wildlife
This project is not only a list of all existing species in a given area, but is also an important source of information on habitats, species distribution and abundance, and where possible life history information. All these data are extremely useful for local authorities, because they can contribute in improving land management and protecting threatened wildlife. In particular, both Mercantour...
The chapters of this book covers the growing concern about mountain environments. It demonstrates the highly varied nature of mountain studies, the role of mountain forests, hazards and risk, mine reclamation and wildlife habitat, global climate change, recreation and tourism, agricultural biodiversity, protected areas and vegetation.
Forests are crucial for the well being of humanity. They provide foundations for life on earth through ecological functions, by regulating the climate and water resources and by serving as habitats for plants and animals. Forests also furnish a wide range of essential goods such as wood, food, fodder and medicines, in addition to opportunities for recreation, spiritual renewal and other...
Outdoor recreation is extremely dependent on the natural resource base and the weather. The resource base determines what kind of activities take place - for example, without water people cannot go swimming or sailing- while the weather determines when the activity will take place. Recreational choices are not only affected by the weather but also by socio-economic factors such as cultural...
"Last Great Wilderness is an authoritative history, documenting the power of wilderness values and the determination of those who fought to preserve a remarkable place. Never again in American history will an area as vast and wild as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge be protected in a single political action. Roger Kaye tells the story of the most aggressive act of wilderness...
Social scientists and indigenous advocates have critiqued conservation organisations for displacing local people in order to create protected areas (PAs). By pointing out that some protected areas, including Yellowstone, the model for the modern concept of national parks, were established by expelling local people, the critique shines a harsh light on conservationists and can undermine the...
<p>Articles include the following:</p>
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<li>Earth Hour, the Power of One and Shaping Nepali Environmental Thinking by Surya B. Prasai</li>
<li>The incongruity of territorial perceptions as obstacle to resource management in communal land – case study from southern Morocco by Manfred...
Explore the Virunga Volcanoes. Hike to the top of the Alps or the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Discover Mount Kinabalu and Mount Wai'ale'ale. In this exploration of mountain habitats, readers learn about five different environments and the animal and plant life that is unique to each.
Against Extinction tells the history of wildlife conservation from its roots in the 19th century, through the foundation of the Society for the Preservation of the Wild Fauna of the Empire in London in 1903 to the huge and diverse international movement of the present day. It vividly portrays conservation's legacy of big game hunting, the battles for the establishment of national parks, the...
These two volumes present a set of authoritative studies of the role of environmental resources in the development process. Contributors address the problems connected with the management of local common resources and supply both explanations of existing situations and policies for the future.
Two and a half billion people are affected directly on a day-to-day basis by the allocation...
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