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Book Synopsis A Conservation Saga by : Ernest Swift
Download or read book A Conservation Saga written by Ernest Swift and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experiences of a lifetime in the conservation of American wildlife by a former Executive Director of the National Wildlife Federation (1955-1960).
Book Synopsis On Politics and Parks by : George Lambert Bristol
Download or read book On Politics and Parks written by George Lambert Bristol and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-03 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When George Bristol first saw the mountains surrounding East Glacier, Montana, in the early summer of 1961, he was, in his own words, awed to his depths. Thus began a love affair with nature and public parks that has endured for more than fifty years. This same love affair would lead Bristol to become a crusader for America’s national parks and, later, to be largely credited for the rescue of the ailing public park system in his home state. In On Politics and Parks, Bristol tells his own story in lively prose that includes many intriguing peeks at behind-the-scenes events in Washington, Austin, and elsewhere. Beginning with his upbringing by a widowed young mother with a passion for music and literature, he narrates the converging of influences that led him to an influential political career, including active involvement in national campaigns for Lyndon B. Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Lloyd Bentsen, and Jimmy Carter. After working for the Democratic National Committee and Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign, Bristol was asked to join President Clinton’s administration. However, what he really wanted was a place on the board of the National Park Foundation (NPF). With decades-old images of Glacier still burning brightly in his memory, he helped spearhead efforts to elevate the image of the National Park Service and helped establish a highly successful fundraising strategy for the NPF, giving both organizations greater national awareness and stature. Having acquired a well-earned reputation for fundraising and effective advocacy, Bristol soon began to do for his home state what he had done for the NPF: solidify support and funding for the Texas park system. Over ten years and five legislative sessions, Bristol, through the Texas Coalition for Conservation, the nonprofit organization he founded, fought for the full claim of Texas state parks to the sporting goods tax. Utilizing his many contacts, his well-honed political sense, and his dogged patience, he forged an alliance that would win the day for everyone who loves the state’s public lands. In 2007, in the last bill passed on the last day of the session, the Texas legislature nearly doubled the operating budget for parks. On Politics and Parks is at once a lesson in conservation history and a captivating personal memoir that will inform, entertain, and inspire all those who share Bristol’s love for the unspoiled beauty of the outdoors and his commitment to preserve that beauty for future generations. To learn more about The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, sponsors of this book's series, please click here.
Book Synopsis Coming Full Circle - A Sweeping Saga of Conservation Stewardship Across America by : Budd Titlow
Download or read book Coming Full Circle - A Sweeping Saga of Conservation Stewardship Across America written by Budd Titlow and published by . This book was released on 2022-09-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story told across generations, Coming Full Circle: A Sweeping Saga of Conservation Stewardship Across America is a book that combines fiction and reality to create a rounded view of the story of humanity's involvement in resource conservation. Following a line of Americans with a passion for caring for the natural world from 1767 to 2050, we are shown the shocking change that has occurred in American nature, and the great importance of conservation work, as we see what happens when we do not effectively participate in the 'circle of life'. With a skilful combination of informative storytelling and modern-day resources for readers to educate themselves on the truths of climate change and biodiversity loss, Coming Full Circle: A Sweeping Saga of Conservation Stewardship Across America is perfect to motivate readers to take an interest in conservation, and see what can be done to save our space on this beautiful planet.
Book Synopsis Ignoring Nature No More by : Marc Bekoff
Download or read book Ignoring Nature No More written by Marc Bekoff and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For far too long humans have been ignoring nature. As the most dominant, overproducing, overconsuming, big-brained, big-footed, arrogant, and invasive species ever known, we are wrecking the planet at an unprecedented rate. And while science is important to our understanding of the impact we have on our environment, it alone does not hold the answers to the current crisis, nor does it get people to act. In Ignoring Nature No More, Marc Bekoff and a host of renowned contributors argue that we need a new mind-set about nature, one that centers on empathy, compassion, and being proactive. This collection of diverse essays is the first book devoted to compassionate conservation, a growing global movement that translates discussions and concerns about the well-being of individuals, species, populations, and ecosystems into action. Written by leading scholars in a host of disciplines, including biology, psychology, sociology, social work, economics, political science, and philosophy, as well as by locals doing fieldwork in their own countries, the essays combine the most creative aspects of the current science of animal conservation with analyses of important psychological and sociocultural issues that encourage or vex stewardship. The contributors tackle topics including the costs and benefits of conservation, behavioral biology, media coverage of animal welfare, conservation psychology, and scales of conservation from the local to the global. Taken together, the essays make a strong case for why we must replace our habits of domination and exploitation with compassionate conservation if we are to make the world a better place for nonhuman and human animals alike.
Book Synopsis Saga of the Meramec by : Shaw Arboretum
Download or read book Saga of the Meramec written by Shaw Arboretum and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Conservation Series Collection by : Alexandra Mattisson
Download or read book The Conservation Series Collection written by Alexandra Mattisson and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-06-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains all eight stories from the Conservation Series, written by Alexandra Mattisson, to increase awareness and raise funds for the organisations making a difference to protect our wildlife, marine life and forests, and highlights critical conservation concerns facing a huge number of species across the globe. Featuring black and white illustrations that reinforce the fact that there are no grey areas when it comes to fighting against wildlife & marine life extinction and deforestation, this book is made to teach the next generation and adults, to treasure the earth around them and learn how to take action before it is too late. Children's books for adults, because some of us forgot how to be kind towards others. Each story in the series supports a different cause with 56% of the proceeds from the sale of this book being donated to the causes, which are Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary, Open Cages, African Pangolin Working Group, HERD Trust (Hoedspruit Elephant Rehabilitation and Development), Greenpop and the Lion Recovery Fund.
