Biodiversity & Wildlife

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Prairie Conservation

Preserving North America's Most Endangered Ecosystem

The area of native prairie known as the Great Plains once extended from Canada to the Mexican border and from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains to western Indiana and Wisconsin. Today the declines in prairie landscape types, estimated to be as high as 99%, exceed those of any other major ecosystem in North America. The overwhelming loss of landscape and accompanying loss of species constitute a real threat to both ecological and human economic health.

Prairie Conservation is a comprehensive examination of the history, ecology, and current status of North American grasslands.

Conservation Directory 2003

The Guide To Worldwide Environmental Organizations

For the past 48 years, the National Wildlife Federation Conservation Directory has served as the preeminent guide to the conservation community for a broad range of audiences.

Conservation Directory 2004

The Guide To Worldwide Environmental Organizations

For nearly 50 years, the National Wildlife Federation Conservation Directory has served as the preeminent guide to the conservation community for a broad range of audiences.

Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America

A Conservation Assessment

Lauded in the New York Times science section as "a sweeping analysis of the ecosystems of the United States and Canada," this volume represents an unparalleled source of information and data for scientists and conservationists working in North America.

Research Priorities for Conservation Biology

Research Priorities for Conservation Biology

Research Priorities for Conservation Biology proposes an urgent research agenda to improve our understanding and preservation of biological diversity. The book discusses:

  • ecosystems conservation
  • ecology of communities
  • population ecology and viability
  • reproduction, propagation, and release
  • fragmentation
  • ethnobiology and genetic resources
  • training in the developing world

Triumph of the Mundane

The Unseen Trends That Shape Our Lives And Environment

In recent years, the desire for greater creature comforts and material success has come to dominate the goals and values of most Americans -- in the pithy language of the bumper sticker, “He who dies with the most toys wins.” Often, however, this “progress” takes a heavy toll on our communities and environment.

The Rolling Stone Environmental Reader

The Rolling Stone Environmental Reader

Now for the first time, the best of Rolling Stone's environmental essays are gathered together in a single volume, The Rolling Stone Environmental Reader. Written by leading journalists and environmentalists, topics discussed include media coverage of environmental issues, crisis in the U.S. government, and the implications of the wholesale destruction of the rain forests.

Invasive Species in a Changing World

Changing patterns of global commerce are leading to the breakdown of biogeographic barriers that have historically kept the floras and faunas of different continents separate. Some introduced species not only take hold in their new foreign habitat but also become aggressive; these -- invasives -- can exact a serious toll on ecosystem diversity and processes.

Beyond the Ark

Tools For An Ecosystem Approach To Conservation

Among the few organizations with substantial experience in conserving and managing large ecosystems is The Nature Conservancy (TNC) -- the largest private, nonprofit conservation organization in the world dedicated to preserving natural areas, whose efforts have led to the protection of more than nine million acres of land across the United States and Canada.

For more than fourteen years, W.

Integrated Resource Planning and Management

The Ecosystem Approach In The Great Lakes Basin

The "ecosystem approach" to natural resource planning and management -- an approach that focuses on preserving the integrity of entire natural systems -- is becoming widely recognized as the key to large-scale environmental health.

The 1978 Water Quality Agreement between the United States and Canada provided the catalyst for implementing ecosystem planning and management in the Great Lakes basin.

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