Conservation of the environment Books
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Cost–Benefit Analysis and the Environment
Book SynopsisThis lucid, up-to-date book takes a fresh look at the application of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to environmental problems ranging from wildlife protection to global warming. Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Environment is structured into two parts. Part one provides a critical up-to-date account of the theory and practice of CBA as applied to the environment. Part two focuses on a number of specific case studies, in particular ozone damage to agricultural crops, wilderness land use, recreation and nitrate pollution. The application of CBA to the greenhouse effect is used to illustrate the limitations of the method. The book summarizes the major problems CBA faces in environmental application. This book will be highly relevant for the growing number of undergraduate and post-graduate courses in environmental economics and management, as well as being of interest both to academics researching in these areas, and to other professionals concerned with project appraisal and the environment.Trade Review'. . . a rewarding reference and an invaluable teaching text, and one which should capture students' imaginations and interests in environmental economics.'Table of ContentsPart 1: introduction - about this book, a short history of cost-benefit analysis, the structure of a cost-benefit analysis, a preview of major problem areas, Appendix 1.1 example of a CBA; the welfare foundations of CBA - consumer welfare theory, producer welfare theory, conclusions; valuing environmental goods (1) - the contingent valuation method - introduction, theoretical basis, the application of CVM, problem areas in CVM, CVM and non-use values, conclusions, Appendix 3.1 - the contingent ranking method; valuing environmental goods (2) - the hedonic pricing method - introduction, the characteristics theory of value, how the method works, problems with the HP method, conclusions; valuing environmental goods (3) - the travel cost method - introduction, the basic method, problems with the travel cost method, the hedonic travel cost model, conclusions, Appendix 5.1 - travel cost data; valuing environmental goods (4) - production function approaches - introduction, the avoided cost approach, dose-response functions, conclusions; how good are our valuation methods? - introduction, repeatability, validity, what do our value measures measure?, conclusions, Appendix 7.1 - reference operating conditions; discounting and the environment - introduction, the choice of discount rate, intergenerational transfers - equity and ethics, political choice of the social discount rate, conclusions, Appendix 8.1 - risk and the discount rate; irreversibility, ecosystem complexity, institutional capture, and sustainable development - introduction, irreversibility, ecosystem complexity, institutional capture, cost-benefit analysis and sustainable development, conclusions. Part 2: tropospheric ozone damage to agricultural crops - introduction, tropospheric ozone pollution, defining dose, deriving dose-response functions from crops, response functions in economic assessments, regional economic assessments of crop losses, economically important aspects of response functions, conclusions; costs and benefits of controlling nitrate pollution - introduction, controlling nitrate pollution - costing the policy options, the benefits of reducing nitrate pollution, conclusions.
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Innovation in Environmental Policy: Economic and
Book SynopsisThis important new book is an indispensable guide to the development and implementation of environmental policy. It presents authoritative analyses and state-of-the-art summaries which will be essential both to scholars and practitioners trying to keep abreast of the most recent developments in this fast changing field.The book sheds new light on two areas of environmental policy - liability law and enforcement - which are experiencing dramatic change. It shows how economic analysis can provide useful and meaningful insights about subjects such as criminal penalties, private enforcement, liability for oil spills, tort remedies, and lender liability which have hitherto only been considered by lawyers. Drawing on the latest advances in both economics and law, it critically assesses how the most recent innovations in liability law and enforcement are actually working in practice.Trade Review'Traditional regulatory approaches to the environment have been found wanting. As environmental challenges grow and become more complex, it is imperative that we seek efficient solutions to them. Tom Tietenberg's editorship brings together the leading experts in the field in an innovative demonstration of the way forward.' -- David Pearce, University College London, UK'. . . the essays are well-written, co-ordinated, and readable. One of the book's strengths is its use of economic and legal analysis on selected environmental enforcement and liability issues. The result is many thought-provoking suggestions that realise questions about the basic goals and assumptions that underlie those policy decisions.' -- Frank F. Skillern, Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy'I highly recommend the book for everybody interested in the enforcement of environmental regulations.' -- Ing-Marie Gren, The Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics
£114.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Environmental Policy
Book SynopsisThis important two-volume set presents the most significant published literature on both the national and international dimensions of environmental policy. In Volume I, the articles by leading scholars in the field offer reviews of the comparative literature on national environmental policies and compare the changes in awareness of environmental issues in Europe, the US and Japan. They investigate how different countries have established the institutions to deal with environmental policy making and explore how the polices are implemented and the results they achieve. Volume II is devoted to the international scene. It reviews the theoretical research on international environmental policy, explores the politics and problems of international policymaking, examines the connections between national and international environmental policies and investigates the impact of international policy agreements on individual nations and their effectiveness. This authoritative collection will be invaluable to all students, academics, politicians and policymakers who have an interest in environmental policy.Trade Review'Wolfgang Rudig has put together a fine collection of published articles and chapters on comparative environmental policy. The two-volume collection includes well-known or oft-cited authors (L. Caldwell, L. Lundqvist, P. Knoepful, P. Haas, O. Young) but also less-known works by authors who, Rudig hopes, will now get the attention they deserve. . . any scholar of environmental policy should be delighted to have access to this collection. . . the collection is classic, well edited and excellent value for money.' -- Elizabeth Bomberg, Environmental PoliticsTable of ContentsContents: Volume I: Acknowledgements • Introduction Part I: Comparing Environmental Policies: The Research Agenda 1. Lynton K. Caldwell (1972), ‘Management of Resources and the Environment: A Problem in Administrative Coordination’ 2. David Vogel, with the assistance of Veronica Kun (1987), ‘The Comparative Study of Environmental Policy: A Review of the Literature’ 3. Peter Knoepfel, Lennart Lundqvist, Rémy Prud’homme and Peter Wagner (1987), ‘Comparing Environmental Policies: Different Styles, Similar Content’ 4. James P. Lester and Emmett N. Lombard (1990), ‘The Comparative Analysis of State Environmental Policy’ 5. Sheldon Kamieniecki and Eliz Sanasarian (1990), ‘Conducting Comparative Research on Environmental Policy’ Part II: Issue Emergence and Agenda Setting 6. Anthony Downs (1972), ‘Up and Down with Ecology – The “Issue-Attention Cycle”’ 7. William Solesbury (1976), ‘Issues and Innovations in Environmental Policy in Britain, West Germany, and California’ 8. Nicholas Watts and Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith (1980), ‘Postmaterial Values and Environmental Policy Change’ 9. Michael R. Reich (1984), ‘Mobilizing for Environmental Policy in Italy and Japan’ 10. Kathryn Harrison and George Hoberg (1991), ‘Setting the Environmental Agenda in Canada and the United States: The Cases of Dioxin and Radon’ Part III: Creating Institutions and Making Policy 11. Lennart J. Lundqvist (1974), ‘Environmental Policies in Canada, Sweden, and the United States: A Comparative Overview’ 12. Ronald Brickman and Sheila Jasanoff (1980), ‘Concepts of Risk and Safety in Toxic Substances Regulation: A Comparison of France and the U.S.’ 13. J.J. Richardson and N.S.J. Watts (1985), ‘National Policy Styles and the Environment: Britain and West Germany Compared’ 14. Albert Weale, Timothy O’Riordan and Louise Kramme (1991), ‘Environmental Wholes, Administrative Parts’ and ‘Comparing Regulatory Transition’ 15. David Vogel (1993), ‘Representing Diffuse Interests in Environmental Policy Making’ 16. Barry Ames and Margaret E. Keck (1997–98), ‘The Politics of Sustainable Development: Environmental Policy Making in Four Brazilian States’ Part IV: Implementation and Outcomes 17. Lester Ross (1984), ‘The Implementation of Environmental Policy in China: A Comparative Perspective’ 18. Peter Knoepfel and Helmut Weidner (1986), ‘Explaining Differences in the Performance of Clean Air Policies: An International and Interregional Comparative Study’ 19. Martin Jänicke (1992), ‘Conditions for Environmental Policy Success: An International Comparison’ 20. Evan J. Ringquist (1995), ‘Is “Effective Regulation” Always Oxymoronic?: The States and Ambient Air Quality’ 21. Peter May (1995), ‘Can Cooperation Be Mandated? Implementing Intergovernmental Environmental Management in New South Wales and New Zealand’ 22. Corinne Larrue (1995), ‘The Political (Un)feasibility of Environmental Economic Instruments’ 23. Markus M.L. Crepaz (1995), ‘Explaining National Variations of Air Pollution Levels: Political Institutions and Their Impact on Environmental Policy Making’ Name Index Volume II: Part I: Inter-, Trans- and Supra-National Environmental Policy: The Research Agenda 1. Dimitris Stevis, Valerie J. Assetto and Stephen P. Mumme (1989), ‘International Environmental Politics: A Theoretical Review of the Literature’ 2. Volker von Prittwitz (1990), ‘Several Approaches to the Analysis of International Environmental Policy’ 3. Henry Buller, Philip Lowe and Andrew Flynn (1993), ‘National Responses to the Europeanisation of Environmental Policy: A Selective Review of Comparative Research 4. Steve Smith (1993), ‘Environment on the Periphery of International Relations: An Explanation’ 5. Michael Zürn (1998), ‘The Rise of International Environmental Politics: A Review of Current Research’ Part II: Supra-National Environmental Policy Making: The Institutional Dynamics 6. Oran R. Young (1989), ‘The Politics of International Regime Formation: Managing Natural Resources and the Environment’ 7. Peter M. Haas (1990), ‘Obtaining International Environmental Protection through Epistemic Consensus’ 8. Angela Liberatore (1991), ‘Problems of Transnational Policy Making: Environmental Policy in the European Community’ 9. Matthew Paterson and Michael Grubb (1992), ‘The International Politics of Climate Change’ 10. Mark Imber (1993), ‘Too Many Cooks? The Post-Rio Reform of the United Nations’ 11. Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen (1994), ‘Global Climate Protection Policy: The Limits of Scientific Advice, Part I’ and ‘Global Climate Protection Policy: The Limits of Scientific Advice, Part II’ Part III: Exploring the International-National Policy Nexus 12. Wyn Grant, William Paterson and Colin Whitston (1988), ‘The Environmental Regulation of the Chemical Industry’ 13. Andrew Hurrell (1994), ‘A Crisis of Ecological Viability? Global Environmental Change and the Nation State’ 14. Detlef Sprinz and Tapani Vaahtoranta (1994), ‘The Interest-Based Explanation of International Environmental Policy’ 15. Adrienne Heritier (1995), ‘“Leaders” and “Laggards” in European Clean Air Policy’ 16. Hugh Ward (1996), ‘Game Theory and the Politics of Global Warming: The State of Play and Beyond’ 17. J. Samuel Barkin and George E. Shambaugh (1996), ‘Common-Pool Resources and International Environmental Politics’ 18. Duncan Liefferink and Mikael Skou Andersen (1998), ‘Strategies of the “Green” Member States in EU Environmental Policy Making’ Part IV: The Impact of International Environmental Policy 19. Peter M. Haas (1989), ‘Do Regimes Matter? Epistemic Communities and Mediterranean Pollution Control’ 20. Jon Birger Skaerseth (1993), ‘The “Effectiveness” of the Mediterranean Action Plan’ 21. Brian Wynne (1993), ‘Implementation of Greenhouse Gas Reductions in the European Community: Institutional and Cultural Factors’ 22. Susana Aguilar (1993), ‘Corporatist and Statist Designs in Environmental Policy: The Contrasting Roles of Germany and Spain in the European Community Scenario’ 23. Geoffrey Pridham and Michelle Cini (1994), ‘Enforcing Environmental Standards in the European Union: Is there a Southern Problem?’ 24. Jan-Erik Lane and Svein Thore Jensen (1996), ‘States and Common Pool Resources’ 25. Katarina Eckerberg and William M. Lafferty (1997), ‘Comparative Perspectives on Evaluation and Explanation’ Name Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Valuation for Sustainable Development: Methods