Download or read book Conservation News written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The White Rhino Saga by : Ian Player
Download or read book The White Rhino Saga written by Ian Player and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2013-08-14 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The White Rhino Saga - back in print after more than 30 years - is more relevant than ever as our rhino population faces a deadly poaching onslaught. With a new introduction by Julian Rademeyer and a 'missing chapter' never before published, a new generation of readers can enjoy and learn from the extraordinary story of how the white rhino was saved from extinction four decades ago. From Ian Player's first visit to the Umfolozi Game Reserve in South Africa's Zululand in 1952, the salvation of the white rhino from extinction became a personal obsession. The white rhino, the second largest animal in the world, had roamed over the southern half of the African continent in large numbers during the nineteenth century and before. By the 1960s fewer than five hundred remained, confined to 72 000 acres, not nearly enough territory for them to remain healthy and alive. The problem confronting Ian Player and his co-workers was twofold: how to repopulate the game reserves of Africa where white rhinos had once lived, and how to supply white rhinos to the zoos of the world. The techniques for capturing and transporting the huge animals are fascinating. The White Rhino Saga, Alan Paton writes in his foreword, 'is a book for every lover of the wild. The danger of captures, the disappointments, the ultimate successes, makes a splendid tale.' It is a tale of adventure, of Africa, of animals - and of the man who set out to save them.
Book Synopsis Care and Conservation of Manuscripts 8 by : Gillian Fellows Jensen
Download or read book Care and Conservation of Manuscripts 8 written by Gillian Fellows Jensen and published by Museum Tusculanum Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much work is required to ensure the well-being of the manuscripts in the care of libraries, archives and other collections. The international seminars held in Copenhagen provide a good opportunity for conservators, archivists, librarians and those who work with manuscripts to meet and discuss their problems. Care and Conservation of Manuscripts 8 examines wooden bindings, the manufacture of parchment, the conservation of embroidered bindings, the study of paint layers, the restoration of heat-damage parchment, binding decoration and hand tools for Ottoman period manuscripts, biomonitoring of rare books and documents, German stamped bindings, new recipes for the conservation of leather and parchment, as well as codicology and palography. The book is well illustrated and contains references and a list of manuscripts.
Book Synopsis Conservation Series Conservation Reader (Classic Reprint) by : Harold W. Fairbanks
Download or read book Conservation Series Conservation Reader (Classic Reprint) written by Harold W. Fairbanks and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Conservation Series Conservation Reader It is from the education Of the children in right ways of looking at Nature that everything is to be expected in the years to come. If they learn to understand the' value Of the things about them, as well as to appreciate their beauties, the carrying on and enlarging of the conservation program which is now so well under way can be safely left to their care. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Instructor written by and published by . This book was released on 1969-08 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Changing the Spots of the Leopard by : Andrew J. Tilling
Download or read book Changing the Spots of the Leopard written by Andrew J. Tilling and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "These stories are anecdotes of personal, first-hand experience of conservation and development practices and initiatives in east, central and southern Africa over a peirod ofthe last seventy years"--Back cover.
Book Synopsis Just and Lasting Change by : Daniel C. Taylor
Download or read book Just and Lasting Change written by Daniel C. Taylor and published by Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM. This book was released on 2016-06-19 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and updated guide presents a proven method for policy and health professionals to promote community-based progress in developing nations. Daniel C. and Carl E. Taylor built their decades-long careers by partnering with key thinkers to combat inequity, environmental degradation, and globalization. Their innovative SEED-SCALE model enables people to transform their communities by analyzing their local context in relation to the global, taking appropriate actions based on their priorities and resources, and assessing what next steps may be needed for continuing progress. Just and Lasting Change describes, step by step, how the SEED-SCALE model can be effectively implemented. Drawing from a variety of personal experiences and case studies, the authors describe historical attempts to promote social development, as well as current efforts in South America, Africa, and Asia. This wide-ranging book touches on examples of community-based change from Abraham Lincoln’s leadership style to the Green Bay Packers’s ownership model. It also explores thematic global examples from the anti-smoking campaign, Green Revolution, Child Survival Revolution, and urban agriculture. This second edition is fully revised and updated with: Five completely new chapters Thirteen years of scholarship and global evidence New contributions from leading international experts in community-based development and public health
Book Synopsis Green Fields Forever by : Charles E. Little
Download or read book Green Fields Forever written by Charles E. Little and published by . This book was released on 1987-02 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agriculture, the largest sector of the American economy, is of major importance to all citizens. "Conservation tillage" is a new style of agriculture that should affect both the ecology and economics of farming. It leaves the land relatively undisturbed; the plow is not used; soil dynamics is allowed to work; erosion is reduced. The author discusses pros and cons; he describes farmer scientists and farmer inventors. He depicts society, from the Bushman hunter-gatherers to the American victims of the "new agriculture depression." Finally, he observes that people are at a crossroads in affirming agriculture as a way of life: there is the possibility for ecological revitalization of the agriculture profession, the bases of society. ISBN 0-933280-35-1: $24.95.
Download or read book Conservation Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Protecting the Planet by : Budd Titlow
Download or read book Protecting the Planet written by Budd Titlow and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2016 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspirational story of pioneering environmentalists who heightened awareness regarding nature's value and heroes of today who are working to secure a sustainable future.
Book Synopsis Conservation of the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog by : John Hoogland
Download or read book Conservation of the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog written by John Hoogland and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prairie dog is a colonial, keystone species of the grassland ecosystem of western North America. Myