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Author : Reed F. Noss,Allen Y. Cooperrider
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Ecosystem management
ISBN : 0316949175
Author : Reed F. Noss,Allen Cooperrider
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Biodiversity
ISBN : 1559633212
Contains specific guidelines and techniques for maintaining biodiversity within different ecosystems. For land managers needing guidance in biodiversity conservation.
Author : Timothy J. Farnham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biodiversity
ISBN : OCLC:1151161551
Author : Timothy J. Farnham
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0300120052
Biological diversity is considered one of today’s most urgent environmental concerns, yet the term was first coined only twenty-five years ago. Why did the concept of biological diversity so quickly capture public attention and emerge as a banner issue for the environmental movement? In this book, Timothy J. Farnham explores for the first time the historical roots of biological diversity, tracing the evolution of the term as well as the history of the conservation traditions that contributed to its rapid acceptance and popularity. Biological diversity is understood today as consisting of three components--species diversity, genetic diversity, and ecosystem diversity. Farnham finds that these three tiers coincided with three earlier, disparate conservation traditions that converged when the cause of preserving biological diversity was articulated. He tells the stories of these different historical foundations, recounts how the term came into the environmental lexicon, and shows how the evolution of the idea of biological diversity reflects an evolution of American attitudes toward the natural world.
Author : Daniel Nelson
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781607325703
Nature’s Burdens is a political and intellectual history of American natural resource conservation from the 1980s into the twenty-first century—a period of intense political turmoil, shifting priorities among federal policymakers, and changing ideas about the goals of conservation. Telling a story of persistent activism, conflict, and frustration but also of striking achievement, it is an account of how new ideas and policies regarding human relationships to plants, animals, and their surroundings have become vital features of modern environmentalism. In the 1960s and 1970s, Congress embraced the largely dormant movement to preserve distinctive landscapes and the growing demand for outdoor recreation, establishing an unprecedented number of parks, monuments, and recreation areas. The election of Ronald Reagan and a shift to a Republican-controlled Senate brought this activity to an abrupt halt and introduced a period of intense partisanship and legislative gridlock that extends to the present. In this political climate, three developments largely defined the role of conservation in contemporary society: environmental organizations have struggled to defend the legal status quo, private land conservation has become increasingly important, and the emergence of potent scientific voices has promoted the protection of animals and plants and injected a new sense of urgency into the larger cause. These developments mark this period as a distinctive and important chapter in the history of American conservation. Scrupulously researched, scientifically and politically well informed, concise, and accessibly written, Nature’s Burdens is the most comprehensive examination of recent efforts to protect and enhance the natural world. It will be of interest to environmental historians, environmental activists, and any general reader interested in conservation.
Author : Devon Gerardo Pe–a
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0816522111
Mexican Americans have traditionally had a strong land ethic, believing that humans must respect la tierra because it is the source of la vida. As modern market forces exploit the earth, communities struggle to control their own ecological futures, and several studies have recorded that Mexican Americans are more impacted by environmental injustices than are other national-origin groups. In our countryside, agricultural workers are poisoned by pesticides, while farmers have lost ancestral lands to expropriation. And in our polluted inner cities, toxic wastes sicken children in their very playgrounds and homes. This book addresses the struggle for environmental justice, grassroots democracy, and a sustainable society from a variety of Mexican American perspectives. It draws on the ideas and experiences of people from all walks of lifeÑactivists, farmworkers, union organizers, land managers, educators, and many othersÑwho provide a clear overview of the most critical ecological issues facing Mexican-origin people today. The text is organized to first provide a general introduction to ecology, from both scientific and political perspectives. It then presents an environmental history for Mexican-origin people on both sides of the border, showing that the ecologically sustainable Norte–o land use practices were eroded by the conquest of El Norte by the United States. It finally offers a critique of the principal schools of American environmentalism and introduces the organizations and struggles of Mexican Americans in contemporary ecological politics. Devon Pe–a contrasts tenets of radical environmentalism with the ecological beliefs and grassroots struggles of Mexican-origin people, then shows how contemporary environmental justice struggles in Mexican American communities have challenged dominant concepts of environmentalism. Mexican Americans and the Environment is a didactically sound text that introduces students to the conceptual vocabularies of ecology, culture, history, and politics as it tells how competing ideas about nature have helped shape land use and environmental policies. By demonstrating that any consideration of environmental ethics is incomplete without taking into account the experiences of Mexican Americans, it clearly shows students that ecology is more than nature study but embraces social issues of critical importance to their own lives.
Author : Reed F. Noss,Allen Cooperrider,Rodger Defenders of Wildlife
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1994-04-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1559632488
Written by two leading conservation biologists, Saving Nature's Legacy is a thorough and readable introduction to issues of land management and conservation biology. It presents a broad, land-based approach to biodiversity conservation in the United States, with the authors succinctly translating principles, techniques, and findings of the ecological sciences into an accessible and practical plan for action. After laying the groundwork for biodiversity conservation -- what biodiversity is, why it is important, its status in North America -- Noss and Cooperrider consider the strengths and limitations of past and current approaches to land management. They then present the framework for a bold new strategy, with explicit guidelines on: inventorying biodiversity selecting areas for protection designing regional and continental reserve networks establishing monitoring programs setting priorities for getting the job done Throughout the volume, the authors provide in-depth assessments of what must be done to protect and restore the full spectrum of native biodiversity to the North American continent.
Author : Douglas E. Booth
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0742518760
The signs of economic change loom large in the mountain West as shuttered mines and lumber mills are overshadowed by luxurious homes sprouting on valley bottoms and ridge lines. This perceptive book explains these changes, assesses their effects on the natural environment, and gauges the reactions of local communities. Drawing on concepts from economics, environmental ethics, and conservation biology, Booth suggests that the ultimate solution lies in re-directing population growth away from rural areas to reinvigorated and environmentally attractive ecological cities and to increase the density of development within rural areas themselves. Policymakers, activists, and local citizens concerned with rural sprawl will find this book an invaluable resource. Visit our website for sample chapters!
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556038317350
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556036785145
Author : Igor Pavlinov
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789533077949
The book covers several topics of biodiversity researches and uses, containing 17 chapters grouped into 5 sections. It begins with an interesting chapter considering the ways in which the very biodiversity could be thought about. Noteworthy is the chapter expounding pretty original "creativity theory of ecosystem". There are several chapters concerning models describing relation between ecological niches and diversity maintenance, the factors underlying avian species imperilment, and diversity turnover rate of a local beetle group. Of special importance is the chapter outlining a theoretical model for morphological disparity in its most widened treatment. Several chapters consider regional aspects of biodiversity in Europe, Asia, Central and South America, among them an approach for monitoring conservation of the regional tropical phytodiversity in India is of special importance. Of interest is also a chapter considering the history of the very idea of biodiversity emergence in ecological researches.
Author : Andrew M. Barton,Alan S. White,Charles V. Cogbill
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781611682953
The ecology of the ever-changing Maine forest
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Forest protection
ISBN : MINN:31951D03000024H
Author : R. Boardman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230281950
Science and politics are closely connected in today's global environmental issues. This book focuses on these links in relation to climate change, the threats to wildlife species, and natural hazards and disasters. Study of these reveals the need for more effective international cooperation and the limits of global governance.
Author : Daniel D. Chiras
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Environmental sciences
ISBN : 0763735698