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Berghahn Books Landscape Ethnoecology: Concepts of Biotic and
Book Synopsis Although anthropologists and cultural geographers have explored “place” in various senses, little cross-cultural examination of “kinds of place,” or ecotopes, has been presented from an ethno-ecological perspective. In this volume, indigenous and local understandings of landscape are investigated in order to better understand how human communities relate to their terrestrial and aquatic resources. The contributors go beyond the traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) literature and offer valuable insights on ecology and on land and resources management, emphasizing the perception of landscape above the level of species and their folk classification. Focusing on the ways traditional people perceive and manage land and biotic resources within diverse regional and cultural settings, the contributors address theoretical issues and present case studies from North America, Mexico, Amazonia, tropical Asia, Africa and Europe.Trade Review “Despite the diversity of approaches, the various papers are well structured, with numerous cross-references that make it possible to appreciate the general development of the subject… I found this book very interesting, although very specialised. It is particularly suited to an academic audience; in particular, ethnobotanists, anthropologists, and geographers. But, the book can be also appreciated by all those interested in the interaction between man and the environment.” · International Journal of Environmental Studies “This edited collection gives an important and thought provoking overview of recent debates and work united under the rubric of cultural landscape research. The eleven substantive case studies, taken primarily from indigenous societies across North and South America, each provide a strong argument for questioning or better specifying definitions on the meaning of place for various societies…a suggestive collection that I would recommend highly.” · Anthropos “[The editors] have brought together many of the most innovative thinkers and field workers to ponder how local communities make sense of the landscapes in which they live, and upon which they depend. This volume is rich with insights about how cultures perceive the spaces, landforms and habitats which nourish them.” · Gary Paul Nabhan, PhD., author, Singing the Turtles to Sea and Cultures of Habitat “This landmark volume is bound to become a theoretical touchstone and wellspring for assessing the unity and diversity of human conceptualizations of landscape. It deftly combines a rigorous review of cross-cultural theories of landscape perception and classification with richly-detailed ethnographic examples of landscape ethnoecology.” · Thomas F. Thornton, School of Geography and Environment, University of OxfordTable of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Chapter 1. Introduction Leslie Main Johnson and Eugene S. Hunn PART I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES Chapter 2. Towards a Theory of Landscape Ethnoecological Classification Eugene S. Hunn and Brien A. Meilleur Chapter 3. Ethnophysiography of Arid Lands: Categories for Landscape Features David M. Mark, Andrew G. Turk and David Stea PART II: LANDSCAPE CLASSIFICATION - OF ECOTYPES, BIOTYPES, LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS AND FOREST TYPES Chapter 4. Landscape perception, classification and use among Sahelian Fulani in Burkina Faso (West-Africa) Julia Krohmer Chapter 5. Baniwa Habitat Classification in the White-Sand Campinarana Forests of the Northwest Amazon Marcia Barbosa Abraão, João Cláudio Baniwa, Bruce W. Nelson, Geraldo Andrello, Douglas W. Yu and Glenn H. Shepard Jr. Chapter 6. Why aren’t the Nuaulu like the Matsigenka? Knowledge and categorization of forest diversity on Seram, eastern Indonesia Roy Ellen Chapter 7. The cultural significance of the habitat mañaco taco to the Maijuna of the Peruvian Amazon Michael P. Gilmore, Sebastián Ríos Ochoa and Samuel Ríos Flores Chapter 8. The structure and role of folk ecological knowledge in Les Allues, Savoie (France) Brien Meilleur Chapter 9. Life on the Ice: Understanding the Codes of a Changing Environment Claudio Aporta PART III: LINKAGES AND MEANINGS - OF LANDSCAPES AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPES Chapter 10. Visions of the Land - Kaska Ethnoecology, “Kinds of Place” and “Cultural Landscape” Leslie Main Johnson Chapter 11. Journeying and Remembering: Anishinaabe Landscape Ethnoecology from Northwestern Ontario Iain Davidson-Hunt and Fikret Berkes Chapter 12. What's In a Word? Southern Paiute Place Names as Keys to Environmental Perception Catherine S. Fowler Chapter 13. Managing Maya Landscapes: Quintana Roo, Mexico E. N. Anderson PART IV: CONCLUSIONS Chapter 14. Landscape Ethnoecology - Reflections Leslie Main Johnson and Eugene S. Hunn Notes on Contributors Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Livelihoods, Natural Resources, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
Book SynopsisSustaining and strengthening local livelihoods is one of the most fundamental challenges faced by post-conflict countries. By degrading the natural resources that are essential to livelihoods and by significantly hindering access to those resources, conflict can wreak havoc on the ability of war-torn populations to survive and recover. This book explores how natural resource management initiatives in more than twenty countries and territories have supported livelihoods and facilitated post-conflict peacebuilding. Case studies and analyses identify lessons and opportunities for the more effective design of interventions to support the livelihoods that depend on natural resources – from land to agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and protected areas. The book also explores larger questions about how to structure livelihoods assistance as part of a coherent, integrated approach to post-conflict redevelopment. Livelihoods and Natural Resources in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding is part of a global initiative to identify and analyze lessons in post-conflict peacebuilding and natural resource management. The project has generated six books of case studies and analyses, with contributions from practitioners, policy makers, and researchers. Other books in this series address high value resources, land, water, assessing and restoring natural resources, and governance.Trade Review"This book is an excellent compendium of such conflicts, their contexts, and innovative ways for peace-building in policy and practice." - Paula Hanasz, Asia and the Pacific Policy Society Table of ContentsForeword Introduction: Helping Post-conflict Communities Survive and Thrive Part 1: Natural Resource Conflicts, Livelihoods, and Peacebuilding Approaches Introduction 1. Social Identity, Natural Resources, and Peacebuilding 2. Swords into Ploughshares? Access to Natural Resources and Securing Agricultural Livelihoods in Rural Afghanistan 3.Forest Resources in Cambodia’s Transition to Peace: Lessons for Peacebuilding 4. Post-tsunami Aceh: Successful Peacemaking, Uncertain Peacebuilding 5. Manufacturing Peace in "No Man’s Land": Livestock and Access to Resources in the Karimojong Cluster of Kenya and Uganda 6. Resolving Natural Resource Conflicts to Help Prevent War: A Case from Afghanistan Part 2: Innovative Livelihoods Approaches in Post-conflict Settings Introduction 7. The Opportunities and Challenges of Protected Areas for Post-conflict Peacebuilding 8. A Peace Park in the Balkans:Cross-border Cooperation and Livelihood Creation through Coordinated Environmental Conservation 9. Mountain Gorilla Ecotourism: Supporting Macroeconomic Growth and Providing Local Livelihoods 10. The Interface between Natural Resources and Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration: Enhancing Human Security in Post-conflict Settings 11. Demobilized Combatants as Park Rangers: Post-conflict Natural Resource Management in Gorongosa National Park 12. Utilizing Alternative Livelihood Schemes to Solve Conflict Problems in Sierra Leone’s Artisanal Diamond Mining Industry 13. Linking to Peace: Using BioTrade for Biodiversity Conservation and Peacebuilding in Colombia Part 3: The Institutional and Policy Context Introduction 14. Fisheries Policies and the Problem of Instituting Sustainable Management: The Case of Occupied Japan 15. Developing Capacity for Natural Resource Management in Afghanistan: Process, Challenges and Lessons Learned by UNEP 16. Building Resilience in Rural Livelihood Systems as an Investment in Conflict Prevention 17. Improving Natural Resource Governance and Building Peace and Stability in Mindanao, Philippines 18. Commerce in the Chaos: Charcoal, Bananas, Fisheries, and Conflict in Somalia Part 4: Lessons Learned 19. Managing Natural Resources for Livelihoods in Post-conflict Societies: Lessons Learned
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Governance, Natural Resources and Post-Conflict
Book SynopsisWhen the guns are silenced, those who have survived armed conflict need food, water, shelter, the means to earn a living, and the promise of safety and a return to civil order. Meeting these needs while sustaining peace requires more than simply having governmental structures in place; it requires good governance.Natural resources are essential to sustaining people and peace in post-conflict countries, but governance failures often jeopardize such efforts. This book examines the theory, practice, and often surprising realities of post-conflict governance, natural resource management, and peacebuilding in fifty conflict-affected countries and territories. It includes thirty-nine chapters written by more than seventy researchers, diplomats, military personnel, and practitioners from governmental, intergovernmental, and nongovernmental organizations. The book highlights the mutually reinforcing relationship between natural resource management and good governance. Natural resource management is crucial to rebuilding governance and the rule of law, combating corruption, improving transparency and accountability, engaging disenfranchised populations, and building confidence after conflict. At the same time, good governance is essential for ensuring that natural resource management can meet immediate needs for post-conflict stability and development, while simultaneously laying the foundation for a sustainable peace. Drawing on analyses of the close relationship between governance and natural resource management, the book explores lessons from past conflicts and ongoing reconstruction efforts; illustrates how those lessons may be applied to the formulation and implementation of more effective governance initiatives; and presents an emerging theoretical and practical framework for policy makers, researchers, practitioners, and students.Governance, Natural Resources, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding is part of a global initiative to identify and analyze lessons in post-conflict peacebuilding and natural resource management. The project has generated six books of case studies and analyses, with contributions from practitioners, policy makers, and researchers. Other books in this series address high-value resources, land, water, livelihoods, and assessing and restoring natural resources.Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction – Humility in the Face of Complexity Introduction. The Role of Natural Resource Management in Reducing the Risk of Conflict Recurrence. Part 2: Awareness – Assessment and Evaluation Introduction. How the Use of Economic Analysis of Environmental Degradation. Can Influence Policy Processes: Experience from Rwanda. Thinking Back-End: Improving Post-Conflict Analysis by Emphasizing Consultation and Scenario Development. Evaluating the Contribution of External Support in Post-Conflict Situations: From Early Recovery to Sustainable Development Part 3: Governance Interventions Introduction. Good Governance - Introduction. The Role of Environmental Law in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding. Natural Resources, Corruption, and Post-Conflict Transitions. Stopping the Plundering of Natural Resources for Sustainable Peace in Côte d'Ivoire. Sartor Resartus: Reviewing Concession Reviews – Recent Liberian Experience and the Prospects for Effective Internationalized Solutions. Early Action Fund for Resolving Local Disputes over Natural Resources. Institutions-Introduction. Environmental Experiences and Developments within UN Department of Field Support and Department of Peacekeeping Operations. Bumps in the Road toward Effective Peacekeeping: Lessons from Sierra Leone and Democratic Republic of Congo. Reducing the Environmental Boot Print of the Military in Peace Operations. Military - military Engagement on Environment and Natural Disasters: Lessons Learned for Post-Conflict Peacebuilding. Review of UNEP Post-Conflict Assessment Experiences. UN Peacebuilding Commission. Taking the Gun out of Natural Resource Exploitation. Mitigating Natural Resource Conflicts through Development Projects: Some Lessons from World Bank Experience. Non-Governmental and Local Institutions. Introduction - Natural Resources and Peacebuilding: The Role of the Private Sector. Legal Pluralism in the Post Conflict Environment: Problem or Opportunity for Natural Resource Management? The Role of Conservation in Promoting Sustainability and Security in at-risk Communities. Marginalized Populations. Introduction - Strengthening Post-Conflict Peacebuilding through Natural Resource Management – A Gender Perspective. Indigenous Peoples, Natural Resources, and Peacebuilding in Colombia Part 4: Cross-Cutting Issues Introduction. Before the Peace/Preparing for Peace. Preparing for Peace – A Case Study of Darfur, Sudan. Stepping Stones to Peace? Natural Resource Provisions in Peace Agreements. Challenges of Snow Leopard Diplomacy: The Pamirs Transboundary Peace Park. Considerations on When to Include Natural Resources in Peace Agreements. Situating NRM within other Post-Conflict Priorities. 'Green' Peace in Aceh?: Consolidating Peace through the 'Aceh Green' Strategy. Environment and NRM: Interweaving Post-Conflict Humanitarian and Development Response. Conservation as Democracy in Afghanistan. Transition, Justice, and Accountability. Building Momentum and Constituencies for Peace: The Role of Natural Resources in Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding. Peace through Justice?: International Tribunals and Accountability for Wartime Environmental Damage. The United Nations Compensation Commission and the 1990-1991 Gulf War: The Role of Natural Resources in International Reconciliation (Iraq/Kuwait). Some Reflections on the UNCC Experience. Confidence Building through NRM. Paving the Way: The Role of the Central American Commission for Environment and Development (CCAD) in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding through Environmental Governance. Perú and Ecuador 'Peace Parks': A Decade after the Peace Settlement Part 5: Emerging Issues and Conclusions Climate Change and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding Strengthening. Post-Conflict Governance and Rule of Law through Natural Resource Management. Appendices
