Conservation of the environment Books
HarperCollins Publishers Weather Almanac 2024
Book SynopsisThe perfect gift for nature lovers and weather watchers. A fascinating month-by-month collection of facts, figures and explanations related to UK weather with details of famous meteorologists and their influence. Discover historical facts, notable weather events, amazing statistics and stories that will keep you informed all year round.
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MIT Press Tenacious Beasts
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Yale University Press Life
Book SynopsisA renowned scientist and environmental advocate looks back on a life that has straddled the worlds of science and politicsTrade Review“[A] frank, polyphonic autobiography.”—Nature“More gripping than a thrilling novel, Paul Ehrlich’s autobiography beats novels by being true. Colorful and no-holds-barred, it’s what you’d hope from the greatest living population biologist, who has thrived in science and policy controversies for 70 years.”—Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel “Paul Ehrlich is one of the supreme citizen-scientists of our time. His eventful and exemplary life is an inspiration not only for a new generation of scientists, but for citizens everywhere.”—Partha Dasgupta, author of Time and the Generations: Population Ethics for a Diminishing Planet, and Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Cambridge “Paul Ehrlich has stirred up plenty of controversy over the decades and remains one of the world’s most provocative thinkers and truth-tellers. In this compellingly readable, rich book, a great human being takes us on the road that led to his view of life.”—Carl Safina, author of Becoming Wild “An irresistible read. Paul Ehrlich captivates us with his adventures and his love for butterflies, biology, family, and humanity, all interwoven with his irrepressible passion to defend nature—and us.”—Diana Wall, Colorado State University“Two books sat side by side on our family bookshelf while I was growing up in the early 1970s, alerting me to the growing threat to our environment. One of them was Paul Ehrlich’s The Population Bomb—a prescient, early warning of our collision course with environmental sustainability. It is a delight, a half century later, to read Paul’s wide-ranging, wondrous, and pleasantly amusing account of his amazing life—as a scientist, thinker, communicator, influencer, and champion for a sustainable world. Read Life and be emboldened to join the defining battle of our time—the battle to preserve a livable planet.”—Michael Mann, author of The New Climate War“In this adventure-filled book, one of the leading biologists of the last hundred years shares the stories of his fully lived life, a life in which he discovered many new details of the obscure biology of butterflies, reshaped the fields of evolutionary biology and conservation, and unapologetically sought to remake the world. It is a fascinating, funny, provocative book about a fascinating, funny, provocative man.”—Rob Dunn, author of A Natural History of the Future
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Cambridge University Press The Voluntary Environmentalists
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Cambridge University Press Freshwater Biodiversity
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Ivy Press The Eco Hero Handbook Simple Solutions to Tackle
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Beacon Press The Real Cost of Fracking How Americas Shale Gas
Book SynopsisA pharmacologist and a veterinarian pull back the curtain on the human and animal health effects of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” Across the country, fracking—the extraction of natural gas by hydraulic fracturing—is being touted as the nation’s answer to energy independence and a fix for a flagging economy. Drilling companies assure us that the process is safe, politicians push through drilling legislation without a serious public-health debate, and those who speak out are marginalized, their silence purchased by gas companies and their warnings about the dangers of fracking stifled. The Real Cost of Fracking pulls back the curtain on how this toxic process endangers the environment and harms people, pets, and livestock. Michelle Bamberger, a veterinarian, and Robert Oswald, a pharmacologist, combine their expertise to show how contamination at drilling sites translates into ill health and heartbreak
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University of New Mexico Press A Woman in the Great Outdoors
Book SynopsisMelody Webb's reflections on her twenty-five-year-long career in the National Park Service is an insider's account of a public bureaucracy. As a woman, she was working in a male-dominated agency; as an idealist, she attempted to champion the wise use of the national parks in a pragmatic political agency.
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Goose Lane Editions Birds of a Feather
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Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Behavior of the Golden Eagle
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Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Captive Raptor Management Rehabilitation
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Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Eagles of Hornby Island
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Hancock House On the Trail
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University of Alberta Press CLIMBER S PARADISE Making Canadas Mountain Parks
Book SynopsisTenacious activism of the Alpine Club of Canada leads to mountain recreation and conservation.Trade Review"There has been a definite need for a finely crafted book on the relationship between the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) and Canada’s Mountain Parks: Climber’s Paradise tells the tale in an exquisite manner and, in doing so, reveals much about the complex paradise of Canada’s mountaineering history and ethos.... Reichwein has certainly emerged...as one of the primary keepers of the distinctive Canadian mountaineering tradition, and Climber’s Paradise confirms yet again why this is the indubitable case." [Full review at bit.ly/1nYxnCK] -- Ron Dart * Highline Magazine *"The social and cultural history of mountaineering can go far beyond the simple understanding of history as a fixed chronology of great ascents in a progressive evolution of 'important events," writes Reichwein in her preface. The history of leisure and sport, she argues, can be brought together with environmental history and conservation philosophy. In this book, illustrated with rarely seen historical images, she explores how Alpine Club of Canada members helped shape the policies and sensibilities of western Canada's mountain parks, as the Club imagined and advocated on behalf of those parks to create a climber's paradise in the Rockies and neighbouring ranges." -- Lynn Martel * Gazette (Vol 23. No 3) *"As Reichwein explores how the ACC worked to protect what they had come to value, Climber’s Paradise becomes much more than a book about climbing or climbers, but a much broader look at the history of the Rocky Mountains and Canada’s national park system. She deftly walks a narrow ridge to ensure that Climber’s Paradise is as much about the balance of people and wilderness as it is a story about the ACC, a move that allows a wider audience to understand how people can be agents of positive cause and effect, rather than a negative force." [Full review at http://bit.ly/1dYjXTm] Rocky Mountain Outlook -- Rob Alexander * Rocky Mountain Outlook *"With many photos takes by early mountaineers, it's a good read--mixing theories and politics with the stores of people whose forethought, physical labour and ideology have allowed us to preserve the natural landscapes of these portions of our mountain heritage for all to enjoy." -- Karen Probert * The Sherwood Park-Strathcona County News *"A history of the Alpine Club of Canada from 1906 to 1974 and the role played by the club in promoting recreation, conservation, and tourism in Canada’s Rocky Mountain parks. Documents the entwined histories of mountaineering groups and the formation of national parks in Canada. Also explores the varied relationship between humans and wilderness, and how mountaineering sheds a new perspective on environmental and recreational history." Environmental History, Volume 20, Issue 2 * Environmental History *"The Alpine Club of Canada war formed in Winnipeg in 1906 by surveyor Arthur Wheeler and journalist Elizabeth Parker, with support from the Rev. J.C. Herdman of Calgary... The goals of the club included the promotion of scientific study and exploration of Canada's alpine regions; to promote mountain arts and crafts; to preserve the natural beauty of the parks; and to educate Canadians to appreciate their mountain heritage... This is a weighty book, providing extensive data on national parks with the perspective of the Alpine Club of Canada." * Alberta History *Canada’s national parks have a complex history in which sport-oriented nature tourism is a key element. PearlAnn Reichwein. Climber’s Paradise provides a detailed account of the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) and its entwined relationship with Canada’s mountain parks. This history focuses on western Canada and a western Canadian sport heritage. It is a valuable addition to social, environmental, and sport historiographies..." -- Elizabeth L. Jewett * University of Toronto Quarterly *"As PearlAnn Reichwein shows, Wheeler’s ACC was instrumental in creating and promoting the Rockies as a ‘‘climber’s paradise.’’ In doing so, it worked both with and against the federal government’s Parks branch over the course of the twentieth century, pushing for conservation and preferred access as well as negotiating the changing landscape of outdoor recreation. Inspired by the British Alpine Club, the ACC can be thought of as an ethnic institution, one that sought to encourage an appreciation for the mountains and the promotion of mountain recreation as well as scientific exploration. It also acted as a political lobby group..." [https://muse.jhu.edu/article/621168] -- Tina Loo and Meg Stanley * The Canadian Historical Review *"PearlAnn Reichwein provides a rich and absorbing history of the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC ), beginning at the organization’s birth in Winnipeg in 1906 and ending with the club’s conservation work in the 1970s.... Climber’s Paradise is both an informative and entertaining read. It makes a good companion book for specialists wishing to learn further details about national park history, the history of mountaineering, the making of Canadian nationhood, and other topics. Due to the accessible nature of the text, it also provides an enjoyable gateway into Canada’s past for nonspecialists." [DOI: 10.3138] -- Jessica M. DeWitt * Canadian Journal of History *"The study includes national parks in Alberta, British Columbia, and the Yukon Territory, and includes climbing expeditions made over the years.... This is a weighty book, providing extensive data on national parks with the perspective of the Alpine Club of Canada." * Alberta History *"This book by historian Pearlann Reichwein is a series of vignettes into the lives and explorations of the Alpine Club of Canada members.... At the beginning, the club’s interests were solely in climbing peaks previously unrecorded as climbed.... As the well-placed adventurers used their experience and political will, the fruits became a system of national parks with access to many wilderness areas." Canadian Field Naturalist, Vol. 129 -- Jim O'Neill * Canadian Field Naturalist *"Settler mythscapes are both imaginative and hugely practical affairs.... This remarkable and beautifully illustrated book demonstrates how a modern conservationist and environmental ethic is always enmeshed in troubling and contested historical and spatial specificities. Reichwein demonstrates how both national parks and national mountaineering clubs shared a rhetorical space and how mountain landscapes become invested with meaning, becoming ritual sites for performing symbolic forms of nationhood." [Full review at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09523367.2015.1072380] -- Jonathan Westaway, The International Journal of the History of Sport, 32:11-12Table of ContentsContents Preface xi Acknowledgements xv Abbreviations xvii Map xviii 1 Imagining Canada’s Mountain Parks 1 2 Canada’s Alpine Club 13 3 Mountaineering Camp in the Tented Town 59 4 Advocacy for Canada’s Hetch Hetchy 119 5 Conservation, Sport Tactics, and War Measures 153 6 Limitless Playgrounds? 197 7 Belonging in Mountain Landscapes 255 Epilogue 295 Reconnections in a Living World Appendices 311 Notes 317 References 359 Index 393
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Cambridge University Press Climate Engineering and the Law
Book SynopsisClimate change is increasingly recognized as a global threat, and is already contributing to record-breaking hurricanes and heat waves. To prevent the worst impacts, attention is now turning to climate engineering - the intentional large-scale modification of the environment to reduce the impact of climate change. The two principal methods involve removing some carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (which could consume huge amounts of land and money, and take a long period of time), and reducing the amount of solar radiation reaching the earth''s surface, perhaps by spraying aerosols into the upper atmosphere from airplanes (which could be done quickly but is risky and highly controversial). This is the first book to focus on the legal aspects of these technologies: what government approvals would be needed; how liability would be assessed and compensation provided if something goes wrong; and how a governance system could be structured and agreed internationally.Trade Review'In Climate Engineering and the Law, editors Michael B. Gerrard and Tracy Hester lead us into the third phase of climate change law and policy based on their sobering but inescapable assessment that the current trajectory of mitigation and adaptation policies will not be enough. The chapters of the volume, authored by experts in their fields, accessibly guide the reader through the essential scientific and legal foundations necessary for meaningful engagement over the question of climate engineering, and provide thoughtful insights on the important next steps. As disappointing as it may be to accept that some forms of climate geoengineering will be needed in order to avoid massive human and environmental catastrophe, they will be, and we'd better prepare law for it now rather than later.' J. B. Ruhl, David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair in Law, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee'Gerrard and Hester have persuasively made the case why the world's tool-kit for combating climate change must expand beyond climate mitigation and adaptation and include some forms of climate engineering. Their ground-breaking compilation of legal and technical issues surrounding potential climate engineering approaches will enable lawmakers, scientists and policymakers to consider this challenging subject in a clear-headed and disciplined manner.' David J. Hayes, Executive Director, State Energy and Environmental Impact Center, New York University and former Deputy Secretary, US Department of the Interior'The importance of legal and regulatory frameworks for the successful implementation of climate change mitigation cannot be overestimated. This book is long overdue and provides an excellent overview of the issues, as the entire field is evolving rapidly.' Klaus Lackner, Director, Center for Negative Carbon Emissions, Arizona State University'A much-needed, comprehensive treatment of the serious policy, structural, institutional, and legal challenges raised by climate engineering proposals. This work will be an important reference for shaping and framing the public debate as it continues to move forward. It highlights the near absence of regulatory and institutional frameworks to safeguard the planet from unforeseen consequences of well-intentioned, but risky, interventions.' David A. Wirth, Boston College Law School, Massachusetts'The world may need climate engineering, but the control of this technology will challenge our institutions dramatically. Climate Engineering and the Law nicely puts together the existing legal tools and concepts for governing intentional modification of the climate. The book makes clear that concepts for controlling geoengineering present unique challenges but finds utility in previous laws, policies and agreements.' Jane C. S. Long, former Principal Associate Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California'A book that should be read also by non-legal researchers, Climate Engineering and the Law will hopefully spur similar academic exercises, thus ultimately enhancing the collective wisdom desperately needed to turn anthropogenic manipulation of the planet into a shield against climate change, rather than a dreadful double-edged sword for self-destruction.' Matteo Fermeglia, Carbon & Climate Law ReviewTable of ContentsPreface and acknowledgments; Editors and contributors; 1. Introduction and overview Michael B. Gerrard; 2. Technologies Eli Kintisch; 3. International law Jesse L. Reynolds; 4. US law Albert C. Lin; 5. Liability and compensation Tracy Hester; 6. Research governance Michael Burger and Justin Gundlach; 7. Conclusions and recommendations Michael B. Gerrard and Tracy Hester.
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Cambridge University Press Wildlife Politics
Book SynopsisAttitudes towards charismatic animals such as tigers, lions, bears and wolves vary greatly and change over time, resulting in bitter political debates. This comprehensive book identifies and analyses the factors that influence policies across the globe, highlighting how this impacts conservation as a whole. Issues such as overexploitation, hunting, ecotourism and the struggle to prevent illegal wildlife trafficking are examined and science''s role in policymaking is assessed. The conflicting forces behind legislation, including institutions, interest groups and the media are analysed, with particular focus on the significance of the Endangered Species Act, covering over forty-five species that have become matters of political debate in sixty-seven different countries. Case studies and conceptual frameworks provide a clear understanding of the key topics, shedding light on this important yet often overlooked area of environmental politics.Trade Review'Eminently readable and thoroughly referenced, Wildlife Politics fills a great void in the literature. It will make an excellent primary text in classes on conservation politics and an excellent supplementary text in survey courses on conservation, which usually give short shrift to politics and thus leave students unprepared.' David Johns, Biological Conservation'The utility of this book to students and scholars lies in its diversity of subject matter and the depth in which subjects are explored.' J. Organ, Choice'This is an incredibly well-researched overview and survey of the factors, issues, and considerations that are relevant to conservation of biological diversity in the Unites States and around the world. This book would be an excellent reference and starting point for students, policy practitioners, and wildlife managers who want to gain a greater appreciation for the complexities of wildlife politics.' Brett Hartl, The Quarterly Review of Biology'Wildlife Politics is an impressive summary of many of the social and political issues that shape conservation … this will be a valuable resource for those interested in wildlife politics, wherever they are in the world.' Rebecca Nesbit, The BiologistTable of Contents1. An introduction to wildlife politics; 2. Science and the protection of wildlife; 3. Implementation and enforcement issues in preserving wildlife; 4. The development of US wildlife policies and legislation; 5. Charismatic animals, carnivores, and the politics of wildlife; 6. The ESA: evaluation and politics; 7. Comparative wildlife politics; 8. International wildlife politics; 9. Wildlife politics, values, and ethics; 10. Hunting and wildlife politics; 11. Tourism: good or bad for conservation of wildlife?; 12. Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Why Environmental Policies Fail
Book SynopsisThis book is for those who are not just interested in the ways humans have harmfully altered their environment, but instead wish to learn why the many governmental policies in place to curb such behavior have been unsuccessful. Since humans began to exploit natural resources for their own economic ends, we have ignored a central principle: nature and humans are not separate, but are a unified, interconnected system in which neither is superior to the other. Policy must reflect this reality. We failed to follow this principle in exploiting natural capital without expecting to pay any price, and in hurriedly adopting environmental laws and policies that reflected how we wanted nature to work instead of how it does work. This study relies on more accurate models for how nature works and humans behave. These models suggest that environmental laws should be consistent with the laws of nature.Table of ContentsPrologue; Part I. Nature: Humans and their Environmental Surroundings: 1. The gardener and the sick garden; Part II. Nature: A History and Assessment of Environmental Policies: 2. Four troubled eras of environmental policies; 3. An assessment: environmental policies have failed; Part III. Why Environmental Policies Fail I: Faulty Assumptions behind Environmental Rules: 4. A false worldview; 5. Failed model #1: how nature works; 6. Failed model #2: how to value nature; 7. Failed model #3: how humans behave; Part IV. Why Environmental Policies Fail II: A Critique of Existing and Proposed Strategies: 8. A narrative of failed environmental strategies; Part V. Environmental Policy Must Obey the Fundamental Laws of Nature: 9. Nature and symmetry; 10. Toward a new legal alignment of humans and nature; Epilogue.
