Environmental management Books

Book SynopsisA stimulating review of contemporary land reform in Scotland

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Book SynopsisCompletely revised and updated to reflect the current debates in Scotland's natural environment

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Book SynopsisSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 'Compelling, fascinating, sometimes unexpectedly moving, this vitally important book is, above all, a springboard for hope and transformation.' –Isabella Tree, author of Wilding 'Do your imagination, your activism, your sense of what’s possible a favour, and swim in this book.' –Rob Hopkins, author of From What Is to What If In a time of uncertainty about our environmental future—an eye-opening global tour of some of the most wounded places on earth, and stories of how a passionate group of eco-restorers is leading the way to their revitalisation. Award-winning science journalist Judith D. Schwartz takes us first to China’s Loess Plateau, where a landmark project has successfully restored a blighted region the size of Belgium, lifting millions of people out of poverty. She journeys on to Norway, where a young indigenous reindeer herder challenges the most powerful orthodoxies of conservation—and his own government. And in the Middle East, she follows the visionary work of an ambitious young American as he attempts to re-engineer the desert ecosystem, using plants as his most sophisticated technology. Schwartz explores regenerative solutions across a range of landscapes: deserts, grasslands, tropics, tundra, Mediterranean. She also highlights various human landscapes, the legacy of colonialism and industrial agriculture, and the endurance of indigenous knowledge. The Reindeer Chronicles demonstrates how solutions to seemingly intractable problems can come from the unlikeliest of places, and how the restoration of local water, carbon, nutrient, and energy cycles can play a dramatic role in stabilizing the global climate. Ultimately, it reveals how much is in our hands if we can find a way to work together and follow nature’s lead.Trade ReviewShelf Awareness— “This book provides hope that devastated ecosystems can be revived, and that it requires doing more than just letting nature take its course. . . . Very much worth reading for anyone who cares about the state of the planet."Publishers Weekly— “In this worthwhile look at conservation, journalist Schwartz sheds light on a global and ‘growing cohort of scientists, mavericks, and young people’ engaged in the ‘participatory sport’ of land restoration.”"A lucid and compelling look at the global movement of ecological rehabilitation."—The Boston Globe“Thoughtful and thought-provoking, Judith Schwartz’s world tour of environmental solutions shows how nature itself can heal the wounds we have inflicted on our planet. Compelling, fascinating, sometimes unexpectedly moving, this vitally important book is, above all, a springboard for hope and transformation.”—Isabella Tree, author of Wilding“In The Reindeer Chronicles, Judith Schwartz proves, once again, that she is one of ecology’s most indispensable writers. Like her last two books, Cows Save the Planet and Water in Plain Sight, her new work is an insightful, globe-trotting exploration of promising techniques for restoring our soil, water, agricultural systems, and wildlife. The Reindeer Chronicles is at once visionary and pragmatic—clear-eyed about the immense planetary challenges we face, yet unfailingly hopeful about our ability to forge a new relationship with nature. This book shows us what Aldo Leopold’s land ethic looks like in the twenty-first century.”—Ben Goldfarb, PEN America Literary Award-winning author of Eager“This book shows us again and again, across the globe, the abundant future that is possible if we work with nature. Stunning stories of re-greening landscapes, restoring carbon and water cycles, and repairing weather. It is a balm and a guide, a wellspring of grounded hope.”—Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, PhD, founder of Urban Ocean Lab and of Ocean Collectiv“Judith Schwartz unlocks yet one more door in our minds about what’s possible when we work with nature’s cycles rather than try to push her around. Through this book and her prior ones, you can practically see, taste, and smell a healing earth that includes humans as stewards, not ravaging locusts. If you want practical hope, this is it. If you want a place to dig in and make change, regeneration is the key. These are stories of people who work both intimately and at scale—and with love—to restore life to the land we all walk on, our beautiful home, the earth.”—Vicki Robin, coauthor of Your Money or Your Life and author of Blessing the Hands that Feed Us“A tale of people restoring nature and their communities. These deeply optimistic dispatches from around the world show us that the key to restoring land is how we see it—the change begins in us.”—David R. Montgomery, author of Growing A Revolution“As the regenerative agriculture movement grows worldwide, Judith Schwartz has emerged as a leading tracker and interpreter of its progress, challenges, and wins. The value of Schwartz’s multifaceted work and engaging first-person style is that a broader and deeper canvas emerges. “Schwartz’s descriptions and analyses are not rosy-eyed, but instead comprise a balanced, warts-and-all approach mixed with extraordinary tales of transformation of vast and small ecosystems, landscapes and farms, societies and communities; of food systems; and of human physical and mental health. As she says, ‘earth repair is a participatory sport,’ and ‘restoration can begin anywhere.’ “This is an excellent read for expert and newcomer alike, and an important contribution to a growing canon now offering some of the very best solutions to the onrushing Anthropocene crisis.”—Charles Massy, author of Call of the Reed Warbler“These are times that call for us to reimagine everything. That imaginative capacity depends on the stories, the possibilities, the experiences we have in our memory and our ability to reassemble them in new and unique ways. If you want to be part of that reimagining, you need the beautiful, patient, humbling stories in these pages. Their implications are staggering, and also suggest that sometimes we save the world by doing less rather than more. Do your imagination, your activism, your sense of what’s possible a favor, and swim in this book.”—Rob Hopkins, author of From What Is to What If

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Book Synopsis"Frightening...Firestorm comes alive when Struzik discusses the work of offbeat scientists." --New York Times Book Review "Comprehensive and compelling." --Booklist "A powerful message." --Kirkus "Should be required reading." --Library Journal For two months in the spring of 2016, the world watched as wildfire ravaged the Canadian town of Fort McMurray. Firefighters named the fire "the Beast." It acted like a mythical animal, alive with destructive energy, and they hoped never to see anything like it again. Yet it's not a stretch to imagine we will all soon live in a world in which fires like the Beast are commonplace. A glance at international headlines shows a remarkable increase in higher temperatures, stronger winds, and drier lands- a trifecta for igniting wildfires like we've rarely seen before. This change is particularly noticeable in the northern forests of the United States and Canada. These forests require fire to maintain healthy ecosystems, but as the human population grows, and as changes in climate, animal and insect species, and disease cause further destabilization, wildfires have turned into a potentially uncontrollable threat to human lives and livelihoods. Our understanding of the role fire plays in healthy forests has come a long way in the past century. Despite this, we are not prepared to deal with an escalation of fire during periods of intense drought and shorter winters, earlier springs, potentially more lightning strikes and hotter summers. There is too much fuel on the ground, too many people and assets to protect, and no plan in place to deal with these challenges. In Firestorm, journalist Edward Struzik visits scorched earth from Alaska to Maine, and introduces the scientists, firefighters, and resource managers making the case for a radically different approach to managing wildfire in the 21st century. Wildfires can no longer be treated as avoidable events because the risk and dangers are becoming too great and costly. Struzik weaves a heart-pumping narrative of science, economics, politics, and human determination and points to the ways that we, and the wilder inhabitants of the forests around our cities and towns, might yet flourish in an age of growing megafires.

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Book SynopsisPacked with stunning colour photographs, The Woodland Year is an intimate month-by-month journey through Ben Law's yearly cycle of work, his naturally attuned lifestyle and his deep understanding of the wood in which he lives. Each month includes guest contributions from woodlanders in other parts of England and Wales. The Woodland Year provides a fascinating insight to every aspect of sustainable woodland management; the cycles of nature, seasonal tasks, wild food gathering, wine making, mouthwatering and useful recipes, coppice crafts, round pole timber frame eco-building (pioneered by Ben in the UK), nature conservation, species diversity, tree profiles and the use of horses for woodland work. This is a profound book that is both practical and poetic. It describes a way of life that is economically and ecologically viable and sets a new standard for managing our woods in a low impact, sustainable way. As such, it holds some of the fundamental keys to how we can achieve a lower carbon society. AUTHOR: Ben Law has always had a passion for healthy, biodiverse farms and woodlands. Having gained an Advanced National Certificate in Agriculture, Ben became a shepherd and set up a conservation landscaping business, specialising in ponds and wild flower meadows. Bens appearance on Channel 4's Grand Designs is the most watched in the series history, is the hosts and publics favourite episode and was one of the 25 programmes chosen to represent Channel 4's 25th anniversary. Ben visited the Amazon in the late 1980s looking for positive solutions to deforestation and on his return set up and directed the charity, The Forest Management Foundation, working primarily with community forestry in Papua New Guinea. He has also worked for Oxfam as a permaculture consultant. Ben was a founding member of the Forest Stewardship Council and has lived and worked at Prickly Nut Woods in West Sussex, UK, since 1991; training apprentices and running courses on sustainable woodland management, eco-building and permaculture design. He runs a specialist eco-building company, The Roundwood Timber Framing Company Limited. 318 colour photographs

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Book SynopsisThis is the work of a man who has known and loved the Scottish Cairngorms for more than 30 years. Jim Crumley marries a poet's instincts to an uncompromising passion for the Cairngorm's arctic character, and for those wildlife tribes which thrive there. He marks nature's rhythms with thoughtful observations of bird and beast, flower and landscape. In the process he strives for a purer empathy with the wilds, seeks out the nourishing bond of man and landscape. Ultimately, the book asserts that the Cairngorms are nature's place. Crumley proposes a radical solution to safeguard the mountains from a threatening array of forces ranged against them. In his conclusion he invokes what Seton Gordon called "the spirit of the high and lonely places".

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Book SynopsisWithout oil, what would you do? How would you travel? How would you eat? What would everyday life be like? The world is about to change dramatically and permanently as a result of oil depletion. Within the next few years, the global production of oil will peak. Thereafter, even with a switch to alternative energy sources, industrial societies will have less energy available to do all the things essential to their survival. We are entering a new era as different from the industrial one as the latter was from mediaeval times. "The Party's Over" deals head-on with the imminent decline of cheap oil. It shows how oil and war have been closely related for the past century, and how competition to control oil supplies is likely to lead to new resource wars in the Middle East, Central Asia, and South America. Tracing the crucial role of fossil fuels in the rise of industrialism, Heinberg discusses the degree to which energy alternatives can compensate for oil, and recommends: a managed transition to a slower-paced, low-energy, sustainable society in the future; a global programme of resource conservation and sharing implemented by the US - the world's foremost oil consumer and the most mightily armed nation in world history - in concert with other countries; and realistic ways for families, communities, nations, and the world to prepare for the coming crisis. A riveting wake-up call that does for oil depletion, what Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" did for the issue of chemical pollution - i.e. raising to consciousness a previously ignored global problem of immense proportions - "The Party's Over" is essential reading for all those concerned with the future of modern life as we know it.Trade Review'If societies a century from now have managed to learn how to live peacefully, modestly, and sustainably, it may be at least partly because the advice in this timely book was heeded.' - Thom Hartmann, author of The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight 'The Party's Over is the book we need to reorient ourselves for a realistic future.' - Chellis Glendinning, Ph.D., author of When Technology Wounds

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Book SynopsisResource depletion and population pressures are about to catch up with us, and no one is prepared. Oil is running out and, if the Western world continues with its current policies, the next decades will likely be marked by war, economic collapse, and environmental catastrophe. The political elites, especially in the US, have shown themselves to be unwilling to deal with the situation, and have in mind a punishing game of 'Last One Standing'. There are alternatives. A 'Powerdown' strategy, for example, would aim to reduce per-capita resource usage in wealthy countries, develop alternative energy sources, distribute resources more equitably, and reduce the human population humanely but systematically over time. It could save us, but will require tremendous effort and economic sacrifice."Powerdown" speaks frankly to these dilemmas. Avoiding cynicism and despair, it begins with an overview of the likely impacts of oil and natural gas depletion and then outlines four options for industrial societies during the next decades: Last One Standing: the path of competition for remaining resources; Powerdown: the path of cooperation, conservation, and sharing; Waiting for a Magic Elixir: wishful thinking, false hopes, and denial; and, Building Lifeboats: the path of community solidarity and preservation. Finally, the book explores how three important groups within global society - the power elites, the organized opposition to the elites (the 'activist' movements), and ordinary people - are likely to respond to these four options. Timely, accessible and eloquent, "Powerdown" is clarion call to urgent action.Table of ContentsIntroduction1. The End of Cheap Energy2. Last One Standing: The Way of War and Competition3. Powerdown: The Path of Self-Limitation4. Waiting for the Magic Elixit: False Hope, Wishful Thinking, and Denial5. Building Lifeboats: The Path of Community Solidarity and Preservation6. Our ChoiceNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe 20th century saw unprecedented growth in population, food production and energy consumption. As the population shifted from rural areas to urban cities, the human impact on the environment increased dramatically. The 21st century has ushered in an era of decline in a number of crucial areas: global oil, natural gas and coal extraction; minerals and ores, such as copper and platinum; economic growth; yearly grain harvests; fresh water; climate stability; and, population. To adapt to this profoundly different world, we must now begin to make radical changes to our attitudes, behaviours and expectations."Peak Everything" addresses many of the cultural, psychological and practical changes we will need to make as nature rapidly dictates our new limits. This latest book from Richard Heinberg, author of three acclaimed books on Peak Oil, touches on the most important aspects affecting humanity at this momentous time. A combination of wry commentary and sober forecasting on subjects as diverse as farming and industrial design, "Peak Everything" indicates how we might make the transition from the Age of Excess to the Era of Modesty with grace and satisfaction, while preserving the best of our collective achievements. A must-read for individuals, business leaders and policy makers who are serious about effecting real change.

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Book SynopsisThis textbook presents a comprehensive overview of the environmental impacts of various types of adventure tourism and how these can be best managed. This volume follows on from the authors previous textbook – ‘Outdoor Recreation: Environmental Impacts and Management’ and continues the aim of developing a deeper understanding of how tourist numbers impact the environment and to provide practical solutions to these problems. Combining their own first-hand experience and research with extensive literature review the authors' present several popular adventure tourism destinations from across the globe, including the Arctic, the Himalayas, Africa, Australia and Scotland as case studies. Chapters cover the particular challenges faced by each region: including impacts on animals and birds; the spread of invasive plant species and diseases; trail impacts on vegetation; impacts on geological, historical and archaeological sites and pollution and waste issues. A discussion and evaluation of the possible management actions for minimising these impacts and how outdoor recreation tourists can be regulated concludes each chapter. This practical and engaging textbook will be invaluable to students and scholars of adventure tourism and outdoor recreation as well as practitioners and managers working in the field.Table of ContentsChapter 1: What Is Adventure Tourism?Chapter 2: Adventure Tourism in AntarcticaChapter 3: The Arctic Islands: Svalbard and IcelandChapter 4: Adventure Tourism in the Russian ArcticChapter 5: Adventure Tourism in GreenlandChapter 6: Adventure Tourism in the Canadian ArcticChapter 7: Adventure Tourism in AlaskaChapter 8: Adventure Tourism in the HimalayasChapter 9: The AndesChapter 10: East AfricaChapter 11: Australia and New ZealandChapter 12: ScotlandChapter 13: Climate Change and Adventure Tourism