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Exploring Resilience: A Scientific Journey from Practice to Theory
Book SynopsisResilience has become an important topic on the safety research agenda and in organizational practice. Most empirical work on resilience has been descriptive, identifying characteristics of work and organizing activity which allow organizations to cope with unexpected situations. Fewer studies have developed testable models and theories that can be used to support interventions aiming to increase resilience and improve safety. In addition, the absent integration of different system levels from individuals, teams, organizations, regulatory bodies, and policy level in theory and practice imply that mechanisms through which resilience is linked across complex systems are not yet well understood. Scientific efforts have been made to develop constructs and models that present relationships; however, these cannot be characterized as sufficient for theory building. There is a need for taking a broader look at resilience practices as a foundation for developing a theoretical framework that can help improve safety in complex systems. This book does not advocate for one definition or one field of research when talking about resilience; it does not assume that the use of resilience concepts is necessarily positive for safety. We encourage a broad approach, seeking inspiration across different scientific and practical domains for the purpose of further developing resilience at a theoretical and an operational level of relevance for different high-risk industries. The aim of the book is twofold: 1. To explore different approaches for operationalization of resilience across scientific disciplines and system levels. 2. To create a theoretical foundation for a resilience framework across scientific disciplines and system levels. By presenting chapters from leading international authors representing different research disciplines and practical fields we develop suggestions and inspiration for the research community and practitioners in high-risk industries.This book is Open Access under a CC-BY licence. Table of ContentsExploring resilience – an introduction, by Siri Wiig and Babette Fahlbruch.- Resilience, reliability, safety: multilevel research challenges, by Jean-Christophe Le Coze.- Moments of resilience: time, space and the organisation of safety in complex sociotechnical systems, by Carl Macrae.- Resilience engineering as a quality improvement method in Healthcare, by Janet E. Anderson, A. J. Ross, J. Back, M. Duncan and P. Jaye.- Resilience and Essential Public Infrastructure, by Michael Baram.- Human performance, levels of service and system resilience, by Miltos Kyriakidis and Vinh N. Dang.- Precursor resilience in practice – an organizational response to weak signals, by Kenneth Pettersen Gould.- Leadership in resilient organizations, by Gudela Grote.- Modelling the influence of safety management tools on resilience, by Teemu Reiman and Kaupo Viitanen.- Resilient characteristics as described in empirical studies on health Care, by Siv Hilde Berg and Karina Aase.- Resilience from the United Nations Standpoint: The Challenges of “Vagueness”, by Leah R. Kimber.- Building resilience in humanitarian hospital programs during protracted conflicts: opportunities and limitations, by Ingrid Tjoflåt and Britt Sætre Hansen.- Exploring Resilience at Interconnected System Levels in Air Traffic Management, by Rogier Woltjer.- Resilience in healthcare: a modified stakeholder analysis, by Mary Chambers and Marianne Storm.- Resilience: From Practice to Theory and Back Again, by Carl Macrae and Siri Wiig.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Telecoupling: Exploring Land-Use Change in a Globalised World
Book SynopsisThis book presents a comprehensive exploration of the emerging concept and framework of telecoupling and how it can help create a better understanding of land-use change in a globalised world. Land-use change is increasingly characterised by a spatial disconnect between its main environmental, socioeconomic and political drivers and the main impacts and outcomes of those changes. The authors examine how this separation of the production and consumption of land-based resources is driven by population growth, urbanisation, climate change, and biodiversity and carbon conservation efforts. Identifying and fostering more sustainable, just and equitable modes of land use and intervening in unsustainable ones thus constitute substantial, almost overwhelming challenges for science and policy. This book brings together leading scholars on land-use change and sustainability to systematically discuss the relevance of telecoupling research in addressing these challenges. The book presents an overview of the telecoupling approach, reflects on a number of the most pressing issues surrounding land-use change today and discusses the agenda for advancing understanding on sustainable land-use change through interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research.Table of Contents1 Global Land-Use Change through a Telecoupling Lens: An Introduction; Cecilie Friis and Jonas Ø. NielsenPart I: Overview2 What Is Telecoupling?; Jinguo Liu, Anna Herzberger, Kelly Kapsar, Andrew K. Carlson, and Thomas Connor3 Telecoupling: A New Framework for Researching Land-Use Change in a Globalised World; Cecilie Friis4 Explanations in Telecoupling Research; Patrick MeyfroidtPart II: Topics5 Mapping Export-Oriented Crop Production;Christian Levers and Daniel Müller6 Telecoupling and Consumption in Agri-Food Systems; Rachael Garrett and Ximena Rueda7 Toolbox: Flow Analysis—Social Metabolism in the Analysis of Telecoupling; Anke Schaffartzik and Thomas Kastner8 Trade and Land-Use Telecouplings; Javier Godar and Toby Gardner9 Governance for Sustainability in Telecoupled Systems; Edward Challies, Jens Newig, and Andrea Lenschow10 Toolbox: Operationalising Telecoupling with Network Analysis; Jonathan W. Seaquist and Emma Li Johansson11 Environmental Justice in Telecoupling Research; Esteve Corbera, Louise Marie Busck-Lumholt, Finn Mempel, and Beatriz Rodríguez-Labajos12 Livelihoods through the Lens of Telecoupling; Yann le Polain de Waroux13 Toolbox: Spatial Analysis and Modelling; Peter H. Verburg14 Urban Telecouplings; Dagmar Haase15 Conservation Telecouplings; Tobias Kuemmerle, Thomas Kastner, Patrick Meyfroidt, and Siyu Qin16 Toolbox: Capturing and Understanding Telecoupling through Qualitative Research; Jonas Ø. Nielsen, Janine Hauer, and Cecilie Friis17 Discursive Telecouplings; Joel Persson and Ole MertzPart III: Agenda18 Beyond Integration: Exploring the Interdisciplinary Potential of Telecoupling Research; Jonas Ø. Nielsen, Cecilie Friis, and Jörg Niewöhner19 Co-producing Knowledge for Sustainable Development in Telecoupled Land Systems; Julie G. Zaehringer, Flurina Schneider, Andreas Heinimann, and Peter Messerli
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Protected Areas in Northern Tanzania: Local
Book SynopsisNorthern Tanzania is an important and diverse ecological and cultural region with many protected lands. This book, Protected Areas in Northern Tanzania, brings to the forefront research on significant issues and developments in conservation and management in national parks and protected lands in northern Tanzania. The book draws attention to issues at the intersection of conservation, tourism, and community livelihood, and several studies use geospatial technologies—Geographic Information Systems and remote sensing data and techniques—to study land use and land cover conversion. With contributions from professors at the Mweka College of African Wildlife Management located at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro and other Tanzanian researchers, the book provides important perspectives of local experts and practitioners. Protected Areas in Northern Tanzania provides a significant contribution in research and technological advancement in the areas of wildlife conservation and protected land management throughout this critical region.Table of ContentsChapter 1: “Protected Areas in Northern Tanzania: An Introduction” Jeffrey O. Durrant, Leslie Hadfield, Emanuel Martin, Perry Hardin, Ryan Jensen SECTION I: “Communities and Management Challenges” Edited by: Jeffrey O. Durrant and Leslie Hadfield Chapter 2: “A Geography of Protected Areas” Jeffrey O. Durrant, Brigham Young University Chapter 3: “Conservation Governance in Northern Tanzania: Implications for Conservation and Community Livelihood” Alex Kisingo, Mweka College of African Wildlife Management Chapter 4: “Wilderness Skills Offering to Students” Kokel Melubo, Mweka College of African Wildlife Management Chapter 5: “Hunting in Tanzania: Opportunities and Challenges” Henry Njovu, Mweka College of African Wildlife Management Chapter 6: “Tourism Supply System” Masuruli Baker, Mweka College of African Wildlife Management Chapter 7: “Response of Cavity Breeding Birds on Shortage of Deadwood Outside Protected Areas” Hamadi I. Dulle, Mweka College of African Wildlife Management Chapter 8: “Historical Change in Porter Work on Kilimanjaro” Leslie Hadfield, Brigham Young University SECTION II: Geospatial Technologies, Land Cover, and Conservation in Northern Tanzania Edited by: Emanuel Martin, Ryan Jensen, and Perry Hardin Chapter 9: “Land Cover Change in the Kwakuchinga Wildlife Corridor” Emanuel Martin, Mweka College of African Wildlife Management, Perry Hardin, and Ryan Jensen, Brigham Young University Chapter 10: “Mkomazi National Park Vegetation Dynamics” Glory Sumaye and Emanuel Stephen, Tanzanian National Parks (TANAPA), Emanuel Martin, Mweka College of African Wildlife Management. Chapter 11: “Spatiotemporal Patterns of Giraffe Poaching Around Arusha National Park” Philipo Malley, Fredrick Malisa, Mweka College of African Wildlife Management, Ryan Jensen, Brigham Young University Chapter 12: “Community Forestry in Northern Tanzania” Neema Kinabo, Mweka College of African Wildlife Management Chapter 13: “Illegal Logging in Arusha National Park” Philipo Malley, Mweka College of African Wildlife Management Chapter 14: “Protected Areas in Northern Tanzania: The Way Forward” Jeffrey Durrant, Leslie Hadfield, Emanuel Martin, Perry Hardin, Ryan Jensen
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Springer International Publishing AG Circular Economy in Municipal Solid Waste Landfilling: Biomining & Leachate Treatment: Sustainable Solid Waste Management: Waste to Wealth
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Springer International Publishing AG Observing the Volcano World: Volcano Crisis
Book SynopsisThis open access book provides a comprehensive overview of volcanic crisis research, the goal being to establish ways of successfully applying volcanology in practice and to identify areas that need to be addressed for future progress. It shows how volcano crises are managed in practice, and helps to establish best practices. Consequently the book brings together authors from all over the globe who work with volcanoes, ranging from observatory volcanologists, disaster practitioners and government officials to NGO-based and government practitioners to address three key aspects of volcanic crises. First, the book explores the unique nature of volcanic hazards, which makes them a particularly challenging threat to forecast and manage, due in part to their varying spatial and temporal characteristics. Second, it presents lessons learned on how to best manage volcanic events based on a number of crises that have shaped our understanding of volcanic hazards and crises management. Third, it discusses the diverse and wide-ranging aspects of communication involved in crises, which merge old practices and new technologies to accommodate an increasingly challenging and globalised world. The information and insights presented here are essential to tapping established knowledge, moving towards more robust volcanic crises management, and understanding how the volcanic world is perceived from a range of standpoints and contexts around the globe.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Observing the volcanic world.- PART I Adapting Warnings for Volcanic Hazards.- Volcano Alert Level Systems: Designing a system for New Zealand’s differing scales of volcanic eruptions.- Challenges in developing volcano early warning systems.- Lahar warnings: acoustic flow monitors in North and South America.- Volcanic ashfall and impact on the ground.- Volcanic ash and aviation.- Volcanic gases: silent killers.- Hydrothermal Activity: explosive tourism in Iceland and Yellowstone.- Pyroclastic flows and attempting mitigation.- Lava flows.- PART II Observing Volcanic Crises.- Long Valley: lessons learnt from the volcano that never erupted – building relationships.- An emerging perspective: Colombia’s learning curve and regional perspectives.- The eruptions of Rabaul Volcano, Papua New Guinea – self-warning.- Indonesia: integrating the social and physical perspectives in mitigation policy and practice.- Japan: linking science, volcano warnings with public actions (Unzen).- Communicating a warning effectively to the public.- Equador: dealing with false alarms and volcanic activity over time.- Pinatubo: then and now – a review of the management of Pinatubo from 1991 to present.- Montserrat: developing risk maps and alert levels in a complex social context.- Tourists, locals and volcanoes – a challenge for effective management in the Canaries.- PART III Communicating into the Future.- Communication methods from the past: drawing from lessons learnt.- Passing on volcanic communication in oral tales: Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.- Communicating in geopolitically sensitive contexts: volcanoes and security.- Hazard perception, communication and quantitative exposure levels at Turrialba volcano, Costa Rica; Implications for policy and practice.- Managing volcanic communication: different scales, times, and spaces.- The role of the expert – expert solicitation and its application.- Statistics: application in volcanic communication and management in Italy.- Participatory approaches to engage and communicate with local populations.- Role of performance and volcanic art in communications.- Multi-national collaborations: working beyond boarders in Russia and Alaska.- Emerging issues of standardising volcano early warning systems.- Technologies in making warnings more effective: GIS, Remote sensing.- Role of social media and networking in volcanic crises.- Concluding statement: lessons learnt and steps forward.