Book SynopsisThis important new book develops an ecological-economics perspective on sustainability at the regional, national and international level. It explores prospects for sustainable development using methods firmly grounded in empirical reality, as well as emphasizing scientific, economic and socio-political concerns.This approach is based on the construction of non-monetary indicators for sustainability, and the application of cost-effectiveness analyses to identify robust alternatives for the achievement of specified policy norms. In calculating the requirements for sustainability the contributors attach importance to multiple criteria decision aid (MCDA) methods of analysis to evaluate the key components of sustainability and help assess the sustainability of aregional or national economic development trajectory. Case studies of water pollutants in the Bretagne region in France and greenhouse gas reduction in Europe are used to investigate resource allocation from this perspective. The contributors utilize the M3ED model - a structural economy-environment simulation model which gives a multi-sectoral representation of a national economy's production, final consumption and environmental pressures - to explore feasible economic futures. It is applied to scenarios in France to demonstrate ways that prospects for sustainability can be investigated at a national level. The contributors compare and contrast these models with the aims of more typical neoclassical modelling in their search for the most effective approaches to defining operational measures for sustainability. This book will be of great interest to academics in the field of ecological and environmental economics and to policymakers and planners in government and industry.Trade Review'The book is a useful review of the current literature on sustainable developments. . . It certainly would be useful as a reference and some chapters will be of interest to those wishing to develop models in this area. In conclusion, it is refreshing to have work of this nature presented in a book format which is readily accessible.' -- Caroline Saunders, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 'This book will interest academics in ecological and environmental economics, and policymakers and planners in industry.'– EuroabstractsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction (S. Faucheux and M. O’Connor) 2. Ecological-Economic Sustainability (M. O’Connor) 3. Weak Natural Capital Theory (S. Faucheux, E. Muir and M. O’Connor) 4. Strong Sustainability and Critical Natural Capital (J.-F. Noël and M. O’Connor) 5. Economic and Environmental Information for Sustainability (V. Boisvert, N. Holec and F.-D. Vivien) 6. Energy Measures and their Uses (S. Faucheux and M. O’Connor) 7. Methodology for Environmental Decison Support (G. Froger and G. Munda) 8. Multicriteria Decison Aid and the ‘Sustainability Tree’ (S. Faucheux, G. Froger and G. Munda) 9. Structural Economy Environment Simulation Modelling (G. Ryan, P. Méral, P. Schembri and E. Zyla) 10. Some Exploratory Scenarios Results (G. Ryan, P. Méral, P. Schembri and E. Zyla) 11. Towards a Sustainable National Income? (S. Faucheux, M. O’Connor and S. van den Hove) 12. Conclusions (S. Faucheux and M. O’Connor)
£121.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd environmental taxes and economic welfare:
Book SynopsisThis important book examines the economic policies required to reduce carbon dioxide emissions - a major source of pollution throughout the world. It explores the likely impact of environmental taxes on income distribution and economic welfare.The authors consider a tax on domestic fuel and power and a carbon tax, and the likely adverse distribution effects of these on a population. The analysis allows for the direct and indirect effects (through inter-industry transactions) of taxes on prices and consumers' responses to these price changes. The welfare effects are also estimated for a variety of income groups. The authors then evaluate the inequality and social welfare measures and consider whether the distributional effects can be overcome by adjusting transfer payments to compensate lower-income groups. This study examines environmental taxes in Australia with methods which can be applied to other countries, some of which were specifically designed to overcome data limitation problems.Environmental Taxes and Economic Welfare will be of special interest to researchers, academics, policymakers and advisers on taxation and environmental policy.Trade Review'The book stands as a rigorous evaluation of structural changes required to achieve the Toronto Target in carbon emissions reduction, the order of magnitude of a carbon tax required, and the distributional and welfare effects of domestic fuel and carbon taxes in Australia.' -- Meredith Fowlie, Journal of Energy Literature'This book is a very important contribution to the debate about the economic implications of Australia's response to global change.'– Ian Lowe, Economic RecordTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. A Minimum Disruption Approach 3. Minimum Disruption Calculations 4. Domestic Fuel Taxation 5. Modelling Demand Responses 6. Fuel Taxation with Demand Responses 7. The Effects of a Carbon Tax 8. Measuring Welfare Changes 9. The Welfare Effects of a Carbon Tax 10. Conclusions Bibliography Index
£94.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd A guide to policies for energy conservation: The
Book SynopsisThis important new book is a practical guide to the design of policies for effective energy conservation. Drawing on a wide range of European experiences, it analyses and evaluates the weaknesses of current conservation policies. The authors advance proposals that will ensure that political, administrative and energy conservation resources are used to maximum effect. Based on original investigations of conservation policies the book examines: the use of grants and subsidies to encourage investment in the conservation of energy in domestic housing and public buildings the use of information to inform householders of their conservation options and the implications of these options the use of regulation to encourage the use of combined heating power demand-side management by utility companies institutional development as a means of engendering 'bottom-up' conservation initiatives The main lesson is that it is not the policy per se but its design and execution which dictates performance. The key variables in shaping such performance are identified and discussed.This timely book will be invaluable for those responsible for designing and implementing energy conservation policies and will be of special interest to those researching the practice of energy conservation.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Government Investment and Subsidies: Experience in Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark 2. Information and Consultation: The German Experience 3. The Case of Combined Heat and Power in the European Union 4. Demand-side Management (DSM) 5. Institutional Design: Area Implementation of Energy Conservation in France 6. Summary and Conclusions Index
£97.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Biodiversity, Conservation and Sustainable
Book SynopsisThis important book highlights the conflicts between economic growth and the conservation of nature in the context of sustainable development. It places particular emphasis on biological diversity and examines possible policies for resolving conflicts which arise from the contrasting goals of conserving the natural environment and economic growth. The book opens with an overview of the challenges of economics, nature conservation and sustainable development and goes on to discuss general principles and broad policies. Case studies from China and north-east India help illustrate important economic and social principles involved in nature conservation. General issues examined include: the value of environmental and resource economics in planning sustainable development the importance of biodiversity conservation for sustainable development and for the stability and sustainability of ecological systems the impact of economic globalization and market systems on the conservation of nature priorities for the financial support of protected areas the extent to which ecotourism can be harnessed to reconcile economic utilisation of an area with nature conservation the costs and benefits of conservation financing the management of nature reserves This book will be essential reading for economists interested in the environment, ecology and development.Trade Review'. . . I found [this book] to be a terrific overview of an extremely important area. I was pleased Biodiversity, Conservation and Sustainable Development came my way to review because I, for one, will use it as an important resource.'Table of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: An Overview 1. Economics, Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development: An Overview Part II: General Principles and Policies 2. Environmental and Resource Economics 3. Conservation of Biodiversity 4. Biodiversity, Stability and Sustainability 5. Does the Commercial Use of Wildlife Favour Conservation of Biodiversity? 6. Conservation, Protected Areas and the Global Economic System 7. Ranking Requests for Financial Support for Protected Areas 8. Ecotourism, Economics and the Environment Part III: Experiences and Cases from Asia 9. The Environment and Asian Economic Development 10. Economics of in situ Biodiversity Conservation in China 11. Reconciling Economic Development, Nature Conservation and Local Communities 12. Tourism Development and Conservation of Nature 13. Agricultural Pests and Protected Areas 14. Financing Nature Reserves in China 15. Sustainable Development and Biodiversity Conservation in North-east India in Context Part IV: Concluding Observations 16. Nature Conservation and Development in Retrospect Index
£105.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Modelling Global Change: The Art of Integrated
Book SynopsisIntegrated assessment modelling is an active and rapidly developing field, triggered by the debate on climate change and the move towards the goal of sustainable development. This book provides an integrated approach to modelling, using a transdisciplinary approach. The author summarizes the main issues involved in the changing global system, and gives an overview of the emerging field of integrated assessment. He then presents a general discussion of the methodological principles of a multidisciplinary integrated modelling approach. Existing tools are examined and new methodological approaches are applied to various aspects of the problem of global change. The case studies focus on optimizing climate change mitigating policies, the allocation of emission rights and the the adaptive behaviour of social and biological agents. Special attention is given to the role of uncertainty, especially the subjective interpretation of uncertainties (world views), and the role of adaptive multi-agent modelling. The book concludes with a discussion on future uses of integrated assessment modelling in the global environment.Modelling Global Change will be vital to economists and scientists who have an interest in integrated assessment modelling, global modelling and decision support, environmental and ecological economists and those interested in sustainable development.Trade Review'. . . this is a book that anyone interested in integrated assessment modelling is advised to read.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Global Change 3. Integrated Assessment Modelling 4. Methodological Issues 5.Optimizing the Climate Change Problem 6. Global Energy Strategies 7. The Initial Allocation of Emission Rights 8. The Battle of Perspectives 9. Managing Malaria 10. Conclusions and Discussion Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd International Competitiveness and Environmental
Book SynopsisGovernment policies to reduce environmental pollution and global warming are often criticized as damaging to the economy, particularly by reducing international competitiveness. This book addresses the issue by examining many of the policies concerned, and their effects on competitiveness. It demonstrates that well-designed, market-oriented environmental policies may be expected to improve both domestic and international competitiveness.The authors dismiss the fear that environmental policies will damage competitiveness by approaching the issue from four different perspectives: the economic analysis of competitiveness; a geo-economic approach to trade and foreign investment between Europe, NAFTA and Southeast Asia; studies of the effects of environmental policies on competitiveness; and the formal modelling of carbon taxation, international competitiveness and carbon leakage. The book also includes results from a global econometric model on the potential for carbon leakage, a detailed case study of German national policies, an examination of life cycle analysis and competitiveness, and an empirical study of green product development. This book will be of great interest to academics working in the field of environmental economics and researchers involved in environmental policy.Trade Review'This is an optimistic and useful book. It succeeds in providing theoretical foundations and empirical evidence of the limited effects on competitiveness of a carbon tax properly introduced. This is an important lesson for policymakers, specially when trying to attain the Kyoto targets.' -- Maria Luisa Tamborra and Dino Pinelli, Environmental Values'The book will be of interest to academics working in the field of environmental economics and policy, and more generally to individuals with an interest in exploring beneath the surface of the one-sided rhetoric presented by business interests looking for short term economic gain.' -- G.J.K. Porter, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management'This book is an interesting read.' -- Anthony Heyes, Journal of Energy LiteratureTable of ContentsContents: Introduction (T. Barker and J. Köhler) Part I: Reviews of the Literature Part II: Macroeconomic Simulations Part III: Economic Analyses of Countries and Firms Index
