Social impact of environmental issues Books
Taylor & Francis Ltd A Short History of the Future: Surviving the 2030
Book SynopsisHas the future a future? Are we bringing history to an end? Observing any one of several individual but critical trends suggests that, without rapid and positive action, history may have only a very short way to run. Whether it is the growth of world population, of greenhouse gas concentrations and the accelerating rate of climate change, the running down of oil and natural gas reserves, growing shortages of fresh water for agriculture, industry and domestic use, or the increasing difficulty in controlling epidemic diseases � we are facing a mounting global crisis that will peak in less than a generation, around the year 2030. Taken together, these trends point to a potentially apocalyptic period, if not for the planet itself then certainly for human societies and for humankind. In this compelling book, and update to The 2030 Spike, Colin Mason explains in clear and irrefutable terms what is going on � largely below the surface of our daily or weekly news bulletins. The picture he paints is stark, and yet it is not bleak. Being forewarned, we are forearmed, and he draws on his own extensive political experience to describe how much we can do as individuals, and above all collectively, not merely to avert crisis but to engineer thoroughgoing change that can usher in genuinely sustainable and valuable alternatives to the way we live now.Trade Review'This is a bold, thought-provoking and ultimately rewarding book, well-researched, full of ideas - and thus a good, all-round primer on the state of the planet' BBC Wildlife 'An impressive tour of our current world: from sexual slavery to sailing ships, from malaria to microcredits, from nanotechnology to neopaganism, all the horrors and promises of our troubled Zeitgeist seem to be reflected here' Resurgence 'Is this a book you can afford to ignore? ... only the foolhardy would surely dare leave it unread on the shelf' International Affairs 'Mason, a former Australian senator, writes a narrative that is that is carefully researched and sober, and he actually offers some suggestions as to what to do about it' Steve Poole, Guardian 'Here you have a well-informed and realistic analysis and a blueprint for action.' Network Review, The Scientific and Medical NetworkTable of ContentsPART I: IS THERE A CRISIS? * The Drivers * Running Out of Fuel: The Coming Energy Crunch * Population and Poverty * Climate: How Long to Tipping Point? * Is There Enough Food and Water? * One World? * The Fourth Horseman * PART II: DIRECTIONS * Which Way Science? * In the Genes: New Plants - and People? * The Values of the Sea * Multinationals: Good Business or Bad? * The Trouble with Money * PART III: UPGRADING THE INDIVIDUAL * The Pursuit of Happiness * Love, Family and Freedom * Habitat: The Dilemma of the Cities * Making Education Work * Health and Wealth * Religion: The Cement of Society? * PART IV: THE NEW SOCIETY? * The Mechanics of Change * Automation and Employment * Travelling Less? * Working Online * The Information Overload * The Toxic Culture * Running the Show * Getting the World We Want *
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Policy Press Understanding the environment and social policy
Book SynopsisBringing together leading experts, this textbook explores the key social, political, economic and moral challenges that environmental problems pose for social policy in a global context. Combining theory and practice with an interdisciplinary approach, the book reviews the current strategies and policies and provides a critique of proposed future developments in the field. Understanding the environment and social policy guides the reader through the subject in an accessible way using chapter summaries, further reading, recommended webpages, a glossary and questions for discussion. Providing a much-needed overview, the book will be invaluable reading for students, teachers, activists, practitioners and policymakers.Trade Review"..this book is extremely helpful in providing a comprehensive introduction to environmental policy to first-year undergraduate and masters students, as well as future environmental policy makers." Maria Carvalho in Environment & Planning C"This book does exactly what it sets out to do. It offers us understanding of the environment and social policy, and it does it well." Citizen's Income Newsletter, Issue 1, 2012'This book does exactly what it sets out to do. It offers us understanding of the environment and social policy, and it does it well.' Citizen's Income Newsletter"The intersection of social policy and environmental policy is strategically and morally vital yet has remained a strangely neglected area. No longer. This comprehensive book covers real world challenges, sustainable ethics, a host of applied policy issues, and some bigger questions about the possibility of a green welfare state." Ian Gough, Emeritus Professor, University of Bath"Tony Fitzpatrick has assembled a very thoughtful collection of chapters which examine the various ways in which social and environmental concerns intersect with one another. At a very general level, sustainability offers a neat and tidy way to reconcile them. But as this book usefully reveals, in practice they interact in ways that are far from straight forward." Professor Andrew Jordan, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East AngliaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part One: Challenges: The environmental challenge; The challenge to society; The challenge to governance; The challenge to social policy ~ Tim Doyle; Part Two: Responses: Environmental ethics and philosophies; Mainstream environmental politics; Assessing social democratic and free market capitalisms ~ Lorraine Elliott; Radical environmental politics ~ Tony Fitzpatrick; Part Three: Policies: Poverties and inequalities ~ Elizabeth Stanton; Planning and the urban environment ~ Stephen M. Wheeler; Health and quality of life ~ Glenda Verrinda; Employment and income; Citizenship and social care ~ Sherilyn MacGregor; Transport and infrastructure ~ Michael Cahill; Administration and policy-making ~ Peter Christoff.
£24.29
Emerald Publishing Limited The Transition to Sustainable Living and Practice
Book Synopsis"The Transition to Sustainable Living and Practice" provides a series of insights into real alternatives to the current economic malaise, with an examination of key themes such as transition towns, traditional villages, new green financial concepts, the sustainable utopia, co-operative farming, sustainability and activism, ecofeminism, green protectionism, intentional communities and a green philosophy of money.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. List of Reviewers. Chapter 1 The transition to sustainability: Transition towns and sustainable communities. Chapter 2 Traditional living practices: Return to the villages. Chapter 3 Sustainable Economics: A New Financial Architecture Based on a Global Carbon Standard. Chapter 4 Utopian sustainability: Ecological utopianism. Chapter 5 Environmental exploitation: an analysis and taxonomy. Chapter 6 Ecological activism: Sustainable living, activism and identity. Chapter 7 Ecofeminism: Ecofeminism and the green public sphere. Chapter 8 Sustainable planning: A green protectionism. Chapter 9 Sustainability and the intentional community: Green intentional communities. Chapter 10 A green philosophy of money. The Transition to Sustainable Living and Practice. Copyright page.
£77.89
Taylor & Francis Ltd Rethinking Water Management: Innovative
Book SynopsisIf water resources are to be distributed efficiently, equitably and cost-effectively in this rapidly changing world, then it is clear that current water management practices are no longer feasible. Innovative approaches are required to meet the increasing water demands of a growing world population and economy and the needs of the ecosystems supporting them. New approaches have to be employed at global, national and local levels. In Rethinking Water Management, a new generation of water experts from around the world examine the critical challenges confronting the water profession, including rainwater and groundwater management, recycling and reuse, water rights, transboundary access to water and financing of water. They offer important new perspectives on the use, management and conservation of fresh water, in terms of both quantity and quality, for the domestic, agricultural and industrial sectors, and show how a new set of paradigms can be applied to successfully manage water for the future. Caroline Figu�res is Head of the Urban Infrastructure Department at UNESCO-IHE Water Education Institute in The Netherlands. Cecilia Tortajada is Vice President of the Third World Centre for Water Management in Mexico and Vice President-elect of the International Water Resources Association. Johan Rockström is Water Resources Expert at UNESCO-IHE.Trade Review''Presents case studies and discusses relevant issues of environmental, economic and social reforms in developing and developed nations.' SciTech Book NewsTable of ContentsIntroduction - New Development Paradigms for the Water Sector - Global and Local Agendas - Economic Globalization, Water and Equity - Managing Rain for the Future - Recycling and Reuse - Rethinking Groundwater Management - Water Rights and their Management - The Future of Transboundary Water Management - Development Potential in a Basin-wide Approach - Pumping Money in the Water Sector - The Way Forward - Bibliography, Index
£999.99
Permanent Publications Design Adventures
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Triarchy Press Stone Talks
Book SynopsisStone Talks brings together poems and four talks/essays by noted poet Alyson Hallett on the subject of stones, rocks, somatics and our relationship with our environment. The book invites us to listen again to the world around us - the world of rocks and trees and sky and stars and sea that we participate in and that participates in us. It reawakens a childlike curiosity in us, makes connections that we had forgotten, and gives us permission to experience the world in an embodied and vibrant way that was drummed out of the rest of us long ago. The book starts with an essay on KInship inspired by Donna Haraway's ideas about how we must make relationships of kin with all things, including what she refers to as `critters’. In it, Alyson explores the twin ideas of embodied reading and embodied walking. How, exactly, can we embody the ideas in a book? Here, the author "dives into kinship with the decomposed bodies of plankton, plants and animals whose liquidation created that beautiful, black viscous gold we call oil". In the title essay, Stone Talks, Alyson revisits the keynote lecture she gave at the `In Other Tongues’ symposium at Dartington. In it she explores her lived experience of being talked to and guided in her life by stones. She examines the ideas of obedience and yielding, the body as a wilderness, and unfolds a walked artwork with stones that she undertook soon after her father died. In Haunted Landscapes, Alyson explores the marks and traces of our own and others' lives that inhabit our bodies and experience. Wandering into quantum physics, she asks questions that "set me afloat on a fathomless sea". Finally, in The Stone Monologues, Alyson embarks on a quest to "understand myself not as a single thing, a single point, but rather a constellation, a layered interruption in time comprising everyone and everything I encounter". Alyson Hallett has received Arts Council awards for her work. She is a Hawthornden Fellow, works part-time for the Royal Literary Fund and loves collaborating with other artists and scientists. She has a doctorate in poetry with research into geographical intimacy. In Stone Talks, she shares some of what she is learning from stones. She talks “from the mud. From the earth. From the place we haunt and are haunted by.” The talking is exquisite.Trade ReviewI will be an avid reader of Stone Talks, and I’ll tell my friends to keep an eye out for it. I love the way you travel. Donna Haraway, author, ecofeminist & Professor Emerita in the History of Consciousness Dept. and Feminist Studies Dept. at the University of California, Santa Cruz; I am SO moved and filled with joy reading your work. I feel as if you’re restoring me to my faith, by which I mean faith in listening to feelings, hearing the instinctual voice. You write so simply and beautifully and authentically about your experiences and I admire your trueness of spirit. Paul Harris, Professor of English, LMU, Los Angeles; Oh I love this little book. I love it from beginning to end. It’s told with clarity and generosity and it’s full of treasures. It moves across my mind like an erratic. From the land of you to the land of me. Lynn Davidson, PoetTable of ContentsOn Kinship Stone Talks Introduction Chapter 1 - Pebble No Bigger Than My Thumbnail Chapter 2 - In The Beginning Was The Boulder Chapter 3 - The Body As A Site Of Intelligence: The Body As A Site of Ignorance Chapter 4 - A Field, A Stone, A Grief Chapter 5 - Entering The Vastness Conclusion Bibliography Notes from the Deleted Pile Acknowledgements Haunted Landscapes Bibliography The Stone Monologues
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UEA Publishing Project Parents for a Future
Book SynopsisThat our ecological future appears grave can no longer come as any surprise. And yet we have so far failed, collectively and individually, to begin the kind of action necessary to shift our path away from catastrophic climate collapse. In this stark and startling little book, Rupert Read helps us to understand the direness of our predicament while showing us a metaphor and a method – a way of thinking – by which we might transform it. From the relatively uncontroversial starting point that we love our own children, we are introduced to a logic of care that iterates far into the future: in caring for our own children, we are committed to caring for the whole of human future; in caring for the whole of human future, we are committed to caring for the future of the natural world. Out of such thinking, hope emerges. As Read demonstrates in this urgent call to action, accepting that we care for our own offspring commits us to a struggle on behalf of us all.