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Book SynopsisThis book delivers the present state-of-the-art of scientific characteristics of the unique Ciomadul volcano (Romania, East-Central Europe) from as many aspects as possible.. Multidisciplinary research results obtained on this geologically young volcanic complex are presented to a wider audience (geologists, volcanologists, botanists, archaeologists, historians and teachers). Moreover, the book provides information at a general level for interested laypersons and decision-makers. The first part of the book, after summarizing the research history of Ciomadul, presents the details of the volcanism and related topics (volcanology, geology, landscape evolution, minerals, post-volcanic activity and spa culture) in eight chapters; the second part deals with the palaeo-environmental issues of the larger area, along with human history, in nine chapters.Table of ContentsForeword (Dávid Karátson) Acknowledgements (Dávid Karátson, Daniel Veres, Ralf Gertisser, Enikő Magyari, Csaba Jánosi, Ulrich Hambach) Part I 1 History of Research: Geoscientific Exploration of Ciomadul Hills (Csaba Jánosi, Dávid Karátson, Ferenc Wanek) 2 Introduction to the Tectonic Evolution of the South-East Carpathians (Liviu Matenco) 3 Evolution of the Ciomadul Volcanic Field – Lava Domes and Explosive Eruptions (Dávid Karátson, Daniel Veres, Pierre Lahitte, Tamás Telbisz, Sabine Wulf, Ralf Gertisser, Stéphane Dibacto, Enikő Magyari, Ágnes Novothny, Csaba Jánosi) 4 Petrology of Ciomadul volcano: the rock record (Alexandru Szakács, Ágnes Gál) 5 Gone with the Wind: Dispersal of Ciomadul Tephra (Sabine Wulf, Daniel Veres, Ralf Gertisser, Ulrich Hambach, Enikő K. Magyari, Dávid Karátson) 6 Paleogeography of Syn- and Post-Eruptive Landscape Evolution around Ciomadul (Daniel Veres, Dávid Karátson, Sabine Wulf, Ulrich Hambach, Ágnes Novothny, Ralf Gertisser, Enikő Magyari6, Frank Lehmkuhl) 7 Ciomadul Volcano: Dormant or Extinct? (Alexandru Szakács) 8 Minerals, Mofettas, Mineral Waters and Spa Culture at Ciomadul (Csaba Jánosi, Sándor Szakáll, Boglárka-Mercédesz Kis, Ferenc Kristály, Szabolcs Harangi, Éva Péter) Part II 9 Paleoenvironmental Changes during the Last Glacial Period in the Ciomadul Hills (Enikő Magyari, Ildikó Vincze, Mónika Tóth, Katalin Hubay, Daniel Veres, Aritina Hialiuc, Mihály Molnár, Gusztáv Jakab, Mihály Braun, Frank Schäbitz, István Máthé, Krisztina Buczkó) 10 Limnological Changes in Lake Sf. Ana (Krisztina Buczkó, János Korponai, István Máthé, Gusztáv Jakab, Mónika Tóth, Mihály Braun, Éva Ács, Dávid Karátson, Enikő Magyari) 11 Vegetation History and Human Impact in the Ciomadul Area during the Holocene (Ioan Tanţău1, Roxana Grindean2, Enikő Magyari) 12 Hydroclimate Variability and Pollution History of the Mohoș Peatbog (Jack Longman, Daniel Veres, Aritina Haliuc, Vasile Ersek) 13 Modern Flora and Fauna of the Ciomadul Region (Zoltán-Róbert Para, Krisztina Tóth) 14 The Paleolithic in the Karst Aarea of Vârghiș (Vargyas) Gorges (Marian Cosac, Daniel Veres, Loredana Niţă, George Murătoreanu, ştefan Vasile, Valentin Dumitraşcu, Alexandru Petculescu, Dan Lucian Buzea) 15 Prehistory of the Ciomadul Region from the Neolithic to the Late Iron Age (Sándor-József Sztáncsuj, József Puskás) 16 Migration period and Medieval History of the Ciomadul Region (István Botár) 17 Landscape History, Land Use, and Tourism of the Ciomadul–Balvanyos Region (Ágnes Herzeg, Levente Dósa, Péter Szmolka)

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Book SynopsisThis book explores how integrated management of environmental resources via a Nexus Approach can help to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It takes a process-oriented view on what should or needs to be done to implement a Nexus Approach and how this relates to SDGs. After sketching the background and conceptual outline, contributions to the book explore key aspects of monitoring and implementation. Specifically, they: focus on the importance of monitoring resource use and how to advance it at the international level to support SDG implementation, exemplify the resources perspective on the nexus approach by exploring how to close the nitrogen cycle and stay within planetary boundaries, elaborate on proven and emerging strategies for nexus implementation, highlighting means to enhance, monitor and analyse stakeholder participation, explain how the horizontal and vertical nexus dimensions interact and can support SDG implementation. The book sheds new light on key aspects of the interrelation between SDGs and the Nexus Approach and provides specific recommendations how to advance it.Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Nexus Approach as Tool for Achieving SDGs: Trends and Needs.- Chapter 2. Key Strategies to Achieve the SDGs and Consequences for Monitoring Resource Use.- Chapter 3. The Urgent Need to Re-Engineer Nitrogen-Efficient Food Production for the Planet.- Chapter 4. Participatory Processes and Integrated Modelling Supporting Nexus Implementations.- Chapter 5. Games for Aiding Stakeholder Deliberation on Nexus Policy Issues.- Chapter 6. Governance of Water-Energy-Food Nexus: A Social Network Analysis Approach to Understanding Agency Behaviour.- Chapter 7. Integrated SDG Implementation – How a Cross-Scale (Vertical) and Cross-Regional Nexus Approach Can Complement Cross-Sectoral (Horizontal) Integration.

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Book SynopsisEsta publicación apoya los procesos de restauración de tierras, como parte del Programa Gran Muralla Verde. Tiene un doble propósito de consolidar las operaciones biofísicas, así como las evaluaciones socioeconómicas, y se basa en intervenciones y experiencias prácticas reunidas a través del Programa Acción Contra la Desertificación. La primera parte de la publicación es un manual práctico que describe cómo implementar un enfoque innovador para la restauración a gran escala de tierras degradadas para la agricultura a pequeña escala. Esto consiste en combinar la plantación de enriquecimiento de especies nativas de gramíneas leñosas y forrajeras con la preparación de áreas terrestres a gran escala para la recolección de agua de lluvia y la permeabilidad del suelo. La segunda parte presenta una metodología para las evaluaciones socioeconómicas. El enfoque propuesto se basa en encuestas de hogares y puede utilizarse para monitorear, evaluar y evaluar los impactos socioeconómicos de las intervenciones de restauración a gran escala. Las encuestas de hogares no solo se utilizan para la evaluación de impacto, sino que también pueden servir para recopilar datos útiles necesarios para planificar una intervención de restauración.

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Book SynopsisThis publication identifies investment approaches, opportunities, and finance mechanisms in Southeast Asia that can promote and catalyze funds for a sustainable ocean economy.It provides an overview of the "blue economy"" and emphasizes its significance for protecting the biodiversity of natural resources in Southeast Asia. The "blue economy" is defined as the sustainable use of ocean and coastal resources to drive economic growth and improve livelihoods, while protecting and nurturing marine ecosystems. The publication looks how multilateral and bilateral funding sources, a market-based approach, incentives, and regulations can contribute to achieving a blue economy. It also discusses how these elements need to be aligned within a cohesive development framework.

