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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “nick polunin”
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  • The Controversy over Marine Protected Areas

    Science meets Policy

    by Alex Caveen, Nick Polunin, Tim Gray, Selina Marguerite Stead ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book is a critical analysis of the concept of marine protected areas (MPAs) particularly as a tool for marine resource management. It explains the reasons for the extraordinary rise of MPAs to the top of the political agenda for marine policy, and evaluates the scientific credentials for the unprecedented popularity of this management option. The book reveals the role played by two policy ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?

    How Money Really Does Grow On Trees

    by Sir Tony Juniper ...
    During recent years, environmental debate worldwide has been dominated by climate change, carbon emissions and eff orts to achieve low carbon economies. But a number of academic, technical, political, business and NGO initiatives indicate that there is a new wave of environmental attention focused on a wholly different set of subjects: namely that of natural capital, ecosystem services and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Reshaping Environments

    An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in a Complex World

    Edited by Helena Bender ...
    Reshaping Environments: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in a Complex World draws together a team of specialist authors from disciplines including urban planning, social sciences, engineering and environmental science to examine the diverse influences humans have upon the natural environment. This interdisciplinary approach presents multifaceted responses for complex environmental ... Read more

    $77.89 USD

  • Ecosystem Services – Concept, Methods and Case Studies

    Edited by Karsten Grunewald, Olaf Bastian ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Nature provides us with many services seemingly for free: recharged groundwater, fertile soil and plant biomass created by photosynthesis. We human beings draw extensive benefits from these “ecosystem services,” or ES – food, water supply, recreation and protection from natural hazards. Major international studies, such as the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, have addressed the enormous role of ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • China-ASEAN Environment Outlook 1 (CAEO-1)

    Towards Green Development

    by China-ASEAN Environmental Cooperation Center ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the status and progress of China-ASEAN green development and examines the common development issues in China and ASEAN Member States (AMSs). It also explores development trends within the framework of global and regional environmental governance and discusses the approaches towards green development in China and AMSs, offering its own definition of ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Successful Agricultural Innovation in Emerging Economies

    New Genetic Technologies for Global Food Production

    Edited by David J. Bennett, Richard C. Jennings ...
    World population is forecast to grow from 7 to 9 billion by 2050, 1 in 6 is already hungry and food production must increase by 70-100% if it is to feed this growing population. No single solution will solve this problem but recent developments in the genetic technologies of plant breeding can help to increase agricultural efficiencies and save people from hunger in a sustainable manner, ... Read more

    $61.49 USD

  • Adaptive Management of Social-Ecological Systems

    Edited by Craig R. Allen, Ahjond S. Garmestani ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Adaptive management is an approach to managing social-ecological systems that fosters learning about the systems being managed and remains at the forefront of environmental management nearly 40 years after its original conception. Adaptive management persists because it allows action despite uncertainty, and uncertainty is reduced when learning occurs during the management process. Often termed ... Read more

    $125.09 USD

  • Ending Africa's Energy Deficit and the Law

    Achieving Sustainable Energy for All in Africa

    Edited by Yinka Omorogbe, Ada Ordor ...
    With the inclusion of access to energy in the sustainable development goals, the role of energy to human existence was finally recognized. Yet, in Africa, this achievement is far from realized. Omorogbe and Ordor bring together experts in their fields to ask what is stalling progress, examining problems from institutions catering to vested interests at the continent's expense, to a need to develop ... Read more

    $119.69 USD

  • Post-2020 Climate Action

    Global and Asian Perspectives

    Edited by Shinichiro Fujimori, Mikiko Kainuma, Toshihiko Masui ...
    This book summarizes assessments of the Paris Agreement to provide an excellent introduction to this research field. The AIM/CGE (Asia-Pacific Integrated Modeling /Computable General Equilibrium) model, which is the core of AIM modeling framework, is used for the assessment.The first part focuses on global issues, presenting both short-term (a few decades) and long-term (century scale) assessments ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • Stakeholders and Scientists

    Achieving Implementable Solutions to Energy and Environmental Issues

    Edited by Joanna Burger ...
    Nation and the World must move forward with development of a range of energy sources and savings, all with attendant environmental problems. Solving these problems, and those remaining from past energy-related activities, will require iteration, inclusion, and collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, including U.S., State and local governmental agencies, Tribal Nations, scientists, ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • Developing Adaptation Policy and Practice in Europe: Multi-level Governance of Climate Change

    Edited by E. Carina H. Keskitalo ...
    Mitigation will not be sufficient for us to avoid climate change and we will need to adapt to its consequences. This book targets the development of adaptation policy in European countries with different relations between central and regional/local government. ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Proceedings of the 2007 National Conference on Environmental Science and Technology

    Edited by Godfrey Uzochukwu, Keith Schimmel, Shoou-Yuh Chang, Vinayak Kabadi, Stephanie Luster-Teasley, Gudigopuram Reddy, Emmanuel Nzewi ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    Godfrey A. Uzochukwu teaches interdisciplinary courses in environmental sciences. Research areas include: soil and mineral properties for better land use, uses of natural resources data, assessment and evaluation of environmental technologies, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary environmental processes and ecology.Keith Schimmel's research interests include bioremediation, membrane separations ... Read more

    $143.09 USD