Conservation of the Environment

This chronicle of natural history argues that the modern environmental crisis and rise in science skepticism codeveloped with the historic distanci...

This book is a lively account of a community working to combat suburban sprawl, to protect a large part of the landscape as common land, and to enj...

“This book is the fascinating record of DeVoto’s crusade to save the West from itself. . . . His arguments, insights, and passion are as relevant a...

What is behind the greening of European politics, and what is the future of the green movement? This book examines environmental interest groups at...

Twenty-five years ago, the Cuyahoga River in Ohio was so contaminated that it caught fire, air pollution in some cities was thick enough to taste, ...

Williams examines the efforts of public agencies to better incorporate citizen participation in the administrative process. He focuses on the effor...

The book, a study of policymaking for conservation in Latin America, employs comparative analysis to explain the policy process in three countries—...

This book, the result of the author's experience in psychology and forestry studies, studies the relation between these two seemingly different dis...

Lombard analyzes the complementary relationship between trade and the environment in the emerging North American environmental management system co...

In an era of market triumphalism, this book probes the social and environmental consequences of market-linked nature conservation schemes. Rather t...

Addressing decades of rain forest destruction, concerned scientists, often in concert with various environmental movements, have amassed an impress...

Tropical habitats may contain more than a third of the world's plant and animal species; Costa Rica alone is home to one of the highest levels of b...

Destruction of tropical rain forests has increased exponentially in recent years, as have efforts to conserve them. However, information essential ...

Destruction of tropical rain forests has increased exponentially in recent years, as have efforts to conserve them. However, information essential ...

How Japanese coastal residents and transnational conservationists collaborated to foster relationships between humans and sea life  Drawing the Sea...

A foundational resource for readers investigating religiously motivated environmentalism, this book provides both a global overview of the subject ...

In recent years, a catastrophic global bleaching event devastated many of the world’s precious coral reefs. Working on the front lines of ruin, tod...

World Oceans: A Reference Handbook offers an in-depth discussion of the world's oceans. It discusses the marine life that is dependent on the sea a...

Water for All chronicles how Bolivians democratized water access, focusing on the Cochabamba region, which is known for acute water scarcity and ex...

Get ready to green up your everyday life with this helpful journal, packed full of tips and tricks to show you how simple it is to make meaningful ...

A comprehensive discussion on the complex role of plastics in society-nature relationships. The anthology Living in the Plastic Age focuses on the ...