£111.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Ecosystems and Nature: Economics, Science and
Book SynopsisEcosystems and Nature brings together the work of leading authorities in biodiversity research. It provides readers with a broad interdisciplinary perspective on the major issues in biodiversity, including economics, natural science, management and ethics.The collection is divided into four main sections: part I introduces some fundamental scientific and socio-economic concepts and analysis in order to illustrate the complexities involved in the human-ecosystems interface; part II deals with the valuation of ecosystems with special emphasis on the main biomes, faults, wetlands, marine systems, grasslands and agriculture; part III covers the problem of value appropriation and the relevant constraints and available policy instruments; the final section focuses on the difficult ethical issues that surround utilization and conservation of biodiversity.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Biodiversity: Basic Science and Economics 1. C.S. Holling (1973), ‘Resilience and Stability of Ecological Systems’ 2. Carl Folke, C.S. Holling and Charles Perrings (1996), ‘Biological Diversity, Ecosystems, and the Human Scale’ 3. Kris H. Johnson, Kristiina A. Vogt, Heidi J. Clark, Oswald J. Schmitz and Daniel J. Vogt (1996), ‘Biodiversity and the Productivity and Stability of Ecosystems’ 4. Stuart L. Pimm, Gareth J. Russell, John L. Gittleman and Thomas M. Brooks (1995), ‘The Future of Biodiversity’ 5. Kenneth Arrow, Bert Bolin, Robert Costanza, Partha Dasgupta, Carl Folke, C.S. Holling, Bengt-Owe Jansson, Simon Levin, Karl-Göran Mäler, Charles Perrings and David Pimentel (1995), ‘Economic Growth, Carrying Capacity, and the Environment’ 6. Charles Perrings and David Pearce (1994), ‘Threshold Effects and Incentives for the Conservation of Biodiversity’ 7. Timothy M. Swanson (1994), ‘The Economics of Extinction Revisited and Revised: A Generalised Framework for the Analysis of the Problems of Endangered Species and Biodiversity Losses’ Part II: Valuing Ecosystemfunctions and Services: Demonstrating the Value of Natural Biological Capital A Overviews 8. Gail Bingham, Richard Bishop, Michael Brody, Daniel Bromley, Edwin (Toby) Clark, William Cooper, Robert Costanza, Thomas Hale, Gregory Hayden, Stephen Kellert, Richard Norgaard, Bryan Norton, John Payne, Clifford Russell and Glenn Suter (1995), ‘Issues in Ecosystem Valuation: Improving Information for Decision Making’ 9. N. Bockstael, R. Costanza, I. Strand, W. Boynton, K. Bell and L. Wainger (1995), ‘Ecological Economic Modeling and Valuation of Ecosystems’ 10. John M. Gowdy (1997), ‘The Value of Biodiversity: Markets, Society, and Ecosystems’ B Tropical and Temperate Forests 11. Ricardo Godoy, Ruben Lubowski and Anil Markandya (1993), ‘A Method for the Economic Valuation of Non-Timber Forest Products’ 12. W. Neil Adger, Katrina Brown, Raffaello Cervigni and Dominic Moran (1995), ‘Total Economic Value of Forests in Mexico’ 13. Thomas D. Crocker (1985), ‘On the Value of the Condition of a Forest Stock’ C Temperate and Tropical Wetlands 14. Edward B. Barbier (1994), ‘Valuing Environmental Functions: Tropical Wetlands’ 15. Robert Costanza, Stephen C. Farber and Judith Maxwell (1989), ‘Valuation and Management of Wetland Ecosystems’ 16. Stephen K. Swallow (1994), ‘Renewable and Nonrenewable Resource Theory Applied to Coastal Agriculture, Forest, Wetland, and Fisheries Linkages’ D Marine Resources 17. R.K. Turner, S. Subak and W.N. Adger (1996), ‘Pressures, Trends, and Impacts in Coastal Zones: Interactions Between Socioeconomic and Natural Systems’ 18. H. Jack Ruitenbeek (1994), ‘Modelling Economy-Ecology Linkages in Mangroves: Economic Evidence for Promoting Conservation in Bintuni Bay, Indonesia’ 19. John B. Loomis and Douglas M. Larson (1994), ‘Total Economic Values of Increasing Gray Whale Populations: Results from a Contingent Valuation Survey of Visitors and Households’ E Grasslands and Agriculture 20. Katrina Brown (1997), ‘Plain Tales from the Grasslands: Extraction, Value and Utilization of Biomass in Royal Bardia National Park, Nepal’ 21. Lars Drake (1992), ‘The Non-Market Value of the Swedish Agricultural Landscape’ Part III: Capturing the Value of Ecosystemfunctions and Services A Property Rights, Institutions and Policy Instruments 22. James R. Kahn and Judith A. McDonald (1995), ‘Third-World Debt and Tropical Deforestation’ 23. H. Jack Ruitenbeek (1992), ‘The Rainforest Supply Price: A Tool for Evaluating Rainforest Conservation Expenditures’ 24. Brent M. Swallow and Daniel W. Bromley (1995), ‘Institutions, Governance and Incentives in Common Property Regimes for African Rangelands’ 25. Madhav Gadgil (1992), ‘Conserving Biodiversity as if People Matter: A Case Study from India’ 26. Martin Whitby and Caroline Saunders (1996), ‘Estimating the Supply of Conservation Goods in Britain: A Comparison of the Financial Efficiency of Two Policy Instruments’ B Conservation Management Priorities, Safe Minimum Standards and Opportunity Costs 27. Dominic Moran, David Pearce and Anouk Wendelaar (1996), ‘Global Biodiversity Priorities: A Cost-Effectiveness Index for Investments’ 28. Charles Perrings and Brian Walker (1997), ‘Biodiversity, Resilience and the Control of Ecological-Economic Systems: The Case of Fire-Driven Rangelands’ 29. Andreas Hohl and Clement A. Tisdell (1993), ‘How Useful are Environmental Safety Standards in Economics? – The Example of Safe Minimum Standards for Protection of Species’ 30. Priya Shyamsundar and Randall Kramer (1997), ‘Biodiversity Conservation – At What Cost? A Study of Households in the Vicinity of Madagascar’s Mantadia National Park’ 31. Sandra S. Batie and Carl C. Mabbs-Zeno (1985), ‘Opportunity Costs of Preserving Coastal Wetlands: A Case Study of a Recreational Housing Development’ Part IV: Ethics 32. Holmes Rolston III (1985), ‘Valuing Wildlands’ 33. Bryan G. Norton (1995), ‘Evaluating Ecosystem States: Two Competing Paradigms’ 34. Talbot Page (1995), ‘Harmony and Pathology’ 35. Alan Randall (1991), ‘The Value of Biodiversity’ Name Index
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Conservation International,U.S. A Rapid Assessment of the Humid Forests of South
Book SynopsisThe Chuquisaca and Tarija regions of Bolivia cover areas of extraordinarily varied vegetation, providing one of the most dramatic shifts in flora and vegetation along the eastern Andes. However, biological information for this area has remained very limited. This text is the result of the work of an interdisciplinary team of biologists who surveyed south-central Chuquisaca in May 1995. It describes the large uninterrupted tracts of Bosque-Tucuman-Boliviano wet forest with many endemic species, but reports that the area also suffers from heavy development pressures.
£15.80
Liverpool University Press Who Cares for Planet Earth?: The CON in
Book SynopsisThe public, if consulted at all, are being asked to make decisions on incomplete and often untruthful information. Society is being conned into believing that all is well with planet Earth, that all development is sustainable, that science can rectify past mistakes and that politicians are taking the necessary steps. Nothing can be further from the truth. The planet lies haemorrhaging and poisoned by man made pollution. The destruction of natural resources continues and we are entering the extinction vortex. Zoos are being promoted as conservation backstops where endangered species can be bred when all else fails, in reality most species in zoos are not endangered and returning them to the wild is rarely successful. What is needed is a complete change of mind set, a return for example to the traditional African beliefs of co-existence not conservation.Trade Review"This book sets forth some strong opinions which will not be shared by all who read them I recommend it and hope that through debate we might make a little more progress." From the Foreword by Dr. Richard Leakey
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AU Press Alberta's Lower Athabasca Basin: Archaeology and
Book SynopsisOver the past two decades, the oil sands region of northeastern Alberta has been the site of unprecedented levels of development. Alberta’s Lower Athabasca Basin tells a fascinating story of how a catastrophic ice age flood left behind a unique landscape, one that made deposits of bitumen available for surface mining. Less well known is the discovery that this flood also produced an environment that supported perhaps the most intensive use of boreal forest resources by prehistoric Native people yet recognized in Canada. Studies undertaken to meet the conservation requirements of the Alberta Historical Resources Act have yielded a rich and varied record of prehistoric habitation and activity in the oil sands area. Evidence from between 9,500 and 5,000 years ago – the result of several major excavations – has confirmed extensive human use of the region’s resources, while important contextual information provided by key eological and palaeoenvironmental studies has deepened our understanding of how the region’s early inhabitants interacted with the landscape.Touching on various elements of this rich environmental and archaeological record, the contributors to this volume use the evidence gained through research and compliance studies to offer new insights into human and natural history. They also examine the challenges of managing this irreplaceable heritage resource in the face of ongoing development.
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George F. Thompson Preserving the Desert: A History of Joshua Tree National Park
Book SynopsisBeginning in 1872 with the establishment of Yellowstone, national parks were set aside to preserve for future generations the most spectacular and inspirational features of the country. The best representative examples were sought out of major ecosystems, such as Yosemite, geologic forms, such as the Grand Canyon, archaeological sites, such as Mesa Verde, and scenes of human events, such as Gettysburg. But one type of habitat—the desert—was overlooked until travel writers and the Automobile Age began to change Americans’ perceptions about desert landscapes.As the National Park Service began to explore the better-known Mojave and Colorado Deserts of southern California during the 1920s for a possible desert park, many agency leaders still held the same negative image of arid lands shared by many Americans—that they are hostile environments and largely useless. But one wealthy woman—Minerva Hamilton Hoyt, from Pasadena—came forward, believing in the value of the desert, and convinced President Franklin D. Roosevelt to establish a national monument that would protect the unique and iconic Joshua trees and other desert flora and fauna. Thus was Joshua Tree National Monument officially established in 1936, and when the area later was expanded in 1994, it became Joshua Tree National Park.Since 1936 the National Park Service and a growing cadre of environmentalists and recreationalists have fought to block ongoing proposals from miners, ranchers, private landowners, and real estate developers who historically have refused to accept the idea that desert might be suitable for anything other than their consumptive activities. Joshua Tree National Park, even with its often-conflicting land uses, is more popular today than ever, serving more than one million visitors per year who find the desert to be a place worthy of respect and preservation.
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University of Nevada Press Big Bend National Park: Mexico, the United
Book SynopsisKnown as a place of stark beauty, dramatic geographic dimension, and challenging desert terrain, Big Bend National Park is located in West Texas on the north bank of the Rio Grande, adjacent to the Mexican states of Coahuila and Chihuahua. Although a place of natural grandeur, the unique location of this 118-mile long, 1.5 million-acre corridor has led to many challenges between the United States and Mexico, two nations who share one ecosystem but inhabit different political worlds.Big Bend National Park explores the cultural and diplomatic history of this transborder region that was designated a national park on the US side and the site of a long-hoped-for "international peace park" on the other. Michael Welsh demonstrates the challenges faced and lessons learned by both the US and Mexico as they struggled against political and environmental vicissitudes in their attempts to realize the creation of a shared frontier.Geopolitical and environmental conflicts such as Cold War fears, immigration, the war on drugs, international water rights, and more stringent American border security measures after 9/11 all hindered relations between the two countries. But more recently, renewed cooperation and ongoing diplomatic relations have led to new developments. Mexican park personnel began assisting American officials with efforts to re-wild the American side of the river with animal species that had been eliminated, and the Obama administration relaxed some post-9/11 restrictions, allowing American visitors to cross over to the Mexican park and its nearby towns.The ambition of developing a park for peace has yet to materialize, even as individuals and their governments continue to work toward an accord. Big Bend National Park provides a greater understanding of this complex borderland and hopes to help fulfill the aspiration of creating a shared ecosystem and the dream of a park for peace.