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Springer International Publishing AG Irrigated Agriculture in Egypt: Past, Present and
Book SynopsisThis book targets the issue of water scarcity in Egypt as a typical example of the world water crisis. Today, the available water resource is facing its limit because of rapid increase in water demand as a result of population growth and changes in peoples’ life-style. The basic idea to solve the problem of water scarcity is that the irrigation sector, the biggest user of water, should increase water use efficiency. However, the real problem is how this can be achieved in view of the crucial need for water in this sector. This book addresses this challenge through case studies from the Nile delta in Egypt. The water problem in the Nile delta, the major source for water in Egypt, is discussed in this book from all its various aspects. This book covers the situation before and after the advent of the Aswan High Dam, so that the reader understands the entire development. Another special feature are the extensive and scientific descriptions of contemporary topics in water and agriculture, especially from the viewpoint of water saving and sustainability. These descriptions are based on field experiments and surveys in a six-year international research project. Topics of this book are local, but their implications are global.Table of ContentsCountry Profile.- Hydrology of the Nile and Ancient Agriculture.- Control of the Nile’s Flow: The Introduction of Perennial Irrigation for Modern Agriculture.- Egyptian Irrigation after the Aswan High Dam.- Soil and Agriculture after the Aswan High Dam.- Irrigation Methods and Water Requirements in the Nile delta.- Water and salt movement in soils of the Nile Delta.- Water Management in the Nile Delta.- Agricultural Production –Cultivation Techniques and Farming.- Irrigation Water Management and Livelihood System of Farm Households: A Case Study of Improved and Unimproved Irrigation System Areas in the Northern Delta.- Challenges in Exploiting Resources-General Conclusion.
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Damiani Steven Thackston: Flowers in a Thorn Tree: ON THE
Book SynopsisFlowers in a Thorn Tree is the story of wildlife conservation in Northern Kenya. Over three years, Thackston made several trips to Kenya, whereupon he would imbed with ranger units of the Northern Rangelands Trust. They’re known as the Warriors for Peace and Wildlife. He lived off a troop-carrier. He would patrol, eat and sleep with the rangers, photographing them as they chased poachers, murderers, and as they worked within the pastoral communities. In this regard, the book is very much an “On the Road,” book. The aim of the photographer is to show and let the pictures tell, in a nonlinear and organic manner. NRT rangers work both on and off of their respective conservancies (there are 5 ranger groups, the 9-1 through the 9-5 sprinkled throughout northern Kenya.) Amongst the pastoral peoples, they have contacts who tell them about the movements of animal herds and potential poaching rings. They also work as peacekeepers within these communities with the idea that a happy and stable community is less likely to feel the need to poach an endangered animal. The mission to change the hearts and minds of the pastoral people regarding the treatment of endangered animals, is instilled within the ranks of the ranger units. The elephants and rhinos that appear in this book are all rescue animals or live on conservancies. They would probably not be alive without the efforts of men, particularly the rangers who populate my book. The rangers believe in their work. This group of humble men have one of the most important jobs in the world and they are succeeding. That’s good for you and me and our families.
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Springer Drought Management on Farmland
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Economic Analysis Of Green Development In China
Book SynopsisChina has promised to achieve carbon peaking by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. To achieve this goal, the country must implement necessary reforms and focus on innovation in areas of economics and finance. This book explores main challenges that China may face in achieving green and low-carbon development, analyzes green and low-carbon related issues from the economic perspective and proposes countermeasures as required. The book further helps readers understand China's progress in protecting its environment, achieving sustainable development, facilitating green investments and in being a green economy.
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Columbia University Press Tropical Forests
Trade ReviewIt will serve as an excellent update... Highly recommended. Choice Rudder's book is a work of outstanding scholarship. Environmental Conservation Relevant to anyone with an interest in patterns of land use and change. Southeastern Naturalist A lifetime of experience working with tropical forests is utilized in this book to provide an insightful assessment. -- Harini Nagendra Landscape Ecology A compelling, concise, and very readable examination of a broad and complex subject. -- Avrum J. Shriar Human EcologyTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Theory and Method in Studying Regional Deforestation Processes 3. Central America and the Caribbean: Island and Isthmus Deforestation 4. The Amazon Basin: The Breakdown of Passive Protection 5. West Africa: From Cocoa Groves in Forests to Food Crops in Scrub Growth 6. Central Africa: Passive Protections for Rain Forests 7. East Africa: Sustainable Spots Surrounded by Degrading Expanses 8. South Asia: A Turning Point for Forests? 9. Southeast Asia: Deforesting the Lowlands, Afforesting the Highlands 10. Through a Regional Lens: Conservation Policies in Large and Small Forests Appendix: Case Studies and Accompanying QCAs for Each Region Notes References Index
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University of Oklahoma Press Peoples of a Sonoran Desert Oasis Volume 6
Book SynopsisTracing the building and erasing of past landscapes to make some of them more visible in the present, Peoples of a Sonoran Desert Oasis reveals how colonial legacies became embedded in national parks - and points to the possibility that such legacies might be undone and those lost landscapes remade.Trade Review“Peoples of a Sonoran Desert Oasis gets to the heart of one of the great debates in the history of conservation: whether there are any true ‘wildernesses’—pristine natural areas untouched by human hands—and, when we set aside protected areas like national parks, whether we should remove evidence of human occupation. The author does a marvelous job weaving O’odham oral traditions and histories into this historical account of Quitobaquito.”—Thomas E. Sheridan, author of Arizona: A History“With engaging prose, Jared Orsi excavates the layers of Indigenous history that underlie this seemingly ‘untouched’ nature reserve, details the environmental and cultural devastation of an increasingly hardened border, challenges the National Park Service—and us—to reckon with its colonial past, and points the way toward reconciliation with the O’odham peoples. The result is a fascinating study of a little-known place in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.”—Marsha Weisiger, author of Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country“Peoples of a Sonoran Desert Oasis provides a trenchant analysis of how cultural heritage, modern management policies challenging that heritage, and local to international forces combined to shape a small, contested desert oasis. Quitobaquito is a tiny and unfamiliar space with lessons for the world.”—Lary M. Dilsaver, author of Preserving the Desert: A History of Joshua Tree National Park
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Conversation on Water
Book SynopsisFrom the contributors to The Conversation, a compelling essay collection on the world's water crises and the necessary steps to build a more sustainable and equitable water future for all. Water-related crises are affecting more and more communities, both in the United States and internationally. If we continue to delay upgrading our infrastructure and addressing rising environmental concerns, we risk further destabilizing already strained systemsor, worse, causing a catastrophic collapse. In The Conversation on Water, water scholar and professor Andrea K. Gerlak collects essays from The Conversation U.S. on critical issues related to water from leading experts in everything from public policy to environmental engineering. Gerlak pays special attention to the threats facing our water systems todaycovering insufficient infrastructure, climate change, and pollutionand integrates them with essays on technologies for harvesting water and Indigenous knowledge in governing the oceans. ShTable of ContentsSeries Editor's ForewordPrefacePart I. Health and the Need for Clean Water1. Nearly 60 Million Americans Don't Drink Their Tap Water, Research Suggests—Here's Why That's a Public Health Problem2. The Importance of Replacing Lead Water Pipes from Coast to Coast3. Wildfires Are Contaminating Drinking Water Systems, and It's More Widespread Than People Realize4. Climate Change Threatens Drinking Water Quality across the Great Lakes5. PFAS "Forever Chemicals" Are Widespread and Threaten Human Health—Here's a Strategy for Protecting the PublicPart II. Digging Deeper to Get More Water6. Ancient Groundwater: Why the Water You're Drinking May Be Thousands of Years Old7. As Climate Change Parches the Southwest, Here's a Better Way to Share Water from the Shrinking Colorado River8. Farmers Are Depleting the Ogallala Aquifer Because the Government Pays Them to Do It9. Millions of Americans Struggle to Pay Their Water Bills—Here's How a National Water Aid Program Could Work10. Five Unusual Technologies for Harvesting Water in Dry Areas11. Why Wall Street Investors' Trading of California Water Futures Is Nothing to Fear—and Unlikely to Work AnywayPart III. Water in a Warming World12. Two-Thirds of Earth's Land Is on Pace to Lose Water as the Climate Warms—That's a Problem for People, Crops, and Forests13. Climate Change Is Making Ocean Waves More Powerful, Threatening to Erode Many Coastlines14. As Coastal Flooding Worsens, Some Cities Are Retreating from the Water15. Your Favorite Fishing Stream May Be at High Risk from Climate Change—Here's How to Tell16. Trees Are Dying of Thirst in the Western Drought—Here's What's Going On inside Their Veins17. California's Water Supplies Are in Trouble as Climate Change Worsens Natural Dry Spells, Especially in the Sierra Nevada18. For Flood-Prone Cities, Seawalls Raise as Many Questions as They Answer19. A 20-Foot Seawall Won't Save Miami—How Living Structures Can Help Protect the Coast and Keep the Paradise Vibe20. Sea Level Rise Is Killing Trees along the Atlantic Coast, Creating "Ghost Forests" That Are Visible from Space21. Climate Change Is Driving Rapid Shifts between High and Low Water Levels on the Great Lakes22. As Flood Risks Increase across the US, It's Time to Recognize the Limits of LeveesPart IV. The Lifeblood of Human Society23. For Native Americans, a River Is More Than a "Person"; It Is Also a Sacred Place24. Louisiana's Coastal Cultures Are Threatened by the Very Plans Meant to Save Their Wetlands and Barrier Islands25. Women Still Carry Most of the World's Water26. Coronavirus Spotlights the Link between Clean Water and Health27. Living near Water Can Be Beneficial to Your Mental Health—Here's How to Have More Blue Spaces in CitiesPart V. Preserving Our Oceans28. How Marine Protected Areas Help Safeguard the Ocean29. Where Does Plastic Pollution Go When It Enters the Ocean?30. Scientists Have Been Drilling into the Ocean Floor for 50 Years—Here's What They've Found So Far31. Blue Acceleration: Our Dash for Ocean Resources Mirrors What We've Already Done on Land32. Why Indigenous Knowledge Should Be an Essential Part of How We Govern the World's OceansContributorsIndex
£13.30
University Press of Florida Wild Capital: Nature's Economic and Ecological
Book SynopsisIn Wild Capital, Barbara Jones demonstrates that looking at nature through the lens of the marketplace is a surprisingly effective approach to protecting the environment. Showing that policy-makers and developers rarely associate wild places with monetary values, Jones argues that nature should be viewed as a capital asset like any other in order for environmental preservation to be a competitive alternative to construction projects.
£45.00
Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Secret Life of Chemicals
Book SynopsisThis book provides extensive information on the chemicals that inhabit our environment, our food, our water and our air and the impact that they may be having on human health. The author is a medical scientist, with training in the law. The book documents current understanding about pesticides in food, the plastics revolution, toxic metals, air, water and electronic waste pollutants, chemical exposure in the workplace, radiation pollutants, chemical exposure and hearing loss, how our bodies deal with chemicals, genetic variability and the risk of disease, the effect of chemicals on genes, mitochondria and the immune system and what we can do about it all. Industrialisation has resulted in many thousands of chemicals, which are being continuously developed and often escaping from where they are used into our human environment, without us really knowing enough about them. In high dosages or with continuous small dosage, the evidence suggests, that many of them could interfere with human health and some of them are known to be doing so. But for the vast majority, we are left wondering whether some could be responsible for some diseases the causes of which are inadequately understood. Every chapter is thoroughly reinforced with several pages of references from the peer-reviewed literature.Table of ContentsPreface: Julian Cribb, FRSA FTSE Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2: Pesticides in our food Chapter 3. The plastics revolution Chapter 4. Toxic metals Chapter 5. The Indestructibles Chapter 6. Air pollutants Chapter 7. Chemicals from paper manufacture and use Chapter 8. Chemical exposure in the workplace Chapter 9. Fluorocarbons Chapter 10: Radiation Chapter 11. How do our bodies deal with chemicals? Chapter 12: Genetic variability and the risk of disease – the advantages and disadvantages of being different Chapter 13. Environmental chemicals and our genes Chapter 14. Environmental chemicals and mitochondria Chapter 15. Environmental chemicals and our immune system Chapter 16: Just because the amounts are small, does it mean they are safe? Chapter 17. What can we do for a better future?
