Plants And Human Conflict

Author : Eran Pichersky
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780429871924

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Plants and Human Conflict by Eran Pichersky Pdf

Perhaps the least appreciated dramatis personae in human history are plants. Humans, like all other animals, cannot produce their own food as plants do through photosynthesis, and must therefore acquire organic material for survival and growth by eating plants or by eating other animals that eat plants. Humans depend on plants not only as a food source, but also as building and clothing materials and as sources of medicines, psychoactive substances, spices, pigments, and more. With plants being such valuable resources, it is therefore not surprising that plants have been involved in practically all violent conflicts among different human societies. Ironically, plants have also been the source of materials to construct weapons or weapon parts. Wars have always constituted a large part of human history, and the overall theme of this book is that to understand the history of violent human conflict, we need to understand what specific materials plants make that people find so useful and worth fighting over, and what roles such plant products have played in specific conflicts. To do so, Plants and Human Conflict begins with a chapter explaining the basic biological facts of the interdependence between plants and humans, and the subsequent seven chapters describe the physical and chemical properties of specific plant products demonstrating how the human need for these products has led to wars as well as contributed to the prosecution of wars. These chapters recount some well-known (and some lesser known) historical events in which plants have played a central role. This book uniquely combines the modern scientific knowledge of plants with the human history of war, introducing readers to a new paradigm that will make them reconsider their understanding of human history, as well as to bring about a greater appreciation of plant biology.

Author : Eran Pichersky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 0429871937

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Plants and Human Conflict by Eran Pichersky Pdf

Author : Russell F. Reidinger Jr.
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781421445267

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Human-Wildlife Conflict Management by Russell F. Reidinger Jr. Pdf

The latest edition of this classic guide details how to understand and resolve a broad array of human-wildlife conflicts. This new edition of Human-Wildlife Conflict Management updates our understanding of the human dimensions, as well as biological and ecological concepts, underlying human-wildlife conflicts. While it provides wildlife professionals and students with the knowledge and adaptive management strategies to resolve such conflicts, it uniquely explores negative interactions with a wide range of wildlife taxa beyond those typically covered in traditional wildlife damage management, including invasive plants, invertebrates, and fish. Designed to help students and natural resource practitioners gain a deeper understanding of how to successfully avoid and resolve conflict between humans and wildlife, it is informed by author Russell F. Reidinger's decades of teaching students and professionals how to anticipate and manage human-wildlife conflicts, as well as his experience leading a national research program devoted to this work. The book covers important human-wildlife topics such as: • individual-, population-, and ecosystem-level effects • survey techniques • management methods • human dimensions • economic issues • legal and political aspects • damage management strategies Featuring explanations of important terminology and pertinent biological and ecological concepts, Reidinger also shares the latest research, provides a plethora of real-world examples, and includes suggestions for additional resources.

Author : Schultz, Robert A.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781466645875

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Technology versus Ecology: Human Superiority and the Ongoing Conflict with Nature by Schultz, Robert A. Pdf

Although human beings are technically part of the ecosystem, there still remains a conceptual conflict between technology and nature. These concerns highlight the idea of human superiority in which the priority is given to technology versus living in synchronization with nature. Technology versus Ecology: Human Superiority and the Ongoing Conflict with Nature explores the issues revolving around the conflict between technology versus human beings, the concern for the separation of human beings in the ecosystem, and the negative consequences that may follow as ecosystems are being damaged. This book is a significant reference source for researchers, instructors, and students interested in the constant evolution of technology and ecology.

Author : Christopher Knüsel,Martin Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 753 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134677979

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The Routledge Handbook of the Bioarchaeology of Human Conflict by Christopher Knüsel,Martin Smith Pdf

If human burials were our only window onto the past, what story would they tell? Skeletal injuries constitute the most direct and unambiguous evidence for violence in the past. Whereas weapons or defenses may simply be statements of prestige or status and written sources are characteristically biased and incomplete, human remains offer clear and unequivocal evidence of physical aggression reaching as far back as we have burials to examine. Warfare is often described as ‘senseless’ and as having no place in society. Consequently, its place in social relations and societal change remains obscure. The studies in The Routledge Handbook of the Bioarchaeology of Human Conflict present an overview of the nature and development of human conflict from prehistory to recent times as evidenced by the remains of past people themselves in order to explore the social contexts in which such injuries were inflicted. A broadly chronological approach is taken from prehistory through to recent conflicts, however this book is not simply a catalogue of injuries illustrating weapon development or a narrative detailing ‘progress’ in warfare but rather provides a framework in which to explore both continuity and change based on a range of important themes which hold continuing relevance throughout human development.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Tahoe, Lake, Watershed (Calif. and Nev.)
ISBN : MINN:31951D02974718B

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Lake Tahoe Watershed Assessment: Untitled by Anonim Pdf

Author : Matthew B. Hill
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781440873393

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Dystopian States of America by Matthew B. Hill Pdf

Dystopian States of America is a crucial resource that studies the impact of dystopian works on American society-including ways in which they reflect our deep and persistent fears about environmental calamities, authoritarian governments, invasive technologies, and human weakness. Dystopian States of America provides students and researchers with an illuminating resource for understanding the impact and relevance of dystopian and apocalyptic works in contemporary American culture. Through its wide survey of dystopian works in numerous forms and genres, the book encourages readers to connect with these works of fiction and understand how the catastrophically grim or disquieting worlds they portray offer insights into our own current situation. In addition to providing more than 150 encyclopedia articles on a large and representative sample of dystopian/apocalyptic narratives in fiction, film, television, and video games (including popular works that often escape critical inquiry), Dystopian States of America features a suite of critical essays on five themes-war, pandemics, totalitarianism, environmental calamity, and technological overreach-that serve as the foundation for most dystopian worlds of the imagination. These offerings complement one another, enabling readers to explore dystopian conceptions of America and the world from multiple perspectives and vantage points.