£10.44
Octopus Publishing Group Life and Death Decisions: Saving lives in extreme
Book Synopsis'HONEST, POWERFUL AND RIVETING'Levison Wood, author of The Art of Exploration'JUST BRILLIANT...THE BOOK OF THE DECADE'Tim Flannery, former Australian of the Year'WOW. A HUGELY IMPORTANT AND ENJOYABLE BOOK THAT WILL RESTORE YOUR FAITH IN HUMANITY AND WHAT IS POSSIBLE'Sir Jeremy Farrar, Chief Scientist, World Health Organization'ALL AT ONCE BRAVE, FUNNY, SHOCKING AND DOWN TO EARTH' Aaron Smith, author of The RockFrom the sinking islands of the Pacific to epidemics and war zones in the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa, doctors like Lachlan McIver work in some of the most extreme environments on earth. In this thrilling memoir, Lachlan takes us right into the heart of the action as he treats patients ravaged by tropical diseases, manages drug-resistant infections in war wounds, delivers babies by the light of a head torch, and narrowly avoids being kidnapped by militia in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Inevitably, the pressure takes its toll as Lachlan is forced to reckon with the global crises devastating more and more lives every single day... Life and Death Decisions is an exhilarating account of one doctor facing profound, extraordinary challenges - and saving lives against all odds.
£9.49
Suteki Creative What Wonders Await Outdoors
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£12.88
Springer International Publishing AG Communicating the Environment to Save the Planet:
Book SynopsisThis book, based on authoritative sources and reports, links environmental communication to different fields of competence: environment, sustainability, journalism, mass media, architecture, design, art, green and circular economy, public administration, big event management and legal language. The manual offers a new, scientifically based perspective, and adopts a theoretical-practical approach, providing readers with qualified best practices, case studies and 22 exclusive interviews with professionals. A fluent style of writing leads the readers through specific details, enriching their knowledge without being boring. As such it is an excellent preparatory and interdisciplinary academic tool intended for university students, scholars, professionals, and anyone who would like to know more on the matter.Table of Contents1. The Environmental Communication under the magnifying lens.- 2. Journalism and Environment: two opposed trends which attract each other.- 3. Which shades of “green” are the new Nets of communication disseminating?.- 4. Communicating the Environment at the state of art. Ciak /Action!- 5. Communicating the Environment in the Green and Circular Economy.- 6. Communicating the Environment is a “public right and duty”.- 7. Eco-communication: environmental management, big events and legal eco-language.- Bibliography.
£35.99
V&r Academic Environments of Exile
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Transcript Verlag Water Handbook of the Anthropocene in Latin
Book SynopsisConflicts and struggles like urbanization processes and the productive use of water have impacted the relationship of Latin American and Caribbean societies with water for centuries. This volume of the Handbook The Anthropocene as Multiple Crisis focuses on water in the main macro-regions of Latin America from the colonial regime to the contemporary era of the Anthropocene. The contributions enrich contemporary debates surrounding the genealogy of the Anthropocene in Latin America with critical perspectives from the social sciences and the humanities.
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transcript Verlag Hamburg Climate Futures Outlook 2024
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Canadian Scholars Teaching in the Anthropocene: Education in the
Book SynopsisThis new critical volume presents various perspectives on teaching and teacher education in the face of the global climate crisis, environmental degradation, and social injustice. Teaching in the Anthropocene calls for a reorientation of the aims of teaching so that we might imagine multiple futures in which children, youths, and families can thrive amid a myriad of challenges related to the earth's decreasing habitability.Referring to the uncertainty of the time in which we live and teach, the term Anthropocene is used to acknowledge anthropogenic contributions to the climate crisis and to consider and reflect on the emotional responses to adverse climate events. The text begins with the editors' discussion of this contested term and then moves on to make the case that we must decentre anthropocentric models in teacher education praxis.The four thematic parts include chapters on the challenges to teacher education practice and praxis, affective dimensions of teaching in the face of the global crisis, relational pedagogies in the Anthropocene, and ways to ignite the empathic imaginations of tomorrow's teachers. Together the authors discuss new theoretical eco-orientations and describe innovative pedagogies that create opportunities for students and teachers to live in greater harmony with the more-than-human world. This incredibly timely volume will be essential to pre- and in-service teachers and teacher educators.FEATURES: Offers critical reflections on anthropocentrism from multiple perspectives in education, including continuing education, educational organization, K–12, post-secondary, and more Includes accounts that not only deconstruct the disavowal of the climate crisis in schools but also articulate an ecosophical approach to education Features discussion prompts in each chapter to enhance student engagement with the material Table of Contents Acknowledgements Learning to Teach on the Edge of the Anthropocene Part Ⅰ: Challenges to Teacher Education Practice and PraxisChapter 1: Weaving Critical Education Perspectives in Teaching for Social and Ecological JusticeChapter 2: Schools and Communities: Interdisciplinary Learning and the Ecological Crises of the AnthropoceneChapter 3: Recognizing and Addressing Influential Root Metaphors: The Key to Reorienting Teaching and Teacher Education in the AnthropoceneChapter 4: "Country" Is My Gender, the Good Girl, and Ecojustice EducationChapter 5: Indigegogy: Using Indigenous Ways in TeachingChapter 6: Listening, Witnessing, Connecting: Histories and Storytelling in the Anthropocene Part Ⅱ: The Affective Dimensions of Teaching in the Face of the Earth's Decreasing HabitabilityChapter 7: To Love and to Teach Other People's Children in the Face of the Climate CrisisChapter 8: What Good Is a Poem When the World Is on Fire?Chapter 9: Hope in Action as a Pedagogical Response to Climate Crisis and Youth AnxietyChapter 10: Nurturing Embodied Agency in Response to Climate Anxiety: Exploring Pedagogical Possibilities Part Ⅲ: Relational Pedagogies in the AnthropoceneChapter 11: Embodying Ceremony as Pedagogy: The Role of School Administration in Reconceptualizing Indigenous Education in the AnthropoceneChapter 12: Plantation Logics and STEM Economics: Make Kin as Education for Multispecies' FlourishingChapter 13: Challenging Complacency in K–12 Climate Change Education in Canada: Decolonial and Indigenous Perspectives for Designing Curricula beyond Sustainable DevelopmentChapter 14: Of What's Now and What's Next: Poetry, Narrative, and Reimagining Teacher Education(s) beyond Received Anthropocentric ChauvinismChapter 15: Growing Rural Capacity for Responding to the Anthropocentric Exigencies of Our TimeChapter 16: Looking the Gift Horse in the Mouth: Climate Refugees and the Role of Education in Promoting Inclusivity Part Ⅳ: Igniting the Empathic Imaginations of Tomorrow's TeachersChapter 17: Unsettling Climate Education: The Youth Are Waking Up and Walking Out. As Educators, How Do We Join Them?Chapter 18: ENVIROdigiART in the Age of the Anthropocene: A Reorientation of Teaching and Learning in Digital Artistic/Scientific Practices Across the CurriculumChapter 19: Deep Listening by the Sojourners CollectiveChapter 20: Teaching Geography Education in the Anthropocene: Focusing on Settler Colonialism, Slow Violence, and Solidarity Building in New Brunswick through DIY Art ProductionChapter 21: Wasteland Climate Anxiety: Meaningful (Teacher) Education Children's Voices Calling Us to Action at the Edge of the Anthropocene GlossaryAuthor BiographiesIndex
£44.06
Northern Bee Books Natural Beekeeping with the Warre Hive
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£13.25
Taylor & Francis Natural Enemies
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£43.99
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Innovation, Society and the
