The UNESCO World Heritage Convention is one of the most widely ratified international treaties, and a place on the World Heritage List is a widely coveted mark of distinction.
Volume I. Stata basics. Data management and graphics. Linear regression basics. Linear regression extensions. Simulation. Linear regression with correlated errors. Linear instrumental-variables regression. Linear panel-data models: Basics. Linear panel-data models: Extensions.
Complete summary of the scientific knowledge currently available on closing of the knowledge-implementation gap in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
International Treaties in Nature Conservation provides a unique insight into the inner mechanisms of international treaties – their history, development, successes and failures – from those who have spent their lives working with them.
This is the most detailed and inspiring guidebook for hikers and nature lovers, describing all national parks in southwestern Europe, Macaronesia and the Alps.
This book offers Christian laypeople a brief and accessible perspective on what the Bible teaches about ecology and about Christians' responsibility to care for the environment.
La Lista Roja de Ecosistemas (LRE) proporciona un nuevo estándar unificado de carácter global, desarrollado por la UICN (Union Internacional de Conservación de la Naturaleza), cuyo propósito es orientar procesos de evaluación de riesgo que sean comparables y compatibles, acerca del estado de todo
On associe rarement la Bible et l’écologie. Et les chrétiens n’ont pas toujours brillé par leur souci de protéger l’environnement. Au contraire ! Sous prétexte de mieux « dominer et soumettre » la terre, ils ont souvent exploité sans mesure les ressources naturelles.
Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts offers a carefully balanced and stimulating survey of marine ecology, introducing the key processes and systems from which the marine environment is formed, and the issues and challenges which surround its future conservation.
Redan under 1800-talet växte det fram forskning inriktad mot det svenska jordbrukets och skogsbrukets behov. Forskningen bedrevs ofta i nära samarbete med eller av näringarna själva, till exempel i hushållningssällskapens regi.
Nell’anno scolastico 1950-51 la Sezione trentina del Movimento Italiano per la Protezione della Natura (M.I.P.N.) ha organizzato a Trento un Corso di protezione della natura per studenti delle scuole secondarie, che è stato il primo corso di educazione ambientale organizzato in Italia.
The bestselling textbook for undergraduate ecology courses, Ecology is an easy-to-read and well-organized text for instructors and students to explore the basics of the field.
Building a razor-sharp critique of current conservation proposals and their contradictions, Büscher and Fletcher argue that the Anthropocene challenge demands something bigger, better and bolder. Something truly revolutionary. They propose convivial conservation as the way forward.
Conservation Biology brings together theory, applied research, basic research, and hundreds of real-world examples and stories from dozens of disciplines to teach students how to become practicing conservation biologists who protect and manage Earth's biodiversity.
The rapidly increasing human pressure on the biosphere is pushing biodiversity into the sixth mass extinction event in the history of life on Earth. The organisms being exterminated are integral working parts of our planet’s life support system, and their loss is permanent.
L'espèce humaine disparaîtra dans 255 heures. Les pires prédictions climatiques se sont réalisées, le Grand Effondrement a eu lieu et presque toutes les espèces animales se sont éteintes.
The Natural History of the Bahamas offers the most comprehensive coverage of the terrestrial and coastal flora and fauna on the islands of the Bahamas archipelago, as well as of the region's natural history and ecology.
This book argues that existing practises of plant conservation are inadequate and firmly supports the placement of ecological restoration at the cornerstone of biodiversity conservation.
This highly topical book considers the important question of how best to protect the environment of the Third Pole – the area comprising the Hindu Kush Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau – using the tool of international law.
This manual includes the biology of the crab (Scylla serrata, S. tranquebarica, and S. olivacea), and describes principles and procedures for spawning the mature crabs and rearing the zoea to "fly" size crabs. It focuses on the hatchery rearing of S.
Author(s):
Quinitio, Emilia T.
Parado-Estepa, Fe Dolores
dela Cruz-Huervana, Joana Joy
Organization(s):
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), Aquaculture Department
Manta and devil rays are some of the most charismatic creatures in the ocean.Guide to the Manta and Devil Rays of the World includes detailed information on the identification, characteristics, threats and distribution for each of the species within this family of rays.
This document illuminates the diverse values of experiences and connections with nature and their relationship to positive behaviours towards the Earth. In 2018, led by Dr.
Organization(s):
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC)
Die Schweiz ist mit Wasser gesegnet. Und trotz zahlreicher Verbauungen gibt es sie noch, die fast unberührten Wasserlandschaften, die Naturparadiese, die Wasserperlen, die es zu schützen gilt, weil sie so kostbar geworden sind.
This publication offers nature lovers and visitors to tropical Asia an intriguing insight into the natural history of some of the continent's least known and most threatened species.
