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Worldchanging : a user's guide for the 21st century
    Steffen, Alex

This book offers insight into the best, most innovative solutions for tackling the world's biggest problems. We face an unprecedented planetary crisis, and this is no time to sit back and let others solve the problems for us; through participation and innovation, we can all play a part in making a difference. Full of ideas, solutions, and stories, this volume equips you with the tools you need. Whether you want to shop more responsibly, improve your community, fight poverty and disease, or launch an ethical business, the information is here for you to get started. Best of all, this book shows that changing the world doesn't have to conflict with living the life you want -- that being a smart consumer, improving the lives of others, and being kinder to the planet can lead to a healthier, happier, more exciting life.
Green carbon : the role of natural forests in carbon storage : part 1 : a green carbon account of Australia's south-eastern eucalypt forests, and policy implications
    Mackey, Brendan (Brendan G.) | Keith, Heather | Berry, Sandra L. | Lindenmayer, David B.

The colour of carbon matters. Green carbon is the carbon stored in the plants and soil of natural ecosystems and is a vital part of the global carbon cycle. This report is the first in a series that examines the role of natural forests in the storage of carbon, the impacts of human land use activities, and the implications for climate change policy nationally and internationally. REDD (“reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation”) is now part of the agenda for the “Bali Action Plan” being debated in the lead-up to the Copenhagen climate change conference in 2009. Currently, international rules are blind to the colour of carbon so that the green carbon in natural forests is not recognised, resulting in perverse outcomes including ongoing deforestation and forest degradation, and the conversion of extensive areas of land to industrial plantations. This report examines REDD policy from a green carbon scientific perspective. Subsequent reports will focus on issues concerning the carbon sequestration potential of commercially logged natural forests, methods for monitoring REDD, and the long term implications of forest policy and management for the global carbon cycle and climate change.
Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinçâo
    Machado, Angelo B. M. | Drummond, Gláucia Moreira | Paglia, Adriano Pereira

No livro são apresentados dados sobre a biologia, distribuição geográfica, presença em unidades de conservação, principais ameaças, estratégias de conservação, indicações de especialistas e de núcleos de pesquisa e conservação envolvidos com as espécies. Essas informações são valiosas tanto para o gestor ambiental, cujo objetivo de trabalho é a elaboração e execução de políticas públicas, quanto para acadêmicos e o público em geral. Esta é a primeira vez que uma única obra reúne dados científicos sobre todas as espécies brasileiras reconhecidas oficialmente como ameaçadas de extinção.
The bottom billion : why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it
    Collier, Paul

Global poverty, economist Collier points out, is actually falling quite rapidly for about 80% of the world. The real crisis lies in a group of about 50 failing states, the bottom billion, whose problems defy traditional approaches to alleviating poverty. Here, Collier contends that these fifty failed states pose the central challenge of the developing world in the twenty-first century. This group of small nations, largely unnoticed by the industrialized West, are dropping further and further behind the majority of the world’s people, often falling into an absolute decline in living standards. A struggle rages within each of these nation between reformers and corrupt leaders--and the corrupt are winning. Collier analyzes the causes of failure, and offers a bold new plan.--From publisher description.
Knowledge and impact of participation : technical analysis of a knowledge survey
Social quality in the conservation process of living heritage sites
    Kong, Ping

The aim of this research is to: 1) identify the negative impact of conservation policies implemented in living World Heritage sites on the social quality of traditional communities; 2) develop a design tool constraining spatial morphology to overcome the negative influences on the social quality The study leads to a new approach to conservation planning that takes into account sustaining social quality while enforcing UNESCO World Heritage conservation program.
Safety net : protected areas and poverty reduction : a research report by WWF and Equilibrium
Crop wild relative conservation and use
Conserving plant genetic diversity in protected areas : population management of crop wild relatives
    Iriondo, José María | Maxted, Nigel | Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan

This book is about the conservation of genetic diversity of wild plants in situ in their natural surroundings, primarily in existing protected areas but also outside conventional protected areas. The principles outlined are equally applicable for the in situ genetic conservation of any wild plant species, whether the aim is to maintain a species threatened by habitat fragmentation, over-collection from the wild or a species that has potential use as a gene donor to our crops.
The role of the environment in poverty alleviation
    Galizzi, Paolo | Herklotz, Alena

Essays in this publication offer perspectives and strategies to promote both environmental conservation and poverty eradication. Reflecting a range of disciplines, issues, and settings, they cover four interrelated topics: the link between poverty reduction and the environment by encouraging integration of environmental management and development; environmental disasters, their impact on poor people, and the ways to prevent or mitigate their consequences; conservation knowledge and the role of information and education in sustainable development; and legal empowerment of the poor.
The ecosystem approach to fisheries
    Bianchi, G. (Gabriella) | Skjoldal, Hein Rune

This text covers both theoretical and applied aspects of sustainable management, with a particular emphasis on reviewing concepts and addressing implementation issues in the form of case studies from around the world. Personal experiences from diverse backgrounds are considered and the best practices to facilitate further implementation are discussed. Researchers, practitioners and policy makers in fisheries, aquaculture, marine biology and ecology will find this book an invaluable overview and guide to new perspectives in fisheries management.
The Bandhavgarh inheritance
No-till farming systems
    Goddard, Tom | Zoebisch, Michael A. | Gan, Yantai | Ellis, Wyn | Watson, Alex | Samran Sombatpanit

This book aims to celebrate from where no-till has come, and to advance the concept by sharing the latest information and knowledge from around the world. New frontiers and the most recent developments are discussed. One of the most significant of these is the expanding interest in how carbon accumulation in agricultural systems can both enable greater adaptation to climate change and contribute to the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. The carbon markets are rapidly taking note of the vast potential for no-till systems to contribute to carbon offsets, thus opening up the opportunity for progressive farmers to gain additional income for their efforts to create more sustainable and productive no-till farming.
Okavango Delta management plan
   

The Government of Botswana is proud to have finalized the development of the Okavango Delta Management Plan (ODMP). The ODMP will provide a contextual framework within which all other sector plans should operate within the North West District.
White-napped cranes : 2,000 km journey, white-napped cranes in Han River
    Yoon, Soon-Young

Collection of photos of white-naped cranes as seen in Korea. The publication includes two essays regarding the cranes and their habitats, as well as an introduction by and CV of the photographer.
Flora e Fauna Terrestre Invasora na Macaronésia : TOP 100 nos Açores, Madeira e Canárias = Flora y Fauna Terrestre Invasora en la Macaronesia : TOP 100 en Azores, Madeira y Canarias = Invasive terrestrial flora and fauna of Macaronesia : TOP 100 in Azo
    Silva, Luís | Ojeda Land, Elizabeth | Rodríguez Luengo, Juan Luis

This book aims to answer questions relating to species introduced into the Macaronesian environment, including the Canary Islands (Spain), Madeira (Portugal) and the Azores (Portugal). It is a first attempt to present information regarding alien species in the European region of Macaronesia in a systematic way. A standard set of criteria was designed and applied to those species considered as naturalized and occupying natural and semi-natural habitats. This book is also intended to serve as a tool to raise awareness of the problem of IAS (invasive alien species). In fact, island ecosystems have been considered as more susceptible to IAS than continental systems, largely due to the small scale of the islands and to peculiarities of island biota which make them more susceptible to foreign competitors, predators and pathogens. However, islands, particularly European islands, are important hotspots for biodiversity, and the preservation of this natural heritage is currently also dependent on the implementation of effective measures to contain IAS.
State of the world's birds : indicators for our changing world
National capacity self-assessment report
Estonian conservation areas
National parks of Korea
Notizie storiche sul Parco naturale Adamello Brenta
First steps : conserving our environment
PANet : protected area networks : a handbook
Nationalparksplan för Sverige : langsiktig plan
Proceedings of the 1st scientific conference on the Agusan marsh
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