Resources Tagged: Human Ecology
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Key Resource 1999-01-19 Increasingly sophisticated technology and an ever-expand-ing base of knowledge have not been enough to allow humans to halt the worldwide progression of environmental degradation. Extensive fieldwork in both Africa and the United States convinced Allan Savory that neither the forces of nature nor...
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In this volume, the authors propose a global strategy to restore food security and a budget to implement it. Their global food security budget calls for stepped-up expenditures on both sides of the food/population equation. It includes investments not only to provide family planning services to...
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In this clincally oriented synthesis Doctor Randolph has produced an entirely different set of answers to the above questions than is currently supplied by toxicologists. This is not a review but rather the presentation of a point of view-providing a sound basis for therapy of a common medical...
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This book is designed to be used in introductory courses on environmental science. The book covers the diverse materials of an introductory course on environmental science in an accurate, balanced, and interesting way without the use of mathematics or complex chemical and biological information....
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"We do not question that flesh and bone and leaf litter will decay to dust, that seeds will sprout season after season and find renewed nourishment in the soil, that rivers can flow endlessly without running dry, that we can breathe a lifetime without depleting the air of oxygen.... What humans...
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The western Amazon may well be the single richest edible fruit region in the world, and most of this flavorful biodiversity is found in wetlands. Some of wetland fruits are already being harvested on a large scale and they are important to local economies, while others are being experimented with...
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The purpose of this guide is to provide volunteers with a method to learn about the biophysical, economic and social aspects of their host-communities by exploring how people relate to the local environment. As volunteers learn about their host-communities' relationship with the natural resource...
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1989-01-01 Charting the history of contemporary philosophical and religious beliefs regarding nature, Roderick Nash focuses primarily on changing attitudes toward nature in the United States. His work is the first comprehensive history of the concept that nature has rights and that American liberalism has,...
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In this brave and provocative book, Gore argues that only a radical rethinking of our relationship with nature can save the earth's ecology for future generations. Earth in the Balance is an urgent call to action to save our seriously threatened climate, our water, our soil, our diversity of...
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A paleoenvironmental review and historical analysis were employed to assess the nature of environmental change in the Sahel.