This book reveals the impacts of climate change and anthropogenic interventions on vernacular landscapes as a cultural heritage through an analysis of regional and urban development projects and local-level practices....Loe edasi...
This book provides a multidisciplinary perspective on the Andean herpetofauna, covering topics ranging from natural history and thermal ecology to biogeography and conservation....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Oct-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: The New Press, ISBN-13: 9781620979839)
A beautiful and engaging guide to global warming’s impact around the worldOur planet is in peril. Seas are rising, oceans are acidifying, ice is melting, coasts are flooding, species are dying, and communities are faltering. Despite these d...Loe edasi...
For two years, Donna Wesley Spencer has been visiting wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centers to learn about and photograph animals and the people who care for them. Every year thousands of wild animals arrive in need of care. Their...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Island Press, ISBN-13: 9781642833423)
With their towering, cinnamon-colored trunks and dusky green canopies, ponderosa pine has long been a charismatic icon of the American West. Yet a quiet unraveling has begun: in the past decade, in a vast area from Santa Fe to the Sierras, more than...Loe edasi...
Explains how economics can be used to solve an array of environmental issues from endangered species to global warming. Explains how economics can be used to solve an array of environmental issues from endangered species to global warmi...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Oct-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of British Columbia Press, ISBN-13: 9780774872355)
In the late 2000s, when the oil sands industry proposed expanding its capacity to transport fossil fuel products, an unprecedented coalition of Indigenous nations and communities, environmental non-governmental organizations, grassroots group...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Georgia Press, ISBN-13: 9780820374444)
The expression natural wonders can often conjure images of far-flung destinations like the Grand Canyon, the peaks of the Rockies, or Niagara Falls.Yet Georgia, the largest state east of the Mississippi, is home to a wealth of wonders that rival a...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Georgia Press, ISBN-13: 9780820366524)
At the turn of the twentieth century, the rugged peaks and lush valleys of the Great Smoky Mountains, once home to the Cherokee, were little known outside eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina. This dramatically changed with the arrival of...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Island Press, ISBN-13: 9781642833348)
Free-flowing rivers in the United States are an endangered species. With more than 500,000 dams in place, we’ve dammed and diverted almost every major river, straightening curves and blocking passage for fish and other aquatic animals, pushing many t...Loe edasi...
At the age of 28, Randal Plunkett inherited the title of Baron Dunsany, alongside Dunsany Castle and the 1,600-acre estate and found himself at a crossroads....Loe edasi...
This book presents a thorough overview and assessment of the economics of the wildlife trade for scholars and conservationists, requiring only a basic understanding of economic principles. It will appeal to scholars, practitioners, and policymaker...Loe edasi...
This book presents a thorough overview and assessment of the economics of the wildlife trade for scholars and conservationists, requiring only a basic understanding of economic principles. It will appeal to scholars, practitioners, and policymaker...Loe edasi...
Two of the worlds most respected scientists reveal the forces behind the dangerous anti-science movement and show us how to fight back. From pandemics to the climate crisis, humanity faces tougher challenges than ever. Whether...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 08-Oct-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Tennessee Press, ISBN-13: 9781621909774)
From 1849 to the early 1980s, fewer than one hundred highly educated, White, European and American men created what became todays US federal historic preservation policy. Jeremy C. Wells argues that the orthodox historic preservation doctrine that...Loe edasi...
