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Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment

The Cabbage who wished to have wings (Hardcover): Malcolm Van Biervliet The Cabbage who wished to have wings (Hardcover)
Malcolm Van Biervliet; Illustrated by Emmie van Biervliet
R572 Discovery Miles 5 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Special Volume on Kogia biology, Volume 96 (Hardcover): Stephanie Plon Special Volume on Kogia biology, Volume 96 (Hardcover)
Stephanie Plon
R4,384 Discovery Miles 43 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Special Volume on Kogia biology presents in-depth and up-to-date reviews on all aspects of marine biology. Published since 1963, this serial updates on a variety of topics that will appeal to postgraduates and researchers in marine biology, fisheries science, ecology, zoology and biological oceanography.

From Disposable Culture to Disposable People - The Unintended Consequences of Plastics (Hardcover): Sasha Adkins From Disposable Culture to Disposable People - The Unintended Consequences of Plastics (Hardcover)
Sasha Adkins; Foreword by Noel Moules
R842 Discovery Miles 8 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ice Sage - Living and Loving the Land (Hardcover): Levi Lyle Ice Sage - Living and Loving the Land (Hardcover)
Levi Lyle
R721 Discovery Miles 7 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Livestock - Food, Fiber, and Friends (Hardcover): Erin McKenna Livestock - Food, Fiber, and Friends (Hardcover)
Erin McKenna; Series edited by Robert W Mitchell
R3,138 Discovery Miles 31 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Most livestock in the United States currently live in cramped and unhealthy confinement, have few stable social relationships with humans or others of their species, and finish their lives by being transported and killed under stressful conditions. In Livestock, Erin McKenna allows us to see this situation and presents alternatives. She interweaves stories from visits to farms, interviews with producers and activists, and other rich material about the current condition of livestock. In addition, she mixes her account with pragmatist and ecofeminist theorizing about animals, drawing in particular on John Dewey's account of evolutionary history, and provides substantial historical background about individual species and about human-animal relations. This deeply informative text reveals that the animals we commonly see as livestock have rich evolutionary histories, species-specific behaviors, breed tendencies, and individual variation, just as those we respect in companion animals such as dogs, cats, and horses. To restore a similar level of respect for livestock, McKenna examines ways we can balance the needs of our livestock animals with the environmental and social impacts of raising them, and she investigates new possibilities for humans to be in relationships with other animals. This book thus offers us a picture of healthier, more respectful relationships with livestock.

Conservation Agriculture for Carbon Sequestration and Sustaining Soil Health (Hardcover): J. Somasundaram Conservation Agriculture for Carbon Sequestration and Sustaining Soil Health (Hardcover)
J. Somasundaram
R5,500 Discovery Miles 55 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book comprises 41 s dealing various issues, prospects and importance of conservation agriculture practices followed across different regions with special emphasis on rainfed regions. We hope this book on conservation agriculture will be highly useful to researchers, scientists, students, farmers and land managers for efficient and sustainable management of natural resources.

Environmental Sustainability (Hardcover): Kane Harlow Environmental Sustainability (Hardcover)
Kane Harlow
R3,476 Discovery Miles 34 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
How Can A Child, Like You, Protect the Big Earth? Conservation Biology Grade 4 Children's Environment Books (Hardcover):... How Can A Child, Like You, Protect the Big Earth? Conservation Biology Grade 4 Children's Environment Books (Hardcover)
Baby Professor
R668 Discovery Miles 6 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Wildlife Conservation and Management (Hardcover): Kason Hurst Wildlife Conservation and Management (Hardcover)
Kason Hurst
R3,425 Discovery Miles 34 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Big Basin Redwood Forest - California's Oldest State Park (Hardcover): Traci Bliss Big Basin Redwood Forest - California's Oldest State Park (Hardcover)
Traci Bliss; Foreword by Martin Rizzo-Martinez, Mark G Hylkema
R720 Discovery Miles 7 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Crowell Hilaka and the Richfield Heritage Preserve (Hardcover): Lynn Scholle Richardson Crowell Hilaka and the Richfield Heritage Preserve (Hardcover)
Lynn Scholle Richardson
R714 Discovery Miles 7 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Climate Change: Impacts on Environment (Hardcover): Daisy Mathews Climate Change: Impacts on Environment (Hardcover)
Daisy Mathews
R3,214 Discovery Miles 32 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Global Environment: Issues, Challenges and Concerns (Hardcover): Rosemary Charles Global Environment: Issues, Challenges and Concerns (Hardcover)
Rosemary Charles
R3,108 Discovery Miles 31 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis (Hardcover): Sushant Pal Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis (Hardcover)
Sushant Pal
R2,807 Discovery Miles 28 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Soil Science is an important and basic science in agriculture which deals with different domains of soil research namely, soil formation, genesis and classification, soil physics, soil chemistry, soil fertility and plant nutrition, soil biology, etc. Characterization as well as our understanding of soils requires that they are precisely analysed and described. While the physical properties of soils determine their adaptability to cultivation, chemical properties tells about their chemical environment and nutrient status to the crop production - the most important use of soils on this densely populated planet. Determination of different soil physical and chemical properties in the field or in the laboratory following suitable analytical methods is first step towards appropriate soil managements and scientific recommendations for increasing crop production.

