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"While its national parks are widely viewed as "America's best idea," and are both popular and noncontroversial in the United States, the establishment and history of almost every national park has been characterized by conflict over competing claims to land, history, knowledge, and economic interests. American presidents stake their claims to environmentalism, their assertions of a singular national history, and their definitions of a unified national identity on the parks, and often do so inside the parks themselves. Like any major area of public policy, however, the fissures present in debates over the national parks also represent important fracture lines in the public understanding of the meaning of "America" and of individual claims to citizenship. The park system, in other words, does a lot of political work for both presidents and the mass public, even though much of that work goes largely unnoticed. This book explores that political work, focusing on national origins and the dispossession of Indigenous peoples, monuments to the national past, heritage and the assertion of a national narrative, environmentalism and natural resources, and the exploitation of the national landscape for economic gain"--

This book re-envisions the cosmos with the holistic, spherical imagination of the Middle Ages, figured in circles, cycles, epicycles, equants, and offers a new perspective on the power of images and metaphors to shape the way humans see the universe and their own role in it.

Kāṭukaḷē maḻaikku mukkiya kāraṇamāka viḷakkukiṟatu eṉpatai nām purintu koḷḷa vēṇṭum. Aṭanta maraṅkaḷ koṇṭa kāṭukaḷē kārmēkaṅkaḷai kuḷirvittu maḻaiyaip poḻivikkiṉṟaṉa. Maḻaiyillaiyēl nāṭṭil vaḷamētu? Kālattē maḻaipeyyāviṭil nāṭṭil vaṟaṭci, pañcam, paṟṟākkuṟai, kuṭinīr taṭṭuppāṭu, tāṉiyaṅkaḷ viḷaiyāmai eṉa pala tīmaikaḷ viḷaiyum.

For most people, planet Earth's icy parts remain out of sight and out of mind. Yet it is the melting of ice that will both raise sea level and warm the climate further by reducing the white surfaces that reflect solar energy back into space. In effect, our icy places act as the world's refrigerator, helping to keep our climate relatively cool. The Icy Planet lays out carbon dioxide's role as the control knob of our climate over the past 1000 million years, then explores what is happening to ice and snow in Antarctica, the Arctic and the high mountains.

Wildlife Ethics is the first systematic, book-length discussion of the ethics of wildlife conservation and management, and examines the key ethical questions and controversies. Tackling both theory and practice, the text is divided into two parts. The first describes key concepts, ethical theories, and management models relating to wildlife; the second puts these concepts, theories, and models to work, illustrating their significance through detailed case studies on controversies in wildlife management and conservation.The book explores pressing topics including human responsibilities due to climate change, tradeoffs when managing zoonotic disease risks, the ethics of the wildlife trade, culling non-native species, indigenous wildlife use, and zoo-based conservation programs. Readers are encouraged to explore different ways of valuing wild animals and their practical implications.This essential text:* Explains and explores relationships between valuing biodiversity, human utility, ecosystems, species, and animal welfare* Describes established approaches to wildlife management, such as sustainable use, and emerging concepts, such as compassionate conservation* Discusses key ethical theories, including utilitarianism, ecocentrism, and animal rights* Offers a practical model of how to analyze ethical issues in wildlife management and conservationWildlife Ethics: The Ethics of Wildlife Management and Conservation is an accessible introduction to complex ethical issues, making the book an important resource for students in fields such as conservation biology, ecology, environmental science and policy, game management, public health and veterinary medicine. It will also be an invaluable tool for wildlife managers, conservationists, One Health practitioners, practicing veterinarians and animal rehabilitation staff, contemporary wildlife professionals and other stakeholders.

The book aims to contribute to the understanding of the protection of wooden architectural heritage in China from a new perspective, and will be of particular interest to academics and professionals interested in or involved in the preservation of built wooden heritage.

A global survey of threatened and recently-extinct mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes. As such, it is of immense scientific importance, and key to a modern understanding of the global conservation crisis. Indispensable for academic institutions, conservation NGOs, zoos and the like, and for anyone interested in natural history.

Voce quer saber a verdadeira historia por tras da industria petrolifera?As empresas multinacionais de petroleo vem destruindo nosso planeta e a sociedade ha anos, e e hora de todos nos sabermos a verdade. Este livro expoe os danos que elas tem causado e como elas continuam a enganar a sociedade a pensar que sao ambientalmente responsaveis com suas taticas de lavagem verde.Grande Petroleo. As multinacionais que destroem nosso planeta, o clima e a economia enquanto fazem lucros insanos. Elas arruinam as economias e alimentam conflitos. Subsidiam os combustiveis fosseis e perfuram petroleo nos ecossistemas mais sensiveis da Terra, e sao responsaveis pela poluicao de nossos rios, lagos, mares e oceanos.O grande petroleo e a razao pela qual o derretimento do Artico esta se acelerando. E sua unica estrategia de saida e continuar fazendo o que estao fazendo ate que nao haja mais nada para perfurar, minerar ou queimar. Mas nao podemos deixa-los escapar por mais tempo. Precisamos assumir a responsabilidade pelos danos que eles causaram e responsabiliza-los. E hora de por um fim a era do grande petroleo.Acorde e exija uma estrategia de saida que beneficie a todos, nao apenas o 1%. Este livro e uma leitura obrigatoria para qualquer um que queira compreender o verdadeiro custo do petroleo. Uma vez lido este livro, voce ficara indignado com a destruicao que estas empresas causaram e quer fazer algo a respeito. Todos nos podemos fazer a diferenca, aumentando a conscientizacao e enfrentando a Big Oil.Compre hoje "e;Os Pecados do Grande Petroleo"e;!

