Free Download Tools for Landscape-Scale Geobotany and Conservation by Franco Pedrotti
English | EPUB | 2021 | 451 Pages | ISBN : 3030749495 | 218.6 MB
This book contains the papers presented at the conferences of the International Association Vegetation Science of Pirenopolis (2016) on Applied Mapping for Conservation and Management: from Plant and of Palermo (2017) on Vegetation Patterns in relation to multi-scale levels of ecological complexity: from associations to geoseries.

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Free Download David W. Macdonald (Author, Narrator), "Biodiversity Conservation: A Very Short Introduction"
English | ASIN: B0CSPSSZBN | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~07:37:00 | 210 MB
Extinction is a natural process. In geological time there have been several periods of mass extinction. One of these periods is unfolding right now but all the evidence suggests that current extinction rates are between a hundred and a thousand times greater than the background rate. To put this in to context, a quarter of all known mammalian species is at risk. The current extinction crisis is unique, because it is caused by the impact of one species, humans, on all others. This acceleration of species loss, and the much more widespread reductions in the populations of many species, is not merely a tragedy in aesthetics, it is also a threat to the quality of human life, indeed to the entire human enterprise.
Biodiversity, the diversity of life, is not only fascinating and beautiful, it is the engine of all the world's natural cycles, and the source of many of the resources on which humanity depends. Concern about biodiversity conservation is, therefore, not merely the preoccupation of a few enthusiastic naturalists-it is the lifeline business of everybody.
David Macdonald introduces the concept of biodiversity and the basic biological processes that it involves-evolutionary, ecological, and behavioral. He considers the various threats to biodiversity, their impacts, and some of the solutions to the problems.

Free Download Amazonian Mammals: Current Knowledge and Conservation Priorities by Wilson R. Spironello, Adrian A. Barnett, Jessica W. Lynch, Paulo E. D. Bobrowiec, Sarah A. Boyle
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 483 Pages | ISBN : 3031430700 | 97.2 MB
The mammal fauna of the Brazilian Amazon is one of the most diverse on Earth with over 450 known species. Bringing together more than 70 of the world's top experts on Amazonian mammals, this book unites, for the first time, up-to-date data on the current state of knowledge on the ecology of all groups of non-rodent mammals in the Brazilian Amazon, analyses the effectiveness of current conservation programmes and identifies research and conservation priorities for the future.

Free Download Stephen Blackmore, "Plant Conservation Science and Practice: The Role of Botanic Gardens "
English | ISBN: 1107148146 | 2017 | 272 pages | PDF | 14 MB
Only a green world, rich in plants, can sustain us and the millions of other species with which we share this planet. But, in an era of global change, nature is on the retreat. Like the communities they form, many plant species are becoming rarer, threatened even to the point of extinction. The worldwide community of almost three thousand botanic gardens are holders of the most diverse living collections of plants and have the unique potential to conserve plant diversity. Conservation biology is a fast moving and often controversial field, and, as the contributions within these pages from experts in the field demonstrate, plant conservation is multifaceted, mirroring the complexity of the biodiversity it aims to protect, and striving not just to protect threatened plants but to preserve ecosystem services and secure the integrity of the biosphere.

Free Download Conservation and Painting Techniques of Wall Paintings on the Ancient Silk Road by Shigeo Aoki
English | EPUB | 2021 | 330 Pages | ISBN : 9813341602 | 170.2 MB
This book presents recent research on ancient Silk Road wall paintings, providing an up-to-date analysis of their coloring materials and techniques, and of developments in efforts to preserve them.

Free Download People, Parks, and Power: The Ethics of Conservation-Related Resettlement by Maria Sapignoli , Robert K. Hitchcock
English | PDF (True) | 2023 | 128 Pages | ISBN : 3031392663 | 2.5 MB
This book presents a critical review of the ethics of conservation-related resettlement. We examine what has become known as the" parks versus people" debate, also known as the "new conservation debate," which has pitted indigenous and other local people against nation states and social scientists against ecologists and conservationists for the past several decades. Aiming to promote biodiversity conservation and habitat preservation, some biologists, park planners, and conservation organizations have recommended that indigenous and other people should be removed from protected areas.

Free Download Stephen G. Perz, "Crossing Boundaries for Collaboration: Conservation and Development Projects in the Amazon"
English | ISBN: 1498535666 | 2016 | 312 pages | EPUB | 10 MB
Many societal challenges defy simple solutions within the grasp of one academic discipline, a single type of organization, or a country acting alone. Such "wicked problems" require collaboration that crosses social, political, or geographic boundaries. Collaboration across boundaries is increasingly seen as a necessary way forward, whether for the cases of education, health care, community policing, or international trade. At the same time, collaboration poses its own challenges, and what is more, so too does crossing boundaries. Regardless of the skill set required to achieve a particular goal, collaboration and crossing boundaries make their own demands.

Free Download Alok Gupta, "Conservation, Sustainability, and Environmental Justice in India "
English | ISBN: 1793614547 | 2020 | 296 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Conservation, Sustainability, and Environmental Justice in India highlights the environmental challenges that India faces, largely due to high population and limited natural resources, and discusses the gap between the intent of environmental policies and the actualization of those policies. Contributors posit that the protection of the environment poses a fundamental challenge to the nation's desire to industrialize and develop more quickly, arguing that the conservation of biodiversity, protection of wetlands, prevention of environmental pollution, and promotion of ecological balance are all crucial in enabling sustainable development. This book poses the question of how large a role the judiciary system should play in the protection of the environment as a vital body that passes policies to promote conservation and sustainable development.

Free Download Morgan Jane Morgan, "Border Sanctuary: The Conservation Legacy of the Santa Ana Land Grant"
English | 2015 | pages: 242 | ISBN: 162349320X | PDF | 3,3 mb
The Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge lies on the northern bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, about seventy miles upriver from the Gulf of Mexico. In Border Sanctuary, M.J. Morgan uncovers how 2,000 acres of rare subtropical riparian forest came to be preserved in a region otherwise dramatically altered by human habitation.