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Languages : en
Pages : 820
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Apalachicola National Forest (N.F.), Choctowhatchee National Forest (N.F.), Ocala National Forest (N.F.), Osceola National Forest (N.F.), Florida National Forests Revised LRMP
Author: Apalachicola National Forest (N.F.), Choctowhatchee National Forest (N.F.), Ocala National Forest (N.F.), Osceola National Forest (N.F.), Florida National Forests Revised LRMP
Author: Revised Land and Resource Management Plan for National Forests in Florida
Author: United States. Forest Service. Southern RegionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Apalachicola National Forest (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Revised Land and Resource Management Plan for National Forests in Florida
Author: United States. Forest Service. Southern RegionPublisher:
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Category : Apalachicola National Forest (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 820
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Forests and Society: Sub-plenary sessions
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Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 976
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Old Growth in the East
Author: Mary D. DavisPublisher:
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
The World According To Pimm: A Scientist Audits the Earth
Author: Stuart PimmPublisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 9780071420594
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Take a globe-circling tour of our endangered planet with conservation biologist Stuart Pimmwho is taking stock and keeping score. We use 50 percent of the world's freshwater supply. We consume 42 percent of the world's plant growth. We are liquidating animals and plants 100 times faster than the natural rate of extinction. Such numbers should make it clear that the human impact on our planet has been, and continues to be, extreme and detrimental. Yet even after decades of awareness of our environmental peril, there remains passionate disagreement over what the problems are and how they should be remedied. Much of the impasse stems from the fact that the problems are difficult to quantify. How do we assess the impact of habitat loss on various species, when we haven't even counted them all? And just what factors go into that 42 percent of biomass we are hungrily consuming? It is only through an understanding of the numbers that we will be able to break that impasse and come to agreement. Working on the front lines of conservation biology, Stuart Pimm is one of the pioneers whose work has put the "science" in environmental science. In this book, he appoints himself "investment banker of the global, biological accounts," checking the numbers gathered by tireless scientists in work that is always painstaking and often heartbreaking. Pimm explains the numerical results in lucid prose. With wit, passion, and candor, he reveals the importance of understanding where those numbers come from and what they mean. To do so, he takes the reader on a globe-circling tour of our beautiful, but weary, planet. With Pimm as our indomitable guide, we travel from the volcanic mountains and rainforests of Hawaii to the boreal forests of Siberia. We see a blue whale off the Pacific coast of Mexico, where the blue oceans are slowly turning to barren deserts. We go birdwatching high up in the leafy canopy of the Amazon, from which we can see the hundreds of smoke plumes busily working at deforestation. At times, the view looks rather grim. But Pimm is no Cassandra; he never preaches or scolds. Ever optimistic, this book presents a world filled with mysterious beauty, the infinite variety of nature, and an urgent hope that through an understanding of our planet's environmental past and present, we will be inspired to save it from future extinction. "[T]his book is unashamedly optimistic. It is a celebration of our spectacular and fascinating world. I have made no attempt to restrain my joy as I encounter its natural history and its peoples. By the time you read the Epilogue you will know that our world is not doomed, it is not fatally wounded, but neither is it healthy. It needs attention. . . ." Stuart Pimm, from the Prologue
Large Carnivore Conservation
Author: Susan G. ClarkPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022610754X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Strategies for protecting wolves, mountain lions, and more—by taking the human species into account as well: “Very valuable.”—Journal of Wildlife Management Drawing on six case studies of wolf, grizzly bear, and mountain lion conservation in habitats stretching from the Yukon to Arizona, Large Carnivore Conservation argues that conserving and coexisting with large carnivores is as much a problem of people and governance—of reconciling diverse and sometimes conflicting values, perspectives, and organizations, and of effective decision making in the public sphere—as it is a problem of animal ecology and behavior. By adopting an integrative approach, editors Susan G. Clark and Murray B. Rutherford seek to examine and understand the interrelated development of conservation science, law, and policy, as well as how these forces play out in courts, other public institutions, and the field. In combining real-world examples with discussions of conservation and policy theory, Large Carnivore Conservation not only explains how traditional management approaches have failed to meet the needs of all parties, but also highlights examples of innovative, successful strategies and provides practical recommendations for improving future conservation efforts. “Building on decades of work, this book integrates biological knowledge with human dimensions study and charts a course for coexistence with large carnivores.”—Douglas W. Smith, Senior Wildlife Biologist, Yellowstone National Park
The Sierra Club Guide to the Ancient Forests of the Northeast
Author: Bruce KershnerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781578050666
Category : Northeastern States
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A guide to the old growth forests located in the Northeastern section of America.
1976 inter-university symposium on renewable resource assessment and programming
Author: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Berkeley, Calif.)Publisher:
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Category : Renewable natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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