Book SynopsisThrough careful investigation into the role of eco-innovation as a catalysing factor in the societal transition towards sustainability, this Handbook proposes more appropriate measures of innovation as a driver of change. It examines innovation from various perspectives, including labour, trade, the circular economy and energy, to illustrate a more comprehensive picture of its impacts.Chapters by leading authors from the sectors of eco-innovation, sustainability transformations and green and circular economies provide a meticulously balanced observation of innovation at local, regional, national and global scales. By featuring case studies from across Australasia, Europe and Latin America, as well as empirical work and modelling exercises, this forward-thinking Handbook links innovation to a range of interconnected topics. It imparts new evidence to offer a succinct conclusion about the potential success of certain innovation and green industrial policies.This enlightening Handbook will be valuable for scholars and academics studying economics and management, economic and social innovation, and environmental policy. It will also be of great benefit for those analysing policy and industry professionals looking to learn more about eco-innovation.Trade Review‘It is well known that climate change causes significant challenge to societies globally. The chapters in this book trace the recent evolution of circular economy studies, improving our understanding of innovation, transition and policy based on solid economic grounding.’ -- Shunsuke Managi, Kyushu University, Japan‘At the core of this book is eco-innovation, explored over a wide range of relevant topics, including business models, labour markets, policies and finance for a circular economy and the clean energy transition. The book will be very useful for researchers seeking to understand the full implications of the European Green Deal across these and other issues.’ -- Paul Ekins OBE, University College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Towards a sustainable, circular, innovative and socially fair economy: an introduction 2 Fernando J. Díaz López, Massimiliano Mazzanti and Roberto Zoboli PART II ECO-INNOVATION AND POLICIES 2 How will the European Green Deal impact research and innovation? 24 Jesús Alquézar Sabadie 3 Developing a green industrial policy for the European Green Deal 36 Simone Tagliapietra and Reinhilde Veugelers 4 The mediating role of export in the innovation–growth nexus: the case of eco-innovation 51 Serenella Caravella, Francesco Crespi, Mirko Menghini and Salvatore Monni 5 The impact of the open eco-innovation mode on employment: the case of Italian network business agreements 67 Andrea Fabrizi, Giulio Guarini and Valentina Meliciani 6 Barriers to eco-innovation and public R&D incentives: evidence from Mexico 84 Fernando J. Díaz López, Diana P. Rivera Delgado and Daniel H. Villavicencio Carbajal PART III ECO-INNOVATIONS IN CITIES, REGIONS AND THE GLOBALISED ECONOMY 7 The importance of regional spill-over effects for eco-innovations in German start-ups 110 Jens Horbach 8 Firms’ global value chain participation and its environmental performance: a review of the empirical literature 125 Finn Ole Semrau 9 The geography of green technological invention: a life cycle perspective 140 Nicolò Barbieri, Davide Consoli and François Perruchas 10 Smart cities: components and elements in the Brazilian context 153 Beatriz Barreto Brasileiro Lanza and Carlos Olavo Quandt PART IV INNOVATION AND SOCIETY 11 Inclusive innovation: towards a theory of inclusiveness transitions 167 R. Sandra Schillo and Parag Puri 12 Frugal innovation as a new technological paradigm for inclusion and sustainability 182 Christian Le Bas 13 Energy innovations in iwi communities of Aotearoa New Zealand 196 Ryan Roberts, Alan C. Brent, James T. Hinkley and Kevin Shedlock PART V INNOVATION AND THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY 14 A conceptual framework for the analysis of policy mixes on the Circular Economy 212 Pablo del Río, Christoph P. Kiefer and Javier Carrillo-Hermosilla 15 Circular innovation strategies: which direction for Italian firms? 238 Elisa Chioatto and Emy Zecca 16 Policies of bioeconomy and circular economy in Latin America: a route toward sustainability 251 Graciela Carrillo Gonzalez and Jose Ignacio Ponce Sanchez PART VI SYSTEMS OF INNOVATIONS AND SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITIONS 17 Exploring the virtuous interdependencies existing between climate action and sustainability in the context of low-carbon development 281 Georg Pallaske, Andrea Marcello Bassi, Leonardo Garrido and Marco Guzzetti 18 A practical approach to managing technology within the context of sustainability transitions 309 Imke H. de Kock and Alan C. Brent 19 Labour market implications for the sustainable transition 345 Giovanni Marin and Francesco Vona 20 Innovative measure of urban sustainability: potentialities and weaknesses of the ‘Mandala SDG’ 358 Pedro Luiz Pierucci, Feni Agostinho, Cecília Maria Villas Bôas de Almeida and Biagio F. Giannetti Index 372
£160.00
Shetland Times Ltd Food from the Sea
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook of Investing in the Triple
Book SynopsisThe triple bottom line has become the standard modus operandi for assessing the sustainability of financial markets, industries, institutions and corporations. This Research Handbook provides the most recent developments, current practices and new initiatives related to sustainable finance and impact investing. In doing so, it demonstrates how the triple bottom line principle can be used to design sustainable strategies for firms, markets and the economy as a whole. The Handbook covers aspects of socially responsible investment, finance and sustainable development, corporate socially responsible banking, green bonds and sustainable financial instruments. Comprising 20 topical chapters from experts in the field, this Handbook is a comprehensive investigation of financial services and products that help cope with sustainable investing and climate risk management. Chapters discuss the role of regulation framework in guaranteeing the stability and resilience of financial markets and offer insight into governance issues including the management of organizational risks, CSR culture, and social-impact investing culture. An essential reference for scholars and students, the multidisciplinary approach covers business, finance, accounting, management and entrepreneurship. Practitioners such as financial analysts, rating agencies and regulators will also find this an accessible read for exploring the possibilities the triple bottom line principle can provide.Contributors include: M. Amidu, W.R. Ang, M. Ariff, F. Aubert, H. Bassan, F. Bazzana, K. Berensmann, N. Boubakri, E. Broccardo, F. Dafe, F. de Mariz, K. Delchet-Cochet, M. Dempsey, G.N. Dong, K.U. Ehigiamusoe, J. Fouilloux, R. Gabriele, J.-F. Gajewski, J. Grira, K. Gupta, H. Issahaku, L. Kermiche, H.H. Lean, K.T. Liaw, N. Lindenberg, J.R. Mason, M. Mazzuca, R. McIver, C. Nitsche, G. Porino, J.M. Puaschunder, J.R.F. Savoia, M. Schröder, V. Tankoyeva, J.-L. Viviani, L.-C. Vo, O. Weber, A. ZareiTable of ContentsContents: Part I Sustainability, Financial Stability and Fraud 1. Financial Regulation and Fraud in CO2 Markets Joseph R. Mason 2. How to Better Detect Cases of Financial Reporting Fraud: Some New Findings from Earnings Restatements François Aubert, Jean-François Gajewski and Lamya Kermiche 3. Fostering green investment decisions: the real option approach Jessica Fouilloux and Jean-Laurent Viviani 4. Exchange Rate Instability: Relative Volatility, Risk and Adjustment Speed Mohamed Ariff and Alireza Zarei 5. Financial Instability: Economic and Financial Perspectives Michael Dempsey 6. The Stability of Financial System: An Analysis of the Determinants of Russian Bank Failures Viktoryia Tankoyeva, Flavio Bazzana and Roberto Gabriele 7. Sovereign Wealth Funds and Macroeconomic Stability: Before and After their Establishments Kizito Uyi Ehigiamusoe and Hooi Hooi Lean Part II Sustainability and Financial Markets 8. Financial Markets like Potter’s Hands? Rethinking Finance for Sustainability in a Civil Society Perspective Giulia Porino 9. An Alternative Way to Think of Finance: The Case of Innovative, Sustainable Financial Instruments Eleonora Broccardo and Maria Mazzuca 10. The Market Premium of Sustainability in Health-Care Sector Firms Gang Nathan Dong 11. Environmental Sustainability and Inter- and Intra- Industry Variation in Stock Returns: International Evidence Harjap Bassan, Kartick Gupta and Ron P. McIver 12. The Role of Financial Markets in Promoting Sustainability – A Review and Research Framework Mohammed Amidu and Haruna Issahaku 13. Financial Innovation with a Social Purpose: The Growth of Social Impact Bonds Frédéric de Mariz and José Roberto Ferreira Savoia 14. Asset Allocation and Green Bond Market K. Thomas Liaw 15. Demystifying Green Bonds Kathrin Berensmann, Florence Dafe and Nannette Lindenberg Part III CSR and Socially Responsible Investment 16. Models of Corporate Socially Responsible Banks: Financial Cooperatives, Islamic Banks, and Micro-Finance Institutions Narjess Boubakri and Jocelyn Grira 17. CSR Implementation in French SMEs: An Adapted Framework Karen Delchet-Cochet and Linh-Chi Vo 18. The Performance, Volatility, Downside Risk and Persistence of Socially Responsible Investments in Korea and the Impact of Korea Green New Deal Wei Rong Ang and Olaf Weber 19. Are SRI Funds Conventional Funds in Disguise or Do They Live up to Their Name? Christin Nitsche and Michael Schröder 20. Socio-psychological Motives of Socially Responsible Investors Julia M. Puaschunder Index