£26.99
Bulldozer Publishing Field to Farm
£29.75
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Hochwasserrisikomanagement: Theorie und Praxis
Book SynopsisDieses Buch leistet einen Beitrag zur Verbesserung der konzeptionellen Umsetzung der Hochwasservorbeugung und zur Effektivierung des praktischen Handelns im integrierten Hochwasserrisikomanagement. Dem Autor ist es ein Anliegen, auch den bisher noch nicht von Hochwasser betroffenen Akteuren anhand praktischer Beispiele vor Augen zu führen, dass sie bei vorausschauendem Handeln viele unnötige Hochwasserschäden verhindern können und gleichzeitig einen Beitrag zur Umsetzung der EG-Hochwasserrisikomanagementrichtlinie leisten. Table of ContentsEinleitung - Integriertes Hochwasserrisikomanagement - EG-Hochwasserrisikomanagementrichtlinie - Wasserwirtschaftliche Ausgangslage - Hochwasserereignis 2002 - Risikomanagement während des Ereignisses - Schäden und Sofortmaßnahmen - Hochwassernachsorge und Wiederaufbau - Hochwasservorbeugung - Fachliche Umsetzung der EG-Hochwasserrisikomanagementrichtlinie - Zusammenfassung - Ausblick
£37.99
University of California Press Reintroduction of Fish and Wildlife Populations
Book SynopsisProvides a practical step-by-step guide to successfully planning, implementing, and evaluating the re-establishment of animal populations in former habitats or their introduction in new environments. This book covers a broad range of taxonomic groups, ecosystems, and global regions.Table of ContentsContributors Foreword Joel Berger 1 • ANIMAL REINTRODUCTION IN THE ANTHROPOCENE David S. Jachowski, Rob Slotow, Paul L. Angermeier, and Joshua J. Millspaugh Part 1 • What Are Reintroductions and When Are They Appropriate? 2 • REINTRODUCTION AND OTHER CONSERVATION TRANSLOCATIONS: HISTORY AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS Philip J. Seddon and Doug P. Armstrong 3 • A CONSERVATION PALEOBIOLOGY PERSPECTIVE ON REINTRODUCTION: CONCEPTS, VARIABLES, AND DISCIPLINARY INTEGRATION R. Lee Lyman Part 2 • Setting Goals 4 • HUMAN DIMENSIONS INSIGHTS FOR REINTRODUCTIONS OF FISH AND WILDLIFE POPULATIONS Shaun J. Riley and Camilla Sandström 5 • THE REINTRODUCTION LANDSCAPE: FINDING SUCCESS AT THE INTERSECTION OF ECOLOGICAL, SOCIAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL DIMENSIONS Jason B. Dunham, Rollie White, Chris S. Allen, Bruce G. Marcot, and Dan Shively 6 • SETTING OBJECTIVES AND DEFINING THE SUCCESS OF REINTRODUCTIONS Alienor L. M. Chauvenet, Stefano Canessa, and John G. Ewen 7 • DEMOGRAPHIC MODELING FOR REINTRODUCTION DECISION-MAKING Sarah J. Converse and Doug P. Armstrong Part 3 • Obstacles to Successful Reintroductions 8 • GENETIC ISSUES IN REINTRODUCTION Iris Biebach, Deborah M. Leigh, Kasia Sluzek, and Lukas F. Keller 9 • ACCOUNTING FOR POTENTIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND COMMUNITY-LEVEL RESPONSES TO REINTRODUCTION David S. Jachowski, Samantha BremnerHarrison, David A. Steen, and Kim Aarestrup 10 • WHY YOU CANNOT IGNORE DISEASE WHEN YOU REINTRODUCE ANIMALS Erin Muths and Hamish McCallum 11 • RELEASE CONSIDERATIONS AND TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE CONSERVATION TRANSLOCATION SUCCESS Axel Moehrenschlager and Natasha A. Lloyd Part 4 • Managing Reintroduced Populations 12 • EFFECTIVE AND PURPOSEFUL MONITORING OF SPECIES REINTRODUCTIONS Robert A. Gitzen, Barbara J. Keller, Melissa A. Miller, Scott M. Goetz, David A. Steen, David S. Jachowski, James C. Godwin, and Joshua J. Millspaugh 13 • MANAGEMENT OF REINTRODUCED WILDLIFE POPULATIONS Matt W. Hayward and Rob Slotow 14 • OUTREACH AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR REINTRODUCTION PROGRAMS Anna L. George and Estelle A. Sandhaus 15 • THE FUTURE OF ANIMAL REINTRODUCTION David S. Jachowski, Rob Slotow, Paul L. Angermeier, and Joshua J. Millspaugh Index
£50.15
John Wiley & Sons Inc Wind Energy Explained
Book SynopsisNow fully revised, this second edition of Wind Energy Explained: Theory, Design and Application builds on its highly successful predecessor, now the leading textbook for wind energy degree courses.Table of ContentsAbout the Authors ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii 1 Introduction: Modern Wind Energy and its Origins 1 1.1 Modern Wind Turbines 2 1.2 History of Wind Energy 10 References 21 2 Wind Characteristics and Resources 23 2.1 Introduction 23 2.2 General Characteristics of the Wind Resource 24 2.3 Characteristics of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer 36 2.4 Wind Data Analysis and Resource Estimation 53 2.5 Wind Turbine Energy Production Estimates Using Statistical Techniques 63 2.6 Regional Wind Resource Assessment 65 2.7 Wind Prediction and Forecasting 72 2.8 Wind Measurement and Instrumentation 74 2.9 Advanced Topics 84 References 87 3 Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines 91 3.1 General Overview 91 3.2 One-dimensional Momentum Theory and the Betz Limit 92 3.3 Ideal Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine with Wake Rotation 96 3.4 Airfoils and General Concepts of Aerodynamics 101 3.5 Blade Design for Modern Wind Turbines 115 3.6 Momentum Theory and Blade Element Theory 117 3.7 Blade Shape for Ideal Rotor without Wake Rotation 121 3.8 General Rotor Blade Shape Performance Prediction 124 3.9 Blade Shape for Optimum Rotor with Wake Rotation 131 3.10 Generalized Rotor Design Procedure 133 3.11 Simplified HAWT Rotor Performance Calculation Procedure 138 3.12 Effect of Drag and Blade Number on Optimum Performance 139 3.13 Computational and Aerodynamic Issues in Aerodynamic Design 141 3.14 Aerodynamics of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines 145 References 153 4 Mechanics and Dynamics 157 4.1 Background 157 4.2 Wind Turbine Loads 158 4.3 General Principles of Mechanics 161 4.4 Wind Turbine Rotor Dynamics 172 4.5 Methods for Modeling Wind Turbine Structural Response 200 References 202 5 Electrical Aspects of Wind Turbines 205 5.1 Overview 205 5.2 Basic Concepts of Electrical Power 206 5.3 Power Transformers 217 5.4 Electrical Machines 219 5.5 Power Converters 237 5.6 Electrical Aspects of Variable-Speed Wind Turbines 246 5.7 Ancillary Electrical Equipment 253 References 255 6 Wind Turbine Materials and Components 257 6.1 Overview 257 6.2 Material Fatigue 257 6.3 Wind Turbine Materials 266 6.4 Machine Elements 270 6.5 Principal Wind Turbine Components 276 References 308 7 Wind Turbine Design and Testing 311 7.1 Overview 311 7.2 Design Procedure 312 7.3 Wind Turbine Topologies 316 7.4 Wind Turbine Standards, Technical Specifications, and Certification 322 7.5 Wind Turbine Design Loads 325 7.6 Load Scaling Relations 333 7.7 Power Curve Prediction 336 7.8 Computer Codes for Wind Turbine Design 340 7.9 Design Evaluation 345 7.10 Wind Turbine and Component Testing 346 References 355 8 Wind Turbine Control 359 8.1 Introduction 359 8.2 Overview of Wind Turbine Control Systems 364 8.3 Typical Grid-connected Turbine Operation 370 8.4 Supervisory Control Overview and Implementation 374 8.5 Dynamic Control Theory and Implementation 382 References 404 9 Wind Turbine Siting, System Design, and Integration 407 9.1 General Overview 407 9.2 Wind Turbine Siting 408 9.3 Installation and Operation Issues 416 9.4 Wind Farms 419 9.5 Wind Turbines and Wind Farms in Electrical Grids 433 References 446 10 Wind Energy Applications 449 10.1 General Overview 449 10.2 Distributed Generation 450 10.3 Hybrid Power Systems 450 10.4 Offshore Wind Energy 461 10.5 Operation in Severe Climates 478 10.6 Special Purpose Applications 480 10.7 Energy Storage 489 10.8 Fuel Production 497 References 501 11 Wind Energy System Economics 505 11.1 Introduction 505 11.2 Overview of Economic Assessment of Wind Energy Systems 506 11.3 Capital Costs of Wind Energy Systems 511 11.4 Operation and Maintenance Costs 519 11.5 Value of Wind Energy 521 11.6 Economic Analysis Methods 530 11.7 Wind Energy Market Considerations 539 References 543 12 Wind Energy Systems: Environmental Aspects and Impacts 547 12.1 Introduction 547 12.2 Avian/Bat Interaction with Wind Turbines 549 12.3 Visual Impact of Wind Turbines 556 12.4 Wind Turbine Noise 561 12.5 Electromagnetic Interference Effects 573 12.6 Land-Use Environmental Impacts 582 12.7 Other Environmental Considerations 585 References 589 Appendix A Nomenclature 593 A.1 Note on Nomenclature and Units 593 A.2 Chapter 2 593 A.3 Chapter 3 595 A.4 Chapter 4 597 A.5 Chapter 5 601 A.6 Chapter 6 604 A.7 Chapter 7 606 A.8 Chapter 8 607 A.9 Chapter 9 608 A.10 Chapter 10 610 A.11 Chapter 11 612 A.12 Chapter 12 613 A.13 Abbreviations 614 Appendix B Problems 617 B.1 Problem Solving 617 B.2 Chapter 2 Problems 617 B.3 Chapter 3 Problems 621 B.4 Chapter 4 Problems 628 B.5 Chapter 5 Problems 632 B.6 Chapter 6 Problems 637 B.7 Chapter 7 Problems 639 B.8 Chapter 8 Problems 642 B.9 Chapter 9 Problems 647 B.10 Chapter 10 Problems 652 B.11 Chapter 11 Problems 656 B.12 Chapter 12 Problems 658 Appendix C Data Analysis and Data Synthesis 661 C.1 Overview 661 C.2 Data Analysis 661 C.3 Data Synthesis 671 References 675 Index 677
£74.05
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Conservation Handbook
Book SynopsisTextbooks on the principles of conservation biology abound. Yet, how does one put this theoretical knowledge into practice? The aim of The Conservation Handbook is to provide clear guidance on the implementation of conservation techniques. The wide range of methods described include those for ecological research, monitoring, planning, education, habitat management and combining conservation with development. Nineteen case studies illustrate how the methods have been applied. The book will be of interest to conservation biology students and practicing conservationists worldwide. For each copy of the book sold, another copy will be sent free to a practicing conservationist outside Western Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Foreword by E. O. Wilson. Concise, practical guide packed full of ideas, methods and advice. Provides solutions for the main conservation pTrade Review"This is an eminently practical publication. [...] The book is packed with useful information ranging from sections on international agreements, campaigning and fund-raising to descriptions of how to age plants and animals. [...] The strong emphasis throughout on integrating conservation with human development is to be welcomed and will do much to enhance the book's appeal overseas, especially in developing countries. [...] this is a very readable, comprehensive text that fills an important niche." Animal Welfare, Nov 2001 "Overall, the book is a very useful handbook for conservationists both in the industrialised countries and especially for those working in developing countries. [...] To conclude, William Sutherland has written a fine and useful book." Jari Niemela, Biodiversity & Conservation "The strong emphasis throughout the book on integrating conservation with human development is welcomed, and will enhance the book's appeal overseas, especially in developing countries." EASA News, August 2003 Table of ContentsForeword. 1. Introduction. 2. Assessing Biodiversity. 3. Setting Conservation Priorities. 4. Monitoring. 5. Ecological Research Techniques. 6. Diagnosis And Prediction. 7. Conservation Planning. 8. Organisational Management And Fund Raising. 9. Education And Ecotourism. 10. Bringing About Political And Policy Changes. 11. Species Management. 12. Habitat Management. 13. Exploitation. 14. Integrating Development And Conservation
£53.15
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Wildlife Ecology Conservation and Management
Book SynopsisWith emphasis on practical application and quantitative skill development, this book weaves together these disparate elements in a single coherent textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate students. It reviews analytical techniques, explaining the mathematical and statistical principles behind them.Trade Review�I recommend the book unreservedly to wildlife managers, park rangers, biological resource managers, and those working in ecotourism.� (Tahrcountry, 10 August 2014) "This book offers an integrated vision on [rapidly evolving wildlife management] in a comprehensive, experience driven, coherent overview. It is structured in two parts, of which the first one provides an overview of the key ecological concepts on which this field of applied ecology is based...The second section deals with wildlife conservation and management... Books that target their subject [this] specifically and in-depth are rare. All over the publication general subjects in ecology are most convincingly tailored to wildlife management. It provides applicable information on new (sometimes developing) methods. It illustrates the theory with a wealth of graphs, figures, and examples from the literature. This third edition entails new chapters on climate changes, wildlife response to rapidly changing conditions, habitat selection, and corridors in increasingly fragmented landscapes... A glossary and an impressive 36-page reference list enhance the documentary and didactical value of this book, which is excellent for senior undergraduates and graduate students in ecology, biology, and environment sciences. However, it is equally valuable for professional wildlife managers, park rangers, and those working in ecotourism. The book has a most useful accompanying website where additional resources, power points and PDFs of all tables can be found. The whole atmosphere of the book combines academic diligence with wildlife management practice... A great book of applied ecology in a most useful sector of increasing specialisation and professionalism." (International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2016, http://www.inderscience.com/editorials/f164312115298710.pdf)Table of ContentsPreface xi 1 Introduction: goals and decisions 1 1.1 How to use this book 1 1.2 What is wildlife conservation and management? 