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University of Nevada Press Saints, Sinners, and Sovereign Citizens: The
Book SynopsisThe grazing rights battle between Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and the federal government, resulting in a tense, armed standoff between Bundy's supporters and federal law enforcement officers, garnered international media attention in 2014. Saints, Sinners, and Sovereign Citizens places the Bundy conflict into the larger context of the Sagebrush Rebellion and the long struggle over the use of federal public lands in the American West. Author John L. Smith skillfully captures the drama of the Bundy legal tangle amid the current political climate. Although no shots were fired during the standoff itself, just weeks later self-proclaimed Bundy supporters murdered two Las Vegas police officers and a civilian. In Eastern Oregon, other Bundy supporters occupied the federal offices of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, and one of them died in a hail of bullets.While examining the complex history of federal public land policies, Smith exposes both sides of this story. He shows that there are passionate true believers on opposite sides of the insurrection, along with government agents and politicians in Washington complicit in efforts to control public lands for their wealthy allies and campaign contributors. With the promise of billions of dollars in natural resource profits and vast tracts of environmentally sensitive lands hanging in the balance, the West's latest range war is the most important in the nation's history. This masterful exposé raises serious questions about the fate of America's public lands and the vehement arguments that are framing the debate from all sides.Trade ReviewWhat this author brings to the table is a deep understanding of Nevada history and the political rivers running through it. Unlike other writers [on this subject], he understands the state and the players as well as anyone." — Geoff Schumacher, author of Howard Hughes: Power, Paranoia and Palace Intrigue and othersTable of Contents PROLOGUE Back Road to Gold Butte PART ONE We Join the Revolution Already in Progress PART TWO You Don't Need a Reason to Start a Revolution PART THREE Ghost Dancing Through Deseret PART FOUR Saddle Born PART FIVE The Senator from Searchlight PART SIX When the Cows Come Home…to Roost EPILOGUE Lonesome Bull Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Notes Index
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West Virginia University Press Energy Culture: Art and Theory on Oil and Beyond
Book SynopsisEnergy Culture is a provocative book about oil’s firm grip on our politics and everyday lives. It brings together essays and artwork produced in a collaborative environment to stimulate new ways of thinking and to achieve a more just and sustainable world.The original work collected in Energy Culture creatively engages energy as a social form through lively arguments and artistic research organized around three vectors of inquiry. The first maps how fossil fuels became, and continue to be, embedded in North American society, from the ideology of tar sands reclamation projects to dreams of fiber optic cables running through the Northwest Passage. The second comprises creative and artistic responses to the dominance of fossil fuels in everyday life and to the challenge of realizing new energy cultures. The final section addresses the conceptual and political challenges posed by energy transition and calls into question established views on energy. Its contributions caution against solar capitalism, explore the politics of sabotage, and imagine an energy efficient transportation system called “the switch.” Imbued with a sense of urgency and hope, Energy Culture exposes the deep imbrications of energy and culture while pointing provocatively to ways of thinking and living otherwise.Trade Review“An exemplary multidisciplinary approach to entangled questions of energy, politics, and aesthetics. Energy Culture should excite and inspire an interdisciplinary community of scholars, artists, and activists; it not only points to possible ways forward for thinking and acting, but also offers tangible, provocative examples of what our creative and critical practices might do.”- Thomas S. Davis, author of The Extinct Scene: Late Modernism and Everyday LifeTable of Contents Introduction Part I: Mapping Energy Culture Oil on Water Trespassage The Ocean and the Cloud: Material Metaphors of Hidden Infrastructure Walking Matters: A Peripatetic Rethinking of Energy Culture Several Documents Pertaining to the Cascade Energy (transition) Park Corporation Corporation (CORPCORP) Sustaining Petrocultures: On the Politics and Aesthetics of Oil Sands Reclamation Part II: Figuring Energy Culture Capitalism in the Corpse of a Whale Tilting at Windfarms: Towards a Political Ecology of Energy Humanism and the Literary Aesthetic Embodied Actants, Fossil Narratives The Energy Apparatus Aeolian Survey Anecdotal Encounters on Driveways: The Aesthetics of Oil in Northern Alberta and Newfoundland Energy Meets Telepathy Aesthetics and Materialist Consciousness Part III: The Politics of Energy Culture Rejecting Solar Capitalism The Switch Beyond Carbon Democracy: Energy, Infrastructure, and Sabotage Strike Energized Antagonisms: Thinking Beyond ‘Energy Culture’ Vortex of Light (Ice Memoriam)
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West Virginia University Press Transportation and the Culture of Climate Change: Accelerating Ride to Global Crisis
Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary collection of eleven original essays focuses on the environmental impact of transportation, which is, as Tatiana Prorokova-Konrad and Brian C. Black note in their introduction, responsible for 26 percent of global energy use. Approaching mobility not solely as a material, logistical question but as a phenomenon mediated by culture, the book interrogates popular assumptions deeply entangled with energy choices. Rethinking transportation, the contributors argue, necessarily involves fundamental understandings of consumption, freedom, and self.The essays in Transportation and the Culture of Climate Change cover an eclectic range of subject matter, from the association of bicycles with childhood to the songs of Bruce Springsteen, but are united in a central conviction: "Transport is a considerable part of our culture that is as hard to transform as it is for us to stop using fossil fuels - but we do not have an alternative.Table of Contents Introduction: Carbonization as a Choice: Environmental Ethics, Mobility, and Energy Options Tatiana Prorokova-Konrad and Brian C. Black Part I: Mobility and the Environment 1. Using Heritage and Ecological Systems Thinking to Inform Resilient Automobility Design Barry L. Stiefel 2. Bikes for Children, Cars for Adults: Postwar American Transportation Culture and the Legacy of Moving Images James Longhurst 3. E-Scooters and the Urban Micromobility Revolution Matthew C. Swanson Part II: Car Cultures 4. ""Carbolization"": Cars, Carbon Emissions, and the Global Discipline of Automobility Gordon M. Sayre 5. Hydrocarbon Enslavement and Fantasies of Freedom Patrick D. Murphy 6. Suicide Machines: Bruce Springsteen, Ballard, and Broken Heroes on a Last Chance Power Drive David LaRocca 7. Remainders of the Fossil Regime: Automobility Regression in Three Post-Apocalyptic Novels Brent Ryan Bellamy Part III: Film, Energy, and Climate Change 8. Intermodal Aesthetics and the Otherwise of Cargo Megan Hayes and Jeff Diamanti 9. Nature Guarding ""Her Treasures"" in Oil Comedies: The Case of Local Hero and Fubar: Balls to the Wall Robin L. Murray and Joseph K. Heumann 10. Boom/Bust: Tragic Logistics and Accelerationist Comedy in Petroleum Transport C. Parker Krieg 11. Trafficking in Petronormativities: At the Intersections of Petrofeminism Petrocolonialism, and Petrocapitalism Sheena Wilson Contributors Index
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West Virginia University Press Almanac for the Anthropocene: A Compendium of
Book SynopsisOriginal voices from across the solarpunk movement, which positions ingenuity, generativity, and community as ways to resist hopelessness in response to the climate crisis.Almanac for the Anthropocene collects original voices from across the solarpunk movement, which positions ingenuity, generativity, and community as beacons of resistance to the hopelessness often inspired by the climate crisis. To point toward practical implementation of the movement’s ideas, it gathers usable blueprints that bring together theory and practice. The result is a collection of interviews, recipes, exercises, DIY instructions, and more—all of it amounting to a call to create hope through action.Inspired by a commitment to the idea that there can be no environmental justice without decolonial and racial justice, Almanac for the Anthropocene unites in a single volume both academic and practical responses to environmental crisis.Table of Contents Introduction: The Situation So Far Phoebe Wagner and BrontË Christopher Wieland Part 1: Generativity Not Just Solar: Creating Our Own Powers, Stories, and Spaces BrontË Christopher Wieland 1.Solarpunk Is a Verb for Rising The Commando Jugendstil and Tales from the EV Studio 2.In Defense of Hope Margaret Killjoy 3. Feeding Imagination Giulia Lepori and Michał Krawczyk 4. A Collective Gardening Shed of Concepts for Planting Solarpunk Futures Christoph D. D. Rupprecht Part 2: Independence Building toward Autonomy: Ways of Reclaiming the Present and the Future BrontË Christopher Wieland 5. Your Mineral Footprint Gabriel Aliaga 6. Solarpunk Design Guidelines Navarre Bartz 7. How to Build a Solar-Powered Website Kris De Decker 8. Solarpunks See the World: Traversing the World without Destroying It Craig Stevenson Part 3: Community “All Organizing Is Science Fiction”: On Dreaming a Solarpunk Community Phoebe Wagner 9. Science Fiction and Disability: Engage! Petra Kuppers 10. The Urban Reef: Breaking Down Barriers between Green Spaces in Urban Environments Octavia Cade 11. The Commensal Canine Susan Haris 12. Solarpunk: The Fruitful Revolution Connor D. Louiselle Part 4: Ingenuity Solarpunk Ingenuity and DIY Projects Phoebe Wagner 13. Visible Mending: A Recipe for Beautiful and Sustainable Clothing Sari Fordham 14. Appalachian Solarpunk: Growing Trees from Seed for the Plant Revolution Vance Mullis and Joy Lew 15. Anthrocene Strategy: Foraging Michael J. DeLuca 16. Multispecies Community Garden: A More-Than-Human Design Concept Proposal 00 for Well-Being in Shrinking Cities Christoph D. D. Rupprecht, Aoi Yoshida, and Lihua Cui Conclusion: Looking Forward Phoebe Wagner and BrontË Christopher Wieland Contributors
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Association Vahatra in Antananarivo The Terrestrial Protected Areas of Madagascar –
Book SynopsisIn 1989, a book written by Martin E. Nicoll and Olivier Langrand was published on the protected areas of Madagascar, which heralded in a new era of conservation for this island nation. In the subsequent three decades, there was an important increase in inventories and studies on Madagascar’s terrestrial biota. This work led to significant changes in the systematics of Malagasy plants and animals, a large percentage unique to the island, and a notable augmentation in knowledge on Malagasy biodiversity. In addition, the considerable expansion of the protected area network, reinforcement of legal tools, and the development of new management modes and tools have contributed to a modernization of the protected area network. The purpose of these bilingual, French-English books is to present a large-scale update of information available from 98 terrestrial protected areas, various analyses to understand general trends in the conservation of these sites, and a synthesis to assess the needs for future scientific programs. Beautifully illustrated throughout with color maps, graphs, and photos, these three volumes will be an important reference for students, researchers, protected area managers, conservationists, and visiting ecotourists.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Green Heroes: From Buddha to Leonardo DiCaprio