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Rutgers University Press Trees Truffles and Beasts How Forests Function
Book SynopsisPresents an opinion that we must understand the complexity and interdependency of species and habitats from the microscopic level to the gigantic. This book shows how easily observable species are part of a complicated infrastructure. It also shows that forests are far more complicated, which means simplistic policies will not save them.Trade ReviewAccurate and authentic, Trees, Truffles, and Beasts makes a major contribution to the field of natural resource management. This is a clear and compelling argument that there's much more to forests than meets the eye. -- Jim Furnish * Deputy Chief (ret.), USDA Forest Service *This book is an excellent introduction to the world of mycorrhizal fungi in forests and their importance in food webs as highlighted by truffles. This book should encourage readers to investigate further the intricate and essential interactions occurring in forests, which make them work. -- John Dighton * professor and director of Rutgers University Pinelands Field Station *"The book provides excellent coverage of the symbiosis between trees, fungi, and animals, an orverarching theme. . . . Few works take these personal views into account to give such a holistic view of the forested landscape. Highly recommended." * Choice *The authors. all keenly qualified to write on the topic, begin by discussing the importance of sustainable ecosystem policies and preserving our environment, and then point out that to be able to do that, one must understand those environmental systems. What follows is an entire college course on just how forests work. * Funghi *These authors weave together a broad array of personal observations and pertinent scientific research into a sweeping account of forest ecology and conservation. This book is an interesting and well-priced addition to the mycologist's bookshelf. * Inoculum *Trees, Truffles, and Beasts reveals a belowground world that we cannot see, and for that reason, often overlook when thinking about forests. The authors deftly link this belowground world of fungi and soil microorganisms to the aboveground world that we know. The story-telling style of writing makes the book engaging and easy to read, and at the same time, the book is packed with interesting facts. * Northwest Science *"Lucidly written and accessible to professionals and the general public alike, the authors adeptly tease out the intimate details and fascinating ecological interactions of a world hidden within the soil. I highly recommend this book for a fascinating glimpse into the wondrous web life and complex ecological relationships that sustain our natural forests." -- Alan Watson Featherstone * Trees for Life, Scotland *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 The Forest We See 2 The Unseen Forest 3 Trees, Truffles, and Beasts: Coevolution in Action 4 Of Animals and Fungi 5 The Importance of Mycophagy 6 Landscape Patterns and Fire 7 Forest Succession and Habitat Dynamics 8 Of Lifestyles and Shared Habitats 9 Lessons from the Trees, the Truffles, and the Beasts
£31.50
University of Washington Press An Ecological History of Modern China
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[An] intellectually adventurous, wide-ranging, and boldly integrative study." * Foreign Affairs *
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Cambridge University Press In the Company of Animals
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The University of Chicago Press The Way of Coyote
Book SynopsisVan Horn invites us to look afresh at the wilderness that's all around us-the animals that, often all but in secret, share our cities with us.
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Princeton University Press Fixing the Climate
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Cambridge University Press The Anthropocene as a Geological Time Unit
Book SynopsisThe Anthropocene, a term launched into public debate by Nobel Prize winner Paul Crutzen, has been used informally to describe the time period during which human actions have had a drastic effect on the Earth and its ecosystems. This book presents evidence for defining the Anthropocene as a geological epoch, written by the high-profile international team analysing its potential addition to the geological time scale. The evidence ranges from chemical signals arising from pollution, to landscape changes associated with urbanisation, and biological changes associated with species invasion and extinctions. Global environmental change is placed within the context of planetary processes and deep geological time, allowing the reader to appreciate the scale of human-driven change and compare the global transition taking place today with major transitions in Earth history. This is an authoritative review of the Anthropocene for graduate students and academic researchers across scientific, socialTrade Review'A very timely account of the progress and problems in defining the Anthropocene from its geological signature. The authors have brought together a plethora of scattered evidence to clarify where the science is now, and how it will impact on so many fields, from atmospheric and ocean chemistry to the legal system. This book will be hard to beat as a summary of the impact of humankind on the permanent record that will be entombed in the rocks of the future.' Richard Fortey, FRS, Natural History Museum'Geologists' notion of the Anthropocene is one of the most powerful frames through which we can redefine humanity's changing relationship with the planet, and this hugely impressive book provides the definitive scientific account.' Iain Stewart, BBC TV presenter, University of Plymouth'… this book constitutes evidence of the epistemological development of the Anthropocene, from simple conjecture to a body of hypotheses merged into an interdisciplinary scientific theory.' Eugenio Luciano, Global Environment'… this book is the most definitive and up-to-date reference work for anyone working on or interested in the geological case for the Anthropocene.' Leon Vlieger, Natural History Book ServiceTable of Contents1. History and development of the Anthropocene as a stratigraphical concept Jan Zalasiewicz, Colin Waters, Mark Williams, Colin Summerhayes, Martin Head, Reinhold Leinfelder, Jacques Grinevald, John McNeill, Naomi Oreskes, Will Steffen, Scott Wing, Phil Gibbard, Davor Vidas, Trevor Hancock and Anthony Barnosky; 2. Stratigraphic signatures of the Anthropocene Bob Hazen, Jan Zalasiewicz, Colin Waters, Andy Smith, Neil Rose, Agnieszka Gałuszka, An Zhisheng, Simon Price, Daniel deB. Richter, Sharon A Billings, James Syvitski and Colin Summerhayes; 3. The biostratigraphical signature of the Anthropocene Mark Williams, Anthony Barnosky, Jan Zalasiewicz, Martin Head, Ian Wilkinson, David Aldridge, Colin Waters, Valentin Bault and Reinhold Leinfelder; 4. The tectonosphere and its physical stratigraphical record Peter Haff, Jan Zalasiewicz, Colin Waters, Mark Williams, Anthony Barnosky, Reinhold Leinfelder and Juliana Ivar do Sul; 5. Anthropocene chemostratigraphy Ian Fairchild, Jan Zalasiewicz, Colin Summerhayes, Colin Waters, Reinhold Leinfelder, Agnieszka Gałuszka, Michael Wagreich, Neil Rose, Irka Hajdas and Catherine Jeandel; 6. Climate change and the Anthropocene Colin Summerhayes and Alejandro Cearreta; 7. The stratigraphical boundary of the Anthropocene Jan Zalasiewicz, Colin Waters, Mark Williams, Colin Summerhayes, Eric Odada, Michael Wagreich, Erich Draganits, Matt Edgeworth, J. R. McNeill, Will Steffen and Martin Head; References; Index.