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Book SynopsisEnergy humanities is a field of scholarship that, like medical and digital humanities before it, aims to overcome traditional boundaries between the disciplines and between academic and applied research. Responding to growing public concern about anthropogenic climate change and the unsustainability of the fuels we use to power our modern society, energy humanists highlight the essential contribution that humanistic insights and methods can make to areas of analysis once thought best left to the natural sciences. In this groundbreaking anthology, Imre Szeman and Dominic Boyer have brought together a carefully curated selection of the best and most influential work in energy humanities. Arguing that today's energy and environmental dilemmas are fundamentally problems of ethics, habits, imagination, values, institutions, belief, and power-all traditional areas of expertise of the humanities and humanistic social sciences-the essays and other pieces featured here demonstrate the scale anTrade ReviewEnergy Humanities is an ambitious and stimulating collection that will assist the reader in understanding the importance of explicitly engaging with energy across the arts, humanities and social sciences. It is equally suited for undergraduate students and advanced academics who are interested in exploring the fecundity of interdisciplinary discussion and creative critique.—Capitalism, Nature, SocialismWhile the collection serves scholars in offering an organization of a specific context that is still emerging, and will most likely keep growing in importance in the 21st century, this publication will most definitely prove useful as a way to introduce students to the questions of energy as a specific subfield of the arts, humanities and social sciences.—Center for Energy and Environmental Research in the Human SciencesExplore[s] ways of thinking and talking about the environment more creatively, aiming to circumvent our denial and despair, so that we may learn how to dwell on the things that are disappearing, and to carry on living in the world they leave behind.—Clare Saxby, Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Imre Szeman and Dominic Boyer, "On the Energy Humanities" Opening Image Set: Judy Natal Amy De'Ath, "Institutional Critique" Part I Energy and Modernity: Histories and FuturesSection Intro 1. Dipesh Chakrabarty, "The Climate of History: Four Theses"2. Imre Szeman, "System Failure: Oil, Futurity, and the Anticipation of Disaster" 3. David Nye, "The Great White Way"4. Pablo Neruda, "Standard Oil Co."5. Italo Calvino, "The Petrol Pump"6. Stephen Collis, "Reading Wordsworth in the Tar Sands"7. Hermann Scheer, "The Visible Hand of the Sun."8. Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, "The Frenzy of Fossil Fuels"9. Paolo Bacigalupi, excerpt from The Windup Girl 10. Margaret Atwood, "It's Not Climate Change, It's Everything Change" Part II Energy, Power and Politics Section Intro11. Timothy Mitchell, "Carbon Democracy" 12. Dominic Boyer, "Energopower: An Introduction" 13. Jean-Francois Mouhot, "Past Connections and Present Similarities in Slave Ownership and Fossil Fuel Usage"14. Michael Watts, "Imperial Oil: The Anatomy of a Nigerian Oil Insurgency"15. John McGrath, excerpt from The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil16. Gabrielle Hecht, "Nuclear Ontologies"17. Gokce Gunel, "A Dark Art: Field Notes on Carbon Capture and Storage Policy Negotiations at COP 17"18. Sheena Wilson, "Gendering Oil: Tracing Western Petrosexual Relations"19. Cymene Howe, "Anthropocenic Ecoauthority: The Winds of Oaxaca."20. Pope Francis, "Global Inequality"21. Ken Saro-Wiwa, "Night Ride" Part III Energy in Philosophy: Ethics, Politics, and BeingSection Intro22. Allan Stoekl, "Bataille's Ethics"23. Joseph Masco, "Atomic Health, Or How The Bomb Altered American Notions of Death"24. Laura Watts, "The Draukie's Tale"25. Timothy Morton, "A Quake in Being"26. Martin McQuillan, "Notes Toward a Post-Carbon Philosophy"27. Roy Scranton, "Learning to Die in the Anthropocene"28. Dale Jamieson, "Ethics for the Anthropocene" 29. Claire Colebrook, "We Have Always Been Post-Anthropocene"30. Karen Pinkus, excerpt from Fuel31. Reza Negarastani, excerpt from Cyclonopedia. Part IV The Aesthetics of PetroculturesSection Intro32. Amitav Ghosh. "Petrofiction: The Oil Encounter and the Novel." 33. Patricia Yaeger, "Literature in the Ages of Wood..."34. AbdulRahman Munif, Excerpt from Cities of Salt 35. Leslie Battler, poems from Endangered Hydrocarbons36. Julia Kasdorf, poems from Shale Play37. Stephanie LeMenager, "Petro-Melancholia: The BP Blowout and the Arts of Grief"38. Jennifer Wenzel, "Petro-Magic-Realism: Toward a Political Ecology of Nigerian Literature."39. Ursula Biemann and Andrew Pendakis, "This is Not a Pipeline: On the Politico-Aesthetics of Oil"40. Adam Dickinson, excerpt from The Polymers41. Warren Cariou, "An Athabasca Story"42. Barry Lord, "The Culture of Stewardship"43. Graeme MacDonald, "The Resources of Culture." Closing Image Set: Marina Zurkow References Index

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Book SynopsisCambridge IGCSE Environmental Management Student Book provides in-depth coverage of every aspect of the latest Cambridge IGCSE Environmental Management 0680 and O Level 5014 syllabuses for examination from 2019 onwards.Exam Board: Cambridge Assessment International EducationFirst teaching: 2017 First examination: 2019 Full coverage of the Cambridge IGCSE Environmental Management syllabus 0680 (for first examination in 2019) Written by experienced authors who are specialists in their field Clear focus on the integrated approach to the subject as outlined in the new syllabus Packed with questions throughout to check understanding and confirm knowledge Brings engagement and excitement to environmental management through real-life practical applications and links to other subjects Encourages students to think for themselves and experiment with a major focus on problem solving and investigations Case studies' help students to engage with the subject and deepen their understanding Further c

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Book SynopsisNatural history has always been the foundation of conservation biology.Trade Review"No volume covers the topic of plant conservation as comprehensively as this one. This book goes way beyond the contribution that natural history museums can make to conservation efforts to consider the topic as a whole, and it is all the more useful as a consequence. This will be an important and widely used book." - Thomas Lovejoy, President of the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment"

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Book SynopsisThe only quantitative deforestation study to focus on one country, this case analysis of the Philippines since 1946 yields more concrete data than previous cross-national studies. David Kummer's close examination of the interactions among political, economic, and cultural factors and their environmental consequences sheds light on similar situations in other countries.