2 1.3 Goals of management 3 1.4 Hierarchies of decision 6 1.5 Policy goals 7 1.6 Feasible options 7 1.7 Summary 8 Part 1 Wildlife ecology 9 2 Food and nutrition 11 2.1 Introduction 11 2.2 Constituents of food 11 2.3 Variation in food supply 14 2.4 Measurement of food supply 17 2.5 Basal metabolic rate and food requirement 20 2.6 Morphology of herbivore digestion 23 2.7 Food passage rate and food requirement 26 2.8 Body size and diet selection 27 2.9 Indices of body condition 28 2.10 Summary 33 3 Home range and habitat use 35 3.1 Introduction 35 3.2 Estimating home range size and utilization frequency 36 3.3 Estimating habitat availability and use 38 3.4 Selective habitat use 40 3.5 Using resource selection functions to predict population response 42 3.6 Sources of variation in habitat use 42 3.7 Movement within the home range 45 3.8 Movement among home ranges 48 3.9 Summary 51 4 Dispersal, dispersion, and distribution 53 4.1 Introduction 53 4.2 Dispersal 53 4.3 Dispersion 55 4.4 Distribution 56 4.5 Distribution, abundance, and range collapse 61 4.6 Species reintroductions or invasions 62 4.7 Summary 67 5 Population growth and regulation 69 5.1 Introduction 69 5.2 Rate of increase 69 5.3 Geometric or exponential population growth 73 5.4 Stability of populations 73 5.5 The theory of population limitation and regulation 76 5.6 Evidence for regulation 81 5.7 Applications of regulation 85 5.8 Logistic model of population regulation 86 5.9 Stability, cycles, and chaos 88 5.10 Intraspecific competition 90 5.11 Interactions of food, predators, and disease 93 5.12 Summary 93 6 Competition and facilitation between species 95 6.1 Introduction 95 6.2 Theoretical aspects of interspecific competition 96 6.3 Experimental demonstrations of competition 98 6.4 The concept of the niche 103 6.5 The competitive exclusion principle 106 6.6 Resource partitioning and habitat selection 106 6.7 Competition in variable environments 113 6.8 Apparent competition 113 6.9 Facilitation 114 6.10 Applied aspects of competition 119 6.11 Summary 122 7 Predation 123 7.1 Introduction 123 7.2 Predation and management 123 7.3 Definitions 123 7.4 The effect of predators on prey density 124 7.5 The behavior of predators 125 7.6 Numerical response of predators to prey density 129 7.7 The total response 130 7.8 Behavior of the prey 136 7.9 Summary 138 8 Parasites and pathogens 139 8.1 Introduction and definitions 139 8.2 Effects of parasites 139 8.3 The basic parameters of epidemiology 140 8.4 Determinants of spread 143 8.5 Endemic pathogens 144 8.6 Endemic pathogens: synergistic interactions with food and predators 144 8.7 Epizootic diseases 146 8.8 Emerging infectious diseases of wildlife 147 8.9 Parasites and the regulation of host populations 150 8.10 Parasites and host communities 151 8.11 Parasites and conservation 152 8.12 Parasites and control of pests 155 8.13 Summary 156 9 Consumer–resource dynamics 157 9.1 Introduction 157 9.2 Quality and quantity of a resource 157 9.3 Kinds of resource 157 9.4 Consumer–resource dynamics: general theory 158 9.5 Kangaroos and their food plants in semi-arid Australian savannas 161 9.6 Wolf–moose–woody plant dynamics in the boreal forest 167 9.7 Other population cycles 172 9.8 Summary 175 10 The ecology of behavior 177 10.1 Introduction 17710.2 Diet selection 177 10.3 Optimal patch or habitat use 183 10.4 Risk-sensitive habitat use 186 10.5 Social behavior and foraging 187 10.6 Summary 190 11 Climate change and wildlife 191 11.1 Introduction 191 11.2 Evidence for climate change 191 11.3 Wildlife responses to climate change 192 11.4 Mechanisms of response to climate change 196 11.5 Complex ecosystem responses to climate change 199 11.6 Summary 201 Part 2 Wildlife conservation and management 203 12 Counting animals 205 12.1 Introduction 205 12.2 Total counts 205 12.3 Sampled counts: the logic 207 12.4 Sampled counts: methods and arithmetic 212 12.5 Indirect estimates of population size 220 12.6 Indices 227 12.7 Harvest-based population estimates 228 12.8 Summary 231 13 Age and stage structure 233 13.1 Introduction 233 13.2 Demographic rates 233 13.3 Direct estimation of life table parameters 235 13.4 Indirect estimation of life table parameters 236 13.5 Relationships among parameters 238 13.6 Age-specific population models 239 13.7 Elasticity of matrix models 242 13.8 Stage-specific models 243 13.9 Elasticity of the loggerhead turtle model 245 13.10 Short-term changes in structured populations 246 13.11 Environmental stochasticity and age-structured populations 246 13.12 Summary 249 14 Experimental management 251 14.1 Introduction 251 14.2 Differentiating success from failure 251 14.3 Technical judgments can be tested 252 14.4 The nature of the evidence 255 14.5 Experimental and survey design 257 14.6 Some standard analyses 262 14.7 Summary 271 15 Model evaluation and adaptive management 273 15.1 Introduction 273 15.2 Fitting models to data and estimation of parameters 274 15.3 Measuring the likelihood of the observed data 276 15.4 Evaluating the likelihood of alternate models using AIC 278 15.5 Adaptive management 281 15.6 Summary 284 16 Population viability analysis 285 16.1 Introduction 285 16.2 Environmental stochasticity 285 16.3 PVA based on the exponential growth model 286 16.4 PVA based on the diffusion model 287 16.5 PVA based on logistic growth 290 16.6 Demographic stochasticity 291 16.7 Estimating both environmental and demographic stochasticity 294 16.8 PVA based on demographic and environmental stochasticity 296 16.9 Strengths and weaknesses of PVA 296 16.10 Extinction caused by environmental change 298 16.11 Extinction threat due to introduction of exotic predators or competitors 298 16.12 Extinction threat due to unsustainable harvesting 300 16.13 Extinction threat due to habitat loss 302 16.14 Summary 302 17 Conservation in practice 305 17.1 Introduction 305 17.2 How populations go extinct 305 17.3 How to prevent extinction 315 17.4 Rescue and recovery of near-extinctions 316 17.5 Conservation in National Parks and reserves 317 17.6 Community conservation outside National Parks and reserves 322 17.7 International conservation 323 17.8 Summary 324 18 Wildlife harvesting 325 18.1 Introduction 325 18.2 Fixed-quota harvesting strategy 325 18.3 Fixed-proportion harvesting strategy 329 18.4 Harvesting in practice: dynamic variation in quotas or effort 332 18.5 No-harvest reserves 334 18.6 Age- or sex-biased harvesting 335 18.7 Commercial harvesting 340 18.8 Bioeconomics 340 18.9 Game cropping and the discount rate 344 18.10 Summary 346 19 Wildlife control 347 19.1 Introduction 347 19.2 Definitions 347 19.3 Effects of control 348 19.4 Objectives of control 348 19.5 Determining whether control is appropriate 349 19.6 Methods of control 350 19.7 Summary 356 20 Evolution and conservation genetics 357 20.1 Introduction 357 20.2 Maintenance of genetic variation 358 20.3 Natural selection 359 20.4 Natural selection and life history tradeoffs 361 20.5 Natural selection due to hunting 363 20.6 Natural selection due to fishing 365 20.7 Selection due to environmental change 367 20.8 Ecological dynamics due to evolutionary changes 372 20.9 Heterozygosity 374 20.10 Genetic drift and mutation 375 20.11 Inbreeding depression 376 20.12 How much genetic variation is needed? 377 20.13 Effective population size 378 20.14 Effect of sex ratio 379 20.15 How small is too small? 380 20.16 Summary 380 21 Habitat loss and metapopulation dynamics 381 21.1 Introduction 381 21.2 Habitat loss and fragmentation 381 21.3 Ecological effects of habitat loss 384 21.4 Metapopulation dynamics 386 21.5 Territorial metapopulations 389 21.6 Mainland–island metapopulations 390 21.7 Source–sink metapopulations 391 21.8 Metacommunity dynamics of competitors 392 21.9 Metacommunity dynamics of predators and prey 393 21.10 Corridors 394 21.11 Summary 398 22 Ecosystem management and conservation 399 22.1 Introduction 399 22.2 Definitions 400 22.3 Gradients of communities 400 22.4 Niches 400 22.5 Food webs and intertrophic interactions 400 22.6 Community features and management consequences 402 22.7 Multiple states 404 22.8 Regulation of top-down and bottom-up processes 405 22.9 Ecosystem consequences of bottom-up processes 407 22.10 Ecosystem disturbance and heterogeneity 408 22.11 Ecosystem management at multiple scales 410 22.12 Biodiversity 411 22.13 Island biogeography and dynamic processes of diversity 413 22.14 Ecosystem function 415 22.15 Summary 417 Appendices 419 Glossary 423 References 435 Index 489
£111.10
University of Washington Press The Ice
Book SynopsisExplores the physical and organic phenomena of the Antarctic continent as well as its history. With chapters on the geography and formation of the continent, its exploration, its depiction in the arts and sciences, and its geopolitical treatment, the author places the remote land as central to theTrade Review"The Ice is a compilation of more about ice than you knew you wanted to know, yet sheer compelling significance holds attention page by page..Pyne conveys a view of Antarctica that interweaves physical science with humanistic inquiry and perception. His audacity as well as his presentation warrant admiration, for the implications of The Ice are vast." * New York Times Book Review *"Stephen Pyne has written an imaginative book that combines a geophysical description of Antarctica with a history of attempts to explore and assimilate intellectually this remote and strange continent." * Isis *Table of ContentsForeword by William Cronon Preface to the 1998 Paperback Edition The Berg The Pack No Middle Way: The Exploration of Antarctica The Shelf Heart of Whiteness: the Literature and Art of Antarctica The Glacier Earth and Ice: The Earth Sciences in Antarctica The Sheet The Cold Peace: The Geopolitics of Antarctica The Source Afterword Notes Sources Index
£33.98
Rocky Mountain Books Denying the Source: The Crisis of First Nations
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£16.19
Pennsylvania State University Press Oil Fictions
Book SynopsisOil, like other fossil fuels, permeates every aspect of human existence. Yet it has been largely ignored by cultural critics, especially in the context of the Global South. Seeking to make visible not only the pervasiveness of oil in society and culture but also its power, Oil Fictions stages a critical intervention that aligns with the broader goals of the energy humanities. Exploring literature and film about petroleum as a genre of world literature, Oil Fictions focuses on the ubiquity of oil as well as the cultural response to petroleum in postcolonial states. The chapters engage with African, South American, South Asian, Iranian, and transnational petrofictions and cover topics such as the relationship of colonialism to the fossil fuel economy, issues of gender in the Thermocene epoch, and discussions of migration, precarious labor, and the petro-diaspora. This unique exploration includes testimonies of the oil encounterthrough memoirs, journals, and interviewsfrom a diverse geoTrade Review“This excellent collection not only provides an authoritative introduction to petrofiction’s key texts, conceptual debates, and critical methodologies but also extends the range and scope of that work. In their impressive expansion of the geographical ambit and theoretical concerns of oil fiction, particularly into the Global South, these essays offer new and hitherto underrealized perspectives. They are what the field has been waiting for.”—Graeme Macdonald,coauthor of Combined and Uneven Development: Toward a New Theory of World-Literature“Oil Fictions covers considerable ground in analyzing oil fiction as well as identifying new sensibilities associated with oil’s fantasy of progress and well-being.”—Sofia Ahlberg ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and EnvironmentTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Reading Our Contemporary PetrosphereStacey Balkan and Swaralipi Nandi1. Petrofiction, RevisitedAmitav Ghosh2. Energy and Autonomy: Worker Struggles and the Evolution of Energy SystemsAshley Dawson3. Gendering Petrofiction: Energy, Imperialism, and Social ReproductionSharae Deckard4. Petrofeminism: Love in the Age of OilHelen Kapstein5. “We Are Pipeline People”: Nnedi Okorafor’s Ecocritical SpeculationsWendy W. Walters6. Petro-drama in the Niger Delta: Ben Binebai’s My Life in the Burning Creeks and Oil’s “Refuse of History”Henry Obi Ajumeze7. Documenting “Cheap Nature” in Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass Palace: A Petro-aesthetic CritiqueStacey Balkan8. Aestheticizing Absurd Extraction: Petro-capitalism in Deepak Unnikrishnan’s “In Mussafah Grew People”Swaralipi Nandi9. Petro-cosmopolitics: Oil and the Indian Ocean in Amitav Ghosh’s The Circle of Reason Micheal Angelo Rumore10. Xerodrome Lube: Cyclonic Geopoetics and Petropolytical War MachinesSimon Ryle11. Oil Gets Everywhere: Critical Representations of the Petroleum Industry in Spanish American LiteratureScott DeVries12. Conjectures on World Energy LiteratureImre Szeman13. Petrofiction as Stasis in Abdelrahman Munif’s Cities of Salt and Joseph O’Neill’s Netherland Corbin HidayMemoirs and Interviews14. Assessing the Veracity of the Gulf Dreams: An Interview with Author BenyaminMaya Vinai15. Testimonies from the Permian BasinKristen Figgins, Rebecca Babcock, and Sheena StiefAfterwordContributorsIndex
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Yale University Press The Water Paradox
Book SynopsisTrade Review“In The Water Paradox, Prof. Barbier draws on evidence from countries across the globe to show the scale of the problem and outlines the policy and management solutions needed to avert this crisis.” —John Singleton, Methodist Recorder“The Water Paradox is, however, jargon-free and readable, brilliantly detailing both problems and remedies. I hark back to Barbier’s words on the fountains of Rome. To learn that 2017 was the first time in 2,000 years that these hydro-engineering marvels were turned off in response to drought provokes tears of sorrow and frustration. We know that it is happening. We do not act. That is the paradox.” —Margaret Catley-Carlson, Nature‘’Edward Barbier does a fabulous job educating the reader on the state of water in the world and on ways to address associated water-issues. While the book is written for a non-technical audience, it is essential reading for water professionals and policy makers.’’ – Ariel Dinar, Distinguished Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy at the University of California, Riverside. "Barbier is the go-to person on water and water scarcity. This is a comprehensive guide for anyone who cares about one of the most important issues in this century.” – Dieter Helm, Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Oxford and author of Natural Capital: Valuing the Planet "clear and compelling... recommended reading for all interested in the pressing issue of water scarcity.” – Professor Anil Markandya, Former Scientific Director at the Basque Centre for Climate Change.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Who Should Own Natural Resources?