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Cambridge University Press Modelling Naturebased Solutions
Book SynopsisNature-based solutions (NBS) are essential to ensure a sustainable society and healthy ecosystem over the coming decades. However, the systems to be managed are both broad and complex, requiring an integrated understanding of both bio-physical systems, such as soils and water, and economic and social systems, such as urban development and human behaviour. This edited book joins these domains of knowledge together from an applied perspective and considers how computer science can help. It takes a strategic look at the benefits and barriers to using modelling within environmental management and planning practice. It delves further by providing an in-depth comparative review of a wide range of models from a variety of scientific disciplines of interest with examples of their use for NBS. As such, this illustrated guide is designed to help students, researchers and practitioners navigate the huge range of modelling options available and develop the common understanding to work inter-discipTable of ContentsIntroduction Neil Sang; 1. Landscape modelling and stakeholder engagement: participatory approaches and landscape visualisation David Miller, Åsa Ode Sang, Iain Brown, Jose Munoz-Rojas, Chen Wang and Gillian Donaldson-Selby; 2. Agent-based models of coupled social and natural systems Jiaqi Ge and Gary Polhill; 3. Modelling nature-based solutions from soil ecosystem services Matthew Aitkenhead; 4. Modelling water resources for nature-based solutions Sarah Dunn; 5. Models at the service of marine nature-based solutions Ioanna Akoumianaki and Arthur Capet; 6. Coastal and freshwater flood models: a review in the context of NBS Neil Sang; 7. Nature-based solutions to urban microclimate regulation Johanna Deak Sjöman and Erik Johansson; 8. Data mining, machine learning and spatial data infrastructures for scenario modelling Neil Sang and Matthew Aitkenhead; 9. Can geodesign be used to facilitate boundary management for planning and implementation of nature-based solutions? Sarah Gottwald, Ron Janssen and Christopher Raymond; 10. Integrating models into practice-recommendations Neil Sang, Ionna Akoumianaki, Matthew Aitkenhead, David Miller and Åsa Ode-Sang; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Shepherding Nature
Book SynopsisGlobally, more and more species are at risk of extinction as the environment and climate change. Many of these species require long-term management to persist - they are conservation-reliant. The magnitude of this challenge requires a rethinking of how conservation priorities are determined and a broader societal commitment to conservation. Choices need to be made about which species will be conserved, for how long, and by whom. This volume uses case studies and essays by conservation practitioners from throughout the world to explore what conservation reliance is and what it means for endangered-species management. Chapters consider threats to species and how they are addressed, legal frameworks for protecting endangered species, societal contexts and conflicts over conservation goals, and how including conservation reliance can strengthen methods for prioritizing species for conservation. The book concludes by discussing how shepherding nature requires an evaluation of societal valueTrade Review'Long-term commitments and careful attention to relationships with human societies are going to be critical for the successful preservation of many species in coming decades. This book, written by leading practitioners, provides timely and expert guidance for conservation planning.' Georgina Mace, University College London'I've been working my way through Shepherding Nature, and it's hard to imagine a better book for the topic. The authors provide some frameworks for thinking, analyzing factors that threaten (single or multiple, expected or unexpected), case studies that are each rather unique in threat, response, and outcome, connecting ecology with policy and management, and then great essays by people engaged with the cases, putting a very human face on the stories. The book has both a paradigm about how the future of species will develop (conservation reliance - what is it, how to think about it, how to engage in it) and the evidence-based case studies that show how different cases are (but thereby giving some insights in to the general questions and challenges that are common across them). It's hard to know how much difference a book can make, but if a book can make a difference in this arena, this is the one that the authors have written. By the time I was done I realized the book didn't rely on any ecological concepts - its approach was thoroughly evidence based. That gave me a smile.' Dan Binkley, School of Forestry, Northern Arizona UniversityTable of Contents1. Extinction and the challenge of conservation reliance; 2. The conservation spectrum; 3. The genesis of conservation reliance and the language of conservation; 4. What are the threats; 5. Emerging threats in a rapidly changing world; 6. The role of policy and law; 7. What's in the conservationist's toolbox: species-centered approaches; 8. Expanding the conservationist's toolbox: going beyond species; 9. Conservation reliance is a human issue; 10. Making tough decisions: prioritizing species for conservation; 11. Being a good shepherd; Appendices; Author biographies; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Comparative Plant Succession Among Terrestrial Biomes of the World
Book SynopsisDespite a century of study by ecologists, recovery following disturbances (succession) is not fully understood. This book provides the first global synthesis that compares plant succession in all major terrestrial biomes and after all major terrestrial disturbances. It asks critical questions such as: Does succession follow general patterns across biomes and disturbance types? Do factors that control succession differ from biome to biome? If common drivers exist, what are they? Are they abiotic or biotic, or both? The authors provide insights on broad, generalizable patterns that go beyond site-specific studies, and present discussions on factors such as varying temporal dynamics, latitudinal differences, human-caused vs. natural disturbances, and the role of invasive alien species. This book is a must-read for researchers and students in ecology, plant ecology, restoration ecology and conservation biology. It also provides a valuable framework to aid land managers attempting to manipulate successional recovery following increasingly intense and widespread human-made disturbances.Trade Review'… a useful reference volume for students of succession … Prach and Walker … succeed in their comprehensive survey of plant succession, and in highlighting the many gaps for future research.' Gillian L Rapson, Conservation Biology'… a much-needed summary and synthesis in a single volume … By presenting a thorough, detailed comparative summary of plant succession research to date, Prach and Walker provide the needed foundation for future successional research.' Cynthia Chang, The Quarterly Review of BiologyTable of ContentsPart I. Plant Succession and Biomes: 1. Introduction; 2. Humans and succession; 3. Terrestrial biomes; Part II. Succession by Disturbance Type: 4. Comparative approach; 5. Volcanoes; 6. Glaciers; 7. Cyclones; 8. Dunes; 9. Landslides; 10. Floods; 11. Fire; 12. Clearcuts; 13. Plowed fields; 14. Mines; 15. Other disturbances; Part III. Synthesis: 16. Synthesis; 17. Conclusions and future research challenges.
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Cambridge University Press Comparative Plant Succession Among Terrestrial Biomes of the World
Book SynopsisDespite a century of study by ecologists, recovery following disturbances (succession) is not fully understood. This book provides the first global synthesis that compares plant succession in all major terrestrial biomes and after all major terrestrial disturbances. It asks critical questions such as: Does succession follow general patterns across biomes and disturbance types? Do factors that control succession differ from biome to biome? If common drivers exist, what are they? Are they abiotic or biotic, or both? The authors provide insights on broad, generalizable patterns that go beyond site-specific studies, and present discussions on factors such as varying temporal dynamics, latitudinal differences, human-caused vs. natural disturbances, and the role of invasive alien species. This book is a must-read for researchers and students in ecology, plant ecology, restoration ecology and conservation biology. It also provides a valuable framework to aid land managers attempting to manipulate successional recovery following increasingly intense and widespread human-made disturbances.Trade Review'… a useful reference volume for students of succession … Prach and Walker … succeed in their comprehensive survey of plant succession, and in highlighting the many gaps for future research.' Gillian L Rapson, Conservation Biology'… a much-needed summary and synthesis in a single volume … By presenting a thorough, detailed comparative summary of plant succession research to date, Prach and Walker provide the needed foundation for future successional research.' Cynthia Chang, The Quarterly Review of BiologyTable of ContentsPart I. Plant Succession and Biomes: 1. Introduction; 2. Humans and succession; 3. Terrestrial biomes; Part II. Succession by Disturbance Type: 4. Comparative approach; 5. Volcanoes; 6. Glaciers; 7. Cyclones; 8. Dunes; 9. Landslides; 10. Floods; 11. Fire; 12. Clearcuts; 13. Plowed fields; 14. Mines; 15. Other disturbances; Part III. Synthesis: 16. Synthesis; 17. Conclusions and future research challenges.
