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The management of coastal and ocean fisheries is highly contentious. Industry interests focus on maximizing catches while conservationists and marine scientists have become increasingly concerned about dramatic declines in fish stocks and the health of...
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The last fifteen years have been a period of dramatic change, both in the world at large and within the fields of ecology and conservation.
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Evidence is mounting that redwood forests, like many other ecosystems, cannot survive as small, isolated fragments in human-altered landscapes.
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Book Category: Biodiversity & Wildlife
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...
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For more than 30 years, John Tillman Lyle (1934-1998) was one of the leading thinkers in the field of ecological design.
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Book Category: Biodiversity & Wildlife
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 “...
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Book Category: Business & Economics
A range of powerful forces -- increasing demand for wood, uncertain and decreasing supply, increasing environmental pressures, and growing markets for environmentally certified wood -- are changing the way the forest products industry conducts business.
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The movement to implement market-based approaches to allocating water is gaining ground across California and in other western states.
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Despite ongoing negotiations, consensus has not yet been reached on what action will be taken to combat global warming.
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Nitrogen is an essential element for plant growth and development and a key agricultural input-but in excess it can lead to a host of problems for human and ecological health.