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

Nature of the Miracle Years - Conservation in West Germany, 1945-1975 (Hardcover): Sandra Chaney Nature of the Miracle Years - Conservation in West Germany, 1945-1975 (Hardcover)
Sandra Chaney
R3,021 Discovery Miles 30 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

After 1945, those responsible for conservation in Germany resumed their work with a relatively high degree of continuity as far as laws and personnel were concerned. Yet conservationists soon found they had little choice but to modernize their views and practices in the challenging postwar context. Forced to change by necessity, those involved in state-sponsored conservation institutionalized and professionalized their efforts, while several private groups became more confrontational in their message and tactics. Through their steady and often conservative presence within the mainstream of West German society, conservationists ensured that by 1970 the map of the country was dotted with hundreds of reserves, dozens of nature parks, and one national park. In doing so, they assured themselves a strong position to participate in, rather than be excluded from, the left-leaning environmental movement of the 1970s.

Sponsoring Nature - Environmental Philanthropy for Conservation (Hardcover): Maano Ramutsindela, Marja Spierenburg, Harry Wels Sponsoring Nature - Environmental Philanthropy for Conservation (Hardcover)
Maano Ramutsindela, Marja Spierenburg, Harry Wels
R4,478 Discovery Miles 44 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Saving the world's flora and fauna, especially high-profile examples such as chimpanzees, whales and the tropical rain forests, is big business. Individuals and companies channel their resources to the preservation of nature through various ways, one of which is the funding of environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs). This book is the first to comprehensively address this issue and focus on a dominant theme in environmental philanthropy, the links between ENGOs and CBOs and their sponsors, especially the private sector.

It has been argued that donor support is based on recipient's perceived expertise and needs, with no favouritism of flagship environmental organizations as recipients of donor funds. A counterview holds that the private sector prefers to fund mainstream ENGOs for environmental research and policy reforms congenial to industrial capital. The authors show that the debate about these arguments, together with the empirical evidence on which they are based, may shed light on certain aspects of the nature of environmental philanthropy. The book evaluates practical examples of environmental philanthropy from Africa and elsewhere against philosophical questions about the material and geographical expressions of philanthropy, and the North-South connections among philanthropists and ENGOs and CBOs.

Artificial Reefs in Fisheries Management (Hardcover, New): Stephen A. Bortone, Frederico Pereira Brandini, Gianna Fabi, Shinya... Artificial Reefs in Fisheries Management (Hardcover, New)
Stephen A. Bortone, Frederico Pereira Brandini, Gianna Fabi, Shinya Otake
R4,501 Discovery Miles 45 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

While artificial reefs may have much to offer, they remain an anecdote in the greater scheme of fisheries management, primarily due to the lack of data specific to validating their use. Based on papers presented at the 9th Conference on Artificial Reefs and Artificial Habitats (CARAH) and also including original articles written for this reference, Artificial Reefs in Fisheries Management brings to the forefront the current state of knowledge regarding artificial reefs and their pragmatic application to furthering fisheries sustainability. It presents a timely compilation of research to increase options for the implementation of artificial reefs for fishery and natural resource managers. Artificial Reefs in Fisheries Management offers an inclusive and encompassing description of the field by chapter authors drawn from diverse geographical areas. This approach gives readers the broadest of perspectives and reflects regional interests and experience with artificial reefs in different parts of the world. Coming at an opportune time in the field of artificial reefs, Artificial Reefs in Fisheries Management aids researchers and natural resource managers more carefully consider the special features of artificial reefs in their application to resolving fisheries management problems. This book is an important step toward improving the prescribed use of artificial reefs as a viable option in many of the world's fisheries in the quest to make more of the world's fisheries sustainable.

Andean Hydrology (Paperback): Diego A. Rivera, Alex Godoy-Faundez, Mario Lillo Saavedra Andean Hydrology (Paperback)
Diego A. Rivera, Alex Godoy-Faundez, Mario Lillo Saavedra
R1,560 Discovery Miles 15 600 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book describes the ecosystem of the Andean watersheds, covering the Californian valley, tropical Andes, and southern Andes. Case studies of the new methods and techniques used for hydrological research in the Andes are provided, and sustainability issues pertaining to Andean water resources are discussed in the context of climate change, social and economic issues, and public policy. Furthermore, the impact of economic development on the Andean ecosystem, specifically the effect on the water cycle and the water-energy-food nexus, are examined.

The The Living Garden (Hardcover, Frances Lincoln): The The Living Garden (Hardcover, Frances Lincoln)
R796 R386 Discovery Miles 3 860 Save R410 (52%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"The Living Garden"is the book for all gardeners (whether new or experienced) who want to work in tuen with nature to create a beautiful space. Jane Powers shows that if we cut out harmful chemical and use the right plants for our climate and conditions, we can make a garden that has a live of its own, in which flora and fauna are intricately interwoven. She describes how to plan and plant for birds, bees and other creatures (including humans) and how to grow our own food, look after our soil, make compost and plant potions, sow and save seeds, propagate plants and carry out many other essential operations.

Ethno-ornithology - Birds, Indigenous Peoples, Culture and Society (Paperback): Sonia C. Tidemann, Andrew Gosler Ethno-ornithology - Birds, Indigenous Peoples, Culture and Society (Paperback)
Sonia C. Tidemann, Andrew Gosler
R1,624 Discovery Miles 16 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Indigenous knowledge that embraces ornithology takes in whole social dimensions that are inter-linked with environmental ethos, conservation and management for sustainability. In contrast, western approaches have tended to reduce knowledge to elemental and material references. This book looks at the significance of indigenous knowledge of birds and their cultural significance, and how these can assist in framing research methods of western scientists working in related areas. As well as its knowledge base, this book provides practical advice for professionals in conservation and anthropology by demonstrating the relationship between mutual respect, local participation and the building of partnerships for the resolution of joint problems. It identifies techniques that can be transferred to different regions, environments and collections, as well as practices suitable for investigation, adaptation and improvement of knowledge exchange and collection in ornithology. The authors take anthropologists and biologists who have been trained in, and largely continue to practise from, a western reductionist approach, along another path - one that presents ornithological knowledge from alternative perspectives, which can enrich the more common approaches to ecological and other studies as well as plans of management for conservation.

Earthcare - An Anthology in Environmental Ethics (Paperback): David Clowney, Patricia Mosto Earthcare - An Anthology in Environmental Ethics (Paperback)
David Clowney, Patricia Mosto; Contributions by Spencer Abraham, Ray Anderson, Nik Ansell, …
R2,548 Discovery Miles 25 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This anthology, designed for use in undergraduate courses in environmental ethics, includes new and classic readings by leading writers in the field, full-length case studies, and many short discussion cases. Introductions and discussion questions are provided for all the essays, with each chapter introduced by a summary of the issues and appropriate philosophic, historical and scientific background. Exploring ethical theory, environmental ethics, science and the environmental movement, Earthcare also offers suggestions for students on how to think about ethics and the environment. Through many worldviews, religions and philosophical perspectives, this collection grapples with environmental ethics issues from valuing nature, concerns about the atmosphere, water, land, animals, and human population as well as the interlocking and often problematic interests of business, consumption, energy and sustainability. This book also features examples of a wide variety of environmentally engaged individuals, giving students a way of seeing the connections between the material studied and what they themselves might accomplish.

The Recurring Dark Ages - Ecological Stress, Climate Changes, and System Transformation (Paperback): Sing C. Chew The Recurring Dark Ages - Ecological Stress, Climate Changes, and System Transformation (Paperback)
Sing C. Chew
R1,379 Discovery Miles 13 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this modern era of global environmental crisis, Sing Chew provides a convincing analysis of the recurring human and environmental crises identified as Dark Ages. In this, his second of a three-volume series concerning world ecological degradation, Chew reviews the past 5,000-year history of structural conditions and processes that define the relationship between nature and culture. Chew's message about the coming Dark Ages, as human communities continue to reorganize to meet the contingencies of ecological scarcity and climate changes, is a must-read for those concerned with human interactions and environmental changes, including environmental anthropologists and historians, world historians, geographers, archaeologists, and environmental scientists.