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Cambridge University Press Changing Senses of Place
Book SynopsisThis book is for those engaged in the environmental and social sciences - students, researchers and practitioners alike - who are seeking a new understanding of the multiple and shifting senses of place emerging in today's globalised world. It draws upon inter-disciplinary perspectives from the Global North and Global South.Trade Review'Changing Senses of Place is a tour-de-force, provoking the reader to think more deeply about how we view place and the challenges faced by globalisation in its many forms. The volume provides vital guidance in how we might navigate an increasingly uncertain and precarious future.' Guy M. Robinson, University of Adelaide, Australia'Recommended.' G. J. Martin, Choice MagazineTable of ContentsList of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: senses of place in the face of global challenges; Part I. Climate Change and Ecological Regime Shifts: 1. Coral reef collapse and sense of place in the great barrier reef, Australia; 2. Navigating the temporalities of place in climate adaptation: case studies from the USA; 3. The place-subjectivity continuum after a disaster: enquiring into the production of sense of place as an assemblage; 4. Changing sense of place and local responses to Bengaluru's disappearing lakes; 5. Place-making for regional conservation: negotiating narratives of stability and change; Part II. Migration, Mobility and Belonging: 6. Exploring senses of place through narratives of tourism growth and place change: the case of the faroe islands; 7. No one is a prophet at home: mobility and senses of place in West Africa; 8. Place detachment and the psychology of nonbelonging: lessons from diepsloot informal settlement; 9. Sense of place in urban China: multiple determinants of rural-urban migrants' belongingness to the host city; Part III. Renewable Energy Transitions: 10. Farming landscapes, energy landscapes or both? using social representations theory to understand the impact of energy transitions on rural senses of place; 11. Auto-photography, senses of place and public support for marine renewable energy; 12. A life course approach to the pluralisation of sense of place: understanding the social acceptance of low-carbon energy developments; Part IV. Nationalism and Competing Territorial Claims: 13. Ethnocentric bias in perceptions of place: the role of essentialism and the perceived continuity of places; 14. Sense of place between spatial justice and urban violence in Palestine; 15. The political ecology of place meaning: identity, political self-determination and illicit resource use in the manas tiger reserve, India; Part V. Urban Change: 16. Uncovering competing senses of place in a context of rapid urban change; 17. Gentrification and the creative destruction of sense of place: a psychosocial exploration of urban transformations in Barcelona; 18. Looking at the urban invisibles: appropriation of space and senses of place by people living in the streets; Part VI. Technological and Legal Transformations: 19. Electronically mediated sense of place; 20. A dynamic view of local knowledge and epistemic bonds to place: implications for senses of place and the governance of biodiversity conservation; 21. Social media and experiences of nature: towards a plurality of senses of place; Part VII. Design and Planning Strategies for Changing Senses of Place: 22. Local sense(s) of place in a global world: towards a normative framework for spatial planners; 23. Urban experimentation and the role of senses of place: an illustrative case from Rotterdam, the Netherlands; 24. Domestic matters: IKEA catalogues, the good home and the changing aspirations of urban Chinese; Part VIII. Conclusion. 25. Navigating the Spaciousness of Uncertainties Posed by Global Challenges: A Senses of Place Perspective; Appendix 1. List of catalogues referred to in chapter 24; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Plant Conservation
Book SynopsisThe rate of species and natural habitat loss across our planet is steadily accelerating. This book argues that existing practises of plant conservation are inadequate and firmly supports the placement of ecological restoration at the cornerstone of biodiversity conservation. The author unifies different aspects of conservation into one coherent concept, including natural area protection, ex situ conservation and in situ interventions through either population management or ecological restoration. Assisted colonization, experimentation, and utilization of threatened plant species are raised as crucial elements in restoration, with partly novel ecosystems being among its major target areas. Covering a wide spectrum of plant conservation examples, and offering practical methodologies alongside the theoretical context, this is a vital resource for students, research scientists and practitioners in conservation biology and restoration ecology.Trade Review'Sergei Volis' new book is a valuable contribution, especially in light of the extensive and growing threats to plant diversity worldwide. Building on the work of plant conservationists and restorationists over the past three decades, Volis highlights the role of conservation-oriented habitat restoration for the recovery of imperilled plants, including its important links to ex situ, quasi in situ, and in situ approaches to plant population management.' Robert H. Robichaux, University of Arizona'Sergei Volis brings together in one big important book the entire global knowledge base for plant conservation through ecological restoration. Progress begins here with the frank admission that traditional plant conservation strategies have not always worked well. He shows how modern ecological restoration concepts, including assisted colonization, large-scale experimentation, and utilization of threatened species, are being used around the world with promising success. This book is both a practical how-to manual and a comprehensive technical review of the best information on the many ways that ecological restoration is providing real breakthroughs in plant conservation. I was especially pleased to see that the author did not shy away from one of plant conservation's toughest challenges - ecological restoration on remote oceanic islands plagued by a host of invasive species. This book is a must for anyone with an interest in plant conservation in any part of the world.' David A. Burney, Makauwahi Cave Reserve, Hawaii'Plants are the foundation of life on Earth, but sometimes unaccountably neglected in global conservation strategies. Sergei Volis recognizes that a completely new approach is needed for plant conservation, and this important new publication provides an enormous service to the field of biodiversity conservation. By developing the theory of integrated conservation strategies into a single unified approach, Volis demonstrates a pathway by which the irreplaceable values of plant diversity can be protected from the stressors of a changing world. In particular, Volis demonstrates persuasively that habitat restoration will play a vital role in reversing ecosystem degradation, and in helping species and communities adapt to a rapidly changing world. This book places Sergei Volis among the world leaders in contemporary plant conservation.' Donald Falk, University of Arizona'This volume will be welcomed by all serious conservationists whose dedication and hard work can be disheartening when the impact seems like a drop in the ocean.' Alexander Waller, The Biologist'This is an important reference for anyone seriously interested in plant restoration ecology, recognizing the growing threats to plant communities and the ineffectiveness of attempting to preserve such communities and species as they were historically known. Though the target audience is professionals and graduate researchers, all readers with an interest in restoration ecology will find this book useful.' C. L. Johnson, Choice'… the broad conceptual and technical foundation upon which the recommendations are presented, as well as the detailed treatment of existing methodologies and strategies that can be combined to address the needs of various contexts, will make this a useful reference and planning aid for both researchers and managers.' Clare Aslan, The Quarterly Review of BiologyTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The concept major principles; 3. Restoration of threatened species; 4. Restoration of threatened species habitat; 5. Conservation-oriented restoration silvicultural toolkit; 6. Conservation-oriented restoration of particular systems; 7. From theory to practice.
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Cambridge University Press Development of Environmental Laws in India
Book SynopsisDevelopment of Environmental Laws in India highlights the dynamic nature of environmental law-making in India between the judiciary, the executive and the parliament. This has led to the creation of a wide range of environmental institutions and bodies with varied roles and responsibilities. The book contains a large volume of materials from the late 1990s, which show a marked shift in the nature of environmental governance in India. These materials offer an understanding of the contemporary debates in environment law in the context of India''s economic liberalisation. The materials are thematically organized and presented in an accessible manner. The chapters contain definitions and specific clauses from the legal instruments and refer to court orders and judgements on these themes.Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction: Environmental Laws and Development; 1. Fundamentals of Environmental Law; 2. Institutions Regulating India's Environment; 3. Forest Reservation and Conservation; 4. Pollution Control and Prevention; 5. Environment Protection; 6. Wildlife and Biodiversity Conservation; 7. Ground and Surface Water Extraction; 8. Land Acquisition; 9. Climate Change; 10. Contemporary Environmental Law Reforms; Index.
£71.24
Cambridge University Press Plant Conservation
Book SynopsisThe rate of species and natural habitat loss across our planet is steadily accelerating. This book argues that existing practises of plant conservation are inadequate and firmly supports the placement of ecological restoration at the cornerstone of biodiversity conservation. The author unifies different aspects of conservation into one coherent concept, including natural area protection, ex situ conservation and in situ interventions through either population management or ecological restoration. Assisted colonization, experimentation, and utilization of threatened plant species are raised as crucial elements in restoration, with partly novel ecosystems being among its major target areas. Covering a wide spectrum of plant conservation examples, and offering practical methodologies alongside the theoretical context, this is a vital resource for students, research scientists and practitioners in conservation biology and restoration ecology.Trade Review'Sergei Volis' new book is a valuable contribution, especially in light of the extensive and growing threats to plant diversity worldwide. Building on the work of plant conservationists and restorationists over the past three decades, Volis highlights the role of conservation-oriented habitat restoration for the recovery of imperilled plants, including its important links to ex situ, quasi in situ, and in situ approaches to plant population management.' Robert H. Robichaux, University of Arizona'Sergei Volis brings together in one big important book the entire global knowledge base for plant conservation through ecological restoration. Progress begins here with the frank admission that traditional plant conservation strategies have not always worked well. He shows how modern ecological restoration concepts, including assisted colonization, large-scale experimentation, and utilization of threatened species, are being used around the world with promising success. This book is both a practical how-to manual and a comprehensive technical review of the best information on the many ways that ecological restoration is providing real breakthroughs in plant conservation. I was especially pleased to see that the author did not shy away from one of plant conservation's toughest challenges - ecological restoration on remote oceanic islands plagued by a host of invasive species. This book is a must for anyone with an interest in plant conservation in any part of the world.' David A. Burney, Makauwahi Cave Reserve, Hawaii'Plants are the foundation of life on Earth, but sometimes unaccountably neglected in global conservation strategies. Sergei Volis recognizes that a completely new approach is needed for plant conservation, and this important new publication provides an enormous service to the field of biodiversity conservation. By developing the theory of integrated conservation strategies into a single unified approach, Volis demonstrates a pathway by which the irreplaceable values of plant diversity can be protected from the stressors of a changing world. In particular, Volis demonstrates persuasively that habitat restoration will play a vital role in reversing ecosystem degradation, and in helping species and communities adapt to a rapidly changing world. This book places Sergei Volis among the world leaders in contemporary plant conservation.' Donald Falk, University of Arizona'This volume will be welcomed by all serious conservationists whose dedication and hard work can be disheartening when the impact seems like a drop in the ocean.' Alexander Waller, The Biologist'This is an important reference for anyone seriously interested in plant restoration ecology, recognizing the growing threats to plant communities and the ineffectiveness of attempting to preserve such communities and species as they were historically known. Though the target audience is professionals and graduate researchers, all readers with an interest in restoration ecology will find this book useful.' C. L. Johnson, Choice'… the broad conceptual and technical foundation upon which the recommendations are presented, as well as the detailed treatment of existing methodologies and strategies that can be combined to address the needs of various contexts, will make this a useful reference and planning aid for both researchers and managers.' Clare Aslan, The Quarterly Review of BiologyTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The concept major principles; 3. Restoration of threatened species; 4. Restoration of threatened species habitat; 5. Conservation-oriented restoration silvicultural toolkit; 6. Conservation-oriented restoration of particular systems; 7. From theory to practice.
£41.79
Cambridge University Press Development of Environmental Laws in India
Book SynopsisDevelopment of Environmental Laws in India highlights the dynamic nature of environmental law-making in India between the judiciary, the executive and the parliament. This has led to the creation of a wide range of environmental institutions and bodies with varied roles and responsibilities. The book contains a large volume of materials from the late 1990s, which show a marked shift in the nature of environmental governance in India. These materials offer an understanding of the contemporary debates in environment law in the context of India''s economic liberalisation. The materials are thematically organized and presented in an accessible manner. The chapters contain definitions and specific clauses from the legal instruments and refer to court orders and judgements on these themes.Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction: Environmental Laws and Development; 1. Fundamentals of Environmental Law; 2. Institutions Regulating India's Environment; 3. Forest Reservation and Conservation; 4. Pollution Control and Prevention; 5. Environment Protection; 6. Wildlife and Biodiversity Conservation; 7. Ground and Surface Water Extraction; 8. Land Acquisition; 9. Climate Change; 10. Contemporary Environmental Law Reforms; Index.