Book SynopsisThe natural resources of the earth – from oil and water to minerals and land – are crucial to our basic economic and social existence. But who is entitled to control, use and benefit from them? Should anyone ‘own’ the natural bounty of our planet? In this book, distinguished political theorist Margaret Moore tackles these questions and examines the different positions in the debate. States claim the right to control the natural resources within their territory. Liberals argue for a system of private ownership rights, including over natural resources, while egalitarians dispute such claims and argue for equal rights to natural resources. Moore shows why these standard approaches to resource justice are wanting, and offers an original approach that examines the different ways in which people interact with resources in order to determine what good is at stake in any particular case. In the context of serious environmental crisis and looming resource conflicts, this innovative and timely book will be essential reading for all students and scholars interested in the environment, property, distributive justice, and future generations.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Theories of Resource Justice 3. Resources and People: A Pluralist Relational Approach 4. Resource-Conflict 5. Future Generations and Resource Justice 6. Concluding Remarks Notes
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The History Press Ltd The Lost Fens
Book SynopsisHowever, pause a while off main roads and consider place names and road names: Fenny Lane, The Withies, Commonside, Reed Holme, Fen Common, Turbary Lane, Wildmore, Adventurers’ Fen, Wicken Fen, and more;
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Westland Publications Limited Island on Edge
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Cambridge University Press Social Networks and Natural Resource Management
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Cambridge University Press Scarcity and Frontiers
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Cambridge University Press The Balance of Nature and Human Impact
Book SynopsisIt is clear that nature is undergoing rapid changes as a result of human activities such as industry, agriculture, travel, fisheries and urbanisation. What effects do these activities have? Are they disturbing equilibria in ecological populations and communities, thus upsetting the balance of nature, or are they enhancing naturally occurring disequilibria, perhaps with even worse consequences? It is often argued that large-scale fluctuations in climate and sea-levels have occurred over and over again in the geological past, long before human activities could possibly have had any impact, and that human effects are very small compared to those that occur naturally. Should we conclude that human activity cannot significantly affect the environment, or are these naturally occurring fluctuations actually being dangerously enhanced by humans? This book examines these questions, first by providing evidence for equilibrium and non-equilibrium conditions in relatively undisturbed ecosystems, aTrade Review'This book summarizes ecological responses to global environmental change; it is relevant to interested readers of different backgrounds trying to understand why scientists are worried about current environmental change.' Integrative and Comparative Biology'Klaus Rohde's fascinating edited volume The Balance of Nature and Human Impact offers a snapshot of current research, exploring evidence for or against equilibrium processes from an array of systems, interspersed with reviews of literature on selected topics.' Brian Drayton, Biological ConservationTable of ContentsPreface; Introduction Klaus Rohde; Part I. Nonequilibrium and Equilibrium in Populations and Metapopulations: 1. Reef fishes: density dependence and equilibrium in populations? Graham Forrester and Mark Steele; 2. Population dynamics of ectoparasites of terrestrial hosts Boris Krasnov and Annapaola Rizzoli; 3. Metapopulation dynamics in marine parasites Ana Perez del Omo, Aneta Kostadinova and Serge Morand; Part II. Nonequilibrium and Equilibrium in Communities: 4. The paradox of the plankton Klaus Rohde; 5. A burning issue: community stability and alternative stable states in relation to fire Peter J. Clarke and Mike J. Lawes; 6. Community stability and instability in ectoparasites of marine and freshwater fish Andrea Simkova and Klaus Rohde; 7. Ectoparasites of small mammals: interactive saturated and unsaturated communities Boris Krasnov; 8. A macroecological approach to the equilibrial vs. nonequilibrial debate using bird populations and communities Brian McGill; Part III. Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium on Geographical Scales: 9. Island flora and fauna: equilibrium and nonequilibrium Lloyd Morrison; 10. The turbulent past and future of arctic vascular plants: climate change, spatial variation, and genetic diversity Christian Brochmann, Mary E. Edwards and Inger G. Alsos; Part IV. Latitudinal Gradients: 11. Latitudinal diversity gradients: equilibrium and nonequilibrium explanations Klaus Rohde; 12. Effective evolutionary time and the latitudinal diversity gradient Len Gillman and Shane Wright; Part V. Effects Due to Invading Species, Habitat Loss and Climate Change: 13. The physics of climate: equilibrium, disequilibrium and chaos Michael Box; 14. Episodic processes, invasion and faunal mosaics in evolutionary and ecological time Eric Hoberg and Daniel R. Brooks; 15. The emerging infectious diseases crisis and pathogen pollution Daniel R. Brooks and Eric Hoberg; 16. Establishment or vanishing: fate of an invasive species based on mathematical models Yihong Du; 17. Anthropogenic footprints on biodiversity Camilo Mora and Fernando Zapata; 18. Worldwide decline and extinction of amphibians Harold Heatwole; 19. Climatic change and reptiles Harvey B. Lillywhite; 20. Equilibrium and non-equilibrium in Australian bird communities - the impact of natural and anthropogenic effects Hugh Ford; 21. Population dynamics of insects: impacts of a changing climate Nigel Andrew; 22. The futures of coral reefs Peter Sale; Part VI. Autecological Studies: 23. Autecology and the balance of nature-ecological laws and human induced invasions Gimme Walter; 24. The intricacy of structural and ecological adaptations: micromorphology and ecology of some Aspidogastrea Klaus Rohde; Part VII. An Overall View: 25. The importance of interspecific competition in regulating communities, equilibrium vs. nonequilibrium Klaus Rohde; 26. Evolutionarily stable strategies: how common are they? Klaus Rohde; 27. How to conserve biodiversity in a nonequilibrium world Klaus Rohde, Hugh Ford, Nigel R. Andrew and Harold Heatwole; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Transitioning to a Prosperous Resilient and
Book SynopsisThis book is a comprehensive manual for decision-makers and policy leaders addressing the issues around human caused climate change, which threatens communities with increasing extreme weather events, sea level rise, and declining habitability of some regions due to desertification or inundation. The book looks at both mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and global warming and adaption to changing conditions as the climate changes. It encourages the early adoption of climate change measures, showing that rapid decarbonisation and improved resilience can be achieved while maintaining prosperity. The book takes a sector-by-sector approach, starting with energy and includes cities, industry, natural resources, and agriculture, enabling practitioners to focus on actions relevant to their field. It uses case studies across a range of countries, and various industries, to illustrate the opportunities available. Blending technological insights with economics and policy, the book presents tTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Policy frameworks and institutions for decarbonisation: the energy sector as 'litmus test' Lynette Molyneaux and Keith Sue; Technologies for decarbonising the electricity sector; 2. Wind energy Nathan Steggel and David Osmond; 3. Solar photovoltaics Andrew Blakers; 4. Solar thermal energy John Pye, Keith Lovegrove, Paul Gauché and Mark Mehos; 5. Nuclear energy Andrew Stuchbery and Tony Irwin; Box 5.1 Fusion energy Kenneth G. H. Baldwin; 6. Hydropower Jamie Pittock; 7. Energy storage Lachlan Blackhall, Evan Franklin, Bjorn Sturmberg, Alexey M. Glushenkov and Hedda Ransan-Cooper; 8. The hydrogen economy Fiona J. Beck, David Gourlay, Michelle Lyons and Mahesh B. Venkataraman; Example economies: 9. Decarbonisation strategies and economic opportunities in Australia Amandine Denis-Ryan, Frank Jotzo, Paul Graham, Steve Hatfield-Dodds, Philip Adams, Rob Kelly, Scott Ferraro, Andy Jones, Anna Skarbek, John Thwaites, Sarah Levy and Niina Kauto; 10. Decarbonisation strategies and economic opportunities in Indonesia Utjok W. R. Siagian and Retno Gumilang Dewi; Box 10.1 India: enhancing renewables through policy innovation Kenneth G. H. Baldwin; Cities and industry: 11. Cities Xuemei Bai, Timothy M. Baynes, Robert Webb, Chris Ryan and Michael Smith; 12. Buildings and precincts Michael Smith, Peter Newton, Alan Pears, Amandine Denis-Ryan and Eshan Ahuja; 13. Urban water Michael Smith, Andrea Turner and Stuart White; 14. National climate change adaptation case study: early adaptation to climate change through climate-compatible development and adaptation pathways Tim Capon, Mark Stafford Smith and Russell Wise; 15. Transport Michael Smith, Peter Stasinopoulos, Alan Pears and Eshan Ahuja; 16. Industrial and manufacturing Michael Smith, Alan Pears, Peter Stasinopoulos, Ali Hasanbeigi and Eshan Ahuja; Land Use, Forests and Agriculture: 17. Land use Heather Keith and Michael Smith; 18. Forests Heather Keith, Andrew Macintosh and Brendan Mackey; 19. Agriculture Mark Howden; Mining, metals, oil and gas: 20. Mining, metals, oil and gas Michael Smith, Jane Hodgkinson, Alan Pears and Peter Stasinopoulos; Addressing barriers to change; 21. Trade and climate change Karen Hussey and Thomas Faunce; 22. Improving the governance of governments Ken Coghill, Barbara Norman, Thomas Smith, Cristina Neesham and Abel Kinyondo; 23. Financing the transition Michael Smith, Pablo Berrutti, Nathan Fabian and Nicolette Boele; 24. Social movements for change Michael Smith.
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Cambridge University Press Genetically Modified Organisms in Developing Countries
Book SynopsisBringing together the ideas of experts from around the world, this incisive text offers cutting-edge perspectives on the risk analysis and governance of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), supporting effective and informed decision-making in developing countries. Comprised of four comprehensive sections, this book covers: integrated risk analysis and decision making, giving an overview of the science involved and examining risk analysis methods that impact decision-making on the release of GMOs, particularly in developing countries; diversification of expertise involved in risk analysis and practical ways in which the lack of expertise in developing countries can be overcome; risk analysis based regulatory systems and how they can be undermined by power relationships and socio-political interests, as well as strategies for improving GMO policy development and regulatory decision-making; and case studies from developing countries providing lessons based on real-world experience that Table of Contents1. Introduction Ademola A. Adenle, E. Jane Morris and Denis J. Murphy; 2. Recent scientific developments in genetic technologies: implications for future regulation of GMOs in developing countries Denis J. Murphy; 3. A strategy for integrating science into regulatory decision-making for GMOs Wendy Craig, Dennis Ndolo Obonyo and Mark Tepfer; 4. Governance of benefits and risks of GMOs in developing countries E. Jane Morris; 5. The Canadian experience with the creation and implementation of regulatory frameworks for the environmental release of GM crops as a model for developing countries Phil Macdonald; 6. Labelling of food from GMOs: options to consider by developing countries Wilna Jansen van Rijssen and Wynand J. van der Walt; 7. Building human capacity and skills in biosafety: lessons learned and emerging best practices John Komen and Muffy Koch; 8. Regulation of GMOs in developing countries: why socioeconomic considerations matter for decision-making Jose Falck-Zepeda and Marnus Gouse; 9. Food safety assessment of genetically modified crops in developing countries: the experience in Africa Godwin Lemgo, Narender Nehra and Hector Quemada; 10. Being scientific about socio-economics in GMO decision-making in developing countries Monica Racovita; 11. The sharing of information in risk assessment: how national authorities co-operate Peter Kearns, Bertrand Dagallier and Takahiko Nikaido; 12. Should GM rice with nutrition benefits be deployed? Findings from biotech and socio-economic research Hans De Steur, Dieter Blancquaert, Christophe Stove, Willy Lambert, Dominique Van Der Straeten and Xavier Gellynck; 13. The risk analysis framework and biosafety policy Peter W. B. Phillips and Stuart J. Smyth; 14. Precautionary principle as a barrier to GMO risk analysis: Elicitation of experts' viewpoints Ademola A. Adenle; 15. How do socio-political disputes of GMOs influence decision-making in developing countries? Hossein Azadi, Ademola A. Adenle and Klaus Ammann; 16. Biosafety communication: beyond risk communication Andrea Sonnino and Sandra Sharry; 17. The role of mass media and lobbies in the formulation of GMO regulations Mauro Vigani; 18. Risk regulation of agricultural GMOs in China: challenges and prospects Wen Xiang; 19. Commercial use and governance of Bt cotton in China Yunhe Li, Yanhui Lu, Eric M. Hallerman, Yufa Peng and Kongming Wu; 20. Regulatory regime of genetically modified crops in India Krishna Ravi Srinivas; 21. The Argentinian GMO biosafety system: an evolving perspective Carmen Vicien and Eduardo Trigo; 22. The Brazilian GMO regulatory system: a historical view and perspective Edivaldo Domingues Velini, Maria Lúcia Zaidan Dagli, Gutemberg Delfino de Souza, Rubens José Nascimento, Tassiana Fronza Pinho, Paulo Paes de Andrade and Helaine Carrer; 23. Effective regulatory regime supported by research and development is key to adoption of GM technology in West Africa: Burkina Faso and Nigeria as case studies Olalekan Akinbo, Ademola A. Adenle and Diran Makinde; 24. Pathway for biosafety regulation of GMOs in Sub-Saharan Africa Julius Ecuru; 25. Conclusions and recommendations E. Jane Morris, Ademola A. Adenle and Denis J. Murphy.
