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From the outset, society in Japan has been shaped by its environmental context.

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In 1989 the international community banned the international trade in ivory. This book seeks to unravel some of the misunderstandings surrounding this law, and attempts to determine if international law can be an effective tool for the conservation of wildlife.

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In his Ark of the Broken Covenant, Kunich showed that Earth's species are concentrated in 25 zones of ecological significance known as biodiversity hotspots, and maintained that we'd go a long way toward saving many species from extinction if we'd focus our protective laws and regulations on these zones.

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The new edition of this landmark study explains the book's role as a foundational text in the law and economics of urban land use and describes how it has informed more recent scholarship. Additionally, it includes a new afterword by urban planner Nolan Gray, which includes ne...

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From the company that brought you Food, Inc. and Waiting for "Superman": This companion book to the documentary film explores the looming crises surrounding the world's most essential, most threatened, resource

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A concise yet thorough overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing Latin America and the Caribbean-from the tip of South America to the Windward Islands.

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This book follows environmental changesincluding those caused by human actions, as well as those resulting from natural circumstancesand provides a process to manage their impact on the future.

Whenever environmental damages are caused by natural or human-made events, there are long-term effects for people.

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Also identified among the research needs are methods for improving the technology of waste disposal, waste reduction, and waste recycling.

Institutional changes necessary are the commitment to long-term, pro-active, prevention-oriented objectives;

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Also identified among the research needs are methods for improving the technology of waste disposal, waste reduction, and waste recycling.

Institutional changes necessary are the commitment to long-term, pro-active, prevention-oriented objectives;

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Managing Coral Reefs compares reef management in Indonesia, which takes a decentralized approach, and in Malaysia, which takes a centralized approach.

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Environmental quality management is seen as a competitive strategy that could help a firm improve its bottom line. A great deal of attention is focused on how this could be achieved by adopting tools from total quality management, establishing environmental quality award programs, and conducting environmental quality assessment.

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This collection of essays thoroughly discusses the controversies surrounding public land management. The articles convey the varied interests and experiences of the authors in the field of land management; This sweeping examination will interest land resource managers, academics in environmental engineering, and government policy makers.

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Mapping Gendered Ecologies brings together the perspectives of gardeners, teachers, activists, womanists, students, herbalists, and feminists. The contributors to this collection reflect on their intersectional identities, personal relationships, and ecological ties to engage with current crises affecting both humans and the environment.

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In April 2000, a $108 million clean-up of the former British A-bomb test site in South Australia was declared a success and the Maralinga Tjarutja Aboriginal people were told it was safe to move back onto their lands. But leaked documents and key insiders say otherwise.

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This ethnography describes and explains how Mennonite Disaster Service, following a well-established tradition of helping their neighbors, organized volunteer efforts for the 2005 and 2008 Gulf Coast storms.

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Quantitative models are crucial to almost every area of ecosystem science. This book provides an overview of the status and role of modeling in ecosystem science, including perspectives on the debate over the appropriate level of complexity in models. It contains eight chapters that address the critical issue of evaluating ecosystem models.

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An examination of the need for a transition from our current carbon-intensive forms of mobility (dominated by automobility) to a low or non-carbon mobility society.

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