£26.59
Cambridge University Press Surviving Climate Chaos
Book SynopsisSurviving climate chaos needs communities and ecosystems able to cope with near-random impacts. Their strength depends upon their integrity, so preserving and restoring this is essential. Total climate breakdown might be postponed by extreme efforts to conserve carbon and recapture pollutants, but climate chaos everywhere is now inevitable. Adaptation efforts by Paris Agreement countries are converging on community-based and ecosystem-based strategies, and case studies in Bolivia, Nepal and Tanzania confirm that these are the best ways forward. But success depends on local empowerment through forums, ecosystem tenure security and environmental education. When replicated, networked and shielded by governments, they can strengthen societies against climate chaos while achieving sustainable development. These vital messages are highlighted for all those who seek or have already found a role in promoting adaptation: for students, researchers and teachers, government officials and aid professionals, and for everyone who is now living under threat of climate chaos.Trade Review'Framing the text as a practical guide for how to think about and implement successful climate adaptation, Caldecott has crafted an essential, timely, thoroughly documented contribution, including almost 50 pages of cited references … Highly recommended.' J. E. Grinnell, Choice ConnectTable of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Context, Tools and Systems: 1. Adaptation and the Paris Agreement; 2. Chaos and Climate Emergency; Part II. Understanding Climate Chaos: 3. Systems, Climate and Ecology; 4. Making Systems Stronger; Part III. Practical System Strengthening: 5. Community Forest User Groups in Nepal; 6. Community Land Titling in Bolivia; 7. Coastal Zone and Community Planning in Zanzibar; 8. Liveable and Sustainable Cities; Part IV. Global Perspectives: 9. Changing Ideas of Adaptation; 10. Learning from the Adaptation Communications; 11. Adaptation in Specific Geographies; Part V. Conclusions: 12. Designing and Evaluating Adaptation Investments; 13. Adaptive Thinking, Feeling and Acting; Abbreviations and Acronyms; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Resilience Through Knowledge CoProduction
Book SynopsisConfronted with the complex environmental crises of the Anthropocene, scientists have moved towards an interdisciplinary approach to address challenges that are both social and ecological. Several arenas are now calling for co-production of new transdisciplinary knowledge by combining Indigenous knowledge and science. This book revisits epistemological debates on the notion of co-production and assesses the relevant methods, principles and values that enable communities to co-produce. It explores the factors that determine how indigenous-scientific knowledge can be rooted in equity, mutual respect and shared benefits. Resilience through Knowledge Co-Production includes several collective papers co-authored by Indigenous experts and scientists, with case studies involving Indigenous communities from the Arctic, Pacific islands, the Amazon, the Sahel and high altitude areas. Offering guidance to indigenous peoples, scientists, decision-makers and NGOs, this book moves towards a decolonisTable of Contents1. Co-production between Indigenous Knowledge and Science: Introducing a Decolonized Approach Marie Roué and Douglas Nakashima; Part I. From Practice to Principles: Methods and Challenges for Decolonized Knowledge Co-Production (DKC): 2. The Progression from Collaboration to Co-Production: Case Studies from Alaska Henry P. Huntington, George Noongwook, Anne K. Salomon, Nick M. Tanape, Sr.; 3. Learning about Sea Ice from the Kifikmiut: A Decade of Ice Seasons at Wales, 2006-2016 Hajo Eicken, Igor Krupnik, Winton Weyapuk, Jr., Matthew L. Druckenmiller; 4. Shaping the Long View: Iñupiat Experts and Scientists Share Ocean Knowledge on Alaska's North Slope Matthew L. Druckenmiller; 5. Indigenous Ice Dictionaries: Sharing Knowledge for a Changing World Igor Krupnik; 6. Mapping Land Use with Sámi Reindeer Herders: Co-Production in an Era of Climate Change Marie Roué, Lars-Evert Nutti, Nils-Johan Utsi, Samuel Roturier; 7. Sámi Herders' Knowledge and Forestry: Ecological Restoration of Reindeer Lichen Pastures in Northern Sweden Samuel Roturier, Lars-Evert Nutti, Hans Winsa; Part II. Indigenous Perspectives on Environmental Change: The Climate Agreements: What We Have Achieved and the Gaps That Remain Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim; 9. Reinforcing Traditional Knowledge in the City: Canoe Building and Navigation in the Changing Pacific Tikoidelaimakotu Tuimoce Fuluna; Reindeer Herding in a Time of Growing Adversity Anders BONGO; 11. Herders and Drought in the Sahel of Burkina Faso: Traditional Knowledge and Resilience Hanafi Amirou DICKO; Part III. Global Change and Indigenous Responses: 12. Competing Paradigms of Himalayan Climate Change and Adaptations: Indigenous Knowledge versus Economics Jan Salick; 13. Coping with a Warming Winter Climate in Arctic Russia: Patterns of Extreme Weather Affecting Nenets Reindeer Nomadism Bruce C. Forbes, Timo Kumpala, Nina Meschtyb, Roza Laptander, Marc Macias-Fauria, Pentti Zetterberg, Mariana Verdonen, Anna Skarin, Kwang-Yul Kim, Linette N. Boisvert, Julienne C. Stroeve, Annett Bartsch; 14. Rising Above the Flood: Modifications in Agricultural Practices and Livelihood Systems in Central Amazonia – Perspectives from Ribeirinho and Indigenous Communities Angela May Steward, Rafael Barbi Costa e Santos, Camille Rognant, Fernanda Maria de Freitas Viana, Julia Vieira da Cunha Ávila, Jessica Poliane Gomes dos Santos, Jacson Rodrigues, Samis Viera; 15. Indigenous Storytelling and Climate Change Adaptation Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares, Mar Cabeza; 16. Indigenous Knowledge and the Coloniality of Reality: Climate Change Otherwise in the Bolivian Andes Anders Burman; 17. Negotiating Co-Production: Climbing the Learning Curve Igor Krupnik; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Surviving Climate Chaos
Book SynopsisSurviving climate chaos needs communities and ecosystems able to cope with near-random impacts. Their strength depends upon their integrity, so preserving and restoring this is essential. Total climate breakdown might be postponed by extreme efforts to conserve carbon and recapture pollutants, but climate chaos everywhere is now inevitable. Adaptation efforts by Paris Agreement countries are converging on community-based and ecosystem-based strategies, and case studies in Bolivia, Nepal and Tanzania confirm that these are the best ways forward. But success depends on local empowerment through forums, ecosystem tenure security and environmental education. When replicated, networked and shielded by governments, they can strengthen societies against climate chaos while achieving sustainable development. These vital messages are highlighted for all those who seek or have already found a role in promoting adaptation: for students, researchers and teachers, government officials and aid professionals, and for everyone who is now living under threat of climate chaos.Trade Review'Framing the text as a practical guide for how to think about and implement successful climate adaptation, Caldecott has crafted an essential, timely, thoroughly documented contribution, including almost 50 pages of cited references … Highly recommended.' J. E. Grinnell, Choice ConnectTable of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Context, Tools and Systems: 1. Adaptation and the Paris Agreement; 2. Chaos and Climate Emergency; Part II. Understanding Climate Chaos: 3. Systems, Climate and Ecology; 4. Making Systems Stronger; Part III. Practical System Strengthening: 5. Community Forest User Groups in Nepal; 6. Community Land Titling in Bolivia; 7. Coastal Zone and Community Planning in Zanzibar; 8. Liveable and Sustainable Cities; Part IV. Global Perspectives: 9. Changing Ideas of Adaptation; 10. Learning from the Adaptation Communications; 11. Adaptation in Specific Geographies; Part V. Conclusions: 12. Designing and Evaluating Adaptation Investments; 13. Adaptive Thinking, Feeling and Acting; Abbreviations and Acronyms; References; Index.