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Columbia University Press Thomas Berry A Biography
Book SynopsisThomas Berry (1914–2009) was one of the twentieth century’s most prescient and profound thinkers. The first biography of Berry, this book illuminates his remarkable vision and its continuing relevance for achieving transformative social change and environmental renewal.Trade ReviewA warm celebration of an environmentalist whose ideas are increasingly relevant. * Kirkus Reviews *A truly magisterial work and magnificent book. -- Ursula King * Times Higher Education *I urge you to pick up this book and read it cover to cover. -- Thomas Crowe * Smoky Mountain News *Thomas Berry: A Biography is essential reading. -- J. Milburn Thompson * Today's American Catholic *Senior authored by two of his graduate students, the volume thoroughly documents Berry’s sources, experiences, and philosophical positions. -- Susan P. Bratton, Environmental Science, Baylor University, Waco, Texas * Quarterly Review of Biology *A tour de force biography: Thomas Berry was one of the most important thinkers on humanity and our trajectory on this wondrous living planet—and indeed in the journey of the universe. This is a book written with love and clarity that belongs on everyone’s required reading list. Read it and you will understand one of the most inspiring persons of our time—and it will change how you think about the future. -- Thomas E. Lovejoy, University Professor, George Mason UniversityThis is a book one has waited impatiently for: some of our finest environmental historians of religion telling the epic intellectual and human story of Thomas Berry. Most biographies illuminate the past, but this one helps chart the course for our future. -- Bill McKibben, author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?To a bewildered world, Thomas Berry offers a moral compass. To a fragmented world, he offers the convergence of scientific and spiritual worldviews in a new story of the evolutionary unity of humans and the cosmos. For a despairing world, he offers meaning and hope in lives of Great Work. For a suffering world, he offers a new jurisprudence of Earth rights. As Thomas Berry was a brilliant, erudite, joyous person who changed the world, so this biography is a brilliant, erudite, joyous book that will change your life. -- Kathleen Dean Moore, author of Great Tide Rising: Towards Clarity and Moral Courage in a Time of Planetary ChangeIn this new biography of Thomas Berry, the authors provide a rich, comprehensive narrative of one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century . . . This is an important book at a time when climate change remains politically divisive and global warming continues unabated. -- Ilia Delio, OSF, Villanova University * American Catholic Studies *To read this magnificent biography is to encounter the evolution of greatness, for Thomas Berry was truly one of the remarkable people of the twentieth century. The distinguished authors chronicle his early life to his study of the world’s religions, to the tragedy of ecological loss and the story of the unfolding universe. This is followed by a series of fascinating essays probing Berry's large intellectual legacy. Throughout, Berry's decency and humanity, as well as his courage, are vividly displayed. I found this book to be a joy and an inspiration. -- James Gustave Speth, cofounder of the Natural Resources Defense Council and former administrator of the United Nations Development ProgrammeIn my first meeting with Thomas Berry, I sensed a depth of wisdom that was comprehensive and unique. This initial intuition only deepened as we worked together over decades. There is no better pathway into his vision than this profound biography. -- Brian Thomas Swimme, coauthor, with Thomas Berry, of The Universe Story: From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era—A Celebration of the Unfolding of the CosmosThis book gives tribute to an important thinker who influenced and shaped the fields of cross-cultural studies, religion, and ecology in the twentieth century. The intellectual endeavor of Thomas Berry articulates the failings of the Eurocentric nation-state model and urges listening to the unintended consequences of human hegemony over the natural order of the world. -- Christopher Key Chapple, Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology, Loyola Marymount UniversityEvery now and again a book comes along that I simply can't put down and one that I've just read through and through is titled Thomas Berry: A Biography. -- Marc Bekoff Ph.D. * Psychology Today Animal Emotions Blog *This biography beautifully shows us the unfolding life of a great religious, philosophical and ecological teacher, one who was also - as I know from direct experience - immensely kind, humorous and generous. * Paradigm Explorer *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Thomas Berry and the Arc of History1. An Independent Youth2. The Call to Contemplation3. Studying History and Living History4. The Struggle to Teach5. From Human History to Earth History6. From New Story to Universe Story7. Evoking the Great Work8. Coming HomeInterlude: The Arc of a Life9. Narratives of Time10. Teilhard and the Zest for Life11. Confucian Integration of Cosmos, Earth, and Humans12. Indigenous Traditions of the Giving EarthEpilogueAppendix: Thomas Berry Timeline, 1914–2009NotesBibliographyIndex
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University of Minnesota Press Dark Scenes from Damaged Earth: The Gothic
Book SynopsisAn urgent volume of essays engages the Gothic to advance important perspectives on our geological era What can the Gothic teach us about our current geological era? More than just spooky, moonlit castles and morbid graveyards, the Gothic represents a vibrant, emergent perspective on the Anthropocene. In this volume, more than a dozen scholars move beyond longstanding perspectives on the Anthropocene—such as science fiction and apocalyptic narratives—to show that the Gothic offers a unique (and dark) interpretation of events like climate change, diminished ecosystems, and mass extinction.Embracing pop cultural phenomena like True Detective, Jaws, and Twin Peaks, as well as topics from the New Weird and prehistoric shark fiction to ruin porn and the “monstroscene,” Dark Scenes from Damaged Earth demonstrates the continuing vitality of the Gothic while opening important new paths of inquiry. These essays map a genealogy of the Gothic while providing fresh perspectives on the ongoing climate chaos, the North/South divide, issues of racialization, dark ecology, questions surrounding environmental justice, and much more.Contributors: Fred Botting, Kingston U; Timothy Clark, U of Durham; Rebecca Duncan, Linnaeus U; Michael Fuchs, U of Oldenburg, Germany; Esthie Hugo, U of Warwick; Dawn Keetley, Lehigh U; Laura R. Kremmel, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Timothy Morton, Rice U; Barry Murnane, U of Oxford; Jennifer Schell, U of Alaska Fairbanks; Lisa M. Vetere, Monmouth U; Sara Wasson, Lancaster U; Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, Central Michigan U.Trade Review"All of the essays connect the subjective potency of the texts under discussion — the affects and moods that they inspire in the reader or viewer — to the ways that such works also give us a deeper understanding of the ongoing ecological transactions that are putting our very existence at risk. Dark Scenes from Damaged Earth both reclaims the gothic as an urgently relevant mode of fiction-making and suggests that aesthetic approaches are able to bring us a kind of understanding that scientific studies on their own could not."—Los Angeles Review of Books"It is impossible for me to do complete justice to this book in a review, but I will say that the sixteen essays included in it are all illuminating, thoughtful, and interesting."—Gothic WandererTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Gothic in the AnthropocenePart I. Anthropocene1. The AnthropoceneJeffrey Andrew Weinstock2. De-extinction: A Gothic Masternarrative for the AnthropoceneMichael Fuchs3. Lovecraft vs. VanderMeer: Posthuman Horror (and Hope?) in the Zone of ExceptionRune Graulund4. Monstrous Megalodons of the Anthropocene: Extinction and Adaptation in Prehistoric Shark Fiction, 1974–2018Jennifer Schell5. A Violence “Just below the Skin”: Atmospheric Terror and Racial Ecologies from the African AnthropoceneEsthie HugoPart II. Plantationocene6. Horrors of the Horticultural: Charles Brockden Brown’s Wieland and the Landscapes of the AnthropoceneLisa M. Vetere7. True Detective’s Folk GothicDawn Keetley8. Beyond the Slaughterhouse: Anthropocene, Animals, and GothicJustin D. EdwardsPart III. Capitalocene9. Gothic in the Capitalocene: World-Ecological Crisis, Decolonial Horror, and the South African PostcolonyRebecca Duncan10. Overpopulation: The Human as InhumanTimothy Clark11. Digging Up Dirt: Reading the Anthropocene through German RomanticismBarry Murnane12. Got a Light? The Dark Currents of Energy in Twin Peaks: The ReturnTimothy Morton and Rune GraulundPart IV. Chthulucene13. The Anthropocene Within: Love and Extinction in M. R. Carey’s The Girl with All the Gifts and The Boy on the BridgeJohan Höglund14. Rot and Recycle: Gothic Eco-burialLaura R. Kremmel15. Erotics and Annihilation: Caitlín R. Kiernan, Queering the Weird, and Challenges to the “Anthropocene”Sara Wasson16. MonstroceneFred BottingContributorsIndex
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Ecological Hoofprint: The Global Burden of