From Bricolage to Metissage - Rethinking Intercultural Approaches to Indigenous Environmental Education and Research... From Bricolage to Metissage - Rethinking Intercultural Approaches to Indigenous Environmental Education and Research (Paperback, New edition)
Gregory Lowan-Trudeau
R984 Discovery Miles 9 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Rethinking Intercultural Approaches to Indigenous Environmental Education and Research arose from a physical and philosophical journey that critically considered the relationship between Western, Indigenous, and other culturally rooted ecological knowledge systems and philosophies. This book shares two related studies that explored the life histories, cultural, and ecological identities and pedagogical experiences of Indigenous, non-Indigenous, and recently arrived educators and learners from across Canada. A variety of socio-ecological concepts including bricolage, metissage, Two-Eyed Seeing, and the Third Space are employed to (re-) frame discussions of historical and contemporary understandings of interpretive and Indigenous research methodologies, Metis cultures and identities, Canadian ecological identity, intercultural science and environmental education, "wicked problems", contemporary disputes over land and natural resource management, and related activism.

Conservation and Economic Efficiency - An Approach To Materials Policy (Hardcover): Talbot Page Conservation and Economic Efficiency - An Approach To Materials Policy (Hardcover)
Talbot Page
R2,576 Discovery Miles 25 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Becoming a Sustainable Runner - A Guide to Running for Life, Community, and Planet (Paperback): Tina Muir, Zoë Rom Becoming a Sustainable Runner - A Guide to Running for Life, Community, and Planet (Paperback)
Tina Muir, Zoë Rom; Foreword by Jordan Marie Whetstone
R857 R630 Discovery Miles 6 300 Save R227 (26%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Becoming a Sustainable Runner is not just another running guide on developing the physical attributes to run faster or longer. What it will help you achieve is a newfound purpose that merges your passion for running with your concern for your health, your community, and the environment. It weaves together concepts of internal and external sustainability in a way that will help you run, think, and act in a way that is in line with your values. Divided into three parts, the book begins by giving you the tools to find excitement and joy in your runs and sustain your running for the long term. These include acknowledging stressors, setting new challenges, changing where you run and who you run with, and prioritizing physical and mental rest to minimize the risk of injury, illness, and burnout. Next, discover ways to enrich your running through personal connections. Learn about the importance of joining or forming a running community that fosters comradery with others who believe in the power of service and in giving back in meaningful and impactful ways. Then, tap into your passion to sustain our planet. Know what it means to be an eco-conscious traveler, make environmentally friendly choices about where you run and the products you use, and reduce your carbon footprint through the 3R’s: reducing, reusing, and recycling. Throughout the book you’ll enjoy stories from the authors about their personal challenges and triumphs as runners and stewards of the environment. Quotes and insights from well-known runners who are also climate change and environmental justice advocates underscore the breadth and depth of the issues facing us all. As a runner, you have the power to change the world for the better. Becoming a Sustainable Runner provides actionable steps to help you do just that.

Implementing Industrial Ecology - Methodological Tools and Reflections for Constructing a Sustainable Development (Hardcover):... Implementing Industrial Ecology - Methodological Tools and Reflections for Constructing a Sustainable Development (Hardcover)
Cyril Adoue
R3,420 Discovery Miles 34 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is the fruit of the author 's six years of research and fieldwork undertaken while at the Centre for Sustainable Development Research and Interdisciplinary Studies Troyes University of Technology. The research and field work were concentrated on material and energy flow loops, the principal tool that industrial ecology puts forward in order to limit environmental and economic impacts caused by the abuse of natural resources. The book is aimed at those responsible for providing a bit of substance to the objective of sustainable development. It also aims to disseminate this information towards future caretakers of the planet who today occupy seats at universities.

Moral Ecologies - Histories of Conservation, Dispossession and Resistance (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Carl J. Griffin, Roy... Moral Ecologies - Histories of Conservation, Dispossession and Resistance (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Carl J. Griffin, Roy Jones, Iain J.M. Robertson
R2,670 Discovery Miles 26 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book offers the first systematic study of how elite conservation schemes and policies define once customary and vernacular forms of managing common resources as banditry-and how the 'bandits' fight back. Drawing inspiration from Karl Jacoby's seminal Crimes against Nature, this book takes Jacoby's moral ecology and extends the concept beyond the founding of American national parks. From eighteenth-century Europe, through settler colonialism in Africa, Australia and the Americas, to postcolonial Asia and Australia, Moral Ecologies takes a global stance and a deep temporal perspective, examining how the language and practices of conservation often dispossess Indigenous peoples and settlers, and how those groups resist in everyday ways. Drawing together archaeologists, anthropologists, geographers and historians, this is a methodologically diverse and conceptually innovative study that will appeal to anyone interested in the politics of conservation, protest and environmental history.

