Taking Stock Of Nature

Author : Anna Lawrence
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781139487245

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In a world of increasing demands for biodiversity information, participatory biodiversity assessment and monitoring is becoming more significant. Whilst other books have focused on methods, or links to conservation or development, this book is written particularly for policy makers and planners. Introductory chapters analyze the challenges of the approach, the global legislation context, and the significance of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Specially commissioned case studies provide evidence from 17 countries, by 50 authors with expertise in both biological and social sciences. Ranging from community conservation projects in developing countries to amateur birdwatching in the UK, they describe the context, objectives, stakeholders and processes, and reflect on the success of outcomes. Rather than advocating any particular approach, the book takes a constructively critical look at the motives, experiences and outcomes of such approaches, with cross-cutting lessons to inform planning and interpretation of future participatory projects and their contribution to policy objectives.

Author : Zhou, W.,Martius, C.
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Taking stock of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS): An analysis of global NBS submissions to the United Nations Climate Action Summit in September 2019 by Zhou, W.,Martius, C. Pdf

Author : Marie Bonnin,Council of Europe. Committee of Experts for the Development of the Pan-European Ecological Network
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9287161194

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The Pan-European Ecological Network--taking Stock by Marie Bonnin,Council of Europe. Committee of Experts for the Development of the Pan-European Ecological Network Pdf

The pace of biodiversity decline is quickening worldwide. Habitat break-up, pollution, over-use of natural areas and the creation of artificial landscapes increase the rate of erosion, while reducing species' opportunity for migration, dispersion and exchange. In 1995, when the European Ministers of the Environment met in Sofia, they launched the Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy, so as to strengthen environment and biodiversity conservation policies. The setting up of the Pan-European Ecological Network covering Eurasia was one of the key steps taken under the Strategy. Work has continued on this project, and it is now based on the numerous national, regional and transregional ecological networks being set up throughout Europe.In Kiev, in 2003, the Ministers and heads of delegation noted these positive developments, expressed firm support for the creation of the Pan-European Ecological Network and asked for its constituent parts to be identified and mapped on a pan-European scale.This book looks at the implementation of this Network in the 55 states concerned. It has been written by a team comprising, under the aegis of the Council of Europe, numerous government experts and specialists dealing with the issue of ecological networks. It is intended to reassure Ministers, policy-makers and scientists that they made the right decision in supporting the creation of the Pan-European Ecological Network with a view to (re-)creating a true green infrastructure for Europe.

Author : United States. Department of Energy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Hazardous wastes
ISBN : IND:30000105058279

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Taking Stock by United States. Department of Energy Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Hazardous wastes
ISBN : UOM:39015038617976

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Author : Roger Morgan-Grenville
Publisher : Icon Books
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785788420

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'Funny, insightful and hugely informative ... a charming book' DAILY MAIL 'Tremendous ... We all need to take stock, and this is the ideal starting point. I learnt a lot from this book and laughed a lot too.' ROSAMUND YOUNG, author of The Secret Life of Cows Since highland cattle ransacked his grandmother's vegetable patch when he was six, Roger Morgan-Grenville has been fascinated by cows. So at the age of 61, with no farming experience, he signed on as a part- time labourer on a beef cattle farm to tell their side of the story. The result is this lyrical and evocative book. For 10,000 years, cow and human lives have been intertwined. Cattle have existed alongside us, fed and shod us, quenched our thirst, and provided a thousand other tiny services, and yet most of us know little about them. We are also blissfully unaware of the de-natured lives we often ask them to lead. Part history, part adventure and part unsentimental manifesto for how we should treat cows in the 21st century, Taking Stock asks us to think carefully about what we eat, and to let nature back into food production.

Author : Roland Clift,Angela Druckman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319205717

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Taking Stock of Industrial Ecology by Roland Clift,Angela Druckman Pdf

How can we design more sustainable industrial and urban systems that reduce environmental impacts while supporting a high quality of life for everyone? What progress has been made towards reducing resource use and waste, and what are the prospects for more resilient, material-efficient economies? What are the environmental and social impacts of global supply chains and how can they be measured and improved? Such questions are at the heart of the emerging discipline of industrial ecology, covered in Taking Stock of Industrial Ecology. Leading authors, researchers and practitioners review how far industrial ecology has developed and current issues and concerns, with illustrations of what the industrial ecology paradigm has achieved in public policy, corporate strategy and industrial practice. It provides an introduction for students coming to industrial ecology and for professionals who wish to understand what industrial ecology can offer, a reference for researchers and practitioners and a source of case studies for teachers.

Author : Morton Keller,R. Shep Melnick
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1999-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0521655455

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What is American government like today? How has it changed--and how has it remained the same--over the course of the century now coming to a close? Taking Stock seeks to provide the fullest and most thoughtful answers yet offered to these questions. It brings together eminent historians and political scientists to examine the past experience, current state, and future prospects of five major American public issues: trade and tariff policy, immigration and aliens, conservation and environmentalism, civil rights, and social welfare.