Book SynopsisThe exploding global consumption of meat is implicated in momentous but greatly underappreciated problems, and industrial livestock production is the driving force behind soaring demand. Following his previous ground-breaking book The Global Food Economy, Tony Weis explains clearly why the growth and industrialization of livestock production is a central part of the accelerating biophysical contradictions of industrial capitalist agriculture. The Ecological Hoofprint provides a rigorous and eye-opening way of understanding what this system means for the health of the planet, how it contributes to worsening human inequality, and how it constitutes a profound but invisible aspect of the violence of everyday life.Trade ReviewWeis delivers a penetrating and systematic structural analysis of the global industrial feeds-livestock complex that reveals the extent to which Earth's resources are subsumed to the logic of cheap meat production. Insightful, accessible, compelling, this is a must read for scholars and students of the food system. * Colin Sage, University College Cork, author of Environment and Food *With Tony Weis's powerful insights, we see that humanity's sudden, catastrophic shift to meat-centric farming and eating - killing us and our planet - is neither inevitable nor progress. We learn we have real choice. Packed with startling facts and framed in a compelling narrative, The Ecological Hoofprint is a mighty motivator. Bravo! * Frances Moore Lappé, author of Diet for a Small Planet and co-founder of The Small Planet Institute *A must read if you want to understand the scale, inefficiency, and wide-ranging impact of the rapid meatification of diets since the mid-twentieth century. The number of slaughtered animals, the author notes, has rocketed from 8 billion to 64 billion in fifty years. The dynamic driving this ecologically damaging change, rightly argues Tony Weis, is an industrial grain-oilseed-livestock complex driven by the demands of capitalism to seek new means of increasing returns, which involves totally reorganizing nature. * Geoff Tansey, co-author of The Food System - A Guide and member and trustee of The Food Ethics Council *Weis provides an intellectually compelling argument against the industrial farming of livestock. While recognizing that increasing meat consumption is often viewed favorably - as evidence of the globalization of the Western diet - he carefully details the costs for human health, the environment, and the industrially reared animals. Weis calls for an urgent reappraisal of factory farming as a first step in reducing the ecological hoofprint on planet meat. It's a great book! * Geoffrey Lawrence, The University of Queensland *In The Ecological Hoofprint Weis puts meat at the centre of global problems like climate change, poverty, workers' rights, and speciesism. Anyone seeking a just and sustainable world needs to consider his compelling argument that radical change must start by combating the meatification of the human diet. * Peter Singer, Princeton University, author of Animal Liberation *With the metaphor of the ecological hoofprint Tony Weis sounds a clear warning about the perils of the rising global consumption of meat. The powerful message of this book is that ascending the animal protein ladder is a formula for deepening social inequalities and compounding ecological risk. With compelling detail the author demonstrates that meatification is an inefficient and potentially catastrophic use of planetary resources. This didactic book provides an unforgettable perspective on the illusion of identifying animal protein consumption with modern progress. * Philip McMichael, Cornell University, author of Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective *Tony Weis has a mind that spans a multitude of disciplines, from philosophy to international political economy, from ecology to biology. In The Ecological Hoofprint, he brings these considerable skills to craft a concise, readable, and important reading of today's meatified world. It's an analysis that couldn't be more timely nor more urgent. * Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System *Table of ContentsIntroduction: meatification and why it matters 1. Contextualizing the hoofprint: global environmental change and inequality 2. The uneven geography of meat 3. The industrial grain-oilseed-livestock complex 4. Confronting the ecological hoofprint: towards a more sustainable, just, and humane world
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Simon & Schuster The Big Fix: Seven Practical Steps to Save Our
Book SynopsisA “smart, honest, and down-to-earth” (Elizabeth Kolbert) citizen’s guide to the seven urgent changes that will really make a difference for our climate. If you think the only thing you can do to combat climate change is to install a smart thermostat or cook plant-based meat, you’re thinking too small. In The Big Fix, energy policy advisor Hal Harvey and longtime New York Times reporter Justin Gillis offer a new, hopeful way to engage with one of the greatest problems of our age. Writing in a lively, accessible style, the pair illuminate how the really big decisions that affect our climate get made—whether by the most obscure public utilities commissions or in the lofty halls of state capitols—and reveal how each of us can influence these decisions to deliver change. The pair focus on the seven areas of our political economy where ambitious but practical changes will have the greatest effect: from what kind of power plants to build to how much insulation new houses require to how efficient cars must be before they’re allowed on the road. Equal parts pragmatic and inspiring—and “full of illustrative stories and compelling evidence” (Al Gore)—The Big Fix provides an action plan for anyone serious about holding our governments accountable and saving our threatened planet.Trade Review“Full of illustrative stories and compelling evidence, The Big Fix outlines an ambitious yet feasible guide for addressing the climate crisis. Business leaders, activists, and policymakers at all levels will find inspiration from the pragmatic approaches outlined in this book.” —Al Gore, chairman of The Climate Reality Project, chairman of Generation Investment Management, and former vice president of the United States “Smart, honest, and down-to-earth, The Big Fix addresses the crucial issue of our time: how citizens can compel action on climate change.” —Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction and Under a White Sky“Nobody grasps climate policy—and what can actually work—better than Hal Harvey. Nobody elucidates climate science better than Justin Gillis. Together, they offer a bold blueprint for saving a habitable Earth.” —John Doerr, chairman of venture capital film Kleiner Perkins and author of Speed & Scale“A truly comprehensive—and entirely comprehensible—guide to the things we can and must do to transform our use of energy. This book will be of great use to anyone who wants to participate in the greatest technological revolution in human history.” —Bill McKibben, a founder of grassroots climate-campaign group 350.org and author of The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon“[Harvey and] Gillis make fighting climate change feel a bit less intimidating in this down-to-earth look at ways the average citizen can make a difference… a useful guide for budding activists.” —Publishers Weekly
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University of Washington Press Ecologies of Empire in South Asia 14001900
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Arkbound Climate Adaptation: Accounts of Resilience,
Book SynopsisWhere is the world really heading, and what can we do about it? This book takes an unflinching look at climate change, drawing upon the latest data to analyse what the next decades hold in store. With atmospheric CO2 at unprecedented levels and insufficient action being taken to prevent a rise in temperatures above 2 degrees centigrade, we are not just looking at significant disruption but the possibility of societal collapse. For the first time ever, the magnitude of this challenge is faced head on, with avenues to truly address it presented. Case studies and models from over 18 authors around the world show ways that we can build adaptation and resilience, as well as what ‘zero emissions’ really mean. The book also provides a platform for those from a range of diverse backgrounds, whose unique experience and knowledge brings vital new perspectives. From those already feeling the impacts of climate change in the Global South to community leaders fighting to create real alternatives, we get a chance to understand the nuances and possibilities of the task ahead.Trade Review'With the expertise of sixteen authors worldwide, Climate Adaption presents something of a rarity: a way to move forward. While certainly not shying away from the serious nature of what awaits us, this book presents the strengths of developing our society in a resilient and diverse way.'- Chloe
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CABI Publishing Ecotourism: Principles and Practices
Book SynopsisEcotourism is a useful concept, but not a very well defined one; it has been debated in theory and attempted in practice for nearly two decades. Its key goal is to reduce the net environmental impact of the tourism industry, via mechanisms including minimal impact management measures, education, community involvement, private conservation, contributions to public protected areas, expansion of ecotourism enterprises and mainstreaming of ecotourism principles. Focussing on fundamental ecotourism concepts, this broad-based textbook provides a basis for studies into environment-based tourism. It covers key topics such as the management, economics and potential environmental impacts both positive and negative of this popular and growing sector. Written for tourism students and an ideal resource for undergraduate courses, Ecotourism: Principles and Practices will also interest industry practitioners and researchers.Table of Contents1: Concepts and Definitions 2: Related Sectors 3: Business 4: Products 5: Marketing 6: Economics 7: Environmental Management 8: Impacts 9: Conservation 10: Guiding, Education and Interpretation 11: Community 12: Access 13: Policy and Planning 14: Accounting 15: Conclusions
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Island Press Coming Home to the Pleistocene
Book SynopsisPaul Shepard was one of the most profound and original thinkers of our time. Seminal works like The Tender Carnivore and the Sacred Game, Thinking Animals, and Nature and Madness introduced readers to new and provocative ideas about humanity and its relationship to the natural world. Throughout his long and distinguished career, Shepard returned repeatedly to his guiding theme: that our essential human nature is a product of our genetic heritage, formed through thousands of years of evolution during the Pleistocene epoch, and that the current subversion of that Pleistocene heritage lies at the heart of today's ecological and social ills. Coming Home to the Pleistocene, published posthumously in 1998 and now available for the first time in paperback, provides the fullest summation of that theme and the clearest expression of his ideas. In bold, poetic language, Shepard asks us to counter the blind destruction of the earth's creatures and natural systems by drawing on primal wisdom embedded in our genomes and fine-tuned by hundreds of thousands of years of evolution. To do so, he assures us, is not regressive; we cannot avoid the inherent and essential demands of an ancient, repetitive pattern. In addition, the book explicitly addresses the fundamental question raised by Shepard's work - What can we do to recreate a life more in tune with our genetic roots? - and presents concrete suggestions for fostering the kinds of ecological settings and cultural practices that are optimal for human health and well-being.