Voulez-vous connaitre la veritable histoire de l'industrie petroliere ?Les multinationales du petrole detruisent notre planete et notre societe depuis des annees, et il est temps que nous sachions tous la verite. Ce livre expose les dommages qu'elles ont causes et comment elles continuent a tromper la societe en lui faisant croire qu'elles sont responsables de l'environnement grace a leurs tactiques de blanchiment ecologique.Big Oil. Les multinationales qui detruisent notre planete, notre climat et notre economie tout en realisant des profits insenses. Elles ruinent les economies et alimentent les conflits. Elles subventionnent les combustibles fossiles et effectuent des forages petroliers dans les ecosystemes les plus sensibles de la planete, et elles sont responsables de la pollution de nos rivieres, lacs, mers et oceans.Les grandes compagnies petrolieres sont responsables de l'acceleration de la fonte de l'Arctique. Et leur seule strategie de sortie est de continuer a faire ce qu'ils font jusqu'a ce qu'il n'y ait plus rien a forer, a exploiter ou a bruler. Mais nous ne pouvons pas les laisser s'en tirer plus longtemps. Nous devons assumer la responsabilite des dommages qu'ils ont causes et leur demander des comptes. Il est temps de mettre fin a l'ere du grand petrole.Reveillez-vous et exigez une strategie de sortie qui profite a tous, pas seulement aux 1%. Ce livre est un incontournable pour tous ceux qui veulent comprendre le veritable cout du petrole. Une fois que vous aurez lu ce livre, vous serez indigne par la destruction que ces compagnies ont causee et vous voudrez faire quelque chose pour y remedier. Nous pouvons tous faire la difference en sensibilisant l'opinion publique et en nous opposant a Big Oil.Achetez "e; Les Peches du Grand Petrole "e; des aujourd'hui !

'Engaging, rich and nuanced, this book exposes the deep dilemmas facing this Arctic archipelago. A must for anyone with an interest in the challenges of a melting world. Ethnography at its best' Marianne E. Lien, Professor, University of Oslo'Rich and deeply textured ... Zdenka Sokolí¿ková demonstrates how the logic of extraction intersects awkwardly with community, environment, geopolitics and sustainability' Klaus Dodds, Professor, Royal Holloway University of London'Lucidly captures the dilemmas of maintaining community in the world's northernmost settlement, where climate change is particularly evident. Highly recommended!' Cecilie Vindal Ødegaard, Professor, University of BergenLongyearbyen in the Arctic is the world's northernmost settlement. Here, climate change is happening fast. It is clearly sensed by the locals; with higher temperatures, more rain and permafrost thaw. At the same time, the town is shifting from state-controlled coal production to tourism, research and development. It is rapidly globalising, with numerous languages spoken, and with cruise ships sounding their horns in the harbour while planes land and take off.A small town of 2,400 inhabitants on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, Longyearbyen provides a unique view into the unmistakable relationship between global capitalism and climate change. The Paradox of Svalbard looks at local and global trends to access a deep understanding of the effects of tourism, immigration and labour on the trajectory of the climate crisis, and what can be done to reverse it.Zdenka Sokolí¿ková is a researcher at the University of Hradec Králové, Czechia, and the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Her research in Longyearbyen was hosted by the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo, Norway.

An insightful case study about the effects of capitalism on the indigenous experience in northern Argentina

In Sustainability in the Suburbs, multi-award-winning sustainability educator Laura Trotta shows you don't need to move to a commune in the hills to save the planet. You can start right now. In your own home. In the suburbs.

"Hot bravely takes aim at perhaps the greatest climate threat of all: apathy." ? Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation "Hertsgaard's answers . . . are lucid, realistic, and offer reason for hope." ? Christian Science Monitor For twenty years, Mark Hertsgaard has investigated global warming as a journalist, but the full truth did not hit home until he became a father and, soon thereafter, learned that climate change was bound to worsen for decades to come. Hertsgaard's daughter is part of what he has dubbed "Generation Hot" ? the two billion young people worldwide who will spend the rest of their lives coping with climate disruption. Drawing on reporting from around the world, Hot is a call to action that injects hope and solutions into a debate characterized by doom and gloom and offers a blueprint for how all of us ? parents, communities, countries ? can navigate an unavoidable new era. "[Hot's] urgent message is one that citizens and governments cannot afford to ignore." ? Boston Globe

Modern light romance with old-fashioned values. Sally Fletcher put her own life on hold to help her father raise her step-brother and sister. Having once been let down by a man who swore he loved her, she wasn't looking for romance. But when her quick sympathy for a stranger in trouble turned into a far stronger emotion, she wondered if she could she trust him?

This book is in memory of our beloved little eaglet E14 of SWFL Eagle Cam. His parents are Harriet and M15. I want to honor his short life and to remember him through the written word. This book is to celebrate his life. He was a Sassy, sweet little Eaglet and though his time with us was far too short he gave pure Joy to us all.

"A Beachcomber's Journal" is a photographic guide to a large collection of items, most of which have been found around the coastline in Monifieth, Angus, Scotland. It explores the history and origins of these finds as well as highlighting the environmental impact of marine pollution. It also provides a window into the past 100 years or so of what we ate and drank and reflects upon the changing tastes throughout the decades. The finds are from 2018 through to early 2022 and are grouped into types. It covers the effects on the marine environment in particular of the Covid 19 Pandemic from lockdown in early 2020 when the world became a much quieter place through to 2022 when freedoms were gradually restored and life began to be more "normal ". Once the most severe travel restrictions were lifted, there was a huge influx of visitors to what had previously been quiet beaches and a noticeable effect on the environment. This book raises awareness of what history literally lies beneath our feet as well as appreciating the natural beauty to be found on our beaches. We can all play our part in helping to protect the environment, both for marine life and for future generations.