Conservation of the environment Books
Springer Grazing and Conservation Management
Book SynopsisGrazing animals enjoy an ambiguous reputation in the field of nature conservation. Livestock are often treated as a scourge, yet native large herbivores form the prime attraction of many a reserve. This book gives the first comprehensive overview of the use of grazing as a tool in conservation management. Considering in turn the ecological and historical background, the impact of grazing on community structure, management applications and future prospects, this book examines issues such as the role of herbivores as keystone species, the assessment of habitat quality and the function of scientific models in advancing grazing management. Large herbivores are shown to be potentially powerful allies in the management of nature reserves, particularly in the maintenance, enhancement or restoration of biodiversity. Grazing and Conservation Management will appeal to conservation biologists and rangeland managers, providing them with a clearer understanding of grazing and conservation management.Table of ContentsList of contributors. Preface. 1. Large herbivores as key factors for nature conservation; M.F. WallisDeVries. Part One: Historical and Ecological Background. 2. Grazing for conservation management in historical perspective; J.P. Bakker, G. Londo. 3. Origins and development of grassland communities in northwestern Europe; H.H.T. Prins. 4. Effects of human interference on the landscape with special reference to the role of grazing livestock; R. Pott. Part Two: Impact of Grazing on Community Structure. 5. The impact of grazing on plant communities; J.P. Bakker. 6. Effects of large herbivores upon the animal community; S.E. Van Wieren. Part Three: Management Applications. 7. Hydrological conditions and herbivory as key operators for ecosystem development in Dutch artificial wetlands; J.T. Vulink, M.R. Van Eerden. 8. The practical use of grazing in nature reserves in The Netherlands. Part Four: Perspectives and Limitations. 9. Habitat quality and the performance of large herbivores; M.F. WallisDeVries. 10. The role of scientific models; M.F. WallisDeVries, J. Van de Koppel. 11. Grazing for conservation in the twenty-first century; S.E. Van Wieren, J.P. Bakker. Index.
£61.74
Sunway University Press Giant Caves of Gunung Mulu and Buda, Sarawak
Book SynopsisGiant Caves of Gunung Mulu and Buda, Sarawak unravels the mystery and marvel of the caves and rich biodiversity of Gunung Mulu and Gunung Buda in Sarawak, Malaysia. The book presents a historical record of over 40 years of daring cave explorations at the UNESCO World Heritage Site and showcases the beauty of one of Malaysia's important natural heritage through over 200 stunning photographs.
£39.91
Produccicones de La Hamaca How on Earth Do We Live Now? Natural Capital, Deep Ecology and the Commons
£7.66
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Politics Of China's Environmental Protection:
Book SynopsisAs the dazzling economic and social changes in China have imposed substantial impact upon the quality of environmental governance, it is time to review the problems and progress in the politics of China's environmental protection. This book analyzes the factors in China's governance and political process that affect and restrain its capacity to handle the mounting environmental problems. It argues that solutions to China's ecological woes to a larger extent lie in the political and institutional changes rather than in engineering, technological and investment input. The book talks about new policies and reform measures in the green area taken by the government since 2007, arguing that some of them may be quite effective in the long run, as long as they alter institutional factors and the “growth-first” mindset that obstruct the green effort.The book also includes discussion of China's climate change policy not only because global warming has come under the limelight of the international community in recent years, but also because it offers a unique dimension to analyze the country's environmental diplomacy and domestic bureaucratic structure on emissions cutting and related energy issues. China is currently at the crossroads of further political and economic reform, and the intensified public attention to environmental pollution may help the Chinese Communist Party to decisively push forward the long-sluggish political reforms.Table of ContentsEnvironmental Crises in China; Bureaucratic Structures on Environmental Protection; Environmental Legal Systems in China; Environmental NGOs and Emerging Civil Society; China's Environmental Diplomacy and Soft Power; Case Study: Songhua River Toxic Spill Crisis; Case Study: Taihu Algae Crisis; Case Study: Beijing Olympics and Air Quality; China's Climate Change Politics; How China Manages and Benefits from CDM Projects; Reforms and New Policies.
£72.20
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd In Search Of Biohappiness: Biodiversity And Food,
Book SynopsisThis book describes how an era of biohappiness, based on the conservation and sustainable and equitable use of biodiversity, can be launched. It deals with all aspects of conservation such as in situ, ex situ and community conservation, and also covers conservation issues relating to mangroves and other coastal bioresources, whose importance has grown with the emerging possibility of sea-level rise from global warming. The book includes concrete examples of how local tribal families have taken to the establishment of gene, seed, grain and water banks in villages, thus linking conservation, cultivation, consumption and commerce in a mutually-reinforcing manner.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Towards an Era of Biohappiness; Biodiversity and Sustainable Food Security with regard to Climate Change; Malthus and Mendel: Population, Science and Sustainable Food Security; Achieving Food Security in Times of Crisis; Resolving Asia's Contradictions; 2010 - Do or Die Year on the Farm Front; Biotechnology; Benefit Sharing in the Area of Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources; Partnerships in Integrated Gene Management; Mangroves; Frozen Seeds and Food Security; Kerala Case Study on Agrobiodiversity Conservation; Designing a Learning Revolution.
£78.85
Editions Didier Millet Thailand's Sustainable Development Sourcebook:
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£39.96
Editions Didier Millet Pte Ltd Thailand's Sustainable Development Sourcebook:
Book SynopsisWhen Thailand's Sustainable Development Sourcbook was released, it quickly became a bestseller in Thailand's bookstores, and gained international recognition for honestly showcasing one country's involvement in what many believe is the most important movement of recent times: The quest for sustainable development. Covering key challenges, ongoing efforts and potential solutions, Thailand's Sustainable Development Sourcebook offers an incredible array of information, ideas and inspiration through more than 60 articles on the subject, written by experts in the field. This updated version contains numerous new articles and photographs, updated statistics and graphics, newly released findings on climate change, and also examines Thailand's efforts to address the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. New profiles of pioneers are included and all information is updated. As the quest for sustainable development is ongoing, this illustrated and highly readable book remains a wonderful place to start in order to understand the key concepts of sustainable development. It uniquely defines the issues at stake by profiling the key environmental, economic, social and cultural challenges faced by Thailand. In the final and largest section of the book, there is a showcase of the ideas, individual pioneers, grassroots and community programs, international partnerships and private sector initiatives that are paving the way for sustainable development.
£30.38
Editions Didier Millet Thailand's Sustainable Development Sourcebook:
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£33.96
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd In Search Of Biohappiness: Biodiversity And Food,
Book SynopsisIn Search of Biohappiness deals with methods of converting agro-biodiversity hotspots into happy spots. This involves concurrent attention to conservation, and sustainable and equitable use. Bioresources constitute the feedstock for the biotechnology industry. The aim of the book is to promote an era of biohappiness based on the conversion of bioresources into jobs and income in an environmentally sustainable manner.The scope of Biohappiness extends to include all aspects of conservation such as in situ, ex situ and community conservation, and also covers conservation issues relating to mangroves and other coastal bioresources, whose importance has grown with the emerging possibility of significant sea-level increase from global warming. Concrete examples of how local tribal families have taken to the establishment of gene, seed, grain and water banks in villages — thus linking conservation, cultivation, consumption and commerce in a mutually-reinforcing manner — are provided in this book.Since the first edition, biohappiness is now universally considered to be the major objective of research and development in the field of biodiversity. This edition brings the position up-to-date, and furthers the cause of biohappiness through the inclusion of a new section on its latest developments.Table of ContentsConservation, Cultivation, Consumption and Commerce: Pathways to Biohappiness: Towards an Era of Biohappiness; Biodiversity and Sustainable Food Security; Biotechnology and Biohappiness; Integrated Gene Management; Mangroves; Plant Variety Protection and Genetic Conservation; Science and Sustainable Food Security: The Tsunami and a New Chapter; Now for the Evergreen Revolution; Evergreen Revolution and Sustainable Food Security; Priorities in Agricultural Research and Education; Achieving Food Security in Times of Crisis; Synergy between Food Security Act and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act; Common and Differentiated Entitlements: Pathway for Food Security for All; Designing Architecture for a Learning Revolution; Role of Sustainability Science; Towards Eliminating Hunger and Poverty; Food Security in an Era of Climate Change and Civil Strife: Copenhagen, Tsunami and Hunger; Monsoon Management in an Era of Climate Change; Media and the Farm Sector; Resolving Asia's Contradictions: Growth versus Inequities; From Killing Fields to Smiling Gardens in Northern Sri Lanka; Finding Common International Goals; Looking Back and Looking Ahead; Towards Furthering Biohappiness: New Technologies for a Small Farm Productivity Revolution; Overcoming the Curse of Malnutrition; Traditional Knowledge and Modern Science; Role of International Years in Meeting the Zero Hunger Challenge; Vision of a Food-Secure India;
£84.55
NUS Press Catastrophe and Regeneration in Indonesia's
Book SynopsisThe serious degradation of the vast peatlands of Indonesia since the 1990s is the proximate cause of the haze that endangers public health in Indonesian Sumatra and Borneo, and also in neighbouring Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Moreover peatlands that have been drained and cleared for plantations are a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. This new book explains the degradation of peat soils and outlines a potential course of action to deal with the catastrophe looming over the region. Concerted action will be required to reduce peatland fires, and a successful policy needs to enhance social welfare and economic survival, support natural conservation and provide a return on investment if there is to be a sustainable society in the peatlands.This book argues that regeneration is possible through a new policy of people’s forestry that includes reforestation and rewetting peat soils. The data come from a major long-term research effort—the humanosphere project—that coordinates work done by researchers from the physical, natural and human or social sciences.Trade Review"...provides scholarship that elucidates the complexities of oil palm production, and the challenges presented by peatland agriculture as well as peatland restoration."-The Jakarta Post
£42.09
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).
£31.49
Hong Kong University Press Ecologies of Urbanism in India: Metropolitan
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£45.00
Hong Kong University Press Ecologies of Urbanism in India: Metropolitan
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£19.00
Austin Macauley Sustainable Development Leaders
Book SynopsisFor successful leadership progress, no one should think of, or be put in a position to, start from the top. Leadership development is progressive. It does not mean that if you can walk, you can run! There are six main criteria that individuals should be evaluated on to be pre-qualified for leadership responsibilities. These criteria are: Academic Achievements, Experience, Personal Achievements, Leadership Training, Skills, Loyalty. Sustainable Development Leadership responsibilities necessitate extensive knowledge, experience, and achievements; therefore, the assignment of such responsibilities should be via a vertical movement and not horizontal. Often, Sustainable Development Leadership failure starts from Human Resource Corruption.
£11.69
Independently Published Criação racional de abelhas nativas sem ferrão:
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£9.59
Thorndike Press Large Print Fen, Bog & Swamp: A Short History of Peatland
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£34.19
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC Conscious (R)Evolution, Humanity, Insanity, and
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£13.29
Nova Science Publishers Inc Wildfire Crisis: Management, Strategies, and
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£106.39
Nova Science Publishers Inc Activated Charcoal for Environmental
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£113.59
Information Age Publishing Climate Governance in International and
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£60.65
Mandala Publishing Group The Art of the National Parks 2024 Calendar
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£17.27
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC Futurecide
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£11.39
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC Futurecide
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£17.09
Green Writers Press Becoming a Good Relative
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£17.95
