Environmental Conservation & Protection

Land is a finite resource and is the basis for 90 per cent of all human food, livestock feed, fibre, and fuel - and we are running out of it. Even worse, large amounts are degraded with only a third showing no signs of degradation, and a quarter being...

Life with Birds uncovers the fascinating story of our interdependence with birds. The author weaves an amazing web of inter-relationships, from the Parsi funeral in Mumbai where birds of prey eat the dead; to collecting eider down from nests in Iceland...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845401696Author Adrian C. ArmstrongFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint SocietasPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 200g

Fighting Dirty tells the story of how one small group of farmers, small-town residents, and Indigenous people fought the world's largest waste disposal company to stop them from expanding a local dumpsite into a massive land fill. As one of the experts...

Within a generation, the wilderness of Zululand, with its spectacular array of mammals, birds and plants, came near to extinction. This is the saga of that decline and of the heroic and successful attempt, through establishing game reserves and enforcing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683340393Author Nick PennimanFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint Pineapple Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 553g

The surface of dry or wet asphalt roads reflect partially linearly polarised light, the degree of linear polarisation of which depends on the darkness and roughness of asphalt: the darker and/or the smoother the asphalt, the higher the p of light...

The biblical story of Noah's Ark has a humanitarian and educational purpose. It is there to teach us that we should show respect to mother earth by protecting all species on the planet from disaster that may lead to their extinction. One of the key...

This book presents current research in the study of biodiversity conservation. Topics discussed include agricultural land-use in forest frontier areas; utilization of bovids in traditional folk medicine and their implications for conservation;...

Anurans (frogs and toads) worldwide are threatened by habitat loss, emerging infectious diseases, overexploitation, pollution, climatic change and introduction of exotic species. As a result of human activities, some anurans have actually increased their...

With contributions by leading demographers, environmentalists, and reproductive health advocates, "A Pivotal Moment" offers a new perspective on the complex connection between population dynamics and environmental quality. It presents the...

What's the connection between a plate of king prawns at your local restaurant and murdered fishermen in Honduras, impoverished women in Ecuador, and disastrous hurricanes along America's Gulf coast? Mangroves. Many people have never heard of these...

"The Endangered Species Act at Thirty" is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary review of issues surrounding the Endangered Species Act, with a specific focus on the act's actual implementation record over the past thirty years. The result of a unique,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583671788Author John Bellamy FosterFormat HardbackPage Count 328Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551643052Author Dr Peter G BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 221Imprint Black Rose BooksPublisher Black Rose BooksWeight(grams) 513g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551640808Author Laurie E. AdkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Black Rose BooksPublisher Black Rose Books

This compilation opens by examining earlier investigations of the oil drops dynamics in the marine environment, including the influence of their buoyancy and the dissolution of gases contained inside crude oil. Modelling these processes presents...

Historic Rocky Mountain National Park captures fascinating moments and untold stories in the history of this magnificent national park, from the days when Paleo-Indians roamed between the mountain peaks to the settlement of the valleys by ranchers and...

Australia is the custodian of a diverse range of continental and oceanic islands. From Heard and Macquarie in the sub-Antarctic, to temperate Lord Howe and Norfolk, to the tropical Cocos (Keeling) and the islands of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia's...

To capture the diversity within environmentalism, this dictionary takes a global tack with a focus on ideas, events, institutions, initiatives, and green movements since the 1960s. It strives to avoid a common error in many histories of environmentalism:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Co-winner of the 2002 C. Wright Mills Award, presented by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) 2002.Book InformationISBN 9780262661874Author David...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606391051Author Jim PozewitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Riverbend PublishingPublisher Riverbend PublishingWeight(grams) 363g

An exploration of bottled water's impact on social justice and sustainability, and how diverse movements are fighting back. In just four decades, bottled water has transformed from a luxury niche item into a ubiquitous consumer product, representing a...

An exploration of bottled water's impact on social justice and sustainability, and how diverse movements are fighting back. In just four decades, bottled water has transformed from a luxury niche item into a ubiquitous consumer product, representing a...

What does it mean to reckon with a contaminated world? In Unmaking the Bomb, Shannon Cram considers the complex social politics of this question and the regulatory infrastructures designed to answer it. Blending history, ethnography, and memoir, she...

In the pursuit of socialism, Cuba became Latin America's most oil-dependent economy. When the Soviet Union collapsed, the country lost 86 percent of its crude oil supplies, resulting in a severe energy crisis. In the face of this shock, Cuba started to...

In the Shadow of the Seawall journeys to the low-lying lands of Guyana and the Maldives to grapple with the existential dilemma of seawalls alongside struggles to resist displacement. With the gathering momentum of ocean instability wrought by centuries...

The Department of Defense (DOD) collects information on how Energy Conservation Investment Program (ECIP) projects are expected to perform when operational, including anticipated returns on investment and energy or water savings. DOD established ECIP,...

The relationships between humans and aquatic mammals in the Neotropics has been important since archaic times in the American continent, but also varied across time and space, a fact taken on by this publication. In this book, the chapters were written...

Steppe ecosystems refers to a biome region characterised by grassland plains without trees apart from those near rivers and lakes. This book presents topical research data in the study of steppe ecosystems, including hydrological conditions of soils and...

Rise & Decline of Public Interest in Global Warming - Toward a Pragmatic Conception of Environmental ProblemsBook InformationISBN 9781560729112Author Jerry L. WilliamsFormat HardbackPage Count 95Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova...

The first practical guide to alleviating an increasingly prevalent environmental concern How smart lighting can save energy costs and improve safety around the home, along the streets, and in public places--all while helping to preserve the night sky...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783700165712Author Axel BorsdorfFormat PaperbackPage Count 251Imprint Austrian Academy of Sciences PressPublisher Austrian Academy of Sciences...

More than a century after the birth of Rachel Carson, the world faces a new environmental disaster, from a chemical similar to DDT. This time the culprit appears to be IMD, or imidacloprid, a relatively new but widely used insecticide in the United...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570983955Author Judith L. MeyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Roberts Rinehart PublishersPublisher Roberts Rinehart PublishersWeight(grams) 685g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578264032Author Norman NadeauFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Hatherleigh Press,U.S.Publisher Hatherleigh Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 312g

The best-selling conservation classic, completely expanded, revised, and updated David Morine was a briefcase conservationist specializing in human nature. During his fifteen years in charge of land acquisition for The Nature Conservancy, Morine helped...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783700171539Author Axel BorsdorfFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Austrian Academy of Sciences PressPublisher Austrian Academy of Sciences...

WINNER OF THE 2021 DELMOS JONES AND JAGNA SHARFF MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR THE CRITICAL STUDY OF NORTH AMERICA! Uncovers the hidden costs and contradictions of sustainable policies in an era driven by real estate development From state-of-the-art parks to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438475646Author Ezra B. W. ZubrowFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...