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the biodiversity of Costa Rica, the contributors to this book demonstrate the use of geographic information systems (GIS) to enhance conservation efforts. They give an overview of the spatial nature of conservation and management and the current status of digital mapping in Costa Rica.Table of ContentsForeword, by James D. Nations Preface Abbreviations Part I. Overview 1. The Spatial Nature of Conservation and Development, by Thomas Lacher Jr. 2. Conservation Mapping in Costa Rica, by Christopher Vaughan, Jorge Fallas, and Michael McCoy Part II. Digital Mapping Technologies 3. Digital Mapping Technologies, by Basil Savitsky 4. GIS, by Basil Savitsky 5. Image Analysis, by Basil Savitsky 6. GPS, by Jeffery Allen Part III. Uses of GIS-Examples in Costa Rica 7. GIS Design and Implementation at La Selva Biological Station, by Elizabeth Wentz and Joseph Bishop 8. Use of Digital Elevation Models in Tropical Rain Forest Basins to Extract Basic Hydrologic and Land Use Information, by G. Arturo Sanchez-Azifeifa 9. Using a GIS to Determine Critical Areas in the Central Volcanic Cordillera Conservation Area, by Gregoire Leclerc and Johnny Rodriguez Chacon 10. Application of the HEP Methodology and Use of GIS to Improve Continental-Scale Conservation Planning, by J. David Lambert and Margaret H. Carr 11. The Paseo Pantera Project: A Case Study Using GIS to Improve Continental-Scale Conservation Planning. by J. David Lambert and Margaret H. Carr Part IV. The USAID Case Study in Gap Analysis 12. Overview of Gap Analysis, by Basil Savitsky 13. Wildlife and Habitat Data Collection and Analysis, by Basil Savitsky, Jorge Fallas Christopher Vaughan, and Thomas Lacher Jr. 14. Error and the Gap Analysis Model, by Jennifer N. Morgan and Basil Savitsky 15. A GIS Method for Conservation Decision Making, by Basil Savitsky and Thomas Lacher Jr. 16. Using the Gap Analysis Model for Sustainable Development and Natural Resources Management in Developing Countries, by Thomas Lacher Jr. 17. Application of the Gap Analysis Model in Regional and International Programs in the Tropics, by Thomas Lacher Jr., G. Wesley Burnett, Basil Savitsky, and Christopher Vaughan Appendixes Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisA highly regarded academic and former policy analyst and consultant charts the forty-year history of neoliberalism, environmental governance, and resource rights in MadagascarTrade Review“An incisive and devastating account of the transnational politics of conservation. A must read!”—Michael Goldman, author of Imperial Nature: The World Bank and Struggles for Social Justice in the Age of Globalization -- Michael Goldman“Catherine Corson masterfully shows how a conjuncture of devoted people carrying diverse interests and operating with institutional constraints came together to focus American development aid in Madagascar on biodiversity in parks.”—Christian Kull, author of Isle of Fire: The Political Ecology of Landscape Burning in Madagascar -- Christian Kull“Corson’s remarkable multi-sited ethnography exposes the narratives and power relations of neo-liberal conservation in one of the world’s most hotly-contested landscapes. As environmental politics intensify in an era of climate change and financialisation, this is vital reading for all concerned with the intertwined futures of Africa’s forests and people.”—Melissa Leach, University of Sussex -- Melissa Leach“Truly brilliant! Catherine Corson traces the environmental story in the one of the world’s most important biodiversity hotspots, showing how international and national power struggles undermined the well-meaning efforts of conservationists and donors, distorting sustainable development objectives in the country and ignoring the realities of peasant livelihoods. Personal insights from involvements in USAID, DFID, and numerous interactions in Madagascar and on Capitol Hill enliven this gripping account. It is a fascinating and well-documented read, brim-full of challenging perspectives for anyone engaged in trying to save the planet. It is indeed an important book.”—Sir Richard Jolly, Institute of Development Studies -- Sir Richard Jolly“From the villages of rural Madagascar to the board rooms of conservation organisations in Washington DC, Corridors of Power traces the fascinating story of conservation in one of the world’s most biodiverse rich regions. Its rich ethnographic approach shows how knowledge and politics intertwine in the framing and practice of biodiversity conservation. This is a ‘must read’ book for anyone interested in conservation and development in Africa and beyond.”—Ian Scoones, author of Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development -- Ian Scoones“This is a highly original book, which makes a major contribution to our understandings of theoretical debates around neoliberalism, policy formation, and the roles of international actors. It provides a fascinating and in-depth analysis, and as such this book deserves to be widely read.”—Rosaleen Duffy, SOAS University London -- Rosaleen Duffy

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Book SynopsisBased on an international symposium and workshop to be hosted by the University of Hull International Fisheries Institute, this reference includes expert reviews of the advantages and shortcomings of all current techniques and management strategies used in assessment of freshwater fish stocks, worldwide.Table of ContentsPreface.. I: Survey Methods. 1. Fish population survey methods: a synthesis (P. Hickley). 2. Electric fishing for the assessment of fish stocks in large rivers (J. Harvey and I.G. Cowx). 3. The use of resistivity fish counters in fish stock assessment (M. Aprahamians, S. Nicholson, D. McCubbing and I. Davidson). 4. Evaluation of a low disturbance methods for estimating population densities of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) and trout (Salmo trutta L.) juveniles in chalk streams (D.J. Bird, G.W. Lightfoot and A.P. Strevens). 5. Assessment of the deep water trawl fisheries of the South East Arm of Lake Malawi using exploratory surveys and commercial catch data (M. Banda, T. Tomasson and D. Tweddle). 6. Selectivity of Breder traps for sampling fish fry (J. Kubecka). 7. Estimation of migrant yellow eel stock in large rivers through the survey of fish passes: a preliminary investigation in the River Meuse (Belgium) (E. Baras, J-CI, Philippart and B. Salmon). II: Catch Effort Methods. 8. Catch census of coarse anglers in England and Wales (R. Steel, K. O'Hara and P.A. Smith). 9. Log books as a mechanism for assessing long-term trends in the salmonid fisheries, with particular reference to the sea trout stocks of the River Tywi (D.M. Evans). 10. Estimating historical trends of migratory fish runs into rivers without counters (I. Small). 11. Interpreting trends in adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) Populations from angling records: an analysis of catch and effort data from the River Spey (G.W. SMith, R. Laughton and S.J. Dora). 12. Catch and effort data and the management of the commercial fisheries of Itaipu reservoir in the upper Parana river, Brazil (E.D. Okada, A.A. Agostinho and M. Petrere Jr.). III: Hydroacoustic Assessment. 13. Use of horizontal dual-beam sonar for fish surveys in shallow waters (J. Kubecka). 14. Application of a hydroacoustic sampling technique in a large wind-exposed, shallow lake (P.J. Mous, J. Kemper). 15. A hydroacoustic assessment of a rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) population in a deep oligotrophic lake (M. Cryer). 16. Stock assessment of the Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) Population in Loch Ness, UK (C.W. Bean, I.J. Winfield and J.M. Fletcher). 17. Estimating fish production and biomass in the pelagic zone of Lake Malawi?Niassa: a comparison between acoustic observations and predictions based on biomass size-distribution theory (E.H. Allison). IV: Population Models. 18. A length-structured matrix population model used as a fish stock assessment tool (W. Dekker). 19. Uncertainty in fish stock assessment based on bottom trawl surveys in Lake Ijsselmeer (A.D. Buijse and W. Dekker). 20. Technical Interactions in tropical floodplain fisheries of south and south-east Asia (D.D. Hoggarth and G.P. Kirkwood). 21. Estimation of Atlantic salmon (Samo salar L.) and sea trout (Salmo Trutta L.) run size and angling exploitation on the Welsh Dee, using mark-recapture and trap indices (I.C. Davidson, R.J. Cove, N.J. Milner and W.K. Purvis). 22. Population dynamics of steelhead trout in a coastal stream, the Keogh River, British Columbia (B.R. Ward). 23. Mark-recapture experiment in a sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) ranching stream: catch effort and sample size for a confident population estimate through the season (H.Kristiansen). V: Case Studies - Lakes and reservoirs. 24. Stock assessment considerations in large lakes and reservoirs (E. Allison). 25. Stock assessment in Sri Lankan reservoirs: A review (U.S. Amarasinghe). 26. Progress and problems in the stock assessment of Lake Tanganyika sardines (B.E. Marshall). 27. Limitations of catch and effort data collection methods used for inland fisheries in the SADC region, with particular references to Zimbabwe (J.J. Mandima). 28. Trout yield Lake Taupo, New Zealand: anglers' eldorado or just another fishery? (M. Cryer). 29. Assessment and prediction of whitefish stock (Coregonus lavaretus) of Lake Constance (Bodensee) (H. Loffler). 30. The use of depletion fisheries data in fish stock assessment in Lake Wolderwijd, The Netherlands (J.J. G.M. Backx). VI: Case Studies - Rivers. 31. Stock assessment considerations for riverine fisheries (D. C. Jackson). 32. Growth and mortality rates of an endangered species, Synodontis Victoriae, in Sondu/ Miriu River, Kenya (J. Muli and W. OjWang). 33. Stock assessment fisheries population dynamics in Spanish mountain streams (D. Garcia Dejolan, M. Mayo and F. Hervella). 34. Stock assessment of European eel Anguilla anguilla L. (B. Knights, E. Withe and I.A. Naismith). 35. Exploitation of Alosa Pontica in the Danube Delta, Romania (I. Navodaru). 36. Age and growth of Petenia splendida Gunther in the San Pedro River (Southern Mexico) (J-L. Noiset and J-CI. Micha). VII: Fisheries Management. 37. Maximization of yields from African Lakes (G.F. Turner). 38. Community-based management in inland fisheries: case studies from two Malaysian fishing communities (A.B. Ali). 39. The integration of fish stock assessment into fisheries management (I.G. Cowx). Index.

