Protecting the Places We Love: Conservation Strategies for Entrusted Lands and Parks, Robertson Breece
Автор: Schneller-McDonald Karen Название: Connecting the Drops: A Citizens` Guide to Protecting Water Resources ISBN: 1501700286 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501700286 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 4383.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
The need for improved water resource protection, beginning with grassroots action, is urgent. The water we use depends on networks of wetlands, streams, and watersheds. Land-use activities, however, are changing these natural systems. Often these changes result in ecological damage, flooding, water pollution, and reduced water supply. We need a healthy environment that sustains our personal and community health; we also need vibrant and sustainable economic development that does not destroy the benefits we derive from nature. Our ability to accomplish both depends on how well we can "connect the drops."
In this book, Karen Schneller-McDonald presents the basics of water resource protection: ecology and watershed science; techniques for evaluating environmental impacts; obstacles to protection and how to overcome them; and tips for protection strategies that maximize chances for success. Schneller-McDonald makes clear the important connections among natural cycles, watersheds, and ecosystems; the benefits they provide; and how specific development activities affect water quality and supply.
The methods described in Connecting the Drops have broad application in diverse geographic locations. The environmental details may differ, but the methods are the same. For water resource managers and concerned citizens alike, Connecting the Drops helps readers interpret scientific information and contextualize news media reports and industry ads—ultimately offering "how to" guidance for developing resource protection strategies.
Описание: This book presents the outcomes of the 2017 national workshop and international conference organized by CEENR of ISEC, Bengaluru and Assam University Silchar.
Описание: Foreword.- Preface.- Part 1. General thoughts on transdisciplinarity, economics and ecology.- Chapter 1. Towards a transdisciplinary ecological economics: a cognitive approach.- Chapter 2. The 'Tragedy of the Commons' and the role of the money interest rate.- Chapter 3. Allocative efficiency and property rights in ecological economics: why we need to distinguish between man-made capital and natural resources.- Part 2. Chile.- Chapter 4. Subsidizing green deserts in southern Chile - between fast growth and sustainability of Forest Management.- Chapter 5. Land use as a socio-ecological system: developing a transdisciplinary approach to studies of land use change in south-central Chile.- Chapter 6. Between extractivism and conservation: tree plantations, forest reserves, and peasant territorialities in Los Rнos, Chile.- Chapter 7. Land tenure insecurity and forest conservation in Chile: the case of the Mapuche Huilliche indigenous communities in the coastal range rainforests of Mapu Lahual.- Chapter 8. Towards a New Forest Model for Chile: managing forest ecosystems to increase their social, ecological and economic benefits.- Chapter 9. On ecosystem dynamics for the conservation of wetlands and forest.- Part 3. Brazil.- Chapter 10. Transdisciplinary case study approaches to the ecological restoration of rainforest ecosystems.- Chapter 11. Forest governance in Brazil and Chile: institutions and practices in the implementation of sustainable management of native forests.- Chapter 12. Municipal private natural heritage reserves: uses and attributions of Natural Protected Areas in the city of Curitiba (PR).- Chapter 13. Understanding adoption and design of incentive-based forest conservation policies: a case study of the SISA Program in Acre, Brazil.- Conclusions.- Index.
Название: Education and Climate Change ISBN: 0415649153 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415649155 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 8420.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: There is widespread consensus in the international scientific community that climate change is happening and that abrupt and irreversible impacts are already in motion. In this volume, contributors review and reflect upon social learning from and within their field of educational expertise in response to the concerns over climate change.