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Cambridge University Press The Economics of Water Resources
Book SynopsisPopulation growth and rising living standards, on the one hand, and changing climate, on the other hand, have exacerbated water scarcity worldwide. To address this problem, policymakers need to take a wide view of the water economy a complex structure involving environmental, social, economic, legal, and institutional aspects. A coherent water policy must look at the water economy as a whole and apply a comprehensive approach to policy interventions. Written by two of the world''s leading scholars on economics of water, this is the first graduate-level textbook on the topic. The book discusses water resource management within a comprehensive framework that integrates the different, yet highly entwined, elements of a water economy. It follows the steps needed to develop a well-designed set of policies based on detailed analyses of intervention measures, using multi-sectoral and economy-wide examples from a variety of locations and situations around the world.Trade Review'A comprehensive, integrated approach for evaluating and improving the management of scarce water resources across the globe. The fundamental principles of economics, critical role of institutions, and legal norms restricting water allocation policies are insightfully represented. I am completely persuaded by the authors' modular structure of the advanced framework and its implications for the future of water resource management challenges.' Gordon Rausser, University of California, Berkeley'A clear, precise introduction to the challenges of managing common pool resources. This book's lessons go beyond water, covering dynamic resource allocation and management and combining technical rigor with insightful analysis of real world challenges.' David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley'The first and most outstanding book that clearly explains water economy through economic theories and approaches. Anyone who is interested in water related economic and policy issues should read this important book.' Jinxia Wang, Peking University'Economics provides an analytical lens for understanding the difficulties for managing water equitably, efficiently and sustainably. This book presents advances in water economics and how this field can prescribe policy designs and offer applicable lessons. A canonical guide for intermediate students and scholars looking for basic theory foundations.' Alberto Garrido, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain'This book develops a water economy edifice, which breaks through the traditional methodology to incorporate natural, social, and economic aspects, as well as hydrological and hydraulic factors, into the analysis framework. This brings the study of the economy of water resources into a more inclusive system.' Dajun Shen, Renmin University of China'… a lucid and mathematically rigorous account of the many dimensions of water management. Recommended.' A. A. Batabyal, Choice ConnectTable of Contents1. The state of water resources and the need for a comprehensive perspective; 2. The water economy; 3. Supply costs, demands and benefits; 4. Optimal water policy; 5. Water regulation; 6. Conjunctive use; 7. Case studies of regulatory interventions; 8. Economy-wide considerations of water management; 9. Management of transboundary water; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Complex Ecology
Book SynopsisFrom climate change to species extinction, humanity is confronted with an increasing array of societal and environmental challenges that defy simple quantifiable solutions. Complexity-based ecology provides a new paradigm for ecologists and conservationists keen to embrace the uncertainty that is pressed upon us. This book presents key research papers chosen by some sixty scholars from various continents, across a diverse span of sub-disciplines. The papers are set alongside first person commentary from many of the seminal voices involved, offering unprecedented access to experts'' viewpoints. The works assembled also shed light on the process of science in general, showing how the shifting of wider perspectives allows for new ideas to take hold. Ideal for undergraduate and advanced students of ecology and conservation, their educators and those working across allied fields, this is the first book of its kind to focus on complexity-based approaches and provides a benchmark for future cTrade Review'Conservation is built on the foundations of ecology but it often seems that conservation uses ecology in fragmented ways - only knowing a piece of the proverbial elephant but not the whole animal. Complex Ecology is the first anthology that provides the full interconnected understanding of ecology and its implications for application. At a time when humanity is pushing the limits of planetary thresholds with climate change and an expanding footprint of impacts, Complex Ecology provides an essential compass for scientists and conservationists to navigate the shifting ecological context of conservation action. This book contains the touchstone primary sources that underpin resilience theory, conservation biology, and trophic ecology.' Gary Tabor, Center for Large Landscape Conservation, MontanaTable of ContentsForeword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Aggregation in complex systems; 2. Diversity in ecology and conservation; 3. The role of flows of energy and resources in structuring social and ecological systems; 4. Non-linearity in natural, social, and physical systems; 5. Applied implications and subversive science; Epilogue.
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Cambridge University Press Microbiomes of Soils Plants and Animals
Book SynopsisThrough a long history of co-evolution, multicellular organisms form a complex of host cells plus many associated microorganism species. Consisting of algae, bacteria, archaea, fungi, protists and viruses, and collectively referred to as the microbiome, these microorganisms contribute to a range of important functions in their hosts, from nutrition, to behaviour and disease susceptibility. In this book, a diverse and international group of active researchers outline how multicellular organisms have become reliant on their microbiomes to function, and explore this vital interdependence across the breadth of soil, plant, animal and human hosts. They draw parallels and contrasts across hosts in different environments, and discuss how this invisible microbial ecosystem influences everything from the food we eat, to our health, to the correct functioning of ecosystems we depend on. This insightful read also pertinently encourages students and researchers in microbial ecology, ecology, and mTrade Review'This book focuses on current research investigations of the microbiomes found in animals, plants, and soils. The authors propose an emerging theoretical framework for investigating the complex interactions between microbiomes and their habitats. They promote advancements for studying microbiomes and microorganisms in situ, or in the natural environment, rather than focusing on classical methods using in vitro studies as conducted in labs. Each chapter reveals the significant roles that microbiomes play in biogeochemical cycling and in homeostatic mechanisms of host organisms and natural environments. Also discussed are the impacts of anthropogenic changes on microbiome interactions. Topics in the book include background information on microbiomes, analytical methods for studying them, a review of microbiome research investigations, and biotechnology applications of microbiome research. Each chapter provides a wealth of primary references. As an added plus, the readability level is appropriate for those lacking an extensive background in science.' B. R. Shmaefsky, Choice'It is a solid, approachable introduction to the role of microbiomes in ecology and could serve as a primary reading for a graduate seminar course or for a researcher just entering the field.' Jonathan Newman and Newman Lab Group, The Quarterly Review of BiologyTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Microbiomes of soils, plants and animals: an introduction Rachael E. Antwis, Xavier A. Harrison, Michael J. Cox, Sophia Carryl, Meagan Dewar, James Doonan, Ellen L. Fry, Jack Gilbert, Bethan Greenwood, Reid N. Harris, Zenobia Lewis, Anne Lizé, James McDonald, Valerie McKenzie, Marc Sze and Feng Zhu; 2. Analytical approaches for microbiome research Xavier A. Harrison and Simon J. S. Cameron; 3. Microbiomes of soils Reuben Margerison, Océane Nicolitch and Yaqian Zhang; 4. Factors that shape the host microbiome Marc Sze, James Doonan, James E. McDonald, Reid Harris and Meagan Dewar; 5. Microbial symbioses and host nutrition Philip Donkersley, Sam Robinson, Ella K. Deutsch and Alastair T. Gibbons; 6. The microbiome and host behaviour Anne Lizé and Zenobia Lewis; 7. Host microbiomes and disease James E. McDonald, Reid N. Harris, James Doonan, Sophia Carryl, Marc Sze, Valerie McKenzie and Jack A. Gilbert; 8. Adapting to environmental change Ellen L. Fry, Feng Zhu and Bethan Greenwood; 9. Microbial biotechnology Rachael E. Antwis, Ellen Fry, Chloë E. James and Natalie Ferry; 10. Synthesis and future directions Rachael E. Antwis, Xavier A. Harrison and Michael J. Cox; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Wicked Problem of Forest Policy
Book SynopsisForests play an important role in resolving global challenges such as sustainable development, climate change, biodiversity loss, and food and water security. Stopping deforestation is crucial for the future of our planet. Global efforts to curb deforestation, have been partially successful, but have largely fallen short. At the same time, national level efforts to support human development, reflected in the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals, aim to increase the welfare and wellbeing of populations living in poverty. Meeting these development goals will inevitably have crosscutting effects on initiatives to address deforestation. In balancing these goals, policy makers are confronted with wicked problems or problems where there are moral considerations and where limited information is available for policy makers. This book is focused on how wicked forest policy problems have been, and can be, addressed.Trade Review'This volume edited by Nikolakis and Innes … explores a range of policies in use around the world to sustainably manage forests.' B. D. Orr, Choice'The global COVID-19 pandemic has recently brought a wicked problem into sharp focus on a worldwide scale, as governments try to strike a balance between imposing restrictions that would slow the spread of the disease, while simultaneously avoiding economic collapse. Achieving the sustainable management of our environment is likewise fraught with wicked problems, not least of which are to be found in the forestry sector. The process of trying to control this destruction, and steering the management of forests towards sustainable conservation and use, has proved to be a fertile breeding ground for wicked problems. This book provides an extensive review of these problems, the policy approaches that have been developed to address them, and how well they are working or not. … [It is] very informative for anyone involved in the environmental policy field to read this book.' Brian W. van Wilgen, South African Journal of ScienceTable of Contents1. The wicked problem of forest policy William Nikolakis and John L. Innes; Part I. Wicked Problems and Policies: 2. Why forests matter? Frances Seymour; 3. Forest certification and forest use: a comprehensive analysis Fred Cubbage and Erin Sills; 4. REDD+ meets local realities Arild Vatn, Maria Nantongo and Raymond Samndong; 5. Have payments for ecosystem services delivered for the rural poor? A decade of implementation in the 'global South' Diana Alfonso-Bécares and Esteve Corbera; 6. Tackling gender inequality through forest-related policies and programmes: global challenges, multi-scale innovations, and local experiences Marlène Elias, Bimbika Sijapati Basnett and Jennie Dey de Pryck; 7. Forestry crimes and our planet: a review Christian Nellemann, Rune Henriksen, Margaretha Schlingemann and Riccardo Pravettoni; 8. Forest bioeconomy development: markets and industry structures Lauri Hetemäki and Elias Hurmekoski; Part II. Tools to Address Wicked Problems: 9. The wicked problems of Indonesia's forests require effective institutions to resolve difficult trade-offs Jeffrey Sayer; 10. Power to the forest people: tendencies, impact and the future of locally-controlled forests David Kaimowitz and Fernanda Tomaselli; 11. How are land use multi-stakeholder forums affected by their contexts? Perspectives from two regions of the Peruvian Amazon Juan Pablo Sarmiento Barletti and Anne Larson; 12. Sustainable landscape investment: a framework for governance of institutional investment in the forestry sector David Brand, MaryKate Bullen and Radha Kuppalli; 13. Community forestry in Liberia: progress and pitfalls Robert O'Hagan, Alida O'Connor, John Fa and Terry Sunderland; 14. Are some forestry problems too wicked? John L. Innes and William Nikolakis.
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Cambridge University Press Invading Ecological Networks
Book SynopsisUntil now, biological invasions have been conceptualised and studied mainly as a linear process: from introduction to establishment to spread. This volume charts a new course for the field, drawing on key developments in network ecology and complexity science. It defines an agenda for Invasion Science 2.0 by providing new framings and classification of research topics and by offering tentative solutions to vexing problems. In particular, it conceptualises a transformative ecosystem as an open adaptive network with critical transitions and turnover, with resident species heuristically learning and fine-tuning their niches and roles in a multiplayer eco-evolutionary game. It erects signposts pertaining to network interactions, structures, stability, dynamics, scaling, and invasibility. It is not a recipe book or a road map, but an atlas of possibilities: a ''hitchhiker''s guide''.Table of Contents1. Invasion science 1.0; 2. Relentless evolution; 3. Network assembly; 4. Regimes and panarchy; 5. Network transitions; 6. Network scaling; 7. Rethinking invasibility.
