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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY NC ND 4 0 International license It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations Forests and trees are crucial for human wellbeing sustainable development and ultimately life on Earth The critical ecosystem services that forests provide are widely acknowledged yet their provision is seriously threatened by continuing deforestation and forest degradation Restoring Forests and Trees for Sustainable Development utilizes a multidisciplinary perspective to analyze and discuss the various opportunities and challenges of restoring tree and forest cover It examines forest restoration commitments policies and programs their implementation at different scales and contexts and how forest restoration helps to mitigate environmental societal and cultural challenges This book explores how restoration affects forest ecosystem services contributes to biodiversity conservation and generates benefits and synergies while recognizing the considerable costs tradeoffs and variable feasibility of its implementation The chapters review forest restoration governance practices and technological advances and reflect on the possib

How the science of ecology is changing to meet the daunting challenges of environmental sustainabilityOur species has transitioned from being one among millions on Earth to the species that is single handedly transforming the entire planet to suit its own needs The New Ecology shows how today s ecology can provide the insights we need to appre

Since 2009 international climate activism has focused on stopping coalmining in solidarity with local and Indigenous struggles that are resisting coalmining Based on ethnographic and historic research in Australia and India this book compares the politics and resistance to coal in the two countries particularly focusing on the time period between 2009 and 2018 and the case of the Carmichael coalmine in Queensland and the Mahan coalmine in central India This book shows differences and similarities in the political economy of coal and creates understanding about the significantly different imperatives and narratives of anti coal environmentalism in Australia and India Through the Stop Adani movement and its collaboration with the Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners and farmers against coalmining in Queensland and Greenpeace and forest based communities resisting coalmining in Madhya Pradesh Ruchira Talukdar not only explores anti coal movement dynamics but also how these movements grapple with the violation of Indigenous land rights through coal extraction in both places Drawing on differences and patterns in Australian and Indian anti coal activisms this book proposes a global outlook an intersectional framework beyond the singularity of stopping co

This book is a comprehensive beautifully illustrated colour guide to the plants which farmers growers and gardeners can use to improve soil structure and restore fertility without the use and expense of agrichemicals Information based on the latest research is given on how to use soil conditioning plants to avoid soil degradation restore soil quality and help clean polluted land There are 11 chapters 1 to 6 cover soil health nitrogen fixation green manures and herbal leys bacteria and other microorganisms phytoremediators and soil mycorrhiza plant fungal symbiosis Chapter 7 has plant illustrations with climate range and soil types along with their soil conditioning properties and each plant is presented with a comprehensive description opposite a detailed illustration in full colour Chapters 8 to 10 examine soil stabilisers weeds and invasive plants and hedges and trees and the final chapter contains 5 case studies with the most recent data followed by an appendix and glossary The book allows the reader to identify the plants they need quickly and find the information necessary to begin implementation of soil regeneration

Now that Trump has turned the United States into a global climate outcast will China take the lead in saving our planet from environmental catastrophe Many signs point to yes China the world s largest carbon emitter is leading a global clean energy revolution phasing out coal consumption and leading the development of a global system of green finance But as leading China environmental expert Barbara Finamore explains it is anything but easy The fundamental economic and political challenges that China faces in addressing its domestic environmental crisis threaten to derail its low carbon energy transition Yet there is reason for hope China s leaders understand that transforming the world s second largest economy from one dependent on highly polluting heavy industry to one focused on clean energy services and innovation is essential not only to the future of the planet but to China s own prosperity

This book documents the effects of natural hazards on coastal ecosystems in detail The sea is an indispensable component of the Earth system and human societies obtain many goods and services from the marine environment Global warming threatens marine ecosystems through seawater temperature rise acidification sea level rise and the increased frequency of severe storms The repeated effects of tsunamis also have major impacts on coastal ecosystems Increases in population and industry activities along the coast cause the degradation of coastal ecosystems through direct and indirect uses of the environment such as reclamation overexploitation of bioresources and pollution Given these facts we need to improve our understanding of the physical chemical and biological mechanisms characterizing marine ecosystems in order to better measure the effects of anthropogenic and natural impacts on the sea and its ecosystems Equipped with a comprehensive understanding of the sea including the effects of the main pressures on it we will have a better idea of the future state of the sea based on several scenarios of global warming The 16th France Japan Symposium on Marine Science focused on using advances in oceanography to better understand the current status of the sea

