The IBP Survey of Conservation Sites: An Experimental Study

The IBP Survey of Conservation Sites: An Experimental Study
Author: A. R. Clapham
Publisher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 384
Release: 1980-11-13
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780521226974

This 1980 volume explains the procedures of the IBP 'check-sheet' survey, which gathered information on how to protect sites and species for future scientific study.

Planning for the Planet

Planning for the Planet
Author: Simone Schleper
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2019-07-12
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 178920299X

During the 1960s and 1970s, rapidly growing environmental awareness and concern created unprecedented demand for ecological expertise and novel challenges for ecological advocacy groups such as the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). This book reveals how, despite their vast scientific knowledge and their attempts to incorporate socially relevant themes, IUCN experts inevitably struggled to make global schemes for nature conservation a central concern for UNESCO, UNEP and other intergovernmental organizations.

The State Of The World's Parks

The State Of The World's Parks
Author: Gary E Machlis
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2019-08-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1000306089

National parks are a global phenomenon found in more than 120 countries. These parks are as diverse as the physical settings and cultural patterns of the many nations that have established them, yet within each country they serve as part of the cohesiveness that binds people together. Parks reflect-and help create-people's pride and love for their national heritage.

Welfare, Democracy and the New Deal

Welfare, Democracy and the New Deal
Author: William R. Brock
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 1988-07-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521379922

Although Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal is remembered in large part because of the aid and assistance it brought to millions of unemployed and indigent Americans, surprisingly little has been written about federal relief for unemployment. The great experiment of the Federal Emergency Relief Act had implications that went beyond its immediate purpose: it challenged directly the deep-seated conviction that the relief of poverty was a local responsibility, and in doing so highlighted the deficiencies of local self-government. In reviewing the experiment of the F.E.R.A. and the New Deal, Professor Brock's book raises important questions about American attitudes toward welfare, local government, and national responsibility.

Ichnology

Ichnology
Author: Luis A. Buatois
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2011-08-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1139500643

Ichnology is the study of traces created in the substrate by living organisms. This is the first book to systematically cover basic concepts and applications in both paleobiology and sedimentology, bridging the gap between the two main facets of the field. It emphasizes the importance of understanding ecologic controls on benthic fauna distribution and the role of burrowing organisms in changing their environments. A detailed analysis of the ichnology of a range of depositional environments is presented using examples from the Precambrian to the recent, and the use of trace fossils in facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy is discussed. The potential for biogenic structures to provide valuable information and solve problems in a wide range of fields is also highlighted. An invaluable resource for researchers and graduate students in paleontology, sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy, this book will also be of interest to industry professionals working in petroleum geoscience.

Grasslands, Systems Analysis and Man

Grasslands, Systems Analysis and Man
Author: A. I. Breymeyer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 984
Release: 1980-03-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521218726

This 1980 book was a synthesis of much of the recent work on the functioning of grassland ecosystems at the time.

Tundra Ecosystems

Tundra Ecosystems
Author: International Biological Programme
Publisher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 864
Release: 1981
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780521227766

Brings together the results of research programmes in Austria, Canada, U.S.A., Finland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland, U.K., Ireland, U.S.S.R. and the Antarctic describing tundra and related ecosystems in a comparative manner. Includes sections on the abiotic, plant production and fauna components, the decomposer cycle and the utilisation and conservation of tundra.