Автор: Ribeiro, Felipe Bezerra Название: Crayfish: evolution, habitat and conservation strategies ISBN: 1536169412 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781536169416 Издательство: Nova Science Рейтинг: Цена: 27402.00 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: Crayfish are one of the most iconic freshwater crustacean groups of the world. The wide range of biological adaptations of the freshwater crayfish to the limnetic ecosystems is surprising, as is there is high potential of some taxa to become invasive species. There is a constant growing interest in develop research with freshwater crayfish. They can be an important food source in several countries, the aquarium pet trade and cultural importance, in addition to the presence of several imperilled species. This book brings important reviews of some aspects of diversity, biological features, evolution, habitat characteristics, behaviour and conservation strategies of freshwater crayfish, including native taxa, especially endemic from South America, New Guinea and North America, and non-indigenous species. In South American, new species have been discovered in recent years and are classified in threat categories, indicating the need of more studies regarding taxonomy and conservation. For New Guinean species, data about their exploitation by humans and further perspectives about the improvement of conservation practices are presented. In relation to the North American crayfish, this book brings information about some aspects of biology and behaviour of the burrowing species Procambarus acanthophorus. A global assessment and future perspectives for all alien crayfish species are also presented in this book. Regarding the partenogenetic marbled crayfish, Procambarus virginalis, the book brings an extensive review covering aspects of detection history, biology, ecology, evolution, systematics and utilisation of this species in the world. In addition, an overview of integrative taxonomy studies and cryptic diversity in crayfish is also presented.
Описание: Explores how history, memory, and tradition created a strong sense of place in New Hampshire that led citizen activists to protect Franconia Notch, Sandwich Notch, and the town of Durham on New Hampshire`s seacoast from development in the last half of the twentieth century.
Автор: Kent D. Messer, William L. Allen III Название: The Science of Strategic Conservation: Protecting More with Less ISBN: 1107191939 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107191938 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 19325.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Billions spent annually on land conservation are poorly spent because of the limits of the tools used to select projects for funding. This book shows conservationists how to use the science of strategic conservation by applying powerful computational methods to their decisions, helping them to fully harness their funds.
Описание: Explores how history, memory, and tradition created a strong sense of place in New Hampshire that led citizen activists to protect Franconia Notch, Sandwich Notch, and the town of Durham on New Hampshire`s seacoast from development in the last half of the twentieth century.
Описание: This book presents the outcomes of the 2017 national workshop and international conference organized by CEENR of ISEC, Bengaluru and Assam University Silchar.
Описание: This book is intended to provide an overview for the identification and establishment of biodiversity islands. It presents examples and case studies where the biodiversity islands approach is being used in a variety of locations and contexts worldwide. It will contribute to design parameters on appropriate sizing and spatial distribution of biodiversity islands in order to be effective in conservation and regeneration across the landscape, using integrated landscape management approaches. This book is essential given the current worldwide trend of habitat destruction and the need to preserve biodiversity and its values. The chapters are organized in five sections. The first section provides the introduction. Section 2,3 and 4 discuss the challenges and alternatives of establishment and management, case studies across the globe, safeguarding of the environmental, economic, and social benefits, and the final section offers a conclusion. The contributing authors present views from the academic, the practitioner and the policymaker perspectives, offering alternatives and suggestions for promoting strategies that support biodiversity conservation through intentionally designed frameworks for sustainable forest landscapes. Readers will discover suggestions and concrete examples that can be used by a variety of stakeholders in various settings throughout the world. This book is useful to researchers, farmers, foresters, landowners, land managers, city planners, and policy makers alike.
Автор: Antonio Vieira Название: Soil Conservation: Strategies, Management and Challenges ISBN: 1536195138 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781536195132 Издательство: Nova Science Рейтинг: Цена: 22491.00 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: Along its existence, humans have used Earth resources in a reckless way, having little consideration for its importance, and for the future generations and their needs. Considering the complexity of this subject, and the extreme difficulty of analyzing all aspects of soil degradation, the Editors nonetheless gather here some contributions, each one addressing different soil conservation problems, strategies or methodologies, trying to add some contributions for the understanding of the overall problem of soil degradation and conservation in the world. The seven chapters that comprise this book address topics related to soil degradation and conservation strategies, presenting some cases and methodological approaches, in different parts of the world, promoting scientific research developed with the objective of contributing to a better knowledge of the problem and to help in its mitigation.
Описание: "This book explores human-nature connectedness through deep ecological philosophy and conservation social science. Emphasizing ecologically-inclusive identities, it argues that connection to nature is more important than many environmental advocates realize and that deep ecology contributes much to the increasingly pressing conversations about it"--
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