and updated. The following new sections are added: • “Environmental Kuznets curves: do they provide grounds for environmental optimism?” The concept of the environmental Kuznets curve was not in the literature when the 1st edition was produced. • “Is economic globalisation favourable or unfavourable to environmental conservation?” Since the first edition, economic globalisation has increased in importance and the above issue has been hotly debated. Ecological economics provides some important perspectives on it. • The “Concluding remarks” section has been rewritten so as to reflect the major changes in this chapter. Apart from the above, changes have been made in most of the retained sections from the 1st edition (of which only a few have been deleted). For example, to update materials, extra references have been added. However, the essential features of the 1st edition have been retained and no important material from the 1st edition has been discarded. A critically constructive approach is retained. Clem Tisdell 8 February 2005

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Book SynopsisIn the current era of globalisation, national governments are increasingly exposed to international influences which can present many new constraints and opportunities for domestic environmental policies. This comprehensive Handbook pushes the frontiers of theoretical and empirical knowledge, and provides a state-of-the-art examination of the critical effects of globalisation on environmental governance. Following a comprehensive introduction by the editors, the expert contributors analyse key concepts and recent developments in themes such as national regimes, types of environmental goods, trade rules and environmental policies, eco-innovation policy, government-business cooperation, the role of citizen-consumers in environmental politics, and governance in developing countries. They also present various societal perspectives, including the role of businesses and non-governmental organisations. Eight original case studies address global influences on domestic environmental policies and government participation in international and supranational fora. The Handbook concludes with innovative and challenging views on the future role of national governments in global environmental governance. Including contributions from leading authorities in academia, government, and business, this comprehensive new Handbook provides an insightful overview of the powerful effect of globalisation on national environmental policy. The depth and scope of the work will ensure a broad and varied readership, including academics, students, and policymakers in the fields of governance, environmental politics and law, international relations, and political science.Trade Review'This is undoubtedly a useful collection of essays for environmental policymakers and anyone interested in the relationship between national government and transnational forces. . . the collection brings together some interesting perspectives and should prove a useful complement to the existing political sociology of the environment.' -- International Sociology - Review of Books'The Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy is a very important book. More than 40 experienced authors, including some of the most important international thought leaders of our time, have confronted a crucial question: How can and should national governments come to grips with the need for global action on a wide range of increasingly urgent environmental challenges that exceed their authority and capability? Through close examination of numerous case studies, a balanced perspective that takes government, business and civil society into account, and fresh interdisciplinary thinking about a range of policy tools, the Handbook offers a treasure trove of new concepts and new perspectives. The authors conclude that by acknowledging the ongoing erosion of national sovereignty and accepting the growing need to work together in supranational forums, national governments can, in fact, increase their capacity to shape their own destiny.' -- Lawrence Susskind, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US'In an increasingly interdependent world, global forces affect both the design and effectiveness of environmental policy. This Handbook provides an unusually creative and comprehensive guide, not only to the nature of these forces and their impacts, but also to how a better understanding of these forces can provide a foundation for improving the effectiveness of environmental policy.' -- Tom Tietenberg, Colby College, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Globalisation and National Environmental Policy: An Overview Kees Zoeteman, Frank Wijen and Jan Pieters PART I: CONCEPTS AND STATE OF AFFAIRS 2. Trade and Investment: Selected Links to Domestic Environmental Policy Tom Jones 3. Globalisation and National Incentives for Protecting Environmental Goods: Types of Goods, Trade Effects, and International Collective Action Problems Alkuin Kölliker 4. Financing Global Public Goods: Responding to Global Environmental Challenges Pedro Conceição and Inge Kaul 5. National Environmental Policies and Multilateral Trade Rules Marion Jansen and Alexander Keck 6. Towards an Effective Eco-Innovation Policy in a Globalised Setting René Kemp, Luc Soete and Rifka Weehuizen 7. Collaboration of National Governments and Global Corporations in Environmental Management Kees Zoeteman and Eric Harkink 8. Globalisation and the Role of Citizen-Consumers in Environmental Politics Gert Spaargaren and Susan Martens 9. Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States David Vogel, Michael Toffel and Diahanna Post 10. Globalisation and Policies/Politics towards Sustainable Development in Developing Countries Hans Opschoor PART II: SOCIETAL PERSPECTIVES 11. Drivers of Business Behaviour in the Realm of Sustainable Development: The Role and Influence of the WBCSD, a Global Business Network Björn Stigson and Britta Rendlen 12. Globalisation, Policy Utility Suppliers, and the Environmental Agenda Jan Hol 13. Unilever and Sustainable Development Chris Dutihl 14. Globalisation and National Environmental Policy: The Influence of WWF, an International Non-Governmental Organisation Claude Martin 15. The Impact of European Non-Governmental Organisations on EU Environmental Regulation John Hontelez PART III: THE IMPACT OF GLOBALISATION ON DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES 16. National Room to Manoeuvre: The Dutch Position in EU Energy Policies Maarten Arentsen and Theo de Bruijn 17. Strategies to Prevent Illegal Logging Saskia Ozinga and Nicole Gerard 18. Globalisation and Crop-Protection Policy Joost van Kasteren 19. Free Trade in Agricultural Products and the Environment Jan van Vliet PART IV: THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN INTERNATIONAL AND SUPRANATIONAL FORUMS 20. Different Countries, Different Strategies: 'Green' Member States Influencing EU Climate Policy Sietske Veenman and Duncan Liefferink 21. The Dispersion of Authority in the European Union and its Impact on Environmental Regulation Ludwig Krämer 22. Mutual Recognition in the Testing of Chemicals through the OECD Rob Visser 23. Architecture of the Kyoto Protocol and Prospects for Public Climate Policy Frank Wijen and Kees Zoeteman PART V: NEW DIRECTIONS 24. Globalisation and Environmental Protection: A Global Governance Perspective Daniel Esty and Maria Ivanova 25. Governments and Policy Networks: Chances, Risks, and a Missing Strategy Charlotte Streck 26. Globalisation and Environmental Policy Design Konrad von Moltke 27. Effective Environmental Strategies for Small Countries in an Interconnected Global Setting Pieter Winsemius Index

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Book SynopsisVoluntary approaches, such as corporate codes of conduct, have been widely advocated as alternatives to traditional approaches to environmental regulation. Yet concern remains that companies cannot be trusted to police themselves and that many of the putative advantages of self regulation, such as reduced cost and increased flexibility, have not been realised in practice. The book systematically analyses three initiatives (environmental management systems, the Australian Greenhouse Challenge and the Australian mining industry's Code for Environmental Management) and their contribution to public environmental policy. By moving the debate away from narrow considerations of economic efficiency towards a broader framework that accounts for the multiple goals to which environmental policy needs to be directed, this book significantly enhances our understanding of the role that voluntary approaches can play in achieving environmental policy goals.The book is required reading for all those concerned with the design and implementation of modern environmental policy.Trade Review'Appealing to a wide audience. . . this book makes a worthwhile contribution to the environmental politics literature.' -- Darren McCauley, Environmental PoliticsTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction 2. Evaluating Environmental Policy Instruments Part II: Literature Review 3. Environmental Policy Instruments Part III: Voluntary Approaches in Australia 4. The Australian Environmental Policy Context 5. Environmental Management Systems 6. The Australian Greenhouse Challenge 7. The Australian Minerals Industry Code for Environmental Management Part IV: Synthesis and Analysis 8. Discussion Bibliography Index

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