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Panarchy is a new term coined from the name of the Greek god Pan a symbol of universal nature and associated with unpredictable change It represents an alternative framework for managing the issues that emerge from the interaction between people and nature That interaction generates countless surprises often the result of slow changes that can accumulate and unexpectedly flip an ecosystem or an economy into a qualitatively different state That state may be not only impoverished but also effectively irreversible Thus understanding how such change occurs is critical to achieving a sustainable society Developed from the work of the Resilience Alliance a worldwide group of leading organizations and individuals involved in ecological and economic research Panarchy provides a framework to understand the cycles of change in complex systems and to gauge if when and how they can be influenced This synopsis introduces lay readers and decision makers to this widely acclaimed line of inquiry and to the basic concept behind Panarchy published by Island Press

The bestselling textbook for undergraduate ecology courses Ecology is an easy to read and well organized text for instructors and students to explore the basics of the field Bowman and Hacker motivate students with an engaging case study driven conceptual approach that highlights relevant applications and data driven examples

How do we work with nature rather than against it both harvesting and conserving The environmentalist Jeremy Purseglove shares a lifetime of experience

b From Martin Dorey lifelong camper campervanner and committed environmentalist a manifesto on how to camp greener and more responsibly while enjoying the outdoors b

Invasive species have become a major environmental issue in ecosystems across the world Julie Lockwood considers how plant and animal species are introduced to new environments the ecological social and economic impacts they can have and approaches to managing them against the broader backdrop of environmental change

Ecology is the science of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment to form communities and ecosystems This book explains the principles of ecological thinking how ecology affects our everyday lives and how it guides environmental policy especially in the light of current and future environmental challenges

There is much to love between this book s covers There are many eureka moments in Life Sculpted and some truly beautiful ones Eugenia Bone Wall Street Journal Meet the menagerie of lifeforms that dig crunch bore and otherwise reshape our planet Did you know elephants dig ballroom sized caves alongside volcanoes Or that parrotfish chew coral reefs and poop sandy beaches Or that our planet once hosted a five ton dinosaur crunching alligator cousin In fact almost since its fascinating start life was boring Billions of years ago bacteria algae and fungi began breaking down rocks in oceans a role they still perform today About a half billion years ago animal ancestors began drilling scraping gnawing or breaking rocky seascapes In turn their descendants crunched through the materials of life itself shells wood and bones Today such bioeroders continue to shape our planet from the bacteria that devour our teeth to the mighty moon snail always hunting for food as evidenced by tiny snail made boreholes in clams and other moon snails There is no better guide to these lifeforms than Anthony J Martin a popular science author paleontologist and co discoverer of the first known burrowing dinosaur Following the crumbs of lichens sponge

From the author of i Losing Earth i a beautifully told exploration of our post natural world that points the way to a new mode of ecological writing

Often regarded as pests beavers are actually ecological Swiss army knives capable of tackling any landscape problem

A celebration of sandwiches

Adventures with Britain''s wild mammals. Britain is teeming with wildlife, often in the most unexpected places. There are quarries where rare bats hang out with pot-smoking teens. In Glasgows urban parks water voles are thriving without water. Our coastlines are bustling with grey and harbour seals. Thats the good news. The bad news is that a quarter of British mammals are at imminent risk of extinction. Tim Kendall and Fiona Mathews take us on a safari unlike any other. Armed with binoculars, a Thermos and, regrettably, an inexhaustible supply of puns, they travel from Scotland to the Isles of Scilly in search of their elusive subjects.

Aquest llibre tracta sobre el desenvolupament de l'educació ambiental a Catalunya des dels anys setanta fins a l'actualitat, posant de relleu el paper de la Societat Catalana d'Educació Ambiental, que ja compta amb 40 anys de recorregut. El text introdueix el concepte d'educacio ambiental (EA), aborda els seus origens i evolucio, i presenta alguns dels models mes influents i les principals tendencies internacionals. Aterrant a Catalunya, descriu les circumstancies i esdeveniments que han caracteritzat diferents periodes de l'EA catalana i destaca els mes rellevants. Aquesta revisio historica serveix per oferir, finalment, un balanç de la feina feta i identificar alguns dels principals reptes de futur. Amb el canvi climatic com a preocupacio central, l'EA dels nostres dies demana un enfocament critic i proactiu, que capaciti les persones per participar en la transformacio col·lectiva.

Estas páginas narran las vivencias, motivaciones y sueños de ocho militantes y simpatizantes de Futuro Vegetal. A través de sus testimonios, denuncian lo que consideran una respuesta desmedida del estado ante sus actos de desobediencia civil no violenta. Señalan que se les tacha de 'ecoterroristas' y critican que las multas, prohibiciones, sanciones e incluso penas de carcel que enfrentan no son mas que intentos de criminalizarlas, cuando su unica mision es proteger la vida frente a la crisis ecosocial que amenaza el futuro de todas las personas.

Con este libro se pretende abordar la gestión cinegética con un efoque acorde con los principios de la ecología aplicada. Está dirigido fundamentalmente a los alumnos de segundo ciclo de la licenciatura de Biologia, principalmente a los que deben cursar alguna asignatura sobre gestion de recursos biologicos. Ademas, servira como texto de base para aquellos profesionales que deseen abordar la gestion de los recursos cinegeticos en los estudios de tipo medioambiental. La obra se estructura en siete unidades tematicas donde se exponen la organizacion administrativa de la caza, los aspectos ecologicos principales de las especies ibericas, los metodos y tecnicas necesarios para los estudios demograficos de las poblaciones cinegeticas, los aspectos ecologicos aplicados a la gestion, desde la explotacion y manejo de dichas poblaciones al control de la depredacion y al manejo y mejora del habitat.

Biotratamiento de residuos tóxicos y peligrosos. Selección estimación modificación de microorganismos y aplicaciones es imprescindible para completar los métodos de depuración de residuos industriales como complemento a otros tratamientos solidos contaminados mas utilizados y explicados por otros autores (como los tratamientos fisico-quimicos o la incineracion)

“Una propuesta rigurosa para comprender la tecnología que hay detrás de la transición energética, sus oportunidades y barreras.” -Maria Salamero Sansalvadó. Presidenta de la Asociación de Ingenieros