"A growing body of evidence shows that agricultural landscapes can be managed not only to produce crops but also to support biodiversity and promote ecosystem health. Innovative farmers and scientists, as well as indigenous land managers, are developing diverse types of "ecoagriculture" landscapes to generate co-benefits for production, biodiversity, and local people."Farming with Nature" offers a synthesis of the state of knowledge of k ..."
"Protected areas around the globe national parks, wildlife reserves, biosphere reserves will prosper only if they are supported by the public, the private sector, and the full range of government agencies. Yet such support is unlikely unless society appreciates the importance of protected areas to its own interest, and the protected areas are well-managed and contribute to the national welfare in a cost-effective way.A crucial foundation ..."
"390 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. This Takes Us To An Exotic World Where Human Life Is Intimatelylinked With Rhinos And Cobras, Crocodiles, Elephants And Man-eating Tigers."
"Ecological economics addresses one of the fundamental flaws in conventional economics--its failure to consider biophysical and social reality in its analyses and equations. Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications is an introductory-level textbook that offers a pedagogically complete examination of this dynamic new field.As a workbook accompanying the text, this volume breaks new ground in applying the principles of ecological ..."
"What makes our planet's natural treasures worth saving, and why should we care? With hundreds of stunning full-color photographs and more than twenty data-rich essays from some of the most well-respected intellects in the conservation movement today, this latest publication in the CEMEX Conservation Book Series aims to provide some of these answers. With precise, scientific analyses, The Wealth of Nature offers a detailed, value-driven ..."
"Although food-production systems for the world's rural poor typically havehad devastating effects on the planet's wealth of genes, species, and ecosystems, that need not be the case in the future. In Ecoagriculture, two of the world's leading experts on conservation and development examinethe idea that agricultural landscapes can be designed more creatively to take the needs of human populations into account while also protecting, oreve ..."
Soul of the Tiger(Updated) Searching for Nature's Answers in Southeast Asia (Kolowalu Books (Paperback)) by JeffreyA. Mcneely, Paul Spencer Sochaczewski Paperback, 390 Pages, Published 1995 by University Of Hawaii Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-1669-8, ISBN: 0-8248-1669-2
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"Ecological economics addresses one of the fundamental flaws in conventional economics--its failure to consider biophysical and social reality in its analyses and equations. Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications is an introductory-level textbook that offers a pedagogically complete examination of this dynamic new field.As a workbook accompanying the text, this volume breaks new ground in applying the principles of ecological ..."
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