CK - Environmental Conservation & Protection 4

When a team of five explorers embarked on a 1,200-mile journey down the Rio Grande, the river that marks the southern boundary of Texas and the US-Mexico border, their goal was to experience and cap……続きを見る

Environmental sustainability and human cultural sustainability are inextricably linked. Reversing damaging human impact on the global environment is ultimately a cultural question, and as with polit……続きを見る

Tillage agriculture has led to widespread soil and ecosystem degradation. This book reviews research and development initiatives in Africa aimed at building resilient farming systems. It summarises ……続きを見る

Air pollution has become a major global issue due to rapid industrialization, human population growth and increasing urbanization. The various sources of atmospheric pollutants, both those created b……続きを見る

Now the focus of a major documentary VALERIE TAYLOR: PLAYING WITH SHARKS, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. From JAWS to BLUE LAGOON and beyond, this is the exceptional and unique life story……続きを見る

This is a photographic journey of discovery. We are going to look for patterns in nature, and try to discover the underlying forces that produce them. My goal for this project is to keep it simple, ……続きを見る

I love wild places. I have hiked in the Alps, climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro**,** and covered many miles of desert trails, but the first time I went backpacking in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California……続きを見る

No one did more than Marjory Stoneman Douglas to transform the Everglades from the country's most maligned swamp into its most beloved wetland. By the late twentieth century, her name and her classi……続きを見る

Most livestock in America currently live in cramped and unhealthy confinement, have few stable social relationships with humans or others of their species, and finish their lives by being transporte……続きを見る

Science Be Dammed is an alarming reminder of the high stakes in the managementーand perils in the mismanagementーof water in the western United States. It seems deceptively simple: even when clear e……続きを見る

Sea-Watch-Kapitänin Carola Rackete traf die mutige Entscheidung, sich über das Verbot des italienischen Innenministeriums hinwegzusetzen und mit der Sea Watch 3 und 40 aus dem Mittelmeer geretteten ……続きを見る

The environmental studies about natural resource issues are often studied as conflicts; this book is carefully designed to expound on how resolutions are negotiated and maintained. A number of facto……続きを見る

The world’s atmosphere is a common resource. Air quality, along with energy, transportation, and climate change have significant impacts on our lives and this book helps readers understand the chang……続きを見る

Since the appearance of Homo sapiens on the planet hundreds of thousands of years ago, human beings have sought to exploit their environments, extracting as many resources as their technological ing……続きを見る

Citizen science enlists members of the public to make and record useful observations, such as counting birds in their backyards, watching for the first budding leaf in spring, or measuring local sno……続きを見る

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) is the best known and most controversial of international conservation treaties. Since it came into force 25 years ago, debate has……続きを見る

Global Perspectives on Eco-Aesthetics and Eco-Ethics: A Green Critique focuses on the interface of the Anthropocene, sustainability, ecological aesthetics, multispecies relationality, and the enviro……続きを見る

Ma part se bornera de présenter les faits d’une manière aussi exacte, mais un peu plus vive, à les mêler de quelques réflexions plus développées et plus libres, à les grouper d’une façon un peu plus……続きを見る

Je n’ai pas l’intention d’écrire un traité d’apiculture ou de l’élevage des abeilles. Tous les pays civilisés en possèdent d’excellents qu’il est inutile de refaire. La France a ceux de Dadant, de G……続きを見る

“The powerful origin story of one of Yellowstone’s greatest and most famous wolves.” ーWashington Post “[The Rise of Wolf 8] is a goldmine for information on all aspects of wolf behavior and clearly……続きを見る

A Série Universitária foi desenvolvida pelo Senac São Paulo com o intuito de preparar profissionais para o mercado de trabalho. Os títulos abrangem diversas áreas, abordando desde conhecimentos teór……続きを見る

Oasis Earth confirms that we are destroying the biosphere of our Home Planet. We know the causes, consequences, and solutions to this existential crisis, yet we've failed to correct it. We are out o……続きを見る

Stronghold is Tucker Malarkey’s enthralling account of an unlikely visionary, Guido Rahr, and his crusade to protect the world’s last bastion of wild salmon. One of the most determined creatures on ……続きを見る

Drawing on five detailed case studies from the American West, the authors explore and clarify how to expedite a transition toward adaptive governance and break the gridlock in natural resource polic……続きを見る

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is a jewel of America's National Park Service. Established by legislation and signed into law by President Roosevelt in 1944, today the park encompasses thousa……続きを見る

The Sierra Nevada, California’s iconic mountain range, harbors thousands of remote high-elevations lakes from which water flows to sustain agriculture and cities. As climate and air quality in the r……続きを見る

In America’s Midwest, where “wilderness” is in short supply, working to defend what’s left of Iowa’s natural resources can be both a daunting and an entertaining task. In Wildland Sentinel, Erika Bi……続きを見る

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……続きを見る

In this engaging book, hydrologist Peter E. Black celebrates the wonder of our planet's most precious natural resource. In these brief, nontechnical essays, readers are introduced to water's unique ……続きを見る

Vom Outback bis zur Ostsee - wie die Tiere mit der Klimakrise umgehen Die Wetterextreme nehmen zu. Buschbrände in Australien, Hitzewellen in Deutschland, Dürren in Afrika, schwindende Eisflächen an ……続きを見る