The Politics of Permaculture (Paperback): Terry Leahy The Politics of Permaculture (Paperback)
Terry Leahy
R765 R642 Discovery Miles 6 420 Save R123 (16%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

'Inspiring. [...] Crammed with lively interviews and grounded examples' Ashish Kothari, founder of Kalpavriksh Permaculture is an environmental movement that makes us reevaluate what it means to be sustainable. Through innovative agriculture and settlement design, the movement creates new communities that are harmonious with nature. It has grown from humble origins on a farm in 1970s Australia and flourished into a worldwide movement that confronts industrial capitalism. The Politics of Permaculture is one of the first books to unpack the theory and practice of this social movement that looks to challenge the status quo. Drawing upon the rich seam of publications and online communities from the movement as well as extensive interviews with permaculture practitioners and organisations from around the world, Leahy explains the ways permaculture is understood and practiced in different contexts. In the face of extreme environmental degradation and catastrophic climate change, we urgently need a new way of living.

The Recurring Dark Ages - Ecological Stress, Climate Changes, and System Transformation (Hardcover): Sing C. Chew The Recurring Dark Ages - Ecological Stress, Climate Changes, and System Transformation (Hardcover)
Sing C. Chew
R2,996 Discovery Miles 29 960 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this modern era of global environmental crisis, Sing Chew provides a convincing analysis of the recurring human and environmental crises identified as Dark Ages. In this, his second of a three-volume series concerning world ecological degradation, Chew reviews the past 5,000-year history of structural conditions and processes that define the relationship between nature and culture. Chew's message about the coming Dark Ages, as human communities continue to reorganize to meet the contingencies of ecological scarcity and climate changes, is a must-read for those concerned with human interactions and environmental changes, including environmental anthropologists and historians, world historians, geographers, archaeologists, and environmental scientists.

Saving Forests, Protecting People? - Environmental Conservation in Central America (Paperback): John Schelhas, Max J. Pfeffer Saving Forests, Protecting People? - Environmental Conservation in Central America (Paperback)
John Schelhas, Max J. Pfeffer
R1,568 Discovery Miles 15 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Tropical forest conservation is attracting widespread public interest and helping to shape the ways in which environmental scientists and other groups approach global environmental issues. Schelhas and Pfeffer show that globally-driven forest conservation efforts have had different results in different places, ranging from violent protest to the discovery of common ground among conservation programs and the various interests of local peoples. The authors examine the connections between local values, material needs, and environmental management regimes. Saving Forests, Protecting People? explores that difficult terrain where culture, the environment, and social policies meet.

An Open Pit Visible from the Moon - The Wilderness Act and the Fight to Protect Miners Ridge and the Public Interest... An Open Pit Visible from the Moon - The Wilderness Act and the Fight to Protect Miners Ridge and the Public Interest (Hardcover)
Adam M. Sowards
R1,100 Discovery Miles 11 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Situated among the North Cascade Mountains of Washington State, in the Glacier Peak Wilderness Area, Miners Ridge contains vast quantities of copper. Kennecott Copper Corporation's plan to develop an open-pit mine there was, when announced in 1966, the first test of the mining provision of the Wilderness Act passed by Congress in 1964. The battle over the proposed ""Open Pit, Big Enough to Be Seen from the Moon,"" as activists called it, drew the attention of both local and national conservationists, who vowed to stop the desecration of one of the West's most scenic places. Kennecott Copper had the full force of the law and mining industry behind it in asserting its extractive rights. Meanwhile the U.S. Forest Service was determined to defend its authority to manage wilderness. An Open Pit Visible from the Moon tells the story of this historic struggle to define the contours of the Wilderness Act - its possibilities and limits. Combining rigorous analysis and deft storytelling, Adam M. Sowards re-creates the contest between Kennecott and its shareholders on one hand and activists on the other, intent on maintaining wilderness as a place immune to the calculus of profit. A host of actors cross these pages - from cabinet secretaries and a Supreme Court justice to local doctors and college students - all contributing to a drama that made Miners Ridge a cause celebre for the nation's wilderness movement. As locals testified at public hearings and writers penned profiles in the nation's magazines and newspapers, the volatile political economy of copper proved equally influential in frustrating Kennecott's plans. No law or court ruling could keep Kennecott from mining copper, but the pit was never dug. Identifying the contingent factors and forces that converged and coalesced in this case, Sowards's narrative recalls a critical moment in the struggle over the nation's wild places, even as it puts the unpredictability of history on full display.

