Type of content: Books
Book Category: Environmental Health
When Bechara Choucair was a young doctor, he learned an important lesson: treating a patient for hypothermia does little good if she has to spend the next night out in the freezing cold.
Type of content: Books
Book Category: Biodiversity & Wildlife
The relationship between humans and mountain lions has always been uneasy. A century ago, mountain lions were vilified as a threat to livestock and hunted to the verge of extinction.
Type of content: Books
Book Category: Ecosystem Science & Management
The pace, intensity, and scale at which humans have altered our planet in recent decades is unprecedented. We have dramatically transformed landscapes and waterways through agriculture, logging, mining, and fire suppression, with drastic impacts on...
Type of content: Books
Book Category: Biodiversity & Wildlife
"Highly compelling...page-turning read" — TNC's Cool Green Science We love our pets. Dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, and other species have become an essential part of more families than ever before—in North America today, pets outnumber people.
Type of content: Books
Book Category: Environmental Health
Human health depends on the health of the planet. Earth’s natural systems—the air, the water, the biodiversity, the climate—are our life support systems.
Type of content: Books
Book Category: Biodiversity & Wildlife
This is the first ever publication to consider the global conservation needs for rodents. It is based on the proceedings of the IUCN/SSC Rodent Specialist Group meeting, held in Edmonton, Canada in August 1985.
Type of content: Books
Book Category: Oceans
Mangroves are among the most important ecosystems on the planet. They provide food and protection for a huge variety of marine and land-based species, sustain livelihoods of coastal populations, and provide protection from ocean swell and extreme weather...
Type of content: Books
Book Category: Ecosystem Science & Management
With climate change now a certainty, the question is how much change there will be and what can be done about it. One of the answers is through adaptation. Many of the lessons that are being learned in adaptation are from success stories from the field.
Type of content: Books
Book Category: Green Building
The greatest humanitarian challenge we face today is that of providing shelter. The physical design of our homes, neighborhoods and communities shapes every aspect of our live, yet where architects are most desperately needed, they can least be afforded.