New Jersey's Lost Piney Culture (Hardcover): William J. Lewis New Jersey's Lost Piney Culture (Hardcover)
William J. Lewis
R692 Discovery Miles 6 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Water Pollution and Conservation (Hardcover): Sheryl McMillan Water Pollution and Conservation (Hardcover)
Sheryl McMillan
R3,476 Discovery Miles 34 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Our Nature - A Book of Unfinished Parables (Hardcover): Peter Noel Dunn Our Nature - A Book of Unfinished Parables (Hardcover)
Peter Noel Dunn
R963 Discovery Miles 9 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Gift of the Swan - The Swans of Swan Lake Iris Gardens (Hardcover): Jodie Gochnauer Gift of the Swan - The Swans of Swan Lake Iris Gardens (Hardcover)
Jodie Gochnauer
R1,081 Discovery Miles 10 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Tyne After Tyne - An Environmental History of a River's Battle for Protection, 1529-2015 (Hardcover): Leona Skelton Tyne After Tyne - An Environmental History of a River's Battle for Protection, 1529-2015 (Hardcover)
Leona Skelton
R2,253 Discovery Miles 22 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Over the last five centuries, North-East England's River Tyne went largely with the flow as it rode with us on a rollercoaster from technologically limited early modern oligarchy, to large-scale Victorian 'improvement', to twentieth-century deoxygenation and to twenty-first-century efforts to expand the river's biodiversity. By studying five centuries of Tyne conservatorship, we can see that 1855 to 1972 was a blip on the graph of environmental concern, preceded and followed by more sustainable engagement and a fairer negotiation with the river's forces and expressions as a whole and natural system, albeit driven by different motivations. Even during this blip, however, many people expressed environmental concern. Several organisations, including the Tyne Salmon Conservancy (1866-1950), local governors, the Tyne's anglers and the Standing Committee on River Pollution's Tyne Sub-Committee (1921-1939), tried to protect the river's environmental health from harm, as they perceived it. This Tyne study offers a template for a future body of work on British rivers that shakes off the straitjacket of the Thames as the river of choice in British environmental history. And it undermines traditional socio-cultural approaches which reduce rivers to passive backdrops of human activities. Departing from progressive narratives that equated change with improvement, and declensionist narratives that equated change with loss and destruction, it moves away from morally loaded notions of better or worse, and even dead, rivers. This book refocuses on the production of new and different rivers and fully situates the Tyne's fluvial transformations within their political, economic, cultural, social and intellectual contexts. Let us sit with the Tyne itself, some of its salmon, a seventeenth-century Tyne River Court Juror, some nineteenth-century Tyne Improvement Commissioners, a 1920s biologist, a twentieth-century Tyne angler, shipbuilder and council planner and some twenty-first-century Tyne Rivers Trust volunteers. What would they disagree about? Would they agree on anything? How would they explain their conceptualisation of what the river is for and how it should be used and regulated? This book takes you to the heart of such virtual debates to revive, reconnect and reinvigorate the severed bonds and flows linking riparian places, issues and people across five centuries. By analysing the Tyne's past conservatorships, we can objectify ourselves through our descendants' eyes, reconnecting us not only to our past, but also to our future.