Book SynopsisThis book provides an introduction into the diversity of the environmental movement through great characters in the green sector. The book describes inspiring personal achievements, and at the same time it provides readers with information regarding the history, the main directions and the ethical principles of the environmental movement. Some of the most important characters of the movement from all around the world, are included in the book. As well as the title characters, Buddha and Leonardo DiCaprio, other famous environmentalists like Albert Schweitzer, David Attenborough and Jane Goodall are discussed. Some of the less well-known but equally important environmentalists such as Chico Mendes, Bruno Manser, Henry Spira, Tom Regan or Rossano Ercolini are highlighted in the various chapters. The selection of characters represents all major branches within the green sector, ranging from medieval saints to Hollywood celebrities, from university professors to field activists, from politicians to philosophers, from ecofeminists to radicals.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Charles Darwin and the implications of evolution St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.- Environmentalism gaining momentum: Rachel Carson and ’Silent sping’ Denis Hayes and Earth Day.- Planting trees with Wangari Maathai.- In defense of rain forests: Chico Mendes and Bruno Manser Al Gore’s fight for the environment.- The strong men of environmentalism: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Steven Seagal Movie stars and activism.- Arne Naess and ’Deep ecology’.- Vandana Shiva and traditional agriculture.- Ian Kiernan, Rossano Ercolini, and Bea Johnson Pioneers of ecological economics.- The Greenpeace story Forerunners of animal advocacy Spokesmen for animals: Peter Singer, Richard Ryder, and Tom Regan.- Henry Spira, the hero of animal advocacy.- Animal advocates from Central Europe.- Albert Schweitzer: The man who loved all living beings Talking animals: The capacity of animal minds.- Primatologists Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey and Biruté Galdikas Ingrid.- Newkirk, Alex Pacheco, and PETA.- John Muir and Yosemite.- Aldo Leopold, the founding father of nature conservation.- James Lovelock and the Gaia-hypothesis.- Their symbol: The giant panda.- Scientists involved in conservation and environmentalism.- Gerald Durrell: How an amateur naturalist developed into a great conservationist Farley Mowat never cried wolf.- David Attenborough, the grand old man of natural history films Jacques-Yves Cousteau: Under the spell of the sea.- Paul Watson, the daredevil of conservation.- Epilogue.- Acknowledgements List of illustrations.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Biological Invasions in South Africa
Book SynopsisThis open access volume presents a comprehensive account of all aspects of biological invasions in South Africa, where research has been conducted over more than three decades, and where bold initiatives have been implemented in attempts to control invasions and to reduce their ecological, economic and social effects. It covers a broad range of themes, including history, policy development and implementation, the status of invasions of animals and plants in terrestrial, marine and freshwater environments, the development of a robust ecological theory around biological invasions, the effectiveness of management interventions, and scenarios for the future. The South African situation stands out because of the remarkable diversity of the country, and the wide range of problems encountered in its varied ecosystems, which has resulted in a disproportionate investment into both research and management. The South African experience holds many lessons for other parts of the world, and this book should be of immense value to researchers, students, managers, and policy-makers who deal with biological invasions and ecosystem management and conservation in most other regions.Trade Review“This resource will be valuable both to seasoned practitioners or academic researchers as well as to students just embarking on their careers. … Biological Invasions in South Africa will be seen as a pivotal milestone on the path to achieving these positive outcomes.” (Philip E. Hulme, South African Journal of Science, Vol. 117 (1-2), 2021)Table of ContentsPART 1 BACKGROUND 1. Biological invasions in South Africa: An overview Brian W. van Wilgen, G. John Measey, David M. Richardson, John R. Wilson and Tsungai A. Zengeya 2. A brief, selective history of researchers and research initiatives related to biological invasions in South Africa Brian W. van Wilgen PART 2 BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA 3. The biogeography of South African terrestrial plant invasions David M. Richardson, Llewellyn C. Foxcroft, Guillaume Latombe, David C. Le Maitre, Mathieu Rouget and John R. Wilson 4. Invasive alien aquatic plants in freshwater ecosystems Martin P. Hill, Julie A. Coetzee, Grant D. Martin, Rosali Smith and Emily F. Strange 5. Terrestrial Vertebrate Invasions in South Africa G. John Measey, Cang Hui and Michael Somers 6. Alien freshwater fauna in South Africa Olaf L.F. Weyl, Bruce Ellender, Ryan J Wassermann, Marliese Truter, Tatenda Dalu, Tsungai A. Zengeya and Nico J. Smit 7. Alien terrestrial invertebrates in South Africa Charlene Janion-Scheepers and Charles L. Griffiths 8. Biological invasions in South Africa’s offshore sub-Antarctic territories Michelle Greve, Charles Eric Otto von der Meden, and Charlene Janion-Scheepers 9. Coastal invasions: The South African context Tamara B. Robinson, Koebraa Peters and Ben Brooker 10. Pathogens of vertebrate animals as invasive species: Insights from South Africa Lesley van Helden, Paul D. van Helden and Christina Meiring 11. Biological invasions in South Africa’s urban ecosystems: Patterns, processes, impacts and management Luke J. Potgieter, Errol Douwes, Mirijam Gaertner, G. John Measey, Trudy Paap and David M. Richardson PART 3 DRIVERS OF INVASION 12. South Africa’s pathways of introduction and dispersal and how they have changed over time Katelyn T. Faulkner, Amy Burness, Marcus Byrne, Sabrina Kumschick, Koebraa Peters, Mark P. Robertson, Davina L. Saccaggi, Olaf L. F. Weyl and Vivienne Williams 13. The role of environmental factors in promoting and limiting biological invasions in South Africa John R. Wilson, Llewellyn C. Foxcroft, Sjirk Geerts, M. Timm Hoffman, Sandra MacFadyen, G. John Measey, Anthony Mills, David M. Richardson, Mark P. Robertson and Brian W. van Wilgen 14. Biotic interactions as mediators of biological invasions: Insights from South Africa Johannes J. Le Roux, Susanna Clusella-Trullas, Thabiso M. Mokotjomela, Mario Mairal, David M. Richardson, Lisa Skein, John R. Wilson, Olaf L.F. Weyl and Sjirk Geerts PART 4 IMPACTS OF INVASION 15. Impacts of invasions on terrestrial water resources in South Africa David C. Le Maitre, James N. Blignaut, Alistair Clulow, Sebinasi Dzikiti, Colin S. Everson, Andre H. M. Görgens and Mark B. Gush 16. The impact of invasive alien plants on rangelands in South Africa Timothy O’Connor and Brian W. van Wilgen 17. An evaluation of the impacts of alien species on biodiversity in South Africa using different methods Tsungai A. Zengeya, Sabrina Kumschick, Olaf L. F. Weyl and Brian W. van Wilgen PART 5 MANAGEMENT OF INVASIONS 18. Biological invasion policy and legislation development and implementation in South Africa Peter Lukey and Jenny Hall 19. More than a century of biological control against invasive alien plants in South Africa: a synoptic view of what has been accomplished Martin P. Hill, Vincent C. Moran, John H. Hoffmann, Stefan Neser, Helmuth G. Zimmermann, David O. Simelane, Hildegard Klein, Costas Zachariades, Alan R. Wood, Marcus J. Byrne, Iain D. Paterson, Grant D. Martin and Julie A. Coetzee 20. Analysing the risks posed by biological invasions to South Africa Sabrina Kumschick, Llewellyn C. Foxcroft and John R. Wilson 21. The extent and effectiveness of alien plant control projects in South Africa Brian W. van Wilgen, John R. Wilson, Andrew Wannenburgh and Llewellyn C. Foxcroft 22. Experience and lessons from alien and invasive animal control projects carried out in South Africa Sarah J. Davies, Martine Jordaan, Minette Karsten, John. S. Terblanche, Andrew Turner, Nicola J. van Wilgen, Ruan Veldtman, Tsungai A. Zengeya and G. John Measey 23. Biological invasions and ecological restoration in South Africa Patricia M. Holmes, Karen J. Esler, Mirijam Gaertner, Sjirk Geerts, Stuart A. Hall, Mlungele M. Nsikani, David M. Richardson and Sheunesu Ruwanza 24. The social dimensions of biological invasions in South Africa Ross T. Shackleton, Ana Novoa, Charlie M. Shackleton and Christian A. Kull 25. Education, training and capacity building in the field of biological invasions in South Africa Marcus J. Byrne, Dorette du Plessis, Philip J, Ivey, G. John Measey, Mark P. Robertson, Tamara B. Robinson and Kim N. Weaver. PART 6 NEW INSIGHTS 26. South Africa as a donor of naturalized and invasive alien plants to other parts of the world Petr Pyšek, Jan Pergl, Mark van Kleunen, Wayne Dawson, Franz Essl, Holger Kreft, Patrick Weigelt, John R. Wilson, Marten Winter and David M. Richardson 27. South Africa as a donor of alien animals G. John Measey, Tamara B. Robinson, Natasha Kruger, Tsungai A. Zengeya and Brett Hurley 28. Knowing-doing continuum or knowing-doing gap? Transferring research results to managers of biological invasions in South Africa. Llewellyn C. Foxcroft, Brian W. van Wilgen, Brent Abrahams, Karen J. Eslar and Andrew Wannenburgh 29. Biological invasions as a component of South Africa’s global change research effort Nicola J. van Wilgen, Brian W. van Wilgen and Guy F. Midgley 30. South Africa’s Centre for Invasion Biology: An experiment in invasion science for society David M. Richardson, Brent Abrahams, Nelius Boshoff, Sarah J. Davies, G. John Measey and Brian W. van Wilgen PART 7 THE WAY FORWARD 31. Potential futures of biological invasions in South Africa John R. Wilson, G. John Measey, David M. Richardson, Brian W. van Wilgen, and Tsungai A. Zengeya
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG On the Nature of Ecological Paradox
Book SynopsisThis work is a large, powerfully illustrated interdisciplinary natural sciences volume, the first of its kind to examine the critically important nature of ecological paradox, through an abundance of lenses: the biological sciences, taxonomy, archaeology, geopolitical history, comparative ethics, literature, philosophy, the history of science, human geography, population ecology, epistemology, anthropology, demographics, and futurism. The ecological paradox suggests that the human biological–and from an insular perspective, successful–struggle to exist has come at the price of isolating H. sapiens from life-sustaining ecosystem services, and far too much of the biodiversity with which we find ourselves at crisis-level odds. It is a paradox dating back thousands of years, implicating millennia of human machinations that have been utterly ruinous to biological baselines. Those metrics are examined from numerous multidisciplinary approaches in this thoroughly original work, which aids readers, particularly natural history students, who aspire to grasp the far-reaching dimensions of the Anthropocene, as it affects every facet of human experience, past, present and future, and the rest of planetary sentience.With a Preface by Dr. Gerald Wayne Clough, former Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and President Emeritus of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Foreword by Robert Gillespie, President of the non-profit, Population Communication.Table of Contents
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Urban Ecology: A Case Study of Lima City, Perú