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Watkins Media Limited The Joyful Environmentalist: How to Practise
Book Synopsis"This is the joy we need in our lives." – George Monbiot. "This book, practical and realistic as well as visionary, will keep that positive message before the reader’s eyes. Joy is after all one of the best motivations we can have for change." – Dr Rowan Williams. Finally! A book about saving our planet that is fast, funny and inspiring too. Written in short chapters for busy people, Isabel doesn’t bother with an examination of the problem but gets right on with the solutions. Her aim: to look for every single way we can take care of the planet; how we live and work, travel, shop, eat, drink, dress, vote, play, volunteer, bank – everything. And to do this wholeheartedly, energetically and joyfully. Beginning with losing her cool in a restaurant that will only provide plastic cutlery, Isabel journeys through native tree planting in the Highlands of Scotland, playing Samba drums with Extinction Rebellion, interviewing in person the people that supply her energy and food – through every solution she can find – until both narrator and reader are fully equipped to be part of the pollution solution. "She gave my spirit a lift and my feet somewhere to stand." – Sir Mark RylanceTrade Review"Told with humour and candour, The Joyful Environmentalist is a manifesto of brilliant advice offered with humility and good grace - it is a practical guide to empower us all." Isabella Tree ; "She gave my spirit a lift and my feet somewhere to stand." Mark Rylance ; "This book, practical and realistic as well as visionary, will keep that positive message before the reader's eyes. Joy is after all one of the best motivations we can have for change." Dr Rowan Williams ; "This is the joy we need in our lives, cutting through the despair to help us find our way in the world." George Monbiot ;
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HarperCollins Publishers All Through the Night
Book SynopsisBest New Books on Space 2024 – Forbes ‘Rarely is a non-fiction book about science this engaging’ – Forbes Trade Review'A heartfelt, necessary and very enjoyable book.'Tristan Gooley, author of The Secret World of Weather 'A hymn of praise to darkness and the unfathomable wonder of a true night sky, this book is also an urgent call to arms. As Dani Robertson shows, our health, and that of the planet around us, is inextricably linked with the power of the dark. We are losing it at great speed, and to our great peril. Read the book, look up in awe, and act.'Mike Parker, author of All the Wide Border 'Discreet, glowing insights throw gentle but piercing light onto what we are doing to what Dani Roberston calls one of the most endangered landscapes on Earth – the night sky'Mary Colwell, author of Curlew Moon 'Woven through All Through the Night is a wonderful story of what natural darkness means to Dani. Her story is more than an anecdote, it's a powerful recounting of what is lost when the night burns like day, and the simple steps we can all take to reclaim natural darkness to benefit us all'Ruskin Hartley, Executive Director at International Dark-Sky Association 'Passion and urgency lie beneath poetic and whimsically written passages'Sky at Night Magazine 'Dani Robertson is a fine writer – lyrical and eloquent in extolling the beauty of our world – especially the dark starry sky … her book is more than a memoir; it’s filled with episodes enlivening her theme with history, science and topography, and with individual biographies. All through the Night is fascinating and inspiring – it deserves wide readership'Lord Martin Rees ‘An utterly illuminating book that will open your eyes to an overlooked world in deep peril. Dani makes a compelling case for just how urgently we need to reform our relationship with darkness. Everyone interested in nature will find surprise, intrigue and awe on every page.’Nicholas Gates, co-author of Orchard: A Year in England’s Eden
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd RHS Your Wellbeing Garden
Book SynopsisYour garden could be even better for you.Discover...How certain plants can form a barrier against air and noise pollutionWhich birdsong alleviates anxietyHow plants can help to save energyWhy green is so good for usLearn how connecting with nature can reduce stress and improve wellbeing. You don''t even need a garden - even a balcony or houseplants can help to boost your mood. Every recommendation is backed by scientific research, drawn together by the team of RHS scientists and experts. Favourite garden designer at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show Matt Keightley then suggests how to translate the science into ideas for your green space.With this groundbreaking book, find out how, in sometimes very simple ways, you can create an outdoor space that nourishes your mind and body, and is good for our planet too.Trade ReviewRHS Your Wellbeing Garden helps break down each element of how to build a healing, nourishing garden and sustainable garden to allow people to revel in nature while having the environment's best interests at heart * Coast *
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Cambridge University Press Global Energy Assessment Toward a Sustainable Future
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Cambridge University Press Environmental Disasters Natural Recovery and Human Responses
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Cambridge University Press International Trade Regulation and the Mitigation of Climate Change
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Cambridge University Press Environmental Management
Book SynopsisThis contemporary textbook and manual for aspiring or new environmental managers provides the theory and practical examples needed to understand current environmental issues and trends. Each chapter explains the specific skills and concepts needed for today''s successful environmental manager, and provides skill development exercises that allow students to relate theory to practice in the profession. Readers will obtain an understanding not only of the field, but also of how professional accountability, evolving science, social equity, and politics affect their work. This foundational textbook provides the scaffolds to allow students to understand the environmental regulatory infrastructure, and how to create partnerships to solve environmental problems ethically and implement successful environmental programs.Trade Review'As a natural resource manager and professional, the book, while environmental management focused, is still relevant, as many of the trends and discussions occur in my world the same as they appear in the environmental management sphere. It's a great book for being able to begin to understand the ever changing and evolving world of environmental management, and I'm glad Professor Lame and Dr. Marcantonio wrote this book to keep the material relevant.' Ben Weise, Contra Costa Resources Conservation District'Environmental Management offers sage advice, grounded in practical realities, for ethical and effective management of pollution and natural resource problems. Lame and Marcantonio have written a fantastic textbook, filled with real-world examples and concrete lessons, that instructors will find valuable for training future environmental leaders.' David Konisky, Indiana University'Bill Gates believes that environmental issues - climate disruption, in particular - are the most important issues facing companies, and thus the managers running them. Environmental Management: Concepts and Practical Skills is an extremely timely book addressing the challenges that executives will face in the decades to come. It is useful to college professors, students, and practitioners in their careers.' Jeff Anstine, North Central College'In an era when environmental management is often clouded by partisan politics and rhetoric, this book is a breath of fresh air teaching the next generation how to manage for the environment.' Rosemary O'Leary, University of Kansas'The textbook is full of insightful details, from emphasizing that environmental management is managing both people and nature, to highlighting the importance of understanding the scale, effect, and history of an issue at hand, and using past knowledge to inform decisions while anticipating future conditions. It challenges prospective and seasoned environmental managers with tough but necessary questions, evaluating your effectiveness and inclusion of equitable practices.' Brian Watts, Flood-Prepared Communities initiative, The Pew Charitable TrustsTable of ContentsFigures; Real-world examples, author's notes, and interviews from the field; Preface; 1. Introduction to environmental management; 2. Roles of the environmental manager in a tri-sectoral world; 3. Issues and legal trends that impact your environmental management; 4. Environmental regulation; 5. Navigating the environmental regulatory infrastructure; 6. Ethical environmental management and communication; 7. It begins with a plan. Strategic planning and diffusion of innovations; 8. Managing for compliance & performance. 'Driving between the ditches'; 9. Managing the experts; 10. Managing others to do your job. Contracting; 11. Understanding and influencing policy for better environmental management; 12. Looking forward; Case study. The case of implementing a pollution prevention program to reduce the risks of pests and pesticides in children; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Global Warming of 1.5C
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Cambridge University Press Global Energy Assessment
Book SynopsisIndependent, scientifically based, integrated, policy-relevant analysis of current and emerging energy issues for specialists and policymakers in academia, industry, government.Trade Review'This book comprehensively reviews energy production and use and places significant emphasis on social value, environmental impacts, economics, and sustainability. A state-of-the-art assessment of the science of energy, well illustrated with figures and tables, it explores 40 pathways that meet several social and environmental goals, including worldwide access to modern energy services … This book offers great content for a wide audience because of the central role of energy throughout the world … Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.' L. E. Erickson, ChoiceTable of ContentsForeword; Preface; Key findings; Summary for policy makers; Technical summary; 1. Energy primer; 2. Energy, poverty, and development; 3. Energy and environment; 4. Energy and health; 5. Energy and security; 6. Energy and economy; 7. Energy resources and potentials; 8. Energy end-use: industry; 9. Energy end-use: transport; 10. Energy end-use: buildings; 11. Renewable energy; 12. Fossil energy; 13. Carbon capture and storage; 14. Nuclear energy; 15. Energy supply systems; 16. Transitions in energy systems; 17. Energy pathways for sustainable development; 18. Urban energy systems; 19. Energy access for development; 20. Land and water: linkages to bioenergy; 21. Lifestyles, well-being and energy; 22. Policies for energy system transformations: objectives and instruments; 23. Policies for energy access; 24. Policies for the Energy Technology Innovation System (ETIS); 25. Policies for capacity development; Annex I. Acronyms, abbreviations and chemical symbols; Annex II. Technical guidelines; Annex III. Contributors to the Global Energy Assessment; Annex IV. Reviewers of the Global Energy Assessment; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Living with Disasters
Book SynopsisThis book is a critical account of the disconnected nature of governance, conservation and livelihood initiatives in the Indian Sundarbans. It juxtaposes the vulnerable lives and frequently displaced existence of the islanders against the dominant strategies of conservation and development followed by the state.Table of ContentsMaps and illustrations; Tables and charts; Glossary; Acronyms; Acknowledgements; Note on transliteration; 1. Introduction; 2. From wasteland to wonderland: the making of a heritage site; 3. Governing the Sundarbans embankments today: between policies and practices; 4. Treading a fine path between river and land: livelihoods around embankments; 5. Beldars, embankments and governance: question of Aboriginality revisited; 6. Catching prawns, endangering embankments: sustainability-unsustainability rhetoric; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Conservation Politics