Growth reproduction and geographical distribution of plants are profoundly influenced by their physiological ecology the interaction with the surrounding physical chemical and biological environments This textbook highlights mechanisms that underlie plant physiological ecology at the levels of physiology biochemistry biophysics and molecular biology At the same time the integrative power of physiological ecology is well suited to assess the costs benefits and consequences of modifying plants for human needs and to evaluate the role of plants in natural and managed ecosystems Plant Physiological Ecology Third Edition is significantly updated with many full color illustrations and begins with the primary processes of carbon metabolism and transport plant water relations and energy balance After considering individual leaves and whole plants these physiological processes are then scaled up to the level of the canopy Subsequent chapters discuss mineral nutrition and the ways in which plants cope with nutrient deficient or toxic soils The book then looks at patterns of growth and allocation life history traits and interactions between plants and other organisms Later chapters deal with traits that affect decomposition of plant material and with the

Wetzel s Limnology Lake and River Ecosystems Fourth Edition presents a fully updated revision of the classic textbook Limnology Lake and River Ecosystems last published in 2001 The coverage has been thoroughly updated with recent research and theoretical developments Each chapter of this edited volume has been written by an expert or team of experts providing a comprehensive and global perspective with the editors working closely with the authors to maintain continuity within and between the chapters This is not only an essential textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in limnology but also a standard reference book for seasoned limnologists and other scientists

A compelling and pragmatic argument solutions to yesterday s environmental problems reveal today s path forward We solved planet threatening problems before Susan Solomon argues and we can do it again Solomon knows firsthand what those solutions entail She first gained international fame as the leader of an expedition to Antarctica in 1986 making discoveries that were key to healing the damaged ozone layer She saw a path from scientific and public awareness to political engagement international agreement industry involvement and effective action Solomon an atmospheric scientist and award winning author connects this career defining triumph to the inside stories of other past environmental victories against ozone depletion smog pesticides and lead to extract the essential elements of what makes change possible The path to success begins when an environmental problem becomes both personal and perceptible to the general public Lawmakers diplomats industries and international agencies respond to popular momentum and effective change takes place in tandem with consumer pressure when legislation and regulation yield practical solutions Healing the planet is a long game won not by fear and panic but by the union of public political and regulatory pre

The Mekong River Basin Ecohydrological Complexity from Catchment to Coast Volume Three presents real facts data and predictions for quantifying human induced changes throughout the Mekong watershed including its estuaries and coasts and proposes solutions to decrease or mitigate the negative effect and enable sustainable development This is the first work to link socio ecological interaction study over the whole Mekong River basin through the lens of ecohydrology Each chapter is written by a leading expert with coverage on climate change groundwater land use flooding drought biodiversity and anthropological issues Human activities are enormous in the whole watershed and are still increasing throughout the catchment with severe negative impacts on natural resources are emerging Among these activities hydropower dams especially a series of 11 dams in China are the most critical as they generate massive changes throughout the system including in the delta and to the livelihoods of millions of people and they threaten sustainability

Patterns Function and Application of Seed Microbiome Bacteria Fungi and Viruses presents the current understanding of seed and microbiota associations emphasizing recent findings that highlight the latest insights into these interactions and how they may ultimately influence plant ecology health and productivity in both natural and agricultural systems The development and dispersal of seeds and their transition to seedlings are among the most critical stages of the life cycle of plants and seed health is of crucial global importance for producing both quantity and high quality crops to feed world s population It is important for seeds to be produced that contain the best hybrid embryo so that it is free of diseases includes beneficial endophytes and ensures a healthy start of a seedling Focusing on the role of seed microbiota their transmission and implications for producing healthier seeds as well as the relationship between the seed microbiome and primed plant resistance this book reveals the targeted use of the seed microbiome to enrich the soil biodiversity and its resilience and its resulting impact on plant health and yield also explores the importance of nanotechnology in the development and production of crops for both improved plant production and