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Book SynopsisMoo's Law is the latest title from successful investor Jim Mellon, to help readers understand the investment landscape in cultivated and plant-based proteins and materials.Jim has a vision that within the next couple of decades world agriculture will be radically transformed by the advent of cultivated meat technology. This book grounds the reader in why such an advancement is absolutely necessary and informs them of the investments they could make to become part of the New Agricultural Revolution themselves. The harrowing effects on our environment, animal cruelty in food and fashion, and the struggling ability to feed the world''s ever-growing population gives us no choice but to grow meat in labs or derive our proteins from plant-based sources.Not only this, he outlines what he sees as the major hurdles to the industry''s success in terms of scalability of production and the smart designing of regulatory frameworks to stimulate innovation in this sector.

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Book SynopsisThis fully revised second edition reflects the great expansion in urban ecology research, action, and teaching since 2015. Urban ecology provides an understanding of urban ecosystems and uses nature-based techniques to enhance habitats and alleviate poor environmental conditions.Already the home to the majority of the worldâs people, urban areas continue to grow, causing ecological changes throughout the world. To help students of all professions caring for urban areas and the people, animals, and plants that live in them, the authors set out the environmental and ecological science of cities, linkages between urban nature and human health, urban food production in cities, and how we can value urban nature. The authors explore our responsibilities for urban nature and greening, ecological management techniques, and the use of nature-based solutions to achieve a better, more sustainable urban future and ensure that cities can climate change and become more beautiful and more sustainable places in which to live.This text provides the student and the practitioner with a critical scientific overview of urban ecology that will be a key source of data and ideas for studies and for sound urban management.Trade Review"Urban Ecology: An Introduction, 2nd edition meets the current moment of biodiversity crisis and parallel divergent quality of human life in drawing together threads across this space as they play out in our cities, where the majority of us now live. There are few places where all these considerations can come together, and Urban Ecology not only manages this, but does it to good effect. An important revision to inform and inspire at a difficult time."Pippin Anderson, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town.Table of ContentsIntroduction to the first edition Introduction to the second edition PART I Context of urban ecology: what, how, why and where? 1. Urban ecology – What, How and Why? 2. Urban areas PART II Abiotic factors 3 The urban atmosphere: weather, climate and air quality 4 The soils, substrates and landforms underlying and supporting all life in towns and cities 5 Water for urban ecosystems: Urban hydrology 6 Urban biogeochemistry PART III Biological factors 7 Urban habitats 8 Urban flora 9 Urban fauna PART IV Services and Values 10 Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services 11 Urban Agriculture 12 Health and Well-being PART V Urban environmental stewardship and management 13 Responsibilities and partnerships for urban nature and urban greening 14 Ecological management techniques 15 Nature-based Solutions 16 Final Comments

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Book SynopsisThis book concerns the developments in the field of e-waste management with a particular focus on urban mining, sustainability, and circular economy aspects. It explains e-waste recycling technologies, supply chain aspects, and e-waste disposal in IT industries, including health and environmental effects of e-waste recycling processes, and associated issues, challenges, and solutions. Further, it describes the economic potential of resource recovery from e-waste.Features: Covers recent developments in e-waste management Explores technological advances, such as nanotech from e-waste, MREW, fungal biotech, and so forth Reviews electronic component recycling aspects Discusses the implementation of circular economy in the e-waste sector Includes urban mining and sustainability aspects of e-waste This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in environmental engineering, waste management, urban mining, circular economy, waste processing, electronics, and telecommunication engineering, electrical and electronics engineering, and chemical engineering.

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Book SynopsisMost people can readily identify a forest, or a grassland, or a wetland - these are the simple labels we give different plant communities. The aim of this book is to move beyond these simple descriptions to investigate the ''hidden'' structure of vegetation, asking questions such as how do species in a community persist over time? What prevents the strongest species from taking over? And, are there rules that confer stability and produce repeatable patterns? Answers to these questions are fundamental to community ecology, and for the successful management of the world''s varied ecosystems, many of which are currently under threat. In addition to reviewing and synthesising our current knowledge of species interactions and community assembly, this book also seeks to offer a different viewpoint - to challenge the reader, and to stimulate ecologists to think differently about plant communities and the processes that shape them.Trade Review'For anyone working in the large field of plant ecology, and teaching courses in ecology and other topics, this book may provide some new food for thought. It might be used in a graduate seminar course or as background reading for students new to the field as they are developing their career foundations and graduate research plans Suzanne Koptur, Plant Science Bulletin'… a very enjoyable read.' Scott L. Collins, The Quarterly Review of BiologyTable of Contents1. Plants are strange and wondrous beings; 2. Interactions between species; 3. Mechanisms of co-existence; 4. Community-level processes; 5. Assembly rules; 6. Theories and their predictions; 7. Synthesis.

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Book SynopsisThis book is directly aligned to the NEBOSH Certificate in Environmental Management, which is a qualification aimed primarily at those in business who influence the environmental performance of their organisation by the decisions that they make as managers or the actions that they take as operators. This book aims to provide an introduction to the main areas of concern and how the challenges can be addressed.This new edition takes account of recent changes in international guidance and legislation and the recent update of the International Standard in Environmental Management ISO 14001. The contents are important for businesses that wish to stay within the law and avoid adverse publicity. It explains how the concept of sustainability can be achieved in practice and what benefits â especially financial â that can accrue. Recent developments in the definitions of sustainability and the growing interest in the circular economy are introduced. It pays to be ahead of the game becaTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Foundations in environmental management 2 Environmental management systems 3 Environmental impact assessments 4 Control of emissions to air 5 Control of contamination of water supplies 6 Control of waste and land use 7 Sources of energy and energy efficiency 8 Control of environmental noise 9 Planning for and dealing with environmental emergencies 10 The examination for the NEBOSH certificate in environmental management Appendix 1 Units of measurement used in environmental management Appendix 2 Background briefing to some of the terminology used in the text Appendix 3 Some examples of environmental management in practice Appendix 4 Further details on chapter references to UK law