Author : Rishi Dev
Publisher : Copal Publishing Group
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789383419074

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The Ekistics of Animal and Human Conflict by Rishi Dev Pdf

Urban wildlife management is a town planning subject. It is logical and important to relate the animal and human conflict seen all over the world, as a phenomenon which is applicable to all types of human settlements, despite the diversities and complexities of cultures, societal structures, laws, value systems, religions and so on. A universal principle or theory governs and applies to all cities which define these conditions and phenomena creating the conflict or coexistence. This book investigates the niches of one of the key urban animals from a syntactic, semantic and pragmatic perspective and explores how these niches are naturally synonymous to similar patterns, structures and compositions within human settlements. It explores and defines the demographic patterns, thresholds and phenomenon, which leads to formation of the different levels and extremes of interaction between the species. This forms a paradigm which classifies this conflict within the various disciplines and frameworks of urban ecology. The focus is primarily on urban dogs, it being a keystone species, but is later related with other urban animals as well. The premise for this approach is that history has shown how certain species have persuasively coexisted with humans for so many millennia, yet a conflict happens between animals and humans and within humans over animals. It is thus logical to believe that the forces which create this conflict cannot solely be natural to the species in question and have to come from outside – from the settlement patterns of both species and the “net resultant force and dynamics”. The book looks at these dichotomies in four distinct but interrelated ways. It delves deep inside four niches which form the dynamics of any settlement – spatial, cultural, ecological and economic and explores all scales at which the “succession” and evolution of animals take place in highly urbanized settlements.

Author : Matthew Hall
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438434292

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Plants as Persons by Matthew Hall Pdf

Challenges readers to reconsider the moral standing of plants.

Author : Kimberley Hockings
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Animals and civilization
ISBN : 9782831711331

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Best Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Mitigation of Conflict Between Humans and Great Apes by Kimberley Hockings Pdf

Executive summary: One of the challenges facing great ape conservation is the rising level of interaction between humans and great apes, and the resulting conflicts that emerge. As human populations continue to grow and human development makes deeper incursions into forest habitats, such conflicts will become more widespread and prevalent in the natural ranges of great apes, especially considering that the majority of great apes live outside protected areas. It is essential that we develop a comprehensive understanding of existing and potential conflict situations, and their current or future impacts on both great apes and humans. This will require the integration of quantitative and qualitative data on multiple aspects of human and great ape behaviour and ecology, along with a good understanding of local people's perceptions of the situation. Such knowledge can then be used to develop effective, locally-adapted, management strategies to prevent or mitigate human-great ape conflicts, whilst respecting both conservation objectives and socio-cultural-economic contexts. These guidelines outline a sequence of logical steps that should be considered prior to any form of human-great ape conflict intervention, and propose possible counter-measures to be used in the management of human-great ape conflicts.

Author : Solveig Gasche
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783161617263

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Responsible Trading in Raw Materials by Solveig Gasche Pdf

Author : H. Stark,J. Roffe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781137453693

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Deleuze and the Non/Human by H. Stark,J. Roffe Pdf

This groundbreaking interdisciplinary collection interrogates the significance of Deleuze's work in the recent and dramatic nonhuman turn. It confronts questions about environmental futures, animals and plants, nonhuman structures and systems, and the place of objects in a more-than-human world.

Author : William D. Davies,Stanley Dubinsky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107022096

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Language Conflict and Language Rights by William D. Davies,Stanley Dubinsky Pdf

An overview of language rights issues and language conflicts with detailed examination of many cases past and present around the world.

Author : Novais, Paulo
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781522502463

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Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Contemporary Conflict Resolution by Novais, Paulo Pdf

Since the dawn of human speech and interaction, there have been conflicts among individuals, regions, and whole nations. Disagreements, miscommunications, no matter the name they take; conflicts will continue to be present in every field of work or study. New technologies such as social media have extended people’s ability to communicate, and therefore dispute, making additional research and practical solutions for resolving conflict all the more necessary. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Contemporary Conflict Resolution presents theoretical perspectives on the causes of diverse conflicts, approaches novel disputes and the technology associated therein, and provides readers with multifaceted solutions to the myriad of potential arguments and disagreements that arise as part of the human condition. This interdisciplinary publication is a critical resource for researchers, legal practitioners, policy makers, government officials, and students and educators in the fields of political science, communication studies, and business.

Author : James K. Beggan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781666907841

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How Our Love of Dogs Creates Social Conflict by James K. Beggan Pdf

For the last twenty-thousand years, dogs and people have shared a unique bond in the animal kingdom. In How Our Love of Dogs Creates Social Conflict, James K. Beggan uses symbolic interaction to examine the meaning that dogs have for people as friends and family members. Although many animal rights advocates express dismay over the subordinate status ownership implies, the author argues that ownership creates a powerful psychological connection that makes it easier for people to imbue dogs with humanlike characteristics. Beggan outlines how dogs’ sensitivity to inequity, in combination with a high degree of cognitive capacity, makes it possible for dogs to be active agents in creating conflict between people. The author's analysis of social conflict between people over their dogs connects to profound philosophical concepts about the nature of mind, the relationship between humans and animals, and the moral responsibility human beings have to dogs and other animals.