Conservation of the Environment

As researchers try to predict the effects of human modification at all trophic levels and mediate the impact of rapid environmental change, it has ...

As researchers try to predict the effects of human modification at all trophic levels and mediate the impact of rapid environmental change, it has ...

The first biography of a visionary biologist whose groundbreaking ideas regarding wildlife and science revolutionized national parks.   When twenty...

Learn how to green your business with the help of one of the UK's leading corporate activists.Running a sustainable business doesn't mean that you ...

It is clear that nature is undergoing rapid changes as a result of human activities such as industry, agriculture, travel, fisheries and urbanisati...

What light does nearly twenty-five years of scientific study of the Exxon Valdez oil spill shed on the fate and effects of a spill? How can the res...

The case for an eco-emancipatory politics to release the Earth from human domination and free us all from lives that are both exploitative and expl...

Boreal ecosystems contain one-third of the world's forests and stored carbon, but these regions are under increasing threat from both natural and a...

Climate change is increasingly recognized as a global threat, and is already contributing to record-breaking hurricanes and heat waves. To prevent ...

In the face of decreasing biodiversity and ongoing global changes, maintaining ecosystem functioning is seen both as a means to preserve biological...

Ecological restoration projects seek to recover the natural functioning of degraded ecosystems, most often areas disturbed by human large scale pro...

Do intertidal organisms simply respond to the rise and fall of tides, or do they possess biological timing and navigation mechanisms that allow the...

Over the past 20 years dramatic declines have taken place in UK insect populations. Eventually, such declines must have knock-on effects for other ...

There is a growing concern that many important ecosystems, such as coral reefs and tropical rain forests, might be at risk of sudden collapse as a ...

There is a growing concern that many important ecosystems, such as coral reefs and tropical rain forests, might be at risk of sudden collapse as a ...

Our world is becoming more urban. More than fifty percent of the global population now lives in cities, which poses new challenges for sustainable ...

Winner of the prestigious FEEM 20th Anniversary Prize for its contribution to the field of environmental economics, Resources for the Future is the...

The Creation of Markets for Ecosystem Services in the United States is a detailed analysis of the most advanced efforts to create markets for ecosy...

'Beautiful . . . Justifies its place alongside nature writing classics such as H is for Hawk' NEW STATESMAN'Wonderful ... both frank and fearless' ...

Large-scale tree planting is advocated to provide additional atmospheric cooling and further reduce global warming. This raises a question about th...

Discover a straightforward and holistic look at energy conversion and conservation processes using the exergy concept with this thorough text. Expl...

Salt marshes are highly dynamic and important ecosystems that dampen impacts of coastal storms and are an integral part of tidal wetland systems, w...

The Systems Ecology Paradigm (SEP) incorporates humans as integral parts of ecosystems and emphasizes issues that have significant societal relevan...

The Systems Ecology Paradigm (SEP) incorporates humans as integral parts of ecosystems and emphasizes issues that have significant societal relevan...

How social media has become a critical tool for advancing the interests of the Canadian oil industry   Petroturfing presents an incisive look into ...

How social media has become a critical tool for advancing the interests of the Canadian oil industry   Petroturfing presents an incisive look into ...

Wood ants play an ecologically dominant and conspicuous role in temperate boreal forests, making a keystone contribution to woodland ecosystem func...

Only a green world, rich in plants, can sustain us and the millions of other species with which we share this planet. But, in an era of global chan...

Paleozoology and Paleoenvironments outlines the reconstruction of ancient climates, floras, and habitats on the basis of animal fossil remains reco...

Growing human populations and higher demands for water impose increasing impacts and stresses upon freshwater biodiversity. Their combined effects ...

At the outset of the twentieth century, the management of the British countryside was the preserve of powerful aristocratic estates, the ground wor...

Paleozoology and Paleoenvironments outlines the reconstruction of ancient climates, floras, and habitats on the basis of animal fossil remains reco...

'An inspirational manifesto for change' Caroline Lucas, former leader of The Green Party 'A remarkable and important book' Steve Backshall, Natural...

From climate change to species extinction, humanity is confronted with an increasing array of societal and environmental challenges that defy simpl...

The Little Book of Going Green aims to shed light on the ways humans are harming the environment, from pollution and deforestation to industrial pr...

Graph theory can be applied to ecological questions in many ways, and more insights can be gained by expanding the range of graph theoretical conce...

Forests play an important role in resolving global challenges such as sustainable development, climate change, biodiversity loss, and food and wate...