Tag: Conservation

Free Download Shooting and Conservation – December 2024
English | True PDF | 108 Pages | 282.6 MB

Free Download Kristin J. Baker, "Reptiles: Biology, Behavior and Conservation "
English | ISBN: 1611228565 | 2013 | 215 pages | PDF | 8 MB
This book presents current research in the study of reptiles from across the globe. Topics discussed include the Northern Pine Snake; the Crocodilian cardiovascular system; spatial cognition in reptiles; the organisation and expression of immunoglobulin isotypes in reptiles; conservation of reptiles; salmonella infection in reptiles; and, advances in amphibian and reptile ecotoxicological research.

Free Download Ethics in Biodiversity Conservation (Routledge Studies in Conservation and the Environment) By Patrik Baard
2021 | 190 Pages | ISBN: 0367627647 | EPUB | 1 MB
This book examines the role of ethics and philosophy in biodiversity conservation. The objective of this book is two-fold: on the one hand it offers a detailed and systematic account of central normative concepts often used, but rarely explicated nor justified, within conservation biology. Such concepts include ‘values’ (both intrinsic, instrumental, and, more recently, relational), ‘rights’, and ‘duties’. The second objective is to emphasize to environmental philosophers and applied ethicists the many interesting decision-making challenges of biodiversity conservation. The book argues that a nuanced account of instrumental values provides a powerful tool for reasoning about the values of biodiversity. It also scrutinizes relational values, the concept of rights of nature, and risk, and show how moral philosophy proves indispensable for these concepts. Consequently, it engages with recent suggestions on normative aspects of biodiversity conservation, and show the need for moral philosophy in biodiversity conservation. The overriding aim of this book is to provide conservation biologists and policy-makers with a systematic overview of concepts and assessments of the reasons for reaching prescriptive conclusions about biodiversity conservation. This will prove instrumental in clarifying the role of applied ethics and a refined understanding of the tools it can provide. This title will be of interest to students and scholars of conservation biology, conservation policy, environmental ethics and environmental philosophy.

Free Download Power in Conservation (Routledge Studies in Conservation and the Environment) By Carol Carpenter
2020 | 220 Pages | ISBN: 0367342502 | EPUB | 1 MB
This book examines theories and ethnographies related to the anthropology of power in conservation.Conservation thought and practice is power laden―conservation thought is powerfully shaped by the history of ideas of nature and its relation to people, and conservation interventions govern and affect peoples and ecologies. This book argues that being able to think deeply, particularly about power, improves conservation policy-making and practice. Political ecology is by far the most well-known and well-published approach to thinking about power in conservation. This book analyzes the relatively neglected but robust anthropology of conservation literature on politics and power outside political ecology, especially literature rooted in Foucault. It is intended to make four of Foucault’s concepts of power accessible, concepts that are most used in the anthropology of conservation: the power of discourses, discipline and governmentality, subject formation, and neoliberal governmentality. The important ethnographic literature that these concepts have stimulated is also examined. Together, theory and ethnography underpin our emerging understanding of a new, Anthropocene-shaped world.This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of conservation, environmental anthropology, and political ecology, as well as conservation practitioners and policy-makers.

Free Download John Roff, "Marine Conservation Ecology "
English | ISBN: 1844078833 | 2011 | 476 pages | EPUB | 7 MB
This major textbook provides a broad coverage of the ecological foundations of marine conservation, including the rationale, importance and practicalities of various approaches to marine conservation and management. The scope of the book encompasses an understanding of the elements of marine biodiversity – from global to local levels – threats to marine biodiversity, and the structure and function of marine environments as related to conservation issues.

Free Download David Seideman, "Conservation (Environmental Issues)"
English | 2005 | pages: 189 | ISBN: 0791082032 | PDF | 2,8 mb
Covers a variety of topics on conservation, including the importance of protecting the oceans, rivers, lakes, and federal lands.

Free Download John D. Harris, "Wildlife: Destruction, Conservation and Biodiversity "
English | ISBN: 1606929747 | 2009 | 366 pages | PDF | 8 MB
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Free Download Ryan E. Davis, "Wild Plants: Identification, Uses and Conservation "
English | ISBN: 1612099661 | 2012 | 319 pages | PDF | 11 MB
In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the identification, uses and conservation of wild plants. Topics discussed include identification of plant species using traditional and molecular-based methods; extracts from wild plants that possess antioxidant capacity; wild plant seed identification through image and linear discriminant analysis; the keystone tree species of Fagus sylvatica in the glacial refuge area of southern Europe and how dominant plant species influence the patterns of ecological interactions.

Free Download Adam D. Nemeth, "The Marine Environment: Ecology, Management and Conservation "
English | ISBN: 1612092659 | 2011 | 348 pages | PDF | 11 MB
This book presents current research in the study of the marine environment, including the isolation and molecular characterisation of marine bacteria; the ecophysiological significance of selective feeding of hetertrophic nanoflagellates; potential impacts of seawater desalination; marine pollution and international protection studies of the marine environment.

Free Download Jessica A. Murphy, "Sand Dunes: Conservation, Types and Desertification "
English | ISBN: 1613241089 | 2011 | 153 pages | PDF | 12 MB
In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the conservation, types and desertification of sand dunes. Topics discussed include the aridisation, dune dissipation and pedogenesis in the Quarternary of Eastern Pampean sand sea; desert sand dunes for sulfur concrete production; Allocosa brasiliensis as a model towards the conservation of coastal sand dunes in Uruguay; and, the causes, impacts and control of desertification.