Nature conservation

Why shouldn't people who deplete our natural assets have to pay, and those who protect them reap profits? Conservation-minded entrepreneurs and others around the world are beginning to ask just that question, as the increasing scarcity of natural resources becomes a tangible threat to our own lives and our hopes for our children.

The Journal for Nature Conservation is a scientific journal focusing on methods and techniques used in nature conservation. This international and interdisciplinary journal offers a forum for the communication of modern approaches to nature conservation. It aims to provide both scientists and practitioners in conservation theory, policy and management with comprehensive and applicable information.

This publication makes available a full discussion of Jack A. Kelley's landmark study covering all seasons for food habits of a whole selection of the most common hoofed wildlife species living together in a typical rangeland pasture.

Cette brochure est le compte rendu, le plus fidèle possible et parfois amélioré ensuite par les intervenants, du colloque organisé à Paris-VIII en février 1983 par l'association des journalistes-écrivains pour la nature et l'écologie et le groupe de recherche de la filière écologie de l'université de Paris-VIII.

Der Schutz und Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt ist eine gesamtgesellschaftliche Auf-gabe. Dem Ökologischen Landbau mit seinem hohen Naturschutzpotenzial kommt hierbei eine besondere Bedeutung zu. Wo aber entstehen im Ökologischen Landbau überhaupt wesentliche Konflikte mit Naturschutzzielen und wo lohnt es sich, auf diese einzugehen? Welche Maßnahmen können die Lebensbedingungen der typischen Fauna und Flora der Agrarlandschaft langfristig erhalten und fördern?

In 2004, Sean Willmore traveled across six continents and nineteen countries, interviewing and filming the lives and stories of park rangers, in an attempt to explore the social and environmental pressures on the front line of conservation.

This publication summarises the main findings of an assessment of the 2006EU Biodiversity Action Plan which reviewed the progress made on each of the 150 actions that made up the plan and an EU 2010 Biodiversity Baseline report produced by the European Environment Agency. It highlights the key achievements made under the ten key objectives of the 2006 EU Biodiversity Action Plan.