£89.29
Cambridge University Press Morality and the Environmental Crisis
Book SynopsisThe environmental crisis creates an unprecedented moral predicament: how to be a good person when our collective and individual actions contribute to immeasurable devastation and suffering. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources from philosophy, political theory, global religion, ecology, and contemporary spirituality, Roger S. Gottlieb explores the ethical ambiguities, challenges, and opportunities we face. Engagingly written, intellectually rigorous, and forcefully argued, this volume investigates the moral value of nature; the possibility of an ''ecological'' democracy; how we treat animals; the demands and limits of individual responsibility and collective political change; contemporary ambiguities of rationality; and how to face environmental despair. In Morality and the Environmental Crisis, Gottlieb combines compassion for the difficulties of contemporary moral life with an unflinching ethical commitment to awareness and action.Trade Review'The wisdom of a lifetime of reflection on all the basic issues that intersect morality and the environment. This is the best - and most constructive - work I have read.' Larry Rasmussen, Union Theological Seminary'In this wise and beautiful book, Gottlieb explains how the environmental crisis constitutes a moral crisis. We have lost our way - in terms of knowing how to treat the world, be engaged citizens, and pursue meaningful lives. Gottlieb helps us navigate our confusion by inviting us to expand our understanding, compassion, and humanity. This is a generous, gem of a book.' Paul Wapner, American University, Washington, DC'Roger S. Gottlieb is one of the most significant public intellectuals of our time … [and brings] his philosophical, psychological, and spiritual wisdom to confront the way we think about the earth and each other. Gottlieb has produced a book that everyone who cares about the future of the life on Earth should be reading!' Michael Lerner, Editor of Tikkun'… inspiring, well researched and written … Gottlieb elaborates well-reasoned and impassioned appeals to stimulate moral choices that would concurrently overcome despair and generate hope. The envisioned outcome is achieving the greater common good on Earth. Very highly recommended.' John Hart, Boston University'In this insightful volume, Roger S. Gottlieb surveys the ecological crisis and our rabid exploitation of creation, not as potential threat but as immediate reality. With prophetic vision, he links that reality and its necessary remedy with a profound moral imperative, and a spirituality not as glib sentimentality but as hopeful necessity.' Bill J. Leonard, Wake Forest University, North Carolina'The environmental crisis is so wicked a problem that it has become hard, even impossible, to be morally good. Escalating our demands and vast powers, Homo sapiens, the wise species, has put the wonderland planet in deep jeopardy. Gottlieb probes these hopelessly entangled benefits and costs with frightening insight - daring radical revision of civilization.' Holmes Rolston, III, University Distinguished Professor and Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, Colorado State University'Readers of Morality and the Environmental Crisis will benefit from exploring these questions in the company of an experienced guide with a fine and empathetic mind. Gottlieb is well versed in practical environmental issues, contemporary environmental philosophy, and Jewish and other faith traditions, including non-western ones.' Tikkun'A philosophical overview of the choices that will shape our grandchildren's' lives. … This book is a call to repair the natural world by repairing ourselves and our communities: through the re-integration of mind and body, self and other, human and nature, feeling and thinking - as well as the integration of the realm of philosophical analysis with the realm in which the farmer tills his fields. … This comprehensive work not only analyses philosophies of right action, but definitions of nature and human nature, and the epistemology that informs our choices.' Ethics and the Environment'Gottlieb has done a superb job in this book, drawing upon his long experience and wisdom to bring together multiple enlightening reflections, traditions and arguments while attending to the practical and emotional problems and strains of being an environmentalist in our beleaguered times. Recommended.' Piers H. G. Stephens, Environmental ValuesTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Environmental crisis and moral life; 2. Why does nature matter? Paths to an environmental ethic; 3. The spirit of ecological democracy; 4. Can we talk? Understanding the 'other side' in the animal rights debates; 5. Where do we draw the line? Limits and virtues; 6. Guilt and responsibility; 7. Changing the world: a moral primer on environmental political activism; 8. Dilemmas of reason; 9. Despair; 10. Futures.
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Cambridge University Press A Framework for Community Ecology
Book SynopsisThis book addresses an important problem in ecology: how are communities assembled from species pools? This pressing question underlies a broad array of practical problems in ecology and environmental science, including restoration of damaged landscapes, management of protected areas, and protection of threatened species. This book presents a simple logical structure for ecological assembly and addresses key areas including species pools, traits, environmental filters, and functional groups. It demonstrates the use of two predictive models (CATS and Traitspace) and consists of many wide-ranging examples including plants in deserts, wetlands, and forests, and communities of fish, amphibians, birds, mammals, and fungi. Global in scope, this volume ranges from the arid lands of North Africa, to forests in the Himalayas, to Amazonian floodplains. There is a strong focus on applications, particularly the twin challenges of conserving biodiversity and understanding community responses to clTrade Review'… this book opens many intriguing questions about the theoretical framework of community ecology … The rather idiosyncratic positions expressed by the authors may be stimulating for a broad audience of ecologists, even (perhaps especially) for those who disagree. It is exactly the unusual character of this book that makes it particularly interesting.' Simone Fattorini, Community EcologyTable of ContentsPreface; 1. A general framework for community ecology; 2. Filters; 3. Species pools; 4. Traits; 5. Trait-environment interactions; 6. Functional groups; 7. Predictive models of community assembly; 8. Prospects and possibilities; References; Index.
£79.79
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Aquatic Oligochaete Biology VIII Proceedings of
Book SynopsisProceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaeta, held in Bilbao, Spain, 18-22 July 2000Table of ContentsPreface. List of participants. Some memories of Dr Gilberto Righi (1937-1999); M.L. Christoffersen. In memoriam, Professor Perry C. Holt, Ph.D. (1910-2000); S.R. Gelder. Part One: Taxonomy. Descriptions of three Pristina species (Naididae, Clitellata) from Amazonian forest soils, including P. marcusi sp. nov.; R. Collado, R.M. Schmelz. A new lumbriculid genus and species from North America (Clitellata, Lumbriculidae); S.V. Fend, D.L. Gustafson. Taxonomical survey of some stygobiont oligochaetes from the eastern part of France, including description of a new species; J. Juget, M. des Châteliers. A preliminary study of oligochaetes in Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake of China, and its vicinity, with description of a new species of Limnodrilus; H. Wang, Y. Liang. New alluroids (Annelida, Clitellata) from Guyana; P. Omodeo, K.A. Coates. Part Two: Diversity and Distribution. Notes on the diversity and distribution of Australian Naididae and Phreodrilidae (Oligochaeta: Annelida); A. Pinder. Oligochaetes in southern European groundwater: new records and an overview; N. Giani, et al. Oligochaete communities in the hyporheic zone of a glacial river, the Roseg River, Switzerland; M. Lafont, F. Malard. Oligochaetes in Lake Towada, Japan, an oligotrophic caldera; A. Ohtaka. Distribution and dispersal capacity of the Ponto-Caspian tubificid oligochaete Pothamothrix. moldaviensis Vejdovsky et Mrázek, 1903 in the Baltic Sea Region; G. Milbrink, T. Timm. Part Three: Morphology and Embriology. Temporal pattern of the double sperm line production in Tubifex tubifex (Annelida, Oligochaeta); S. Boi, M. Ferraguti. External structures used during attachment and sperm transfer in tubificids(Annelida, Oligochaeta); S. Cuadrado, E. Martínez-Ansemil. Mysterious `crystals': found on the epidermal peritoneum of marine tubificid (Clitellata: Annelida) species; K.A. Coates, et al. Pattern formation in embryos of the oligochaete annelid Tubifex: cellular basis for segmentation and specification of segmental identity; T. Shimizu, et al. Part Four: Feeding Biology and Reproduction. Selective feeding by the aquatic oligochaete Tubifex tubifex (Tubificidae, Clitellata); P. Rodriguez, et al. Cocoon deposition of Rhyacodrilus hiemalis Ohtaka (Tubificidae) in Lake Biwa, Japan; T. Narita. Part Five: Ecotoxicology and Bioaccumulation. Utility and relevance of aquatic oligochaetes in Ecological Risk Assessment; P. Chapman. Tubifex tubifex as a link in food chain transfer of hexachlorobenzene from contaminated sediment to fish; P. Egeler, et al. Bioaccumulation of lindane and hexachlorobenzene by the oligochaetes Enchytraeus Luxuriosus and Enchytraeus albidus (Enchytraeidae, Oligochaeta, Annelida); E. Bruns, et al. Part Six: Ecology. Spatial and temporal variations of oligochaetes of the Ivinhema River and Patos Lake on the Upper Paraná River Basin, Brazil; M.C. Montanholi-Martins, A.M. Takeda. The distribution and ecology of littoral Oligochaeta and Aphanoneura (Annelida) of the Natural and Historical Reserve of Isla Martín García, Río de la Plata River, Argentina; L.C. Armendáriz, I.I. César. Effects of Nais elinguis on the performance of an activated sludge plant; C.H. Ratsak. Half a century of oligochaete research in Estonian running waters; T. Timm, et al. Oligochaeta of the Morava and Odra Riv
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Advances in Environmental Research: Volume 56
Book SynopsisFlooding is the number one natural disaster in the United States. While levees can help reduce the risk of flooding, it is important to remember that they do not completely eliminate the risk. Chapter One discusses their downsides, as well as why the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) require periodic levee inspections and evaluations. Chapter Two focuses on the Mississippi River levee system, which is one of the largest levee systems in the world, in order to better understand the levee-delta interaction and its impact on the loss of vast expanses of coastal land on deltas around the globe. Furthermore, the chapter examines the New Orleans levee system and its performance during Hurricane Katrina, to demonstrate how human-made changes to the Mississippi River delta natural environment amplified the effects of the storm. Chapter Three explores the basic principles of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) following the latest developments and the current state of research related to wastewater treatment in term of COD, nitrates, phosphates, sulphates and micro pollutants removal. The different factors affecting the MFCs performance treatment are also discussed. Chapter Four focuses on boron, an important element affecting bio-synthesis and cell metabolism, yet one that is harmful when it exceeds its critical limit. A model for the analysis of concentration polarization and the degree of rejection of boric acid, borate anions and monovalent ions is proposed. Chapter Five investigates the relationship between coral calcification rate and four different controlling factors: seawater pH, aragonite saturation state (Ωarag), temperature, and light intensity. Seawater temperature, pH, andΩarag are all being directly affected by the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide occurring. Chapter Six discusses pollution caused by mineral oil. The use of mineral oil in a great variety of products is a basic necessity for an industrialized country; however, the authors say we cannot turn our backs on the responsibilities for the incorrect use of this product, or the damage caused by dumping untreated mineral oil waste products into water bodies. In Chapter Seven, the results of geomorphological research in the Ejina Basin (Inner Mongolia) are presented with regard to identifying the main landforms and the contemporary geologic processes. Chapter Eight focuses on the study of geomorphology and landscape evolution in Namibia, southwestern Africa. The relationship between geomorphology and climate in Namibia reveals the degree and extent to which its landscapes are determined by changing environmental conditions. Finally, Chapter 9 is an analysis of the current global logging activities. The authors explore the major drivers of logging and the logging processes which range from large-scale commercial timber plantations to individual harvesting. The chapter also gives a review of logging operations at a global scale and its underlying effects on the environment and the economy.