Book SynopsisThis book emphasizes the necessity of green spaces and landscape planning to achieve a liveable city. It will more specifically enquire on how to reach a better liveability from the current conditions of Lima. This book takes on the one hand classic concepts from urban agronomy as are soil, water and plants, and on the other hand emphasizes the resources, the plant adaptations and the urban ecosystems, according to the context of Lima. Comparisons are also made to landscape concepts from other cities of the word, contemporary methods of urban landscape research are explained in perspectives of agronomy and ecology. The ecological restoration of some natural spaces of Lima are proposed and related to the food security which impacts on the sustainability of the city. Finally, it describes representative Parks of Lima and previous research projects that have allowed to improve the urban landscape. Considering the city's cultural diversity, comparisons to the mountain and rainforest areas are also made.Table of Contents
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Baccharis: From Evolutionary and Ecological
Book SynopsisThis book has a broad scope and provides a comprehensive overview of the most up-to-date knowledge of the plant genus Baccharis. The book is organized into four major topics encompassing the evolution, ecology, chemistry, as well as environmental and medical applications of the genus. This publication is a major reference for an audience of practising researchers, academics, PhD students, and other scientists in a wide-ranging collection of fields, from Sociology to Medicine to bioeconomy.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Front Matter Part I: Ecological and Evolutionary pathways Front Matter Chapter 1: The Ecological and Applied Potential of Baccharis G. Wilson Fernandes, Yumi Oki and Milton Barbosa Chapter 2: Baccharis: Diversity and Distribution Gustavo Heiden Chapter 3: The Evolution of Genetic Studies of Baccharis Patrícia de Abreu Moreira, Heloiza Navarro de Novaes, G. Wilson Fernandes Chapter 4: Intersexual Differences in Demography, Resource Investment, and Herbivory in Baccharis Evelyn M. Frazier, Jhonathan O. Silva, Mário M. Espírito-Santo, Tatiana Cornelissen and G. Wilson Fernandes Chapter 5: Multitrophic and Indirect Interactions in the Baccharis dracunculifolia System Milton Barbosa, Graziella França Monteiro and G. Wilson Fernandes Chapter 6: Endophytic Fungi of Baccharis Yumi Oki, Lucas Arantes-Garcia, Renata Maia, Michel Stórquio Belmiro, Isabela Maria Nascimento, Ary Correa Junior, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes Chapter 7: Baccharis as Nurse Plants Ramón Perea, Marta Peláez and G. Wilson Fernandes Chapter 8: Biological Invasion by Baccharis Adrián Lázaro-Lobo, Gary N. Ervin, Lidia Caño and F. Dane Panetta Part II: Structure and Chemistry of Baccharis Front Matter Chapter 9: Morpho-anatomical Characteristics of Species of Baccharis Jane Manfron Budel, Paulo Vitor Farago, Ikhlas Ahmed Khan and Vijayasankar Raman Chapter 10: Essential Oils of Baccharis: Chemical Composition and Biological Activities Jane Manfron Budel, Vijayasankar Raman, Ikhlas Ahmed Khan and Paulo Vitor Farago Chapter 11: Flavonoids of Baccharis Simone dos Santos Grecco, Deborah Pelosi Sessa and João Henrique Ghilardi Lago Chapter 12: Chemistry and Biological Activities of Phenolic Compounds from Baccharis Genus Jairo Kenupp Bastos and Caroline Arruda Chapter 13: Baccharis Terpenoid Compounds Sérgio Ricardo Ambrósio, Mário Ferreira Conceição Santos, Larissa Costa Oliveira, Ana Lúcia Bassi, Jairo Kenupp Bastos, and Rodrigo Cassio Sola Veneziani Chapter 14: Macrocyclic Trichothecenes of Baccharis Alessandra Caroline Montes Frade, Maria Beatriz de Oliveira Rabelo, Priscilla Rodrigues Valadares Campana, Rodrigo Maia de Pádua and Fernão Castro Braga Chapter 15: Livestock Intoxication by Baccharis Claudio S. L. Barros and Bruce B. Jarvis Part III: Baccharis: Applications and Innovations Front Matter Chapter 16: An Overview of the Cultural and Popular Use of Baccharis Mara Rejane Ritter, Anderson Luiz Christ, Aline de Mello Zevieski and Marina Fülber Chapter 17: CPQBA 1: First Cultivar Registered and Protected From a Brazilian Medicinal Plant Ilio Montanari Jr Chapter 18: Perspectives of Baccharis Secondary Metabolites as Sources for New Anticancer Drug Candidates Christiane Contigli, Elaine Maria de Souza-Fagundes, Warne Pedro de Andrade, Jacqueline Aparecida Takahashi, Yumi Oki and Geraldo Wilson Fernandes Chapter 19: Innovation and Knowledge of Prospective Studies on the Genus Baccharis Mariana Bonifácio Amancio, Yumi Oki, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Carla Rago, Aristóteles Góes-Neto, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho Azevedo Part IV: Propolis of Baccharis Chapter 20: Chemical Constituents and Antioxidant Properties of Green Propolis Shigenori Kumazawa Chapter 21: Possible Role of Propolis-derived Components in the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity and Diabetes Takanori Tsuda Chapter 22: Effects of the Green Propolis on the Immune Response José Maurício Sforcin and Marco Biagi Chapter 23: From Innovation to Market: an Analysis of the Propolis Production Chain Frederico Ivair Santiago de Oliveira, Yumi Oki, Fernando M. Resende, Patrícia Angrisano, Dian Carlos Pinheiro Rosa, Lucas Arantes-Garcia, G. Wilson Fernandes
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Springer International Publishing AG Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems
Book SynopsisThis open access book about the sustainability of marine and terrestrial ecosystems in southern Africa provides a synthesis of the research program Science Partnerships for the Adaptation to Complex Earth System Processes (SPACES II, 2018-2022). It addresses the scientific, social, and economic issues related to climate change, its potential impacts on the various ecosystems, adaptations, and management interventions for enhancing systems resilience in Southern Africa. It is written by numerous scientists from African states and Germany and summarizes the latest research findings, which are of great relevance for a better understanding of climate change impacts, adaptations, and vulnerabilities as well as for developing management options and policy options to reduce the associated risks. This is crucial considering that the projected African population increase is exceptional. Furthermore, climate change is assumed to hit southern Africa extremely hard with a significant increase in extreme events and the frequency of severe droughts, heat waves, and flooding. Southern Africa hosts a high variety of ecosystems, which belongs to important biodiversity hotspots for unique flora and fauna. The surrounding oceans form, in turn, a bottle neck within the ocean’s global thermohaline circulation, act as a still poorly understood carbon sink and source and play an important role for fisheries as they are highly productive. Considering these important aspects, the book is an important interdisciplinary contribution to the scientific literature and will find a wide readership.The book is aimed at students, teachers, and scientists in the fields of terrestrial and marine ecology, environmental, nature and landscape planning, agriculture, environmental and resource management, biodiversity, and nature conservation, as well as scientists and representatives in specialised authorities and associations, nature conservationists, and policy makers of related disciplines.Table of Contents
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Springer International Publishing AG Plant Biodiversity Conservation in Ethiopia: A
Book SynopsisThis book covers biodiversity conservation under special consideration of the challenges in the global south with particular attention being paid to consider the existing conservation challenges in relation to the study area in Ethiopia. Key issues are addressed, such as the current and future threats to plant biodiversity in Ethiopia, as well as the single large or several small conservation approaches and which approach is feasible for Ethiopia. Furthermore, an innovative approach was developed that enhances ecological connectivity and promotes ecological restoration through community involvement. The book also covers why a systematic conservation planning approach is important and should be used in new protected area establishments, and also looks at the trends of plant ecology research over the past five decades, revealing research gaps and suggesting future research topics. Despite its focus on Ethiopian plant diversity, abundant examples were used from different continents making this book attractive to global readers. It will be of interest for policy- and decision-makers in the conservation sector, researchers interested in biodiversity, climate change, conservation and sustainable use of natural resources, and would be a valuable resource for university students.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Anthropogenic impact on plant biodiversity.- 3. Single large or several small (sloss).- 4. Ecological connectivity.- 5. Ecological restoration.- 6. Pollination and dispersal in fragmented landscape.- 7. Plant biodiversity conservation and lost opportunities in ethiopia.- 8. The concept of potential natural vegetation (pnv).- 9. Forests, woodlands, grasslands.- 10. Strategic conservation planning (scp) approach.
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Springer International Publishing AG The Other Lepidoptera: Moth Conservation in
Book SynopsisConservation interest in moths, by far the predominant components of Lepidoptera, lags far behind that for butterflies, for which conservation practice provides many well-established lessons for extension to their near relatives. The needs of moths are at least as great, but their greater richness and variety, and far poorer documentation of diversity and biology over much of the world contribute to this lack of attention. Australia’s rich moth fauna, largely endemic and of global interest, illustrates many of the problems of developing wider interest and support for moth conservation. Numerous species (perhaps half the total fauna) are undescribed, and many are ecological specialists in restricted and vulnerable environments over small parts of the continent. Establishing their conservation status and needs whilst accepting that foundation knowledge is highly incomplete and much species-focused conservation is impracticable provides complex problems in setting priorities, based largely on wider diversity and effective advocacy. Most Australian vegetation systems, from grassland to forest and from sea-level to alpine zones, have been eroded in extent and quality since European settlement, resulting in massive habitat changes for native insects and to leave fragmented (and commonly degraded) remnants in which moths and others may persist. Recent surveys continue to increase recorded moth richness, reveal local faunal peculiarities, and indicate how assemblage changes may mirror wider environmental changes. This book is an overview of advances in documenting and interpreting moth diversity and ecology, to show how information from better-studied moth faunas can help in planning conservation of Australia’s moths through measures such as understanding the moths themselves by increased surveys and study, the factors influencing their diversity and wellbeing, and how such threats may be countered through increased coordinated conservation interest, commitment and management. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introducing moth variety and diversity.- Chapter 2: Moth ecology and conservation importance.- Chapter 3: Moth declines and the need for conservation.- Chapter 4: Causes for concern: habitat change as the major imposed threat to moths.- Chapter 5: Causes for concern: confounding threats to moths.- Chapter 6: Australia’s moths and their habitats.- Chapter 7: A closer focus: threats to Australia’s moths.- Chapter 8: Moth flagships in Australia: focus on single taxa.- Chapter 9: Conservation potential for Australia’s moths: focus on wider diversity.- Chapter 10: Bringing potential to practice: a future for Australia’s moths.