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Cambridge University Press BeachInlet Interaction and Sediment Management
Book SynopsisBeaches, barrier islands and tidal inlets are valuable coastal resources and provide desirable environments that are often densely populated. They are dynamic landforms that change constantly, driven by both normal processes and energetic storms. They behave as one interconnected system and must be understood and managed as such. This book discusses their various morphologic features, as well as the processes that shape them and future challenges due to environmental change. A major focus is placed on the interaction between sandy beaches and tidal inlets, and the sediment exchange among various morphologic features. Balancing these valuable sediment resources while maintaining the natural sediment exchange constitutes a major goal of modern shore protection and coastal management. Illustrated with numerous aerial photographs to demonstrate how beaches and tidal inlets interact, this book provides a valuable reference for graduate students, researchers and professionals working in coaTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Beach and inlet systems under different geological and oceanographic settings; 3. Hydrodynamics and sediment processes applicable to beach-inlet systems; 4. Sedimentology and morphodynamics of beach-inlet systems; 5. Interaction of beaches and inlets; 6. Methods to mitigate beach erosion and ensure inlet navigation safety; 7. Regional sediment management at beach-inlet systems; 8. Resiliency of beach-inlet systems facing sea-level rise, storm impacts and human stresses; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Conservation Translocations
Book SynopsisConservation translocation - the movement of species for conservation benefit - includes reintroducing species into the wild, reinforcing dwindling populations, helping species shift ranges in the face of environmental change, and moving species to enhance ecosystem function. Conservation translocation can lead to clear conservation benefits and can excite and engage a broad spectrum of people. However, these projects are often complex and involve careful consideration and planning of biological and socio-economic issues. This volume draws on the latest research and experience of specialists from around the world to help provide guidance on best practice and to promote thinking over how conservation translocations can continue to be developed. The key concepts cover project planning, biological and social factors influencing the efficacy of translocations, and how to deal with complex decision-making. This book aims to inspire, inform and help practitioners maximise their chances of suTrade Review'Tackling big problems requires a diversity of knowledge and perspectives. As such I am so pleased to present this first authoritative text on conservation translocations. Contributors from all around the world not only showcase lessons learned to date but also set the stage for future actions that will help species large and small, restore ecosystems from oceans to land, and yield benefits for humanity that transcend geography and culture.' Razan Al Mubarak, President, International Union for Conservation of Nature'The many chapters provide an excellent review of the existing literature, both formally and informally published, and will be an invaluable guide for future practice.' Oryx - The International Journal of ConservationTable of ContentsPart I. Conservation Translocations: Getting Started: 1. Moving Species: Reintroductions and other conservation translocations Martin J. Gaywood and Mark Stanley-PriceI; 2. Conservation translocations: Planning and the initial appraisal Sarah E. Dalrymple and Joe M. Bellis; Part II. Conservation Translocations: The Key Issues: 3. Conservation translocations and the law Arie Trouwborst, Andy Blackmore, Sally Blyth, Floor Fleurke, Phillipa McCormack and Martin J. Gaywood; 4. Decision making in animal conservation translocations: Biological considerations and beyond John G. Ewen, Stefano Canessa, Sarah J. Converse and Kevin A. Parker; 5. Animal disease and conservation translocations Anthony W. Sainsbury and Claudia Carraro; 6. Animal welfare, animal rights, and conservation translocations: Moving forward in the face of ethical dilemmas Lauren A. Harrington, Natasha Lloyd and Axel Moehrenschlager; 7. Conservation translocations for plants Joyce Maschinski and Matthew Albrecht; 8. Plant health, biosecurity and conservation translocations Ruth Mitchell, Sarah Green and Peter M. Hollingsworth; 9. Genomics and conservation translocations Linda E. Neaves, Rob Ogden and Peter M. Hollingsworth; 10. The human dimensions and the public engagement spectrum of conservation translocation Jenny A. Glikman, Beatrice Frank, Camilla Sandström, Samantha Meysohn, Michelle Bogardus, Francine Madden and Alexandra Zimmermann; 11. Assisted colonisation and ecological replacement Maria Hällfors and Sarah E. Dalrymple; 12. The role of conservation translocations in rewilding and de-extinction Philip J. Seddon; Part III. Conservation Translocations: Looking to the Future: 13. From genes to ecosystems and beyond: Addressing eleven contentious issues to advance the future of conservation translocations Axel Moehrenschlager, Pritpal Soorae and Tammy E. Steeves; Part IV. Case Studies: 14. Reintroduction of the endemic plant Manglietiastrum sinicum (Magnoliaceae) to Yunnan Province, China Weibang Sun, Lei Cai and Peter M. Hollingsworth; 15. Applying adaptive management to reintroductions of pyne's ground-plum Astragalus bibullatus Matthew A. Albrecht; 16. Five reasons to consider long-term monitoring: case studies from bird reintroductions on Tiritiri Matangi Island Doug P. Armstrong, Elizabeth H. Parlato and John G. Ewen; 17. Multiple reintroductions to restore ecological interactions in a defaunated tropical forest Marcelo Lopes Rheingantz, Alexandra dos Santos Pires and Fernando A. S. Fernandez; 18. Bringing Jaguars and their prey base back to the iberá wetlands, Argentina Emiliano Donadio, Talía Zamboni and Sebastián Di Martino; 19. The return of the Eurasian beaver to Britain: The implications of unplanned releases and the human dimension Roisin Campbell-Palmer, Andrew Bauer, Simon Jones, Ben Ross and Martin J. Gaywood; 20. The role of community engagement in conservation translocations: The South Of Scotland Golden Eagle Project (SSGEP) Catherine Barlow; 21. The European native oyster and the challenges for conservation translocations: The Scottish experience Cass Bromley and David W. Donnan; 22. Slow and steady wins the race: using non-native tortoises to rewild islands off Mauritius Carl G. Jones, Vikash Tatayah, Rosemary Moorhouse-Gann, Christine Griffiths, Nicolas Zuël, and Nik Cole; 23. Assisted colonisation as a conservation tool: Tasmanian Devils and Maria Island Carolyn Hogg and Phil Wise; Index.
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Cambridge University Press EcologicalEconomic Modelling for Biodiversity Conservation
Book SynopsisEcologists and economists both use models to help develop strategies for biodiversity management. The practical use of disciplinary models, however, can be limited because ecological models tend not to address the socioeconomic dimension of biodiversity management, whereas economic models tend to neglect the ecological dimension. Given these shortcomings of disciplinary models, there is a necessity to combine ecological and economic knowledge into ecological-economic models. Gradually guiding the reader into the field of ecological-economic modelling by introducing mathematical models and their role in general, this book provides an overview on ecological and economic modelling approaches relevant for research in the field of biodiversity conservation. It discusses the advantages of and challenges associated with ecological-economic modelling, together with an overview of useful ways of integration. Although being a book about mathematical modelling, ecological and economic concepts plTrade Review'… the book aims to give a comprehensive survey of useful mathematical methods relevant to environmental policy design. The author stops to explain core concepts and provide historical context where necessary.' Chay Paterson, zbMATHTable of ContentsPart I. Modelling: 1. What is a model?; 2. Purposes of modelling; 3. Typical model features; Part II. Ecological Modelling: 4. Homogenous deterministic population models; 5. Homogenous stochastic population models; 6. Spatial population models; 7. Models with individual variability; 8. Models of biodiversity; Part III. Economic Modelling: 9. Instruments for biodiversity conservation; 10. Game theory; 11. Incentive design; 12. Modelling human decisions; 13. The agglomeration bonus; Part IV. Ecological-Economic Modelling: 14. Foundations of ecological-economic modelling; 15. Benefits and challenges of ecological-economic modelling; 16. Integration of ecological and economic models; 17. Examples of ecological-economic modelling; 18. Outlook.
£38.94
Cambridge University Press Invading Ecological Networks
Book SynopsisUntil now, biological invasions have been conceptualised and studied mainly as a linear process: from introduction to establishment to spread. This volume charts a new course for the field, drawing on key developments in network ecology and complexity science. It defines an agenda for Invasion Science 2.0 by providing new framings and classification of research topics and by offering tentative solutions to vexing problems. In particular, it conceptualises a transformative ecosystem as an open adaptive network with critical transitions and turnover, with resident species heuristically learning and fine-tuning their niches and roles in a multiplayer eco-evolutionary game. It erects signposts pertaining to network interactions, structures, stability, dynamics, scaling, and invasibility. It is not a recipe book or a road map, but an atlas of possibilities: a ''hitchhiker''s guide''.Table of Contents1. Invasion science 1.0; 2. Relentless evolution; 3. Network assembly; 4. Regimes and panarchy; 5. Network transitions; 6. Network scaling; 7. Rethinking invasibility.
£35.14
Cambridge University Press Why Conserve Nature
Book SynopsisHow we view nature transforms the world around us. People rehearse stories about nature which make sense to them. If we ask the question ''why conserve nature?'', and the answers are based on myths, then are these good myths to have? Scientific knowledge about the environment is fundamental to ideas about how nature works. It is essential to the conservation endeavour. However, any conservation motivation is nested within a society''s meanings of nature and the way society values it. Given the therapeutic and psychological significance of nature for us and our culture, this book considers the meanings derived from the poetic and emotional attachment to a sense of place, which is arguably just as important as scientific evidence. The functional significance of species is important, but so too is the therapeutic value of nature, together with the historic and spiritual meanings entwined in a human feeling for landscape and wildlife.Table of ContentsPart I. The Experience of Nature: 1. The experience of nature; 2. Climate change; Part II. Nature Imagined: 3. Nature in ecological science: explanations, emotions and motivations; 4. Nature in literature and art; Part III. Nature, Self and Place: 5. Personal meanings of nature; 6. Places for nature; Part IV. Why Conserve Nature?: 7. Possibilities.
£84.54
Cambridge University Press Animal Population Ecology
Book SynopsisAnimal population ecology comprises the study of variations, regulation, and interactions of animal populations. This book discusses the fundamental notions and findings of animal populations on which most of the ecological studies are based. In particular, the author selects the logistic law of population growth, the nature of competition, sociality as an antithesis of competition, the mechanism underlying the regulation of populations, predator-prey interaction processes, and interactions among closely related species competing over essential resources. These are the notions that are considered to be well-established facts or principles and are regularly taught at ecology classes or introduced in standard textbooks. However, the author demonstrates that these notions are still inadequately understood, or even misunderstood, creating myths that would misguide ecologists in carrying out their studies. He delves deeply into those notions to reveal their real nature and draws a road map Trade Review'This would be a valuable text for quantitative ecology courses. While manageable for interested general readers, its emphasis on mathematical applications and predictive parameters would make it most useful in advanced courses as a source of real-world examples. Mathematicians, too, may find the text valuable for teaching modeling in general, to supplement econometric, demographic, and climate models.' J. Burger, ChoiceTable of Contents1. Hunting strategies of predators as revealed in field studies of great tits; 2. The paradox of crypsis: is it effective against visual predation?; 3. Logistic law of population growth: what is it really?; 4. Reproduction curves and their utilities; 5. Generalization of the logistic model; 6. Scramble and contest competition: what is the difference?; 7. Regulation of populations: its myths and real nature; 8. Predator-prey interaction processes; 9. Interspecific competition processes; 10. Observations, analyses, and interpretations: a personal view through the spruce budworm studies.
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Cambridge University Press A Framework for Community Ecology
Book SynopsisThis book addresses an important problem in ecology: how are communities assembled from species pools? This pressing question underlies a broad array of practical problems in ecology and environmental science, including restoration of damaged landscapes, management of protected areas, and protection of threatened species. This book presents a simple logical structure for ecological assembly and addresses key areas including species pools, traits, environmental filters, and functional groups. It demonstrates the use of two predictive models (CATS and Traitspace) and consists of many wide-ranging examples including plants in deserts, wetlands, and forests, and communities of fish, amphibians, birds, mammals, and fungi. Global in scope, this volume ranges from the arid lands of North Africa, to forests in the Himalayas, to Amazonian floodplains. There is a strong focus on applications, particularly the twin challenges of conserving biodiversity and understanding community responses to clTrade Review'… this book opens many intriguing questions about the theoretical framework of community ecology … The rather idiosyncratic positions expressed by the authors may be stimulating for a broad audience of ecologists, even (perhaps especially) for those who disagree. It is exactly the unusual character of this book that makes it particularly interesting.' Simone Fattorini, Community EcologyTable of ContentsPreface; 1. A general framework for community ecology; 2. Filters; 3. Species pools; 4. Traits; 5. Trait-environment interactions; 6. Functional groups; 7. Predictive models of community assembly; 8. Prospects and possibilities; References; Index.
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