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Broadview Press Ltd Environmental Ethics: An Interactive Introduction
Book SynopsisThis book explains the basic concepts of environmental ethics and applies them to global environmental problems. The author concisely introduces basic moral theories, discusses how these theories can be extended to consider the non-human world, and examines how environmental ethics interacts with modern society’s economic approach to the environment. Online multiple-choice questions encourage the reader’s active learning.Trade Review“Andrew Kernohan’s Environmental Ethics: An Interactive Introduction is a fantastic text. Among its many strengths is the fact that it goes deeper into the intersection of environmental ethics, public policy, and economics than any other introductory text I have seen, and makes the important but often difficult ideas that lie in that intersection clear and accessible to complete newcomers. Additionally, its online component is ample and well-constructed, and a terrific resource for instructors and students alike.” — Craig Duncan, Ithaca College“It is high time that philosophers do more than speculate amongst themselves about issues of environmental ethics. Andrew Kernohan not only provides an interactive teaching tool, but equally importantly, he invites the reader to do environmental ethics. This engaging volume shows how philosophy can be vital to matters of environmental decision making and public policy.” — Ingrid Leman Stefanovic, University of TorontoTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPART I: ETHICAL THEORYChapter 1: Introduction to Environmental EthicsChapter 2: MetaethicsChapter 3: Ethical AnalysisChapter 4: Ethical EgoismChapter 5: UtilitarianismChapter 6: Virtue EthicsChapter 7: RightsChapter 8: JusticePART II: ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICSChapter 9: Obligations to Distant PeopleChapter 10: Future GenerationsChapter 11: Animal WelfareChapter 12: Animal RightsChapter 13: Biocentric EthicsChapter 14: Ecocentric EthicsChapter 15: EcofeminismChapter 16: Deep EcologyPART III: ETHICS, ECONOMICS, AND THE ENVIRONMENTChapter 17: Ethics and EconomicsChapter 18: Free-Market EnvironmentalismChapter 19: External Costs and Public GoodsChapter 20: Cost-Benefit AnalysisChapter 21: Precautionary PrinciplesChapter 22: Pollution ControlChapter 23: Sustainable DevelopmentChapter 24: The Market WorldviewGlossaryReferencesIndex
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Conservationism in Zimbabwe: 1850-1950
Book SynopsisAfrican forests provide the focus for a growing body of historical research in Zimbabwe. This book draws on economic and environmental history approaches in exploring the exploitation and conservation of woodland, respectively. The main focus of the investigation is the consumption-conservation relationship between humans and the forest zone. Customary forest practice in the Zambezi teak or Baikiea woodland points towards a better understanding on the subject, informed by a wide range of sources; oral tradition, missionary records, travel accounts and colonial documents. British imperial interest in Zimbabwe accelerated in the mid-1880s motivated and accelerated by speculative mineral discoveries thought to rival the Witwatersrand gold mines in South Africa. The British South Africa Company colonised Zimbabwe in 1890 expecting to finding rich gold deposits and when these hopes were dashed, white settlers turned their interest to other resources, land and forests. The rapidity with which the BSAC surveyed forest resources was testament to their expected commercial value. The mkusi and other commercial species motivated the government to gazette and establish eight state forest reserves in North-Western Matabeleland with a combined total of 1.6 million acres. In the company era, timber merchants exploited gusu with little or no control and their activities resulted in much deforestation. When European farmers and miners established commercial farms and mines in colonial Zimbabwe, the latter received preferential treatment in timber and energy requirements from the government because they contributed the bulk of state revenue. This policy was a source of protracted conflict between miners and farmers over forest exploitation. However, the state also sought to orient settler farmers towards the production of export crops: tobacco, maize and cotton. The two major pillars of the colonial economy, mining and agriculture, directly caused a fundamental transformation in soil and forest use, leading to deforestation and soil erosion. Soil erosion was a major risk that was faced along with the logistic and financial difficulties of pioneer farming. It however highlighted the negative impact of settler farming, particularly the perennial cultivation of the same crop on the same field, notably tobacco and maize. Land was used for short-term economic gain. What was missing was a willingness on the part of the settler society to deal effectively with the problems of deforestation and erosion, and the need for radical change in individual and collective attitudes towards natural resources.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc National Parks & Rivers: Background, Protection &
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Global Environmental Policies: Impact, Management
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Ecotourism: Management, Development & Impact
Book SynopsisEcotourism can be conceptualised as a reconciliation of tourism and environmentalism. The environmentalist dimension of ecotourism involves environmental education and financial support of nature conservation. Extensive and intense human activity has altered the balance of ecosystems to the detriment of the natural environment. The movement of people, capital, goods and services has caused different types of ecosystem changes, including deforestation. Marine ecotourism offers contemporary attractive alternatives to marine resource use within marine protected areas (MPAs). This book reviews our current state of knowledge on the development, effects and management of ecotourism in MPAs, identifies factors affecting the appropriateness, success and sustainability of ecotourism in MPAs, and highlights research and practice priorities in the future. Also summarised in this book are the documented impacts of recreational uses on the coastal marine environment of the Mediterranean. These range from the impact of recreational boating on seagrass meadows, the effects of scuba-diving on hard-sessile benthic invertebrates, and the possible disturbance of marine mammals by whale and dolphin watching activities. Other chapters in this book analyse the current state of the art of ecotourism in Cameroon, an overview of present status quo of ecotourism and its educational activities with its utilisation of wild animals in Japan, the effects of coastal ecotourism and water quality in the Yucatan Peninsula and the impact of tourism management on a population of infant monkeys. The findings suggest that tourism leads to high levels of stress, aggression and infant loss at this site. Several recommendations are offered to minimise harmful effects to help ensure that natural behavioural patterns are fostered.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Estuaries: Types, Movement Patterns & Climatical
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PublicAffairs,U.S. Icefall: Adventures at the Wild Edges of Our
Book SynopsisIn May 2014, the mountaineer and scientist John All fell into a crevasse near Everest and took a series of videos as he struggled to climb out 70 feet of ice and snow with fifteen broken bones - including 6 cracked vertebrae, internal bleeding, a severely dislocated shoulder, and his face covered in blood. The videos of him went viral and appeared in newscasts all over the world: CNN, BBC, Australia, Brazil, Israel, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, etc. and every website imaginable - from People Magazine to National Geographic. NPR called him "a badass for science."Yet this story is only the latest of All's adventures. He's also won a footrace for his life with a wild hyena, stepped on a black mamba in the African bush, and scaled Everest - all in pursuit of his true passion: the future of adaptation to our world's changing climate. Icefall is more than a fascinating adventure story-it is a report from the extremes, which hold new lessons about the impact of climate change. It is about the collapsing Andean glaciers, the hidden jungles in Honduras where native people have learned about surviving hurricanes, and the highest points on earth, where more scientific secrets lie. The result is a thrilling adventure memoir with profound lessons for how humans will adjust as our world continues to change beneath our feet.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Dispersant & Oil Monitoring in the Deepwater
Book SynopsisThis book examines the issues raised by the use of dispersants in the Deepwater Horizon spill. Dispersants change the distribution, not the amount, of oil within a marine environment. They are chemicals typically applied directly to oil on the water surface in order to break the oil into small droplets that can then mix with water below the surface. Discussed in this compilation is how well the government handled the dispersant issues it faced in the absence of necessary scientific information and pursuant to a regulatory regime that had failed to anticipate this kind of problem, and in light of lessons learned from this experience, how government procedures and existing laws might be improved to allow for sounder decisions regarding the use of dispersants in the future.