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Springer International Publishing AG Rangeland Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Book SynopsisThis open access book reviews the importance of ecological functioning within rangelands considering the complex inter-relationships of production agriculture, ecosystem services, biodiversity, and wildlife habitat. More than half of all lands worldwide, and up to 70% of the western USA, are classified as rangelands—uncultivated lands that often support grazing by domestic livestock. The rangelands of North America provide a vast array of goods and services, including significant economic benefit to local communities, while providing critical habitat for hundreds of species of fish and wildlife. This book provides compendium of recent data and synthesis from more than 100 experts in wildlife and rangeland ecology in Western North America. It provides a current and in-depth synthesis of knowledge related to wildlife ecology in rangeland ecosystems, and the tools used to manage them, to serve current and future wildlife biologists and rangeland managers in the working landscapes of the West. The book also identifies information gaps and serves as a jumping-off point for future research of wildlife in rangeland ecosystems. While the content focuses on wildlife ecology and management in rangelands of Western North America, the material has important implications for rangeland ecosystems worldwide.Table of Contents1. Introduction to Rangeland Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Part I Rangeland Ecosystems and Processes 2. Rangelands of Western North America 3. A History of North American Rangelands 4. Western Rangeland Livestock Production Systems and Grazing Management 5. Manipulation of Rangeland Wildlife Habitats 6. Role and Management of Fire in Rangelands 7. Water is Life: Importance and Management of Riparian Areas for Rangeland Wildlife 8. Rangeland Biodiversity Part II Species Accounts 9. Prairie Grouse 10. Sage-Grouse 11. Quails 12. Rangeland Songbirds 13. Wetland Birds of Rangelands 14. Avian Predators in Rangelands 15. Burrowing Rodents 16. Mesocarnivores of Western Rangelands 17. Black-tailed and Mule Deer 18. White-tailed Deer 19. Pronghorn 20. Elk 21. Feral Equids 22. Mountain Ungulates 23. American Bison 24. Large Carnivores 25. Amphibians and Reptiles 26. Insects in Grassland Ecosystems Part III Social-Ecological Considerations 27. Wildlife, Rural Communities, and the Rangeland Livelihoods they Share: Opportunities in a Diverse Economies Approach 28. Living with Predators: A 20-year Case Study in the Blackfoot River Watershed of Montana 29. A Perspective on Rangeland and Wildlife Disciplines: Similarities Over Differences 30. Future of Rangeland Wildlife in North America
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Springer International Publishing AG Managing Protected Areas: People and Places
Book SynopsisThis open access book brings together 16 specially commissioned chapters drawn from a range of different professional-practitioner and academic global perspectives on the importance of the relationship between people and green and blue spaces. It focuses on issues surrounding the importance of natural environments on public health and wellbeing, and the environmental, cultural, and social importance of green and blue spaces that can result through responsible and sustainable adaptive management processes. It explores how the Covid-19 pandemic forced reconsiderations of our relationship with these natural spaces and highlights the important impact of the pace of climate change. While not pretending to have the answers, the stimulating and imaginative contributions embrace rich perspectives drawn from backgrounds as diverse as heritage studies, tourism, conservation, geography, policy formulation, public health, environmental health, research methods, history, literature, art, and theology. Table of ContentsTable of Contents List of Contributors Chapter 1: People and Places Matter: From Theory to Practice. Introduction. Niall Finneran & Denise Hewlett with Richard Clarke Chapter 2: What does the Global Biodiversity Framework mean for protected and conserved areas? Nigel Dudley Chapter 3: Landscapes of the Romantic Sublime: the legacy of nineteenth-century artistic visions and contributions to the development of the management of natural heritage. Niall Finneran Chapter 4: Islandscapes: tourism, Covid, climate change and challenges to natural landscapes. A Caribbean perspective and view from Barbados. Niall Finneran & Tara Inniss Chapter 5: Managing heritage landscapes of cultural value: a view from the National Trust portfolio in Purbeck, southern England. Tracey Churcher & Niall Finneran Chapter 6: Between high and low tide. Participatory approaches to managing England’s coastal and riverine natural and cultural heritage: a case study from the CITIZAN initiative. Oliver Hutchinson & Niall Finneran Chapter 7: Managing a UNESCO World Heritage Site in a Post-Colonial, Post-Conflict and Post-Disaster Destination. The Case of the Haitian National History Park. Jocelyn Belfort, Hugues Séraphin & Godson Lubrun Chapter 8: Sustainable project management of green spaces, protected and conserved areas – opportunities and challenges. Malgorzata Radomska, Richard Clarke & Denise Hewlett Chapter 9: (Re)connecting with Nature: Exploring Nature Based Interventions for Psychological Health and Wellbeing. Debra Gray, Denise Hewlett, Julie Hammon & Stephanie Aburrow Chapter 10: Significant Spaces: Exploring the Health and Wellbeing Impacts of Natural Environments. Denise Hewlett, Debra Gray, Richard Gunton, Tom Munro, Sheela Agarwal, Martin Breed, Chris Skelly, Philip Weinstein, Ainara Terradillos, Natalia Lavrushkina & Danny Byrne Chapter 11: Judaism and Engagements with Nature: theology and practice. Christina Welch & Neil Amswych Chapter 12: Islam and Engagements with Nature; theology and practice. Christina Welch & Fahima B. Rahman Chapter 13: What Have we Learned from the Impact of the Pandemic on our Relationship with Nature? The Importance of Views from Home. Marco Garrido-Cumbrera & Olta Braçe Chapter 14: Impacts and Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic for Protected and Conserved Area Management. Mitali Sharma, Mariana Napolitano Ferreira, Rachel Golden Kroner & Mohammed K. S. Pasha Chapter 15: Tourism and Visitor Management in Protected Areas Post Pandemic: the English Context. Denise Hewlett, Richard Gunton, Debra Gray, Ainara Terradillos, Sheela Agarwal, Natalia Lavrushkina & Danny Byrne Chapter 16: Climate Change - Protected Areas as a Tool to Address a Global Crisis. Zachary J. Cannizzo, Elise Belle, Risa Smith, Tom Mommsen Chapter 17: The Virtual Wild: Exploring the Intersection of Virtual Reality and Natural Environments. Simone Grassini & Eleanor Ratcliffe
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Springer International Publishing AG Outdoor Recreation: Environmental Impacts and
Book SynopsisThis textbook presents a comprehensive overview of the environmental impacts of various types of outdoor recreation, and how these can be best managed. As a field of study, recreational ecology is both multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary, and the authors seek to develop a deeper understanding of both the role and function of the factors that influence visitor numbers and their impact. An accessible and comprehensive textbook, it features numerous types of outdoor recreational activities including hill walking, rock climbing, mountain marathons, skiing, scuba diving and more.Drawn from several global case studies, the authors estimate the current and future numbers involved in outdoor recreation, and how best these numbers can be managed. Effective visitor impact management actions arise from collaboration between recreation ecologists, social scientists, experienced recreation managers, recreation stakeholders and the recreationalists themselves: as such, this book will be multi-disciplinary in scope. This practical and engaging textbook will be invaluable to students and scholars of outdoor recreation and adventure tourism as well as practitioners and managers working in the field. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to Outdoor Recreation and Recreation EcologyChapter 2: Recreational WalkingChapter 3 Mountain Marathons, Adventure Racing, and Mountain ToursChapter 4 Recreational Climbing and ScramblingChapter 5 Gorge Walking, Canyoneering, or CanyoningChapter 6 Off-Road and All-Terrain Vehicles, Including SnowmobilingChapter 7 Mountain BikingChapter 8 Camping, Wild Camping, Snow Holing, and BothiesChapter 9 Horseback RidingChapter 10 Geocaching, Letterboxing, and OrienteeringChapter 11 Skiing, Snowboarding, and SnowshoeingChapter 12 CavingChapter 13 Water Sports and Water-Based RecreationChapter 14 Recreational Scuba Diving and SnorkellingChapter 15 Recreational FishingChapter 16 ExpeditionsChapter 17 Overall Summary
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Campus Verlag Living in the Plastic Age: Perspectives from
Book SynopsisA comprehensive discussion on the complex role of plastics in society-nature relationships. The anthology Living in the Plastic Age focuses on the multidimensional facets of plastics and microplastics from different disciplinary angles. Small plastic fragments (microplastics) and larger plastic waste can be found even on the remotest island. Plastic waste all over the planet is the visual footprint of humanity’s consumerism and mass production. Plastics shape the relationship between society and nature in such a profound way that we can today speak of the “Plastic Age.” This anthology aims to question the role of plastics in our society and the implications plastics have for the environment and human health. The detection of this emergent contaminant opens up a new field of scientific engagement for natural sciences on the effects of (micro-) plastics for the environment and the social sciences on new governance regimes on marine litter as well as on solution strategies to combat plastic waste. Table of Contentsnot specified
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Böden der Welt: Ein Bildatlas
Book SynopsisBöden gehören zu den wichtigsten Lebensgrundlagen der Menschheit. Sie unterscheiden sich in den verschiedenen Regionen der Erde außerordentlich stark. Dieser Bildatlas beschreibt und illustriert die Böden der Welt im Zusammenhang mit ihren Naturräumen.Grundlage ist die internationale Bodenklassifikation WRB (World Reference Base for Soil Resources) in der Neuauflage von 2006. Darin sind zahlreiche Begriffe neu bzw. schärfer definiert. Mit den Technosolen und Stagnosolen fanden zwei neue Referenzbodengruppen Aufnahme. Auch die weitere Untergliederung der Böden mit Hilfe von Qualifiern wurde deutlich verändert und erweitert. Diese zahlreichen Änderungen in der WRB von 2006 sind in die 2. Auflage des Buches eingegangen.Das Buch ist nach Ökozonen gegliedert. Für jede Ökozone werden Lage, Klima und Vegetation mit den sich daraus ergebenden bodenbildenden Faktoren beschrieben. Darauf folgen umfassende Informationen über deren repräsentative Böden: Definition der Böden, diagnostische Horizonte, Eigenschaften und Materialien, physikalische, chemische und biologische Merkmale, Vorkommen und Verbreitung, Nutzung und Gefährdung, Prozesse der Bodenbildung. Zahlreiche Diagramme zur Verbreitung der Böden, zu Profilmerkmalen und bodenbildenden Prozessen sowie viele neue Farbfotos von Bodenprofilen und -landschaften machen den Bildatlas zu einem ausgezeichneten Referenzwerk. Studierende und Lehrende sowie Entscheidungsträger werden zudem mit grundlegenden Erkenntnissen der Bodenkunde, des Bodenschutzes und der Bodenfruchtbarkeit vertraut gemacht. Bevölkerungswachstum und Bodendegradation in tropischen Gebieten, deren Böden von Natur aus nur eingeschränkt fruchtbar sind, machen die Ernährungssicherung in besonderem Maße zu einer Aufgabe der Bodenkunde.Trade ReviewAus den Rezensionen:“Das Buch beschreibt und illustriert alle Bodentypen der Erde nach der weltweit gültigen WRB-Klassifikation. Es stellt die Böden und Bodengesellschaften in ihrer naturräumlichen Verbreitung vor und liefert damit eine kompakte Übersicht für Fachleute und Studierende verschiedener Disziplinen ...“ (in: Landtechnik, Heft 3, 1.Juni 2014) “... Das Buch ist ein sehr schön bebildertes Lehrbuch und Nachschlagewerk, in dem man stundenlang blättern und sich nicht sattsehen kann an den farbenfrohen Profilen und den vielen anschaulichen Abbildungen. Jeder, der Spaß und Interesse an Böden hat, wird Gefallen an der aufwendigen Aufmachung und liebevollen Gestaltung finden, die es einem leicht macht, in die komplexen Sachverhalte der Bodengenese einzusteigen. ... Es ist darüber hinaus auch für die Lehre im Bereich der internationalen Bodenkunde unverzichtbar ...“ (Martin Jansen, in: Forstarchiv, Jg. 85,Heft 5, 2014, S. 172)“... Das Buch ist ein sehr schön bebildertes Lehrbuch und Nachschlagewerk ... Jeder, der Spaß und Interesse an Böden hat, wird Gefallen an der aufwendigen Aufmachung und liebevollen Gestaltung finden, die es einem leicht macht, in die komplexen Sachverhalte der Bodengenese einzusteigen. ... Es ist darüber hinaus auch für die Lehre im Bereich der internationalen Bodenkunde unverzichtbar.“ ( Martin Jansen, in: Forstarchiv, Jg. 85,Heft 5, S. 172, 2014)Table of ContentsVorwort zur zweiten Auflage.- Abkürzungen, Akronyme.- Einleitung und Hinweise zur Nutzung des Buches.- Horizontsymbole.- Übersicht der Böden und ökozonale Zuordnung.- A Polare und Subpolare Zone (Tundra).- A.1 Cryosole.- B Boreale Zone (Taiga, kalt-gemäßigte Zone).- B1 Histosole.- B2 Gleysole.- B3 Podzole.- B4 Albeluvisole.- B5 Stagnosole.- Bilder.- Catenen.- C Feuchte Mittelbreiten (kühl-gemäßigte Zone).- C1 Cambisole .- C2 Luvisole.- C3 Umbrisole.- Bilder.- Catenen.- D Trockene Mittelbreiten.- D1 Phaeozeme.- D2 Chernozeme.- D3 Kastanozeme.- Bilder.- Catenen.- E Winterfeuchte Subtropen.- E1 Chromic Cambisole.- E2 Chromic Luvisole.- Bilder.- Catenen.- F Immerfeuchte Subtropen (immerfeuchte, warm-gemäßigte Zone).- F1 Acrisole.- F2 Alisole.- Bilder.- Catenen.- G Trockene Subtropen und Tropen.- G1 Arenosole.- G2 Calcisole.- G3 Gypsisole.- G4 Durisole.- G5 Solonchake.- G6 Solonetze.- Bilder.- Catenen.- H Sommerfeuchte Tropen.- H1 Lixisole.- H2 Nitisole.- H3 Vertisole.- H4 Planosole.- Bilder.- Catenen.- I Immerfeuchte Tropen.- I1 Ferralsole.- I2 Plinthosole.- Bilder.- Catenen.- J Gebirgsböden.- J1 Leptosole.- J2 Regosole.- J3 Andosole.- Bilder.- Catenen.- K Weltweit verbreitete Böden.- K1 Fluvisole.- K2 Anthrosole.- K3 Technosole.- Bilder.- Catenen.- Glossar .- Diagnostische Horizonte.- Diagnostische Eigenschaften.- Diagnostische Materialien.- Qualifier.- Literatur.- Sachwortregister.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Boden und Energiewende: Trassenbau,
