Environmental Conservation & Protection

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781039158757Author Thomas HudsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint FriesenPressPublisher FriesenPressWeight(grams) 372g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578422282Author Donald L CoanFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Src PublishingPublisher Src PublishingWeight(grams) 730g

"The National Environmental Policy Act has grown more, not less, important in the decades since its enactment. No one knows more about NEPA than Lynton Caldwell. And no one has a clearer vision of its relevance to our future. Highly recommended...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998584331Author Adeniyi a AfonjaFormat PaperbackPage Count 406Imprint ChudacePublisher ChudaceWeight(grams) 699g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806169170Author Daniel TylerFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint University of Oklahoma PressPublisher University of Oklahoma Press

"This engaged and vital edited volume brings together the varied viewpoints of academics, consultants and activists all concerned with the astonishing expansion of palm oil as a globally traded commodity. It reveals how this complex, contested and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999368046Author Trent AltmanFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Titles Supplied/Distributed by Scholastic AustraliPublisher Scholastic Australia

Of all law enforcement officers, game wardens inspire the most awe in the mind of the public. Working day and night, often in challenging terrain and bad weather, game wardens typically operate alone in remote areas and must understand the natural...

In the southwestern corner of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, on the border between Arizona and Mexico, one finds Quitobaquito, the second-largest oasis in the Sonoran Desert. There, with some effort, one might also find remnants of once-thriving...

The book examines how to increase synergies between socioeconomic development goals, climate change policies, and digital technologies, offering guidance on how government institutions and private organizations in the digital field can catalyze green...

Countering the conventional narrative that Florida’s tourism industry suffered during the Great Depression, this book shows that the 1930s were, in reality, the starting point for much that characterizes modern Florida’s tourism. David Nelson argues that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998604237Author Guy MuellerFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint Little Sticks PublishingPublisher Little Sticks PublishingWeight(grams) 567g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087874807Author David CarleFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Indy PubPublisher Indy PubWeight(grams) 499g

Sally Sierer Bethea was one of the first women in America to become a "riverkeeper"—a vocal defender of a specific waterway who holds polluters accountable. In Keeping the Chattahoochee, she tells stories that range from joyous and funny to...

Situated among the North Cascade Mountains of Washington State, in the Glacier Peak Wilderness Area, Miners Ridge contains vast quantities of copper. Kennecott Copper Corporation's plan to develop an open-pit mine there was, when announced in 1966, the...

"Provides a powerful and sophisticated analysis of how environmental movements influence politics in Asia, and how politics influences movements." - John S. Dryzek, Centenary Professor at the University of CanberraAbout the AuthorPaul Jobin is Associate...

Using the lens of environmental history, William D. Bryan provides a sweeping reinterpretation of the post - Civil War South by framing the New South as a struggle over environmental stewardship. For more than six decades, scholars have caricatured...

The very ancient Eastern forest of North America is characterized by an extraordinary variety of plants, animals, and human communities. Barry M. Buxton refers to this diverse area as the Great Forest in his book A Great Forest: An Appalachian Story,...

On January 9th 2014, residents across Charleston, West Virginia, awoke to an unusual liquorice smell in the air and a similar taste in the public drinking water. That evening residents were informed that the tap water in tens of thousands of homes,...

"Sustainability science addresses the central challenge facing global society of how to reduce poverty and meet demands of a large human population desiring a good life while simultaneously maintaining the environment that provides the life support...

In the southwestern corner of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, on the border between Arizona and Mexico, one finds Quitobaquito, the second-largest oasis in the Sonoran Desert. There, with some effort, one might also find remnants of once-thriving...

It is the largest landholder in America, overseeing nearly an eighth of the country: 258 million acres located almost exclusively west of the Mississippi River, with even twice as much below the surface. Its domain embraces wildlife and wilderness,...

Thoroughly researched and finely crafted, "After the Grizzly" traces the history of endangered species and habitat in California, from the time of the Gold Rush to the present. Peter S. Alagona shows how scientists and conservationists came to...

A tiny organism called pollen pulls off one of nature’s key tasks: plant reproduction. Pollination involves a complex network of different species interacting with one another and mutually adapting to their ecosystems, which are constantly changing.Some...

Humanity is confronted with an alarming number of environmental problems that seem to grow worse by the day. We hear a steady stream of news reports about climate change, water shortages, and rampant deforestation. We learn of toxic chemicals in our food...

After a near-fatal stroke and a separation, amidst a global pandemic, Rick Van Noy decided to go for a paddle. In Borne by the River, he charts the story of discovery, and healing that came from this solo canoe journey. Paddling two hundred miles on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781039134355Author Jim KinghamFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint FriesenPressPublisher FriesenPressWeight(grams) 594g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781039134348Author Jim KinghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint FriesenPressPublisher FriesenPressWeight(grams) 381g

Water scarcity is increasingly becoming a threat to water security in different countries or areas of East Asia, driven by water over-withdrawal and pollution, and aggravated by climate change and variability. The `Green Water Defense in East Asia'...

It is widely understood that the burdens of ecological destruction are borne disproportionately by working-class and poor communities, both through illness and disease caused by pollutants and through the depletion of natural resources from which they...

This book addresses urban ecology, green technology, problems with climate change prediction, groundwater contamination, invasive species and many others topics, and offers a guardedly optimistic interpretation of humanity's place in nature and our...

Agriculture is one of the most climate-sensitive of all economic sectors. Georgia is one of the many countries where the majority of the rural population depends on agriculture - directly or indirectly - for their livelihood. Further, changes in climate...

Agriculture is one of the most climate-sensitive of all economic sectors. Armenia is one of the many countries where the majority of the rural population depends on agriculture - directly or indirectly - for their livelihood. Further, changes in climate...

THE CONVERGING WORLD tells the incredible story of one community's attempt to change their world for the better. Faced with the challenge of making the English village of Chew Magna a 'zero waste' society, Pontin developed a groundbreaking non-profit...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780520243590Author Anthony HuxleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint University of California PressPublisher University of California PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996119900Author Glenn PascallFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Sierra Club Angeles ChapterPublisher Sierra Club Angeles ChapterWeight(grams) 358g

Current patterns of land use and development are at once socially, economically, and environmentally destructive. Sprawling low-density development literally devours natural landscapes while breeding a pervasive sense of social isolation and exacerbating...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994329059Author Steve CarlssonFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Etext PressPublisher Etext PressWeight(grams) 476g