£107.99
Progressive Press Ecology, Ideology & Power
Book SynopsisThis book warns against the effort to sell a reactionary economic, political and social agenda dressed up as concern for and protection of the environment. The author is in no way opposed to any genuine ecological concerns, but his work demonstrates that what we call "environmentalism" is primarily an expression of the world view of segments of the world''s upper class. When they talk to us about pollution, resource scarcity, and overpopulation, they are actually talking about their own fears and hatreds of the common people, and their ambitions for themselves. Whatever label we affix to todays environmentalism, it is certain that it carries over into the 21st century the same kinds of reactionary, aristocratic and elitist tendencies evident two centuries ago in England and Germany. Such tendencies also emerged in a significant way in the late 1800''s in the United States, involving Malthusianism, social Darwinism and the eugenics movement. This is an exact reprint of the original edition published in 2002 under the title "Environmentalism: Ideology and Power". Amazon Review of the 2002 edition: Awesome Book Which Exposes Those in Big Business that Funded, Created, and Crafted Environmentalism and Why By Mark Fegley on 23 August 2006. This is a fantastic book; it easily receives 5 stars for the superb content and analysis. Dr Gibson is simply a guy with terrific work who does not receive the attention he should. I highly recommend reading Gibson''s "Battling Wall Street: The Kennedy Presidency" first that way you can become familiar with Gibson''s work. This book goes into great detail about the money that created the environmental movement and why. Environmentalists may not like this book; if you are an environmentalist, read with an open mind. Dr Gibson shows how big oil and other so called opponents of environmentalism actually created and fund the movement in the past and today. Gibson demonstrates the stranglehold these individuals and companies still control and manipulate the movement. Gibson does not all mention anything about pollution as good or bad. He makes very brief mention (less than a page) of global warming and how the scientific community is in disagreement on the issue. Gibson demonstrates that the individuals and companies who fund the movement have specific economic and ideological goals. One of the core messages behind the environmental movement is to stop the progress of technology. Technology is the largest economic force of redistribution of power and wealth in society. Many economist and social scientist acknowledge this reality. This is one of the many factors Gibson demonstrates as to explain why big business pushes the environmental movement. The book emphasizes the Rockefeller and Ford connections to the environmental movement, as well as the many extreme environmentalists who believe that the world''s population should be reduced by 80% and call for a return back to oppressive and intense labour. The book offers a terrific explanation as to why the environmental movement is against religions such as Christianity. Gibson investigates the origins of Earth Day and how it was originally perceived as a corporate buyout and propaganda model. If you are environmentalist and consider yourself to dislike oil companies, ford corporation, and other seemingly destructive companies to the environment; then prepared to have your mind blown as you find out these are the very companies that control, created, fund, and shape the entire environmental movement. If you end up reading this book and like it or want to know more about the power groups involved in the book I recommend you to read both "Battling Wall Street" and "Communication Power and Media" by Donald Gibson. Overall this is a truly fantastic book, the information presented is hard to come by, well researched, and very honest.
£13.49
Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S. The Lost Continent
Book SynopsisThis poignant tribute to the beauty of coral reefs sheds light on the destruction of global reef ecosystems and the climate science behind the conservation efforts to save them.Broken into three parts?Discovering Corals, Wonder and Devastation, and Searching for Hope?and told through a series of gripping stories, author and documentarian David Alexander Baker takes readers on a global adventure to the front lines of an unfolding ecological crisis.More than half of the world''s coral reefs have been destroyed in the past fifty years due to the climate crisis. The Lost Continent helps readers gain a deeper understanding of coral reefs and why they are vital to the health of our oceans?and the survival of our planet?and highlights the incredible conservation and restoration strides being made around the world.With over 60 breathtaking photographs of coral reefs spanning from Colombia to Australia to the Florida Keys readers will be moved both by the majesty of nature and the urgency to preserve and restore these great cities of the seas.
£24.70
Nova Science Publishers Inc National Plans for Research of Climate & Global
Book SynopsisThis book provides an overview of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) which co-ordinates and integrates scientific research across thirteen agencies of the United States Government and whose mission focuses on changes in the global environment and their implications for society. The environment is changing rapidly. Increases in world population, accompanied by industrialisation and other human activities, are altering the atmosphere, ocean, land, ice cover, ecosystems, and the distribution of species over the planet. Understanding these and other global changes, including climate change, is critical to our Nation''s health and economic vitality. Scientific research is critical to gaining this understanding. Research, along with an array of increasingly sophisticated tools for collecting and analysing data, can provide essential knowledge to governments, businesses, and communities as they plan for and respond to the myriad manifestations of global change, including sea-level rise and ocean acidification, heat waves and drought, and the severe storms, floods, and forest fires that pose an ever-growing risk to life, property, and agriculture.
£139.49
Nova Science Publishers Inc Environmental Policy: Management, Legal Issues &
Book SynopsisIn this book, the authors discuss the management, legal issues and health aspects of environmental policy. Topics include health-care solid waste management in Vietnam; regulating the waste management industry in the EU; environmental policy tools to improve the management of marine and coastal zones in Italy; managing ecosystem services for human benefit; issues of importance in waterbird ecology, conservation and environmental policy; biogeographical change and environmental policy in the western greenbelt of Ottawa, Canada; upstream pollution, downstream competition and environmental policy; China''s quest for environmental sustainability; assessment of the geochemical status of landscapes in the Ukraine; aeration zone protective properties estimation using GIS technologies.
£146.24
Nova Science Publishers Inc Conservation Reserve Program: Issues &
Book SynopsisThe Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) provides payments to agricultural producers to take highly erodible and environmentally sensitive land out of production and install resource conserving practices for 10 or more years. CRP was first authorized in the Food Security Act of 1985 and is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture''s (USDA''s) Farm Service Agency (FSA) with technical support from other USDA agencies. This book discusses the issues and considerations of the CRP.
£155.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc The Quantum Biosemiosphere
Book SynopsisIncreasingly, we are finding that the web of communication between different species of animals and plants is quite complex, and can be described as spheres having much broader influences than we had previously supposed. For generations, people looked at forests and saw individual trees. But what they didn''t see was that the trees were connected below the ground by fungal mycelia that allowed nutrients to flow from one tree to another, as well as other chemical messages. In effect, the fungal mycelia are like the internet connecting trees within a forest, allowing the trees to "talk" to one another. Ecological communities, or biosemiospheres, are made up of many different species of plants and animals that depend on each other for the flow of energy. There are herbivores, carnivores, detritivores, predators and prey, primary producers such as plants and trees, and the interactions of all of the members of an ecological community can be modelled by the flow of energy within that community. While we look at all of the component species of an ecological community and see solid objects in the form of plants and animals, quantum theory tells us that these are really bundles of energy within a broader energetic field, currently hypothesized as the Higgs Field that connects everything. From the perspective of quantum theory, we can look at all of the species as bundles of energy that they exchange as they communicate, eat each other, die, and decompose. In that sense, a biosemiosphere is really a quantum biosemiosphere. This book will provide you with a lot of delights. First, there is the genius of taking such a breath-taking large view of the biotic world and placing it into semiotic and quantum terms. Then there is a rigorous philosophic discussion of why this is important and why we must take it seriously. Finally, there is a sprinkling of allusions throughout, that are a delight to chase down and savour, the way that you would savour a fine wine over an intellectual conversation with friends who think outside the box.
£113.59
Spinifex Press The Coral Battleground
Book SynopsisThe book documents the fight that was put up by a group of poets, artists and ecologists to save the Great Barrier Reef from oil drilling. It's a remarkable story being re-published in the midst of another attack on the Reef as oil tankers and an increasing number of coal freighters are plying its waters in the newly-built super ports.Trade Review"It will come as a surprise to most people that so many of the issues confronted in the 1960s by the doughty campaigners against drilling for oil on the barrier reef are still alive. We will have to be as determined and as persistent as they if we are to protect what is now a World Heritage Site from pollution, dredging, dumping, coral bleaching and pest species.Germaine Greer, author of White BeechJudith Wright's recount of the heroic early battles for the reef exemplifies the incredible achievements of a passionate few, who with vision and determination were able to succeed against the odds. This book is the stuff of legends and is a must read for all those who consider themselves environmental custodians. An extraordinary story in itself, The Coral Battleground now takes on an even more pertinent meaning as the Great Barrier Reef faces its biggest threat since the oil rigs of the 70s. May Judith's story inspire a new generation to fight for the reef!Bob Irwin, Bob Irwin Wildlife & Conservation Foundation Inc.Wonderful and timely to see this lovely new edition of a classic book that every Australian should own. In it Judith tells the inspiring David and Goliath story of how she and a group of friends took on massive forces of greed and destruction that threatened the existence of the Great Barrier Reef and won. Australia urgently needs this new call to arms.Iain McCalman, author of The Reef: A Passionate HistoryPolitical intrigue, shifting allegiances, dirty deeds, and more, Judith Wright records the environmental struggles of the 1970s, and the peoples movement to preserve the Great Barrier Reef for a time. Today, as the reef faces new threats, her book provides inspiration, and a how-to guide for a new generation of activists, for whom the beauty of the reef matters most deeply.Rosaleen Love, author of ReefscapeThe Coral Battleground, first published in 1977, records the successful struggles of Judith Wright and others to preserve the Great Barrier Reef from exploratory drilling for oil and limestone mining. Today, with UNESCO on the point of declaring the Reef world heritage in danger, Wrights work remains an essential and inspiring call to arms in the new battles against pollution and over-development.Professor Emerita Elizabeth Webby AMThis edition of Judith Wrights lucid and compelling account of the fight to save the reef comes with added value a publishers preface, a new foreword [by Margaret Thorsborne AO] and Judith Wrights own prophetic warning that such victories are never really won. Todays campaigners will find inspiration in Judith Wrights persistent vision in the face of great odds.Margaret Moorhouse, Alliance to Save Hinchinbrook Inc.Where is the fire in their belly?"" Judith Wright asked me of the millions who claim to be environmentalists but do nothing or, worse still, vote for the wreckers. Her Coral Battleground is a call to action from last century to save the Great Barrier Reef from ending up as a barren ruin this century. This book is a classic of ecological literature.Bob Brown, environmentalist and former Parliamentary Leader Australian Greens PartyJust as Rachael Carsons Silent Spring inspired a generation to protect the natural environment from destructive practices so another generation in Australia was galvanised by the first major conservation campaign to save the Great Barrier Reef, comprehensively documented in this book by Judith Wright, one of the key participants in the battle. Suzie Smith, Secretary, Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland Cassowary CoastHinchinbrook branch"Table of Contents"Publishers Preface2014 Foreword by Margaret Thorsborne AO1996 Foreword by Judith Wright1977 Foreword by Judith Wright"
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