Book SynopsisViele Fragen zur Auswirkung der Energiewende auf die Böden und die Landwirtschaft werden beantwortet. Diese Anthologie vereint ausführliche Beiträge zur Trassenplanung, bodenkundlichen Baubegleitung, Erdverkabelung, Strombelastbarkeit von Erdkabeln und Erdwärme die im Rahmen eines Symposiums am Geozentrum Hannover referiert wurden.Table of ContentsTrassenplanung in Deutschland.- Bodenkundliche Baubegleitung -Bodenschutz beim Trassenbau.- Erdverkabelung aus Sicht der Landwirtschaft.- Das CableEarth-Verfahren zur ökologischen Bewertung und Optimierung der Strombelastbarkeit erdverlegter Energiekabel.- Erdwärme in Deutschland.- Die Rolle des Bodens bei der Nutzung oberflächennaher Erdwärme.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Kiebitzinseln in der Agrarlandschaft: Von der
Book SynopsisIn diesem essential beschreibt Jan-Uwe Schmidt, wie durch Kiebitzinseln nicht nur dem Kiebitz geholfen wird, sondern auch andere Tier- und Pflanzenarten profitieren können. Durch jährliche Anlage einer Schwarzbrache mit mindestens 2 Hektar Größe lassen sich Nassstellen leicht als Kiebitzbrutplatz einrichten. Landwirte erhöhen so die Nachhaltigkeit der Landnutzung und schaffen außerdem einen sicheren Erlös aus der Vergütung der Agrarumweltmaßnahme. Dieses essential gibt praktische Hinweise zur Planung und Anlage von Kiebitzinseln mithilfe von Luftbildern.Table of ContentsNassstellen in Äckern – Problem oder Chance?.- Zielart Kiebitz.- Anlage einer Kiebitzinsel.- Verwendung von Luftbildern bei der Planung.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Ökonomische Inwertsetzung zur Erhaltung des
Book SynopsisIn diesem essential beschreiben Bernd Hansjürgens und Urs Moesenfechtel die Dringlichkeit eines Perspektivenwechsels bei unserem Umgang mit der Natur. Sie schlagen dazu eine ökonomische Inwertsetzung von Ökosystemleistungen vor und zeigen auf, welche Handlungsmöglichkeiten dieser Ansatz dem Naturschutz eröffnet.Table of ContentsErläuterung des „Naturkapital Deutschland – TEEB DE“-Ansatzes für den Naturschutz.- Plädoyer für eine Neuausrichtung unseres ökonomischen Kompasses.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Phosphor-Dynamiken in Böden: Grundlagen, Konzepte
Book SynopsisDie vorliegende Studie zeigt, dass der Nährstoff Phosphor in Böden und Landschaften sehr ungleichmäßig verteilt ist. Dies wird auf seine unterirdische Verlagerung zurückgeführt. Die Ergebnisse von Christoph Weihrauch verdeutlichen damit, dass ein Umdenken bezüglich Phosphor in Böden nötig ist. Die Verlagerung dieses Nährstoffs hat vor allem Konsequenzen für die Düngung in der Landwirtschaft. Dort wird die ungleichmäßige Phosphor-Verbreitung bislang nicht in die Düngerplanung einbezogen, sodass Äcker teilweise über- bzw. unterversorgt werden. Dadurch wird viel Phosphor verschwendet, obwohl die notwendigen Rohstoffe bereits knapp werden. Noch in diesem Jahrhundert könnte daraus eine „Phosphor-Krise“ mit globalen Hungersnöten erwachsen. Diese Studie gibt Impulse dafür, wie Phosphor-Dünger ressourcenschonend, effizient und ohne Umweltbelastungen genutzt werden können. Damit leistet sie einen Beitrag dazu, die drohende „Phosphor-Krise“ abzuwenden.Table of ContentsDie gesellschaftliche Bedeutung des Phosphors.- Phosphor-Formen in Böden.- Effekte unterirdischer Verlagerungen auf die räumliche Phosphor-Verteilung.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Scheffer/Schachtschabel: Lehrbuch der Bodenkunde
Book SynopsisBöden sind eine unserer wichtigsten Lebensgrundlagen. Sie liefern Wasser und Nährstoffe an die Pflanzen, die uns ernähren, und halten Schadstoffe vom Grundwasser fern. Aber sie sind auf vielfältige Weise gefährdet. Ihr Schutz ist daher eine der wichtigsten Aufgaben für Wissenschaft, Politik und Gesellschaft.Ein Team anerkannter Autoren beschreibt in der 16. Auflage dieses renommierten und erfolgreichen Lehrbuchs · die Vorgänge der Bodenbildung und -entwicklung, · die physikalischen, biologischen und chemischen Eigenschaften der Böden, · Nähr- und Schadstoffe, · die verschiedenen Bodensystematiken (Deutschland, USA, FAO-UNESCO, WRB), · die wichtigsten Böden und Bodenlandschaften Mitteleuropas und der Welt, · die Nutzungsbewertung der Böden, · Grundsätze des Bodenschutzes. Die 16. Auflage wurde völlig neu bearbeitet und neu strukturiert. Für das Studium überflüssiges Wissen ist gekürzt. Einige Kapitel wurden aber auch stark erweitert, v.a. die Bodenbiologie. Die Grafiken sind erstmals 2-farbig, und es gibt insgesamt drei Tafeln mit Farbfotos von Bodenprofilen.Wer sich mit Böden befasst, braucht dieses Buch.Table of ContentsEinleitung: Böden — die Haut der Erde.- Anorganische Komponenten der Böden — Minerale und Gesteine.- Organische Bodensubstanz.- Bodenorganismen und ihr Lebensraum.- Chemische Eigenschaften und Prozesse.- Physikalische Eigenschaften und Prozesse.- Bodenentwicklung und Bodensystematik.- Bodenverbreitung.- Böden als Pflanzenstandorte.- Gefährdung der Bodenfunktionen.- Bodenbewertung und Bodenschutz.
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Spektrum Akademischer Verlag Die Abbildungen Des Buches:
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United Nations Forest landscape restoration in the Caucasus and
Book SynopsisThis study, focusing primarily on the period from the collapse of the Soviet Union until the present day, identifies the key drivers of forest degradation and the potential for forest landscape restoration in the Caucasus and Central Asia. The study was undertaken to support the preparation of restoration pledges in the eight countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia in the run up to the Ministerial Roundtable on Forest Landscape Restoration and the Bonn Challenge in the Caucasus and Central Asia that took place in June 2018 in Astana, Kazakhstan. At this Roundtable Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan committed to restore over 2.5 million ha of forest landscapes by 2030.
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United Nations The second world ocean assessment: world ocean
Book SynopsisThe second World Ocean Assessment is a collaborative effort of hundreds of experts from all regions of the world, a comprehensive and integrated assessment of the state of marine environment. It is the product of the second cycle of the Regular Process for global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, including socio-economic aspects (Regular Process) established after the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development to regularly review the environmental, economic and social aspects of the world's oceans, both current and foreseeable. Its purpose is to strengthen the regular scientific assessment of the state of the marine environment in order to enhance the scientific basis for policymaking and thus contribute to the sustainable management of human activities that affect the oceans and seas
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New India Publishing Agency Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
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Agrupacion Sierra Madre,Mexico Transboundary Conservation: A New Vision for Protected Areas
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Coastal Ecosystems of the Tropics - Adaptive Management
Book SynopsisThe coastal areas of the tropics are rich in biodiversity, natural resources and place of intensive developmental activities as it provides livelihood to millions of people. At the same time evidences suggest that several unique coastal ecosystems viz., mangroves, wetlands, salt marshes, corals, estuaries, sand dunes and agro-ecosystem are vulnerable to natural disasters and events associated with global climate change. In recent times degradation of land, water and genetic erosion besides threat to native flora and fauna have been increasing due to unsustainable developmental activities. Therefore, a paradigm shift in deriving livelihood through conventional methods, developmental strategies, conservation practices are required for balanced and sustainable growth of the coastal areas. This publication strives to cover the status of different natural resources of the coastal region, various aspects of degradation process, production need and restorative methods besides new technological options and its socio-economic implications with case examples. Special focus is given to bring out the scope and potential of mangrove based farming, integrated and organic farming and its value addition besides the role of coastal vegetations as bioshield in protecting these regions from sea erosion, cyclones and tsunami. As the tropical coastal areas are vulnerable to climate change events, this book also covers the recent weather pattern, impacts of climate change and climate resilient technologies besides intuitional linkages and policy framework aimed at balancing development and environmental concerns. Table of Contents.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Ecosystem Restoration through Managing
Book SynopsisThis open access book is a compilation of case studies that provide useful knowledge and lessons that derive from on-the-ground activities and contribute to policy recommendations, focusing on the relevance of social-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) to ecosystem restoration. Building on the concept of SEPLS, the Satoyama Initiative promotes landscape approaches as integrative area-based strategies to bring together diverse stakeholders aiming to balance multiple objectives, including conservation and development, for the benefit of biodiversity and human well-being. Many of the SEPLS case studies from the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) offer rich evidence to help guide restoration efforts while advancing relevant knowledge and practices. The book highlights how the efforts in managing SEPLS can contribute to ecosystem restoration and sustainable development, looking at the strategies and approaches by which multiple stakeholders express, negotiate, and embrace their plural value perspectives of nature to restore ecosystems within a landscape or seascape. It begins with an introductory chapter followed by twelve case studies and a synthesis clarifying the relevance of the case study findings to policy and academic discussions. This book will be of interest to scholars, policymakers and professionals in the field related to sustainable development, especially on SDGs 15 and 17.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Community-Based Woodland Restoration for Livelihoods and Sustainable Wood Fuel Utilisation in the Mole Ecological Landscape, Ghana.- Chapter 3. Community- Based Rangeland Restoration for Climate Resilience and Pastoral Livelihoods in Chyulu, Kenya.- Chapter 4. Initiation of SEPLS Approach from World Peace Biodiversity Park (WPBP), Pokhara in Panchase Region of the Nepal.- Chapter 5. Community-Based Restoration of Agroforestry Parklands in Kapelebyong District, North Eastern Uganda.- Chapter 6. Farmland Management Strategies by Smallholder Farmers in the Mount Bamboutos Landscape in Cameroon.- Chapter 7. Traditional Regenerative Agriculture as a Sustainable Landscape Approach: Lessons from India and Thailand.- Chapter 8. Restoring Rice Paddies and Rice Agro-Ecosystem Services through a Participatory Seed Conservation and Exchange Programme.- Chapter 9. Community-Based Approach to Wetland Restoration – Case Study of the Songor Wetland, Ghana.- Chapter 10. An Integrated Seascape Approach to Revitalise Ecosystems and Livelihoods in Shimoni-Vanga, Kenya.- Chapter 11. Engaging Local People in Conserving the Socio-Ecological Production Landscape and Seascape by Practicing Collaborative Governance in Mao’ao Bay, Chinese Taipei.- Chapter 12. Multi-Stakeholder Platform for Coastal Ecosystem Restoration and Sustainable Livelihood in Sanniang Bay in Guangxi, South China.- Chapter 13. Capacitating Philippine Indigenous and Local Institutions and Actualising Local Synergies on Restorative Ridge to Reef Biodiversity Conservation for Food Security and Livelihoods.- Chapter 14. Synthesis: Ecosystem Restoration in the Context of Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS).
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Information Age Publishing Climate Governance in International and
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Almuzara Cambio Climatico Sin Complejos
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Almuzara La Era del Plastico
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