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  • Combating Forest Loss and Fires Technology–Policy Approaches in Key Biodiversity Areas

    by Manish Kumar Goyal, Shivukumar Rakkasagi ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book explores Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in India, addressing the challenges and proposing solutions for the conservation of these critical ecosystems. It examines the pivotal role of KBAs in biodiversity conservation and their significance in the global context, offering data-driven analyses of deforestation, habitat fragmentation, and forest loss. Utilizing open-source data, the book ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Biodiversity Monitoring in Australia

    Edited by David Lindenmayer, Philip Gibbons ...
    Ecological and biodiversity-based monitoring has been marked by an appalling lack of effectiveness and lack of success in Australia for more than 40 years, despite the billions of dollars that are invested in biodiversity conservation annually. What can be done to rectify this situation? This book tackles many aspects of the problem of biodiversity monitoring. It arose from a major workshop held ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks

    Edited by Michele Walters, Robert J. Scholes ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Biodiversity observation systems are almost everywhere inadequate to meet local, national and international (treaty) obligations. As a result of alarmingly rapid declines in biodiversity in the modern era, there is a strong, worldwide desire to upgrade our monitoring systems, but little clarity on what is actually needed and how it can be assembled from the elements which are already present. This ... Read more

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  • Citizen Science

    Public Participation in Environmental Research

    by John W. Fitzpatrick ...
    Citizen science enlists members of the public to make and record useful observations, such as counting birds in their backyards, watching for the first budding leaf in spring, or measuring local snowfall. The large numbers of volunteers who participate in projects such as Project FeederWatch or Project BudBurst collect valuable research data, which, when pooled together, create an enormous body of ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies in Japan

    Integrated Research toward Climate Resilient Society

    Edited by Nobuo Mimura, Satoshi Takewaka ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This open access book presents the latest Japanese research for the projection of climate change impacts and the evaluation of adaptation policies, with a particular focus on the S-18 Project—a nationwide, interdisciplinary research initiative involving experts from various fields. Readers can get a comprehensive view of the latest knowledge and strategies to combat climate change impacts in Japan ... Read more

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  • Ecosystem-Based Management, Ecosystem Services and Aquatic Biodiversity

    Theory, Tools and Applications

    Edited by Timothy G. O’Higgins, Manuel Lago, Theodore H. DeWitt ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Aquatic ecosystems are rich in biodiversity and home to a diverse array of species and habitats, providing a wide variety of benefits to human beings. Many of these valuable ecosystems are at risk of being irreversibly damaged by human activities and pressures, including pollution, contamination, invasive species, overfishing and climate change. Such pressures threaten the sustainability of these ... Read more

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  • Marine Plastics: Innovative Solutions to Tackling Waste

    Edited by Siv Marina Flø Grimstad, Lisbeth Mølgaard Ottosen, Neil A. James ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This open access book reflects aims of the Blue Circular Economy (BCE) project, which focused on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) aiming to create value using circular economy concepts related to products and services within fishing gear recycling in the Northern Periphery and Arctic (NPA) area. Cluster establishment and operation were carried out in collaboration with academia, industry ... Read more

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  • Climate Adaptation Modelling

    Edited by Claus Kondrup, Paola Mercogliano, Francesco Bosello, Jaroslav Mysiak, Enrico Scoccimarro, Angela Rizzo, Rhian Ebrey, Marleen de Ruiter, Ad Jeuken, Paul Watkiss ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This open access book focuses on an issue only marginally tackled by this literature: the still existing gap between adaptation science and modelling and the possibility to effectively access and exploit the information produced by policy making at different levels, international, national and local. To do so, the book presents the proceedings of a high-level expert workshop on adaptation ... Read more

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  • Climate Savvy

    Adapting Conservation and Resource Management to a Changing World

    by Jennifer Ruth Hoffman, Lara J. Hansen, Ph.D. ...
    Climate change demands a change in how we envision, prioritize, and implement conservation and management of natural resources. Addressing threats posed by climate change cannot be simply an afterthought or an addendum, but must be integrated into the very framework of how we conceive of and conduct conservation and management.In Climate Savvy, climate change experts Lara Hansen and Jennifer ... Read more

    $31.69 USD

  • Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management

    Confronting Tradeoffs

    by Jason Link ...
    Responsible fisheries management is of increasing interest to the scientific community, resource managers, policy makers, stakeholders and the general public. Focusing solely on managing one species of fish stock at a time has become less of a viable option in addressing the problem. Incorporating more holistic considerations into fisheries management by addressing the trade-offs among the range ... Read more

    $81.19 USD

  • Methods of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment

    Edited by Peter Morris, Riki Therivel, Graham Wood ...
    Series series Natural and Built Environment Series
    Environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) is an important and often obligatory part of proposing or launching any development project. Delivering a successful ESIA needs not only an understanding of the theory but also a detailed knowledge of the methods for carrying out the processes required. Riki Therivel and Graham Wood bring together the latest advice on best practicefrom experienced ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • A Guide to Forest–Water Management

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    Many people worldwide lack adequate access to clean water to meet basic needs, and many important economic activities, such as energy production and agriculture, also require water. Climate change is likely to aggravate water stress. As temperatures rise, ecosystems and the human, plant, and animal communities that depend on them will need more water to maintain their health and to thrive.Forests ... Read more

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