Earthcare - An Anthology in Environmental Ethics (Hardcover, New): David Clowney, Patricia Mosto Earthcare - An Anthology in Environmental Ethics (Hardcover, New)
David Clowney, Patricia Mosto; Contributions by Spencer Abraham, Ray Anderson, Nik Ansell, …
R3,606 Discovery Miles 36 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This anthology, designed for use in undergraduate courses in environmental ethics, includes new and classic readings by leading writers in the field, full-length case studies, and many short discussion cases. Introductions and discussion questions are provided for all the essays, with each chapter introduced by a summary of the issues and appropriate philosophic, historical and scientific background. Exploring ethical theory, environmental ethics, science and the environmental movement, Earthcare also offers suggestions for students on how to think about ethics and the environment. Through many worldviews, religions and philosophical perspectives, this collection grapples with environmental ethics issues from valuing nature, concerns about the atmosphere, water, land, animals, and human population as well as the interlocking and often problematic interests of business, consumption, energy and sustainability. This book also features examples of a wide variety of environmentally engaged individuals, giving students a way of seeing the connections between the material studied and what they themselves might accomplish.

Exploitation Conservation Preservation - A Geographic Perspective on Natural Resource Use 4e (Hardcover, 4th Edition): S L... Exploitation Conservation Preservation - A Geographic Perspective on Natural Resource Use 4e (Hardcover, 4th Edition)
S L Cutter
R7,146 Discovery Miles 71 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Integrating physical, economic, social, and political perspectives, Cutter and Renwick's Fourth Edition presents readers with a wide range of opinions and interpretations of the major natural resource issues facing the world today.

Quantitative Studies in Green and Conservation Criminology - The Measurement of Environmental Harm and Crime (Paperback):... Quantitative Studies in Green and Conservation Criminology - The Measurement of Environmental Harm and Crime (Paperback)
Michael J Lynch, Stephen F. Pires
R1,369 Discovery Miles 13 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

During the early development and throughout the short history of green/conservation criminology, limited attention has been directed toward quantitative analyses of relevant environmental crime, law and justice concerns. While recognizing the importance of establishing a theory and terminology in the early stages of development, this book redresses this imbalance. The work features contributions that undertake empirical quantitative studies of green/conservation crime and justice issues by both conservation and green criminologists. The collection highlights the shared concerns of these groups within important forms of ecological crime and victimization, and illustrates the ways in which these approaches can be undertaken quantitatively. It includes quantitative conservation/green criminological studies that represent the work of both well-established scholars in these fields, along with studies by scholars whose works are less well-known and who are also contributing to shaping this area of research. The book presents a valuable contribution to the areas of Green and Conservation Criminology. It will appeal to academics and students working in these areas.

Nature's Spectacle - The World's First National Parks and Protected Places (Hardcover): John Sheail Nature's Spectacle - The World's First National Parks and Protected Places (Hardcover)
John Sheail
R4,501 Discovery Miles 45 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

National parks have always been an emotive and iconic symbol, ever since the first parks of the modern era were created in the mid-nineteenth century. This book, based on original research, delves deeply into their character and significance, and the larger context in which they developed.

The book celebrates the deserved attractiveness of the parks as wilderness or 'spectacle' to millions of visitors, but also emphasises how there was nothing inevitable, self-sustaining or without cost in their magnificence and accessibility. Those early parks were a powerful unifying force as national 'playgrounds', especially as motor transport democratised their use. However they also provoked bitter conflict in their dispossession of local communities and perhaps deliberate segregation of people from scenery and wildlife.

That first century of national parks, which concluded with the significant break of the Second World War and the subsequent development of more international approaches to conservation, left an uncertain legacy. It was a fragile foundation from which to build what became an integral part of today's conservation movement.