A Tree for a Year (Hardcover): Ellen Dutton A Tree for a Year (Hardcover)
Ellen Dutton; Illustrated by Emily Hurst Pritchett
R521 Discovery Miles 5 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Great Lakes for Sale - Updated Edition (Hardcover): Dave Dempsey Great Lakes for Sale - Updated Edition (Hardcover)
Dave Dempsey
R452 Discovery Miles 4 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Veld Management Principles And Practices - Principles and practices (Paperback): Frits van Oudtshoorn, van Oudtshoorn, Fritz Veld Management Principles And Practices - Principles and practices (Paperback)
Frits van Oudtshoorn, van Oudtshoorn, Fritz
R390 R348 Discovery Miles 3 480 Save R42 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Veld is a natural resource vital to our survival on earth. About 80% of our beautiful country consists of veld. Most of this area is used for livestock and game ranching as well as for biodiversity conservation and recreation. Good veld management is needed to prevent land degradation and to ensure sustainable food production and biodiversity conservation. But good veld management relies on a good knowledge of ecological principles and veld management practices, something many land users did not have the privilege to acquire. This book aims to provide the necessary knowledge to assist land users to effectively manage the land under their care, a huge responsibility indeed.
Veld Management – Principles and Practices, attempts to simplify a rather technical subject by including more than 380 photographs and illustrations and using easy understandable language
Contents:
● Chapter 1 is an introduction to the subject and also includes important legislation.
● Chapter 2 discusses the natural resources we are managing during veld and land management, such as soil, vegetation and water.
● Chapter 3 deals with ecological principles and includes sections on basic ecological processes, the role of plants and animals, and land degradation.
● Chapter 4 includes all the important practices such as property planning, grazing systems, fire management, the control of unwanted plants and many more.
● Appendix A: Declared weeds and invader plants.
● Appendix B: List of herbicides commonly used to control unwanted plants during veld and environmental management.

Technologies for Sustainable Green Environment (Hardcover): V. Davamani Technologies for Sustainable Green Environment (Hardcover)
V. Davamani
R1,893 Discovery Miles 18 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Green is the colour of the nature. When we Go Green we use only green house products that are healthy for the environment and include no toxins, recycle to help save and fills, and do everything possible to live healthy and reduce the impact on our earth. By living green and going green can reduce any negative impact on the planet in all possible ways. Many green products are packaged in recycled packaging, are biodegradable, and contain no phosphates, chlorine, artificial fragrances, or artificial colouThe main goal of green cleaning is to use eco-friendly cleaning solutions, recycle, using organic when possible, and promote methods that keep our environment healthy. This valuable publication entitled 'Technologies for Sustainable Green Environment and I sure, this will be incredibly handy for the scientists, teachers, students and everyone in the dwelling motherland.

Agroforestry Systems for Resource Conservation and Livelihood Security in Lower Himalays (Hardcover): Pankaj Panwar, K.S.... Agroforestry Systems for Resource Conservation and Livelihood Security in Lower Himalays (Hardcover)
Pankaj Panwar, K.S. Dadhwal
R2,912 Discovery Miles 29 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Shivalik ranges cover an area of about 2.14 million ha in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Haryana States of north-west India. Over exploitation of the resources in the region had lead to soil erosion resulting in the rise of riverbeds, siltation of tanks, reservoirs and other natural water bodies. Soil erosion greater than 80 t ha-1 yr-1 have been recorded from denuded hills at places. More than 70 per cent people of the region are dependent on agriculture, however, only 18 per cent of the cultivated area is irrigated. Agroforestry where tree and crops are integrated with each other had been recommended worldwide to check soil erosion and simultaneously achieve production goals. Adoption of scientifically proven agroforestry systems in Shivaliks can reverse the degradation and improve the economic status of the farmers of the region. Extensive research had been done till date on role of agroforestry in resource conservation and livelihood security in the region. The book is an attempt to compile the available knowledge on the subject. There are 20 s in the book covering various topics relating agroforestry systems with soil and water conservation, livelihood security, slope protection through mechanical and vegetative measures, fertility build up, mine spoil rehabilitation, bamboos, climate change and carbon sequestration.

Sacred Earth - A Nature-Inspired Coloring Book and Workbook (Hardcover): Monique Theoret Sacred Earth - A Nature-Inspired Coloring Book and Workbook (Hardcover)
Monique Theoret
R538 Discovery Miles 5 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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