Author: Publisher:
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Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Preserving Our Natural Heritage: Private, academic, and local government activities
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Preserving Our Natural Heritage
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Preserving Our Natural Heritage
Author: Nature Conservancy (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Preserving Our Natural Heritage: State activities
Author: Nature Conservancy (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Preserving Our Natural Heritage: Federal activities
Author: Nature Conservancy (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Natural Heritage
Author: Peter HowardPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131796943X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
It has become more and more accepted that nature conservation is not possible without taking into account human activities. Thus an integrated approach to both the natural and cultural heritage is being encouraged and developed. Gathering a number of distinguished authors with diverse backgrounds (from a religious leader to academics to conservation scientists), the book aims to investigate the relationship between human beings and nature, between nature and culture. Looking at nature as ‘heritage’ of the human race is a recognition both of the tremendous impacts (both positive and negative) that human activities have had on the natural environment, as well as the acceptance of human responsibility for managing our planet in a sustainable and sensitive manner. The texts included examine this interface between human beings and nature in specific places (from the Everglades in Florida and Mont Saint Micelle in Atlantic France, to the UK, Europe and the Mediterranean), as well as on a theoretical basis, and in the context of the international biodiversity conventions.
Preserving Our Natural Heritage
Author: United States. President (1963-1969 : Johnson)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
The Preservation of Natural Diversity
Author: Nature Conservancy (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Biogeography
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Masterworks of Man & Nature
Author: Mark SwadlingPublisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Volume, organized by geographic location, which illustrates the ways in which our cultural heritage is tied to the Earth's natural heritage. Examines the ways in which our actions today determine our future.
Precious Heritage
Author: Bruce A. SteinPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195125193
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
From the lush forests of Appalachia to the frozen tundra of Alaska, and from the tallgrass prairies of the Midwest to the subtropical rainforests of Hawaii, the United States harbors a remarkable array of ecosystems. These ecosystems in turn sustain an exceptional variety of plant and animal life. For species such as salamanders and freshwater turtles, the United States ranks as the global center of diversity. Among the nation's other unique biological features are California's coast redwoods, the world's tallest trees, and Nevada's Devils Hole pupfish, which survives in a single ten-by-seventy-foot desert pool, the smallest range of any vertebrate animal.Precious Heritage draws together for the first time a quarter century of information on U.S. biodiversity developed by natural heritage programs from across the country. This richly illustrated volume not only documents those aspects of U.S. biodiversity that are particularly noteworthy, but also considers how our species and ecosystems are faring, what is threatening them, and what is needed to protect the nation's remaining natural inheritance. Above all, Precious Heritage is a celebration of the extraordinary biological diversity of the United States.