Ecological Migration - Environmental Policy in China (Paperback, New edition): Yuki Konagaya, Masayoshi Nakawo, Shinjilt Ecological Migration - Environmental Policy in China (Paperback, New edition)
Yuki Konagaya, Masayoshi Nakawo, Shinjilt
R1,859 R1,604 Discovery Miles 16 040 Save R255 (14%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the context of the current wave of global environmental concern, this book considers measures aimed at solving environmental problems, investigating the example of ecological migration. The term "ecological migration" refers to the organized migration of people engaged in occupations that cause ecological destruction, aimed at rehabilitating and conserving the affected areas. In the vast arid and semi-arid regions that constitute the steppes of Inner Mongolia, grassland vegetation is in imminent danger due to overgrazing. Therefore, the herders are made to migrate to other areas in order to ensure regeneration of the affected grasslands. This book's contributions are guided by questions such as: What has been the result of the strategy of ecological migration? Have the grasslands successfully been conserved? And can the desertification of Inner Mongolia be prevented? The essays collected in this volume originate from a workshop on ecological migration held in Beijing, China, in 2004, and were published in Japanese and Chinese, both in 2005. They have been adopted as a textbook in university classes in Japan and China, and were updated and translated for the English publication.

Arguments for Protected Areas - Multiple Benefits for Conservation and Use (Hardcover): Nigel Dudley, Sue Stolton Arguments for Protected Areas - Multiple Benefits for Conservation and Use (Hardcover)
Nigel Dudley, Sue Stolton
R4,489 Discovery Miles 44 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Most protected areas (e.g.national parks and nature reserves) have been created to protect wildlife and land- and seascape values. They currently cover over 13% of the world's land surface, around 12% of marine coastal areas and 4% of the marine shelf. Retaining and expanding these areas in the future will depend on showing their wider benefits for society.This book provides a concise and persuasive overview of the values of protected areas. Contributing authors from over fifty countries examine a wide range of values that are maintained in protected areas, including food, water and materials; health; tourism; cultural and spiritual values; and buffering capacity against climate change and natural disasters. The book also considers the role of protected areas in poverty reduction strategies, their relationship with traditional and indigenous people and in fostering conflict resolution through peace parks initiatives. The chapters draw on a series of authoritative reports published by WWF over recent years under the 'Arguments for Protection' banner, in association with various partners, and on additional research carried out especially for the volume. It analyses the opportunities and limitations of protected areas for supplying the various values along with practical advice for planners and managers about maximising benefits. It provides an important contribution to the debate about the role of protected areas in conservation and other aspects of natural resource management and human livelihoods.Published with WWF

Arguments for Protected Areas - Multiple Benefits for Conservation and Use (Paperback): Nigel Dudley, Sue Stolton Arguments for Protected Areas - Multiple Benefits for Conservation and Use (Paperback)
Nigel Dudley, Sue Stolton
R1,624 Discovery Miles 16 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Most protected areas (e.g.national parks and nature reserves) have been created to protect wildlife and land- and seascape values. They currently cover over 13% of the world's land surface, around 12% of marine coastal areas and 4% of the marine shelf. Retaining and expanding these areas in the future will depend on showing their wider benefits for society. This book provides a concise and persuasive overview of the values of protected areas. Contributing authors from over fifty countries examine a wide range of values that are maintained in protected areas, including food, water and materials; health; tourism; cultural and spiritual values; and buffering capacity against climate change and natural disasters. The book also considers the role of protected areas in poverty reduction strategies, their relationship with traditional and indigenous people and in fostering conflict resolution through peace parks initiatives. The chapters draw on a series of authoritative reports published by WWF over recent years under the 'Arguments for Protection' banner, in association with various partners, and on additional research carried out especially for the volume. It analyses the opportunities and limitations of protected areas for supplying the various values along with practical advice for planners and managers about maximising benefits. It provides an important contribution to the debate about the role of protected areas in conservation and other aspects of natural resource management and human livelihoods. Published with WWF

The Environment and International Politics - International Fisheries, Heidegger and Social Method (Paperback): Hakan Seckinelgin The Environment and International Politics - International Fisheries, Heidegger and Social Method (Paperback)
Hakan Seckinelgin
R1,495 Discovery Miles 14 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This new study shows how environmental issues represent a deep problem in conceptualising the relationship between human beings and nature. This key relationship grounds the implicit ethical and political concerns of International Relations and our understandings of environmental politics. It demonstrates that the core theoretical orientations of the study of International Relations are not only incapable of understanding and responding to contemporary problems, but are profoundly complicit in creating the ecological problems in the first place. This major book develops a sense of these realities based on the thinking of Martin Heidegger. It forwards new ways of rethinking the environmental questions and addresses crucial issues such as sovereignty, the International Law of The Sea, the Kyoto Protocol, Northern Alaskan oil exploration and exploitation and the impact of the United Nations Convention on the Law of The Sea III. This is essential specialist reading for readers concerned with the environment.

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