Conservation of the environment books

How the misguided policy of reducing livestock on the Navajo reservation in the 1930s is still felt today by the...  Read More >>

The Vegetarian Imperative will make you rethink what you eat-and help you save the planet.  Read More >>

Explains how a city with a high 'urban energy metabolism' - that is, a city that needs large amounts of energy in...  Read More >>

Examining the dynamics of industry, recreation, and environment; Chiang explores the social history of Monterey's...  Read More >>

Reaching from interior Alaska across Canada to Labrador and Newfoundland, North America's boreal forest is the largest...  Read More >>

The career of controversial San Francisco publisher James Mason Hutchings, the tireless promoter whose efforts were...  Read More >>

Incorporating a number of illustrations, this book focuses on distributed-parameter systems, the dynamics of which...  Read More >>

The Aralkum, the new desert on the desiccated sea floor of the Aral Sea, has been under development since 1960....  Read More >>

This volume presents results on selected taxa in the Himalayan region (mainly Nepal). The text pinpoints threats...  Read More >>

Geographers and wine makers have been fruitful partners for millennia. Culled from research presented to the Association...  Read More >>

Focusing on the Lost Pines of Texas, this book contextualises the present-day conservation of the Lost Pines within...  Read More >>

This book introduces the basics of Social Forestry, gives examples of its growing practice worldwide and shows how...  Read More >>

Asian river basins are undergoing rapid transformation. This volume considers the implications of the environmental...  Read More >>

Deals with the topic of Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR). This book provides an overview of the subject...  Read More >>

Disaster management has historically focused on reactive approaches, but a shift to proactive approaches is crucial...  Read More >>

Tropical deforestation. The collapse of fisheries. Unprecedented levels of species extinction. Faced with the plethora...  Read More >>

As global demand for energy grows and prices rise, a city's energy consumption becomes increasingly tied to its...  Read More >>

Along rivers in Bali, small groups of farmers meet regularly in water temples to manage their irrigation systems....  Read More >>

Sacred Natural Sites are the world's oldest protected places. This book focuses on examples such as: sacred groves...  Read More >>

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This volume presents results on selected taxa in the Himalayan region (mainly Nepal). The text pinpoints threats...  Read More >>

Protected areas, such as nature reserves, national parks are the main tool of nature conservation policies and are...  Read More >>

Dirt, soil, call it what you want it's everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our...  Read More >>

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