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewEnergy Humanities is an ambitious and stimulating collection that will assist the reader in understanding the importance of explicitly engaging with energy across the arts, humanities and social sciences. It is equally suited for undergraduate students and advanced academics who are interested in exploring the fecundity of interdisciplinary discussion and creative critique.—Capitalism, Nature, SocialismWhile the collection serves scholars in offering an organization of a specific context that is still emerging, and will most likely keep growing in importance in the 21st century, this publication will most definitely prove useful as a way to introduce students to the questions of energy as a specific subfield of the arts, humanities and social sciences.—Center for Energy and Environmental Research in the Human SciencesExplore[s] ways of thinking and talking about the environment more creatively, aiming to circumvent our denial and despair, so that we may learn how to dwell on the things that are disappearing, and to carry on living in the world they leave behind.—Clare Saxby, Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Imre Szeman and Dominic Boyer, "On the Energy Humanities" Opening Image Set: Judy Natal Amy De'Ath, "Institutional Critique" Part I Energy and Modernity: Histories and FuturesSection Intro 1. Dipesh Chakrabarty, "The Climate of History: Four Theses"2. Imre Szeman, "System Failure: Oil, Futurity, and the Anticipation of Disaster" 3. David Nye, "The Great White Way"4. Pablo Neruda, "Standard Oil Co."5. Italo Calvino, "The Petrol Pump"6. Stephen Collis, "Reading Wordsworth in the Tar Sands"7. Hermann Scheer, "The Visible Hand of the Sun."8. Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, "The Frenzy of Fossil Fuels"9. Paolo Bacigalupi, excerpt from The Windup Girl 10. Margaret Atwood, "It's Not Climate Change, It's Everything Change" Part II Energy, Power and Politics Section Intro11. Timothy Mitchell, "Carbon Democracy" 12. Dominic Boyer, "Energopower: An Introduction" 13. Jean-Francois Mouhot, "Past Connections and Present Similarities in Slave Ownership and Fossil Fuel Usage"14. Michael Watts, "Imperial Oil: The Anatomy of a Nigerian Oil Insurgency"15. John McGrath, excerpt from The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil16. Gabrielle Hecht, "Nuclear Ontologies"17. Gokce Gunel, "A Dark Art: Field Notes on Carbon Capture and Storage Policy Negotiations at COP 17"18. Sheena Wilson, "Gendering Oil: Tracing Western Petrosexual Relations"19. Cymene Howe, "Anthropocenic Ecoauthority: The Winds of Oaxaca."20. Pope Francis, "Global Inequality"21. Ken Saro-Wiwa, "Night Ride" Part III Energy in Philosophy: Ethics, Politics, and BeingSection Intro22. Allan Stoekl, "Bataille's Ethics"23. Joseph Masco, "Atomic Health, Or How The Bomb Altered American Notions of Death"24. Laura Watts, "The Draukie's Tale"25. Timothy Morton, "A Quake in Being"26. Martin McQuillan, "Notes Toward a Post-Carbon Philosophy"27. Roy Scranton, "Learning to Die in the Anthropocene"28. Dale Jamieson, "Ethics for the Anthropocene" 29. Claire Colebrook, "We Have Always Been Post-Anthropocene"30. Karen Pinkus, excerpt from Fuel31. Reza Negarastani, excerpt from Cyclonopedia. Part IV The Aesthetics of PetroculturesSection Intro32. Amitav Ghosh. "Petrofiction: The Oil Encounter and the Novel." 33. Patricia Yaeger, "Literature in the Ages of Wood..."34. AbdulRahman Munif, Excerpt from Cities of Salt 35. Leslie Battler, poems from Endangered Hydrocarbons36. Julia Kasdorf, poems from Shale Play37. Stephanie LeMenager, "Petro-Melancholia: The BP Blowout and the Arts of Grief"38. Jennifer Wenzel, "Petro-Magic-Realism: Toward a Political Ecology of Nigerian Literature."39. Ursula Biemann and Andrew Pendakis, "This is Not a Pipeline: On the Politico-Aesthetics of Oil"40. Adam Dickinson, excerpt from The Polymers41. Warren Cariou, "An Athabasca Story"42. Barry Lord, "The Culture of Stewardship"43. Graeme MacDonald, "The Resources of Culture." Closing Image Set: Marina Zurkow References Index

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Book SynopsisWater resources and related issues are of great significance in 21st century politics. In Africa, for example, hydropolitics affect politics and policymaking at the local, national, and international levels. To investigate water politics, this unique work focuses on the issue transboundary water governance in Southern and Eastern Africa.Based on extensive field research, it offers a comparative study of the Orange Senqu and Nile basins in Africa, arguing that both causal and behavioral factors (such as localization and trust building) drive the multi-leveled development of cooperative management norms and foster the creation of regional communities of interest.The book combines theory, analysis, and fieldwork within the framework of Constructivism as well as a wide range of examples to identify and analyze the nature of norms in hydropolitics. By doing so, it will help shape the debate on how water conflict and cooperative governance should evolve and will interest anyoneTrade Review[Jacobs'] empirical materials are rich, and the book provides a good introduction to the international dimension of these issues. * Foreign Affairs *Table of ContentsIntroduction / 1. Constructing Complexity and Soft Power in Transboundary Water Governance / 2. Multi-level Water Governance: Factors, Actors, Process / 3. The Orange-Senqu River Basin and the Importance of the Past / 4. The Nile River Basin and a Changing Landscape / 5. Comparison of Multi-level Water Governance in Southern and East Africa / 6. Scaling out to Environmental Politics: Lessons learned from Water / 7. Water as a tool for Regional Integration and Policy Implications / Conclusion. Exploring New Frontiers in Transboundary Water Governance

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Book SynopsisIn North America, concepts of Historical Range of Variability are being employed in land-management planning for properties of private organizations and multiple government agencies. The National Park Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, and The Nature Conservancy all include elements of historical ecology in their planning processes. Similar approaches are part of land management and conservation in Europe and Australia. Each of these user groups must struggle with the added complication of rapid climate change, rapid land-use change, and technical issues in order to employ historical ecology effectively. Historical Environmental Variation in Conservation and Natural Resource Management explores the utility of historical ecology in a management and conservation context and the development of concepts related to understanding future ranges of variability. It provides guidance and insights to all those entrusted with managing aTrade Review“The book provides a rich summary and critique of such ideas and approaches that will provide material both for under-graduate courses and for ecologists interested in the theory and practice of understanding historical ecological dynamics.” (Ecological Management & Restoration, 18 May 2015) “But each chapter provides guidance on how historical ecology may be fruitfully applied to specific cases of management giving the reader much hope for the future and for potential course corrections on the landscape.” (Landscape Ecol, 15 January 2015) "Overall, a very useful reference for advanced students in conservation and ecosystem management as well as researchers and managers developing future adaptation plans. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (Choice, 1 March 2013)Table of ContentsContributors, vii Foreword, x Preface, xii Acknowledgments, xiv SECTION 1 BACKGROUND AND HISTORY, 1 JOHN A. WIENS 1 Setting the stage: theoretical and conceptual background of historical range of variation, 3 WILLIAM H. ROMME, JOHN A. WIENS, AND HUGH D. SAFFORD 2 Development of historical ecology concepts and their application to resource management and conservation, 19 WAYNE PADGETT, BARBARA SCHRADER, MARY MANNING, AND TIMOTHY TEAR SECTION 2 ISSUES AND CHALLENGES, 29 HUGH D. SAFFORD 3 Challenges in the application of historical range of variation to conservation and land management, 32 GREGORY D. HAYWARD, THOMAS T. VEBLEN, LOWELL H. SURING, AND BOB DAVIS 4 Historical ecology, climate change, and resource management: can the past still inform the future? 46 HUGH D. SAFFORD, GREGORY D. HAYWARD, NICOLE E. HELLER, AND JOHN A. WIENS 5 What is the scope of "history" in historical ecology? Issues of scale in management and conservation, 63 JOHN A. WIENS, HUGH D. SAFFORD, KEVIN MCGARIGAL, WILLIAM H. ROMME, AND MARY MANNING 6 Native Americans, ecosystem development, and historical range of variation, 76 GREGORY J. NOWACKI, DOUGLAS W. MACCLEERY, AND FRANK K. LAKE 7 Conservation and resource management in a changing world: extending historical range of variation beyond the baseline, 92 STEPHEN T. JACKSON SECTION 3 MODELING HISTORIC VARIATION AND ITS APPLICATION FOR UNDERSTANDING FUTURE VARIABILITY, 111 ROBERT E. KEANE 8 Creating historical range of variation (HRV) time series using landscape modeling: overview and issues, 113 ROBERT E. KEANE 9 Modeling historical range of variability at a range of scales: an example application, 128 KEVIN MCGARIGAL AND WILLIAM H. ROMME SECTION 4 CASE STUDIES OF APPLICATIONS, 147 GREGORY D. HAYWARD 10 Regional application of historical ecology at ecologically defi ned scales: forest ecosystems in the Colorado Front Range, 149 THOMAS T. VEBLEN, WILLIAM H. ROMME, AND CLAUDIA REGAN 11 Incorporating concepts of historical range of variation in ecosystem-based management of British Columbia's coastal temperate rainforest, 166 ANDY MACKINNON AND SARI C. SAUNDERS 12 Incorporating HRV in Minnesota national forest land and resource management plans: a practitioner's story, 176 MARY SHEDD, JIM GALLAGHER, MICHAEL JIMÉNEZ, AND DUANE LULA 13 Applying historical fire-regime concepts to forest management in the western United States: three case studies, 194 THOMAS E. DEMEO, FREDERICK J. SWANSON, EDWARD B. SMITH, STEVEN C. BUTTRICK, JANE KERTIS, JEANNE RICE, CHRISTOPHER D. RINGO, AMY WALTZ, CHRIS ZANGER, CHERYL A. FRIESEN, AND JOHN H. CISSEL 14 Using historical ecology to inform wildlife conservation, restoration, and management, 205 BETH A. HAHN AND JOHN L. CURNUTT 15 River floodplain restoration experiments offer a window into the past, 218 RAMONA O. SWENSON, RICHARD J. REINER, MARK REYNOLDS, AND JAYMEE MARTY 16 Streams past and future: fluvial responses to rapid environmental change in the context of historical variation, 232 DANIEL A. AUERBACH, N. LEROY POFF, RYAN R. MCSHANE, DAVID M. MERRITT, MATTHEW I. PYNE, AND THOMAS K. WILDING 17 A framework for applying the historical range of variation concept to ecosystem management, 246 WILLIAM H. ROMME, GREGORY D. HAYWARD, AND CLAUDIA REGAN SECTION 5 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES, 263 JOHN A. WIENS 18 Ecological history guides the future of conservation: lessons from Africa, 265 A.R.E. SINCLAIR 19 Ecological history has present and future ecological consequences – case studies from Australia, 273 DAVID LINDENMAYER 20 A view from the past to the future, 281 KEITH J. KIRBY 21 Is the historical range of variation relevant to rangeland management? 289 BRANDON T. BESTELMEYER 22 Knowing the Fennoscandian taiga: ecohistorical lessons, 297 YRJÖ HAILA SECTION 6 CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE, 305 23 Reflections on the relevance of history in a nonstationary world, 307 JULIO L. BETANCOURT 24 The growing importance of the past in managing ecosystems of the future, 319 HUGH D. SAFFORD, JOHN A. WIENS, AND GREGORY D. HAYWARD Index, 329 Colour plate pages fall between pp. 162 and 163