This book provides an introduction to peatlands for the non specialist student reader and for all those concerned about environmental protection and is an essential guide to peatland history and heritage for scientists and enthusiasts Peat is formed when vegetation partially decays in a waterlogged environment and occurs extensively throughout both temperate and tropical regions Interest in peatlands is currently high due to the degradation of global peatlands which is disrupting hydrology and contributing to greenhouse gas emissions This book opens by explaining how peat is formed its properties and worldwide distribution and defines related terms such as mires wetlands bogs and marshes There is discussion of the ecology and wildlife of peatlands as well as their ability to preserve pollen and organic remains as environmental archives It also addresses the history heritage and cultural exploitation of peat extending back to pre Roman times and the degradation of peatlands over the centuries particularly as a source of fuel but more recently for commercial horticulture Other chapters discuss the ecosystem services delivered by peatlands and how their destruction is contributing to biodiversity loss flooding or drought and climate change Finally the

This advanced textbook moves beyond a basic scientific comprehension of urban ecosystems to understand the essential details of how scientists policy makers and practitioners develop solutions to effectively manage urban biodiversity Such efforts necessitate unravelling the complex components that bolster or constrain biodiversity including human wildlife interactions resource availability climate fluctuations novel species relationships and landscape heterogeneity However key to an understanding of these processes is also recognizing the tremendous social variation inherent within and across urban areas The diversity of urban human communities fundamentally shapes how society designs builds and manages urban landscapes This means that urban environmental management unavoidably must account for human social variation Unfortunately urban systems have a history and continued legacy of social inequality e g systemic racism and classism that govern how cities are both built and managed This novel text not only highlights these connections but also illustrates the interdisciplinary approaches needed for advancing a new justice centred approach to nature conservation Urban Biodiversity and Equity is suitable for graduate level students and professional

El primer diccionari que recull específicament la terminologia mediambiental bàsica encatalà. Sadreça, en primer terme, als professionals i estudiants que treballen en làmbit de la gestió del medi, s

La cuestión medioambiental ha impactado a la sociedad europea y a sus componentes. De todos modos, se denota una gran desorientación ante este impacto; así, las razones esgrimidas para adoptar los diferentes comportamientos que se observan son diferentes y discrepantes como ellos. Los verdes, el consumidor, el ciudadano normal, el tecnico, los cientificos, el empresario, el politico, tienen razones y comportamientos diferentes. ¿Por que? ¿Como se influencian entre ellos? ¿Que fuerzas los condicionan hoy y en el futuro?Si esta cuestion la trasladamos a otras partes y otras culturas, con diferente nivel de desarrollo, veremos que no se trata de impuestos, o de delitos ecologicos o de control medioambiental o de salvar el planeta, sino simplemente de sobrevivir hoy y alli donde esta el individuo. Nuestro pasado fue como es el presente de ellos, y gracias a un cierto nivel de depredacion medioambiental parece que hemos llegado a un nivel de desarrollo capaz de convivir respetuosamente con la Naturaleza. ¿Es verdad esto?Todas estas interrelaciones a nivel planetario, sociedad y medioambiente, con esas cotidianas alarmas catastroficas, mezcla de medioambientalismo puro, bandera politica e intereses comerciales, ¿nos llevan a un futuro? ¿Es nuestro presente sostenible? ¿A que niveles habra que cambiar con todo, empezando por cada cual, para que esto sea viable?A lo largo del libro se realiza un paseo por relatos de hechos y presentaciones de problemas, tecnicas, leyes, tendencias..., que podran ayudar a encontrar la respuesta a las anteriores y mas preguntas a universitarios, profesores, tecnicos, empresarios, politicos...