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Population genomics has provided unprecedented opportunities to
unravel the mysteries of marine organisms in the oceans' depths.
The world's oceans, which make up 70% of our planet, encompass
diverse habitats and host numerous unexplored populations and
species. Population genomics studies of marine organisms are
rapidly emerging and have the potential to transform our
understanding of marine populations, species, and ecosystems,
providing insights into how these organisms are evolving and how
they respond to different stimuli and environments. This knowledge
is critical for understanding the fundamental aspects of marine
life, how marine organisms will respond to environmental changes,
and how we can better protect and preserve marine biodiversity and
resources. This book brings together leading experts in the field
to address critical aspects of fundamental and applied research in
marine species and share their research and insights crucial for
understanding marine ecosystem diversity and function. It also
discusses the challenges, opportunities and future perspectives of
marine population genomics.
Whilst the science of conservation biology is thriving as a
discipline, ultimately global conservation is failing. Why, when
the majority of people say they value nature and its protection?
David Johns argues that the loss of species and healthy ecosystems
is best understood as human imposition of a colonial relationship
on the non-human world - one of exploitation and domination. Global
institutions benefit from transforming nature into commodities, and
conservation is a low priority. This book places political issues
at the forefront, and tackles critical questions of conservation
efficacy. It considers the role of effective influence on decision
making, key policy changes to reduce human footprint, and the
centrality of culture in mobilising support. It draws on political
lessons from successful social movements, including human
anti-colonial struggles, to provide conservation biologists and
practitioners in scientific and social science disciplines and NGOs
with the tools and wider context to accelerate their work's impact.
This book is the first to present in a systematic manner the
application of game theory to fisheries management at both
international and national levels. Strategic interaction among
fishers and nations exploiting fishery resources is an inescapable
fact of life. This has long been recognized at the international
level, and is becoming increasingly recognized at the
national/regional level. It follows, therefore, that, in order to
be able to analyse effectively the management of these resources,
the theory of strategic interaction game theory must be brought to
bear. In this book the step-by-step development of the game theory
is accompanied by numerous applications to the real world of
fisheries management policy. As such, it is designed to appeal to
policy makers and stakeholders, as well as to graduate students in
Economics.
Kate Nicholls left England to raise her five children in Botswana:
an experience that would change each of their lives. Living on a
shoestring in a lion conservation camp, Kate home-schools her
family under a camelthorn tree while they also learn at first hand
about the individual lives of wild lions. Their deep attachment to
these magnificent animals is palpable. This contemporary, gritty
and humorous memoir explores the shocking impact of PTSD on a
close-knit family, and their eventual recovery. It is a timely book
that shines a light on an aspect of sexual crime that is often
shrouded in shame: children of parents with PTSD can suffer
collateral damage. The character-driven narrative moves effectively
across time and place, revealing the gradual fragmentation of a
strong woman. Kate Nicholls pulls no punches and her passion to act
as advocate for the secondary victims of trauma is expressed in
raw, unsentimental prose. She skilfully counterbalances this with
amusing insight into family life. She explores the universal
challenges of child-rearing with wit and engaging honesty, offering
an unsanitised insight into raising a family in the African bush.
Kate Nicholls' tightly constructed narrative has received
widespread praise and she made a much-acclaimed appearance at the
Hay Festival with Jane Garvey in May 2019.
This open access book presents the proceedings volume of the
YOUMARES 8 conference, which took place in Kiel, Germany, in
September 2017, supported by the German Association for Marine
Sciences (DGM). The YOUMARES conference series is entirely
bottom-up organized by and for YOUng MARine RESearchers. Qualified
early career scientists moderated the scientific sessions during
the conference and provided literature reviews on aspects of their
research field. These reviews and the presenters' conference
abstracts are compiled here. Thus, this book discusses highly
topical fields of marine research and aims to act as a source of
knowledge and inspiration for further reading and research.
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