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Book SynopsisHuman-made climate change may have begun in the last two hundred years, but our species has witnessed many eras of climate instability. The results have not always been pretty. From Ancient Egypt to Rome to the Maya, some of history's mightiest civilizations have been felled by pestilence and glacial melt and drought.The challenges are no less great today. We face hurricanes and megafires and food shortages and more. But we have one powerful advantage as we face our current crisis: the past. Our knowledge of ancient climates has advanced tremendously in the last decade, to the point where we can now reconstruct seasonal weather going back thousands of years and see just how people and nature interacted. The lesson is clear: the societies that survive are those that plan ahead.Climate Chaos is a book about saving ourselves. Brian Fagan and Nadia Durrani show in remarkable detail what it was like to battle our climate over centuries and offer us a path to a safer and healthier future.

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Book Synopsis The fall of the Soviet Union was a transformative event for the national political economies of Eastern Europe, leading not only to new regimes of ownership and development but to dramatic changes in the natural world itself. This painstakingly researched volume focuses on the emblematic case of postsocialist Romania, in which the transition from collectivization to privatization profoundly reshaped the nation’s forests, farmlands, and rivers. From bureaucrats abetting illegal deforestation to peasants opposing government agricultural policies, it reveals the social and political mechanisms by which neoliberalism was introduced into the Romanian landscape.Trade Review “This book has been a rarity in the social science literature of Romania and South-Eastern Europe. The novelty and originality reside in the introduction of themes and theories… which, intertwined with the social anthropological approach, highlights and revives seemingly outdated topics such as post-socialism.” • Martor “This very well-written and thoroughly researched book is an important addition to the collection of not-so-numerous books on the politics of land in Romania, together with valuable comparison analyses of the similar development in other postsocialist countries in Eastern Europe. Dorondel also offers us an impressive list of references, adding a valuable rendition of the selected number of sources in English. Adding even more value to Disrupted Landscapes are the statistical data, maps, and selected illustrations. The volume should be of interest to both general readers and specialists in that it covers a very broad range of issues placed within a large comparative framework.” • EuropeNow “For those concerned with the transformations of land relations since the fall of socialism and of the mechanisms behind them, this book is essential reading.” • Slavic Review “This is clearly the best study on the environmental history of Romania published to date. It is a paragon of vivid, illustrative, and intimate local history combined with an international outlook.” • Joachim Radkau, Universität Bielefeld “Meticulously researched and beautifully written, Disrupted Landscapes takes a broad view of the transformations taking place in rural Romania in the first part of the 2000s. It presents one of the most finely granulated pictures of the workings of power in rural settings.” • Diana Mincyte, New York City College of TechnologyTable of Contents List of Illustrations List of Figures Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction: Privatizing the State and the Transformation of the Agrarian Landscape Chapter 1. Dragomiresti and Dragova: Two Centuries of Ecological and Socio-economic Transformations Chapter 2. Postsocialism as Neoliberalism: Reorganizing Society and Nature Chapter 3. Bureaucrats, Patronage, Illegal Logging Chapter 4. Contested Forest Chapter 5. Waning Pastures Chapter 6. Fragmented Lands Chapter 7. Wasted Rivers Conclusion: A Disrupted Landscape References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book, the first of its kind, seeks to demonstrate how ‘SDG15 - Life on Land’ can be implemented through effective biodiversity management, mainstreaming strategies and proposing solutions to achieve and consolidate the goals. The book will be of great interest to natural resource policy makers, scholars and students of natural resources, development studies and sustainable development, as well as those engaged in international climate change discourse and non-government organisations. Drawing on experienced faculty scientists who are experts in natural resource governance issues in a wide variety of fields ranging from forestry, biodiversity conservation policy to climate change, this work proposes solutions to achieve and consolidate SDG15. Delving into SDG15 targets and indicators, drawing on examples from across the regions to give a truly global policy perspective, and understanding the significance of the forest ecosystem as the foundation for sustainable development, the authors demonstrate how SDG15 can and will be an appropriate tool for mainstreaming biodiversity across the policy sectors of governance. Concise Guides to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals comprises 17 short books, each examining one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The series provides an integrated assessment of the SDGs from economic, legal, social, environmental and cultural perspectivesTable of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction to Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and ‘SDG15 Life on Land’ Chapter 2. Foundations of ‘SDG15 Life on Land’: Earth, Forests and Biodiversity Chapter 3. Essentials of ‘SDG15 Life on Land’ for Achieving the Targets: An Integrated Perspective for Progress Chapter 4. Drivers of Change for ‘SDG15 Life on Land’ Chapter 5. Plausible Solutions with Reference to ‘SDG15 Life on Land’ Towards an Effective Biodiversity Management

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive analysis of the socio-environmental issues and sustainability challenges facing Russian cities. It encompasses a three-year project in Moscow and Kazan which includes population surveys, mass-media analysis, and interviews with different groups of stakeholders. The authors offer extensive analysis of the main components of sustainable cities such as air and water quality, sustainable transport and mobility, energy efficiency and energy consumption, waste management, green and blue zones, environmental governance and politics. The conclusion provides critical reflections on how understandings of Russia's sustainability challenges can be used to build more tailored and effective environmental governance for its cities.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Russian Sustainable Cites: Putting the Puzzle Together’; P. Ermolaeva, V. Korunova, O. Basheva, and Y. Ermolaeva Chapter 2. Puzzle 1: Air and Water Quality; I. Kuznetsova, and V. Korunova Chapter 3. Puzzle 2: Sustainable Transport and Mobility; P. Ermolaeva Chapter 4. Puzzle 3: Energy Efficiency and Energy Consumption; Y. Ermolaeva Chapter 5. Puzzle 4: Waste Management; Y. Ermolaeva and P. Ermolaeva Chapter 6. Puzzle 5: Green and Blue Zones; O. Basheva, and I. Kuznetsova Chapter 7. Puzzle 6: Environmental Governance and Politics; O. Basheva, V. Korunova, and I. Kuznetsova

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