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Taking us on a world tour of the most hotly contested water climates, and introducing us to some of the most passionate advocates to emerge from them, Diane Raines Ward gives us a compelling account of where we've come from, and where we need to go.

Paper or plastic? Neither, say William McDonough and Michael Braungart. Why settle for the least harmful alternative when we could have something that is better--say, edible grocery bags!

This comprehensive review of forest biological diversity is an important contribution to the international debate on conservation and sustainable use of forest biodiversity.

This publication provides readers with a magnificent collection of maps that trace the author's route, as well as an abundant and detailed selection of photographs -- the most complete assortment to date.

The primary aim of these guidelines is to assist programme officers at Sida to review EIAs. However, since both reviewing and making an EIA are based on the same concept, most of what is said about reviewing EIAs is also applicable to making EIAs.

Areas of high ecological value, i.e. parks and protected areas as well as urban parks, experience ever increasing pressures from recreation and tourism. In addition, new technologies make remote areas increasingly accessible.

Charts the progress of the building of an eco-economy that is compatible with the earth's ecosystem, discussing such topics as wind-generated electricity, post-fossil fuel energy, and recycling industries.

Focusing on the success stories of creating parks and protected areas, this book gathers experiences and information from thirty leading conservationists into a guidebook of principles for effective management of protected areas.