Book SynopsisWhilst the science of conservation biology is thriving as a discipline, ultimately global conservation is failing. Why, when the majority of people say they value nature and its protection? David Johns argues that the loss of species and healthy ecosystems is best understood as human imposition of a colonial relationship on the non-human world - one of exploitation and domination. Global institutions benefit from transforming nature into commodities, and conservation is a low priority. This book places political issues at the forefront, and tackles critical questions of conservation efficacy. It considers the role of effective influence on decision making, key policy changes to reduce human footprint, and the centrality of culture in mobilising support. It draws on political lessons from successful social movements, including human anti-colonial struggles, to provide conservation biologists and practitioners in scientific and social science disciplines and NGOs with the tools and widerTrade Review'Bruce Babbit, when he was Secretary of the Interior, was fond of saying to conservationists, 'Don't expect me to do the right thing, make me do it'. Conservationists made impressive strides after Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring', by relying on passion and persuasion, but little progress has been made since the 1970s, as corporate opposition has coalesced into a powerful counter-movement. Meanwhile, with shrinking opportunities for habitat protection and the looming specter of climate change, the need for further progress is greater than ever. David Johns, a political scientist with a deep interest in popular movements, makes the case that conservation will only return to the forefront of the nation's agenda when citizens mobilize into a vigorous movement with the energy to elect advocates to positions of political power. His new book offers deep insights into how to achieve this goal.' John W. Terborgh, Duke University, North Carolina'The scientific case has been made. Poets have spoken with deep feeling. Now comes the hard part. In this well-written and very timely book, David Johns lays out the practical, political steps required to save the rest of life on Earth, and ultimately ourselves.' Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University, Massachusetts'We the people must accept that any conservation activity of worth must be a political act. This is a simple but not a small idea. The insults foisted upon Mother Earth are so pervasive, that nothing less than the world's greatest collective action will suffice as redress. Politics is the only scheme that can organize and advance such action. David Johns writes clearly to this end from the hard ground of history and science. His book is a call to arms to use politics to promote peace, prosperity, and justice for all life. Let's hope that we the people heed the call. Every future depends on it.' Mike Phillips, Turner Endangered Species Fund, US'David Johns has done it again! The author of A New Conservation Politics brings his wide knowledge of the conservation movement and other social movements to provide practical insights on how to make conservation more effective. This book fills a critical gap in the conservation literature by explaining how to overcome the political obstacles to conservation. For those who care about the extinction crisis he offers a path to action beyond business-as-usual. In the end, conservation is too complex to leave it to scientists, and much too important to leave it to politicians. He combines both worlds into a powerful mix.' Ignacio Jiménez Pérez, The Conservation Land Trust, Argentina'In the 30 years I've worked with Dave Johns for things wild and free, I've seen him become a leading activist on the visionary cutting edge of rewilding and also as our deepest thinker on effective activism. Witness his latest book.' Dave Foreman, Earth First!, USTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. The Problem: 1. The tragedy of political failure; 2. Like it or not, politics is the solution; Part II. Getting the Questions Right: 3. Ten questions for conservation politics; 4. Adapting society to the wild; 5. Striking at the roots; 6. Domination and the intractability of energy problems; Part III. Taking the Offensive: 7. Turning the tide; 8. Lessons from large scale conservation; 9. Doing large-scale restoration; 10. The other connectivity; 11. The special challenge of marine conservation; 12. The biological sciences and conservation; Part IV. Culture Change: 13. Conservation, George Orwell and language; 14. Restoring story and myth; 15. Conservation's moral imperative; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Living in a Dangerous Climate Climate Change and Human Evolution
Book SynopsisLiving in a Dangerous Climate provides a journey through human and Earth history, showing how a changing climate has affected human evolution and society. Is it possible for humanity to evolve quickly, or is slow, gradual, genetic evolution the only way we change? Why did all other Homo species go extinct while Homo sapiens became dominant? How did agriculture, domestication and the use of fossil fuels affect humanity's growing dominance? Do today's dominant societies - devoted as they are to Darwinism and 'survival of the fittest' - contribute to our current failure to meet the hazards of a dangerous climate? Unique and thought provoking, the book links scientific knowledge and perspectives of evolution, climate change and economics in a way that is accessible and exciting for the general reader. The book is also valuable for courses on climate change, human evolution and environmental science.Trade Review'… a wide-ranging book with high ambitions … excellent read for the general reader …' Miriam Belmaker, Reports of the National Center for Science Education'… a very informative and readable tour through the history of humankind and its relations to the climates …' Natural Hazards Observer'Ethnobiologists, especially those concerned with the role of environmental interactions in the history of human evolution and the development of farming, will find this book useful. In particular, the synthesis of recent research is especially enjoyable, and supported by an extensive bibliography and informative endnotes. The book also stands as an important example of how palaeoanthropological and ethnobiological perspectives can be brought to bear on the question of what to do about surviving climate change.' Ethnobiology LettersTable of ContentsPart I. Earth's Climate: Impacts on Habitat and Humans: 1. Putting our emergent house in order; Part II. The Evolution of the Homo Species: 2. The cradle of humankind; 3. The Neanderthal enigma; 4. The end of Homo diversity; Part III. Climate and Human Migration: 5. Climate and human migration; 6. Braving the new world; Part IV. Climate and Agriculture: 7. Agriculture and the rise of civilization; 8. The Maya civilization and beyond; Part V. The Dominant Paradigm: 9. Dominance destabilized; 10. Fitness folly; 11. Darwin the selector; 12. Hunting down Woody; 13. Kammerer's suicide; 14. Giants and pygmies; 15. Dutch hunger winter babies; Part VI. Today and Tomorrow: 16. Today and tomorrow; 17. Dead zones; Part VII. The Economic Connection: 18. The economic connection; 19. The progress of dominance; Part VIII. Dangerous Attitudes: 20. Dangerous attitudes; 21. Helpful strangers; 22. Triumphant oblivion; Part IX. Living in Dangerous Times: 23. Our children; 24. Living in a dangerous climate.
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Cambridge University Press Climate Change and the Contemporary Novel
Book SynopsisClimate change is becoming a major theme in the contemporary novel, as authors reflect concerns in wider society. Given the urgency and enormity of the problem, can literature (and the emotional response it provokes) play a role in answering the complex ethical issues that arise because of climate change? This book shows that conventional fictional techniques should not be disregarded as inadequate to the demands of climate change; rather, fiction has the potential to challenge us, emotionally and ethically, to reconsider our relationship to the future. Adeline Johns-Putra focuses on the dominant theme of intergenerational ethics in the contemporary novel: that is, the idea of our obligation to future generations as a basis for environmental action. Rather than simply framing parenthood and posterity in sentimental terms, the climate change novel uses their emotional appeal to critique their anthropocentricism and identity politics, offering radical alternatives instead.Trade Review'… nuanced, solidly researched, well-argued, and methodically sound – indeed, methodologically innovative in its well-developed and sustained eudaimonistic framework … [Climate Change And The Contemporary Novel] will make significant contributions to the fields of environmental ethics, environmental literary criticism, ecofeminism, narrative ethics, and climate change studies, perhaps most importantly in showing these fields the benefits of cross-dialogue.' Cheryl Lousley, University of Edinburgh'Climate change is not simply one more topic to be taken up by novelists. As Johns-Putra argues so powerfully, climate change at once demands new modes of thinking about time and agency, at the same time as it brings to the fore what has always marked the novel: the problem of finding meaning in the various ends (and endings) that direct and interrupt life. This book is essential and enjoyable reading for anyone interested in how we might imagine the world in the wake of the Anthropocene.' Claire Colebrook, Pennsylvania State UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The ethics of posterity and the climate change novel; 2. The limits of parental care ethics: Cormac McCarthy's The Road and Maggie Gee's The Ice People; 3. Overpopulation and motherhood environmentalism: Edan Lepucki's California and Liz Jensen's The Road; 4. Identity, ethical agency, and radical posterity: Jeanette Winterson's The Stone Gods and Sarah Hall's The Carhullan Army; 5. Science, utopianism, and ecocentric posterity: Kim Stanley Robinson's 'Science in the Capital' and Barbara Kingsolver's Flight Behaviour; Conclusion: the sense of no ending.
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Cambridge University Press Ecosystem Collapse and Recovery
Book SynopsisThere is a growing concern that many important ecosystems, such as coral reefs and tropical rain forests, might be at risk of sudden collapse as a result of human disturbance. At the same time, efforts to support the recovery of degraded ecosystems are increasing, through approaches such as ecological restoration and rewilding. Given the dependence of human livelihoods on the multiple benefits provided by ecosystems, there is an urgent need to understand the situations under which ecosystem collapse can occur, and how ecosystem recovery can best be supported. To help develop this understanding, this volume provides the first scientific account of the ecological mechanisms associated with the collapse of ecosystems and their subsequent recovery. After providing an overview of relevant theory, the text evaluates these ideas in the light of available empirical evidence, by profiling case studies drawn from both contemporary and prehistoric ecosystems. Implications for conservation policy Trade Review'… the book is written by integrating viewpoints from a variety of disciplines, among them that of theoretical ecology and of conservation biology ... What is particularly helpful in the structure of the book are the conclusions at the end of each chapter and a series of tables that aim to summarise and highlight ideas, conclusions and propositions … it references classical ecological work that is a springboard for the subject, … [and] provides some historical background on scientific debates… it also contains anecdotes of the author's personal experience and opinions (always well-balanced and undogmatic). … there are as many questions as answers provided in the book that would interest the general reader as well as the most experienced researcher in the field.' Vasilis Dakos, African Journal of Range & Forage ScienceTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Ecological Theory; 3. Case Studies from Prehistory; 4. Contemporary Case Studies; 5. Synthesis; 6. Conclusions.
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Cambridge University Press Poaching and Militancy
Book SynopsisThe Asian elephant is an endangered species due to its relentless poaching mainly for ivory. However, unlike the African elephant whose both males and females are tusk bearers, in Asian elephants only males bear tusk. This has resulted in their selective killing and has not only led to an alarming fall in their number but impacted the sex-ratio. This book critically examines this problem and addresses the issue of human-elephant conflict. It studies the four elephant zones of the country with specific focus on Odisha, which is home to a large population of elephants in the central Indian zone. It also ponders on the possibility of the existence of a well-developed network supporting organized poaching and armed militancy, which applies to the central African countries as well.Table of ContentsList of photographic plates; List of bars, pie charts, and maps; Preface; 1. The Asian elephant; 2. Human–elephant conflict; 3. Elephant under siege; 4. Poaching and militancy; 5. Future of the Asian elephant; Bibliography; Index.
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