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Ecocene Politics
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: Anchored in the diverse ecological practices of communities in southern Italy and Aotearoa/New Zealand, this book devises a unique and considered theoretical response to the shortcomings of global politics in the Ecocene—a new temporal epoch characteri...
Valuing Nature : The Roots of Transformation
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: When a group of liberal arts students embark on a university assignment about the natural environment, no one could have quite prepared them for the bewildering array of questions and provocations to confront them in their task. What starts out as an e...
What Works in Conservation : 2021
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: Does the creation of artificial reefs benefit subtidal benthic invertebrates? Is the use of organic farming instead of conventional farming beneficial to bat conservation? Does installing wildlife warning reflectors along roads benefit mammal conservat...
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Politics and the Environment in Eastern Europe
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: Europe remains divided between east and west, with differences caused and worsened by uneven economic and political development. Amid these divisions, the environment has become a key battleground. The condition and sustainability of environmental reso...
Adaptive Collaborative Management in Forest Landscapes : Villagers, Bureaucrats and Civil Society
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: This book examines the value of Adaptive Collaborative Management for facilitating learning and collaboration with local communities and beyond, utilising detailed studies of forest landscapes and communities. Many forest management proposals are based...
Transforming Conservation : A Practical Guide to Evidence and Decision Making
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Abstract: There are severe problems with the decision-making processes currently widely used, leading to ineffective use of evidence, faulty decisions, wasting of resources and the erosion of public and political support. In this book an international team of ex...
What Works in Conservation : 2017
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: Is leaving headlands in fields unsprayed beneficial for wildlife? Is paying farmers to cover the costs of bird conservation measures effective? Is using prescribed fire beneficial for young trees in forests? Does translocating frogs benefit wild popula...
W poszukiwaniu zielonego ładu
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: Powstała w ramach inicjatywy EKOEkSoc książka W poszukiwaniu zielonego ładu jest efektem pracy autorów związanych zawodowo z Wydziałem Ekonomiczno-Socjologicznym Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, którzy w swej aktywności badawczej i dydaktycznej podejmują zagadn...
Climate Change and the Health Sector : Healing the World
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: The health sector is known to be one of the major contributors towards the greenhouse gas emissions causing the climate crisis, the greatest health threat of the 21st century. This volume positions the health sector as a leader in the fight against cli...
Terrestrial Mammal Conservation : Global Evidence for the Effects of Interventions for Terrestrial Mammals Excluding Bats and Primates
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: Terrestrial Mammal Conservation provides a thorough summary of the available scientific evidence of what is known, or not known, about the effectiveness of all of the conservation actions for wild terrestrial mammals across the world (excluding bats an...