Environmental Conservation & Protection

Using Shakespeare's play ""The Tempest"" and its characters Prospero and Caliban as structural metaphors representing the master-slave relationship between humans and chimpanzees, authors Dale Peterson and Jane Goodall collaborate in this exploration of...

Indoor Air Quality: The Latest Sampling and Analytical Methods, Third Edition is a practical, user-friendly guide to the identification and assessment of the indoor air contaminants that contribute to building-related illness in commercial buildings,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771602501Author Rob WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Rocky Mountain BooksPublisher Rocky Mountain Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578266708Author Sean K. SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Hatherleigh Press,U.S.Publisher Hatherleigh Press,U.S.

Urban biodiversity is an increasingly popular topic among researchers. Worldwide, thousands of research projects are unravelling how urbanisation impacts the biodiversity of cities and towns, as well as its benefits for people and the environment through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250256850Author Bill McKibbenFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Holt McDougalPublisher Holt McDougalWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm *...

Recent analyses have shown that about a quarter of all mammal species are threatened with extinction. At the same time, the conservation movement is moving rapidly away from a traditional 'protectionist' approach to nature to a more integrated view of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789789483549Author Olabinjo Clement AdeofunFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Benard a OmoyeniPublisher Benard a OmoyeniWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm)...

This is the newest edition of The Worldwatch Institute's respected State of the World series that highlights the ignored threats to sustainability. We think we understand environmental damage: pollution, water scarcity, a warming world. But these...

An examination of how Western visions of endless future growth have contributed to the global environmental crisis "This book does something that is worth doing and that no other scholarly book I know of comes close to doing: tracing the history of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807081419Author Michelle BambergerFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm...

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Written to be accessible to any college-level reader, "Protecting Life on Earth" offers a non-technical, yet comprehensive introduction to the growing field of conservation science. This multifaceted exploration of our current biodiversity...

Food is fundamental to life. The way we produce it is the most pressing issue of our times. In recent years, several family-run farms in the downlands of West Dorset have decided to radically change their approach to working the land. When the artist...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807085356Author Stephanie MillsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 354g

The use of wildlife for food and other human needs poses one of the greatest threats to the conservation of biodiversity. Wildlife exploitation is also critically important to many people from a variety of cultures for subsistence and commerce. This book...

This 1999 synthesis summarises the international research effort in the Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (GCTE) Core Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme. Five major thematic areas are covered: ecosystem physiology;...

One of the biggest threats to the survival of many plant and animal species is the destruction or fragmentation of their natural habitats. The conservation of landscape connections, where animals, plants, and ecological processes can move freely from one...

The establishment of ecological networks in Europe and greenways in America has required some of the most advanced applications of the principles of landscape ecology to land use planning. This book provides a thorough overview of recent developments in...

The state of ecosystems, biological communities and species are continuously changing as a result of both natural processes and the activities of humans. In order to detect and understand these changes, effective ecological monitoring programmes are...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999527825Author Miles C JohnFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Chuckanut EditionsPublisher Chuckanut EditionsWeight(grams) 345g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999150726Author Dr Andreas Tertey GbolooFormat PaperbackPage Count 394Imprint MindStir MediaPublisher MindStir MediaWeight(grams) 912g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807000984Author Tom Montgomery FateFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780530003979Author Maria SepulvedaFormat HardbackPage Count 282Imprint Dissertation Discovery CompanyPublisher Dissertation Discovery CompanyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780530003962Author Maria SepulvedaFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Dissertation Discovery CompanyPublisher Dissertation Discovery CompanyWeight(grams)...

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Forests are extraordinary in their contribution to the basic human need for environmental stability and security, as well as in their contribution to the livelihood of many. The World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development (WCFSD), through its...

The maintenance of the earth's biological diversity is widely seen as both necessary for ecosystem integrity and aesthetically desirable. This book focuses on how biodiversity can be maintained in forested ecosystems, particularly in those forests that...

As evidence for the rapid loss of biological diversity strengthens, there is widespread recognition of the need to identify priorities and techniques for conservation action that will reverse the trend. Much progress has been made in the development of...

From Coastal Wilderness to Fruited Plain is an account of the making of a large part of the American landscape following European settlement. Drawing upon land survey records and early travellers' accounts, Dr Whitney reconstructs the 'virgin' forests...

Biogeography is an increasingly important area for ecology, dynamic biogeography being the study of biological patterns and processes on a broad scale both geographically and temporally. Dynamic Biogeography opens with a survey of the different...

The Hudson River Estuary is a comprehensive look at the physical, chemical, biological and environmental management issues that are important to our understanding of the Hudson River. Chapters cover the entire range of fields necessary to understanding...

This 1977 book analyses and describes the range of variation in the wild flora and fauna of Britain and identifies important sites that exemplify this rich heritage. These key sites were chosen to represent all the main types of natural and semi-natural...

What are the challenges involved in protecting biodiversity in tropical terrestrial and coastal ecosystems? What practical lessons can be learned from conservation projects? And what are the procedures and attitudes of governments, NGOs, donor agencies,...

This book shows that Holocene human ecosystems are complex adaptive systems in which humans interacted with their environment in a nested series of spatial and temporal scales. Using panarchy theory, it integrates paleoecological and archaeological...

Macquarie Island, a speck of land rising from the Southern Ocean about 1,000 km south-east of Tasmania, is a wild and beautiful place. Declared a nature reserve in 1933, the island is of immense scientific interest, providing scientists with an...

This book shows that Holocene human ecosystems are complex adaptive systems in which humans interacted with their environment in a nested series of spatial and temporal scales. Using panarchy theory, it integrates paleoecological and archaeological...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780464081746Author John MuirFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 354g