Author : DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780788138089

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Taking Stock by DIANE Publishing Company Pdf

The U.S. Energy Dept. is storing at least 820 million kg of nuclear & non-nuclear materials in inventory at 44 sites in 19 states: spent nuclear fuel, plutonium, natural & enriched uranium, depleted uranium, lithium, sodium, lead, chemicals, weapons components, scrap metal & material. Three materials make up an estimated 95% of the total: depleted uranium, scrap metal, & lithium. Left unattended, much of this material could present environmental, health, or safety risks. Maintaining these materials in a safe condition costs millions of dollars/year.

Author : Francis T. Cullen,John Paul Wright,Kristie R. Blevins
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008-12-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781412808569

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Taking Stock by Francis T. Cullen,John Paul Wright,Kristie R. Blevins Pdf

Criminology is in a period of much theoretical ferment. Older theories have been revitalized, and newer theories have been set forth. The very richness of our thinking about crime, however, leads to questions about the relative merits of these competing paradigms. Accordingly, in this volume advocates of prominent theories are asked to "take stock" of their perspectives. Their challenge is to assess the empirical status of their theory and to map out future directions for theoretical development. The volume begins with an assessment of three perspectives that have long been at the core of criminology: social learning theory, control theory, and strain theory. Drawing on these traditions, two major contemporary macro-level theories of crime have emerged and are here reviewed: institutional-anomie theory and collective efficacy theory. Critical criminology has yielded diverse contributions discussed in essays on feminist theories, radical criminology, peacemaking criminology, and the effects of racial segregation. The volume includes chapters examining Moffitt's insights on life-course persistent/adolescent-limited anti-social behavior and Sampson and Laub's life-course theory of crime. In addition, David Farrington provides a comprehensive assessment of the adequacy of the leading developmental and life-course theories of crime. Finally, Taking Stock presents essays that review the status of perspectives that have direct implications for the use of criminological knowledge to control crime. Taken together, these chapters provide a comprehensive update of the field's leading theories of crime. The volume will be of interest to criminological scholars and will be ideal for classroom use in courses reviewing contemporary theories of criminal behavior.

Author : Jürgen Kramer
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Civilization, Modern
ISBN : 9783823366218

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Author : Daniel P. Corrigan,Markku Oksanen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000386134

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Rights of Nature by Daniel P. Corrigan,Markku Oksanen Pdf

Rights of nature is an idea that has come of age. In recent years, a diverse range of countries and jurisdictions have adopted these norms, which involve granting legal rights to nature or natural objects, such as rivers, forests, or ecosystems. This book critically examines the idea of natural objects as right-holders and analyzes legal cases, policies, and philosophical issues relating to this development. Drawing on contributions from a range of experts in the field, Rights of Nature: A Re-examination investigates the potential for this innovative idea to revolutionize the concepts of rights, standing, and recognition as traditionally understood in many legal systems. Taking as its starting point Stone’s influential 1972 article "Should Trees Have Standing?," the book examines the progress rights of nature have made since that time, by identifying central themes, unifying principles, and key distinctions in how rights of nature discourse has been operationalized in the disciplines of law, philosophy, and the social sciences. These themes and principles are illustrated through a wide variety of examples, including ecosystem services, indigenous thinking, and ecological restoration, demonstrating how the relationship between humanity and the natural world may be transforming. Taking a philosophical, political, and legal perspective, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental law and policy, environmental ethics, and philosophy.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Air
ISBN : UCAL:B5131389

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Taking Stock of Environmental Problems by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works Pdf

Author : Jane Holder,Donald McGillivray
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781135392512

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Taking Stock of Environmental Assessment by Jane Holder,Donald McGillivray Pdf

Examining the relationship between law, environmental governance and the regulation of decision-making, this volume, both reflective and contextual in approach, uses a wide range of theories to explore the key features of modern environmental assessment.

Author : Stewart, John
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447320166

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As part of the devolution process, a range of powers was granted to the newly formed Scottish Parliament in 1999. These powers principally governed social welfare where there was already a degree of Scottish autonomy. Welfare has thus been central to the devolution project. The book looks at why social welfare issues were central to the devolution process in Scotland; explores the particular social and financial circumstances in which Scottish policy makers operate; reviews and assesses Scottish policies for children, education and lifelong learning; examines health policy, including care for the elderly, an especially controversial example of 'policy divergence' from England and provides an invaluable overview of the Scottish welfare state is as it is, and discusses how it might develop in the future. This book is essential reading for all those concerned with the contemporary and historical dimensions of social policy in Scotland and how they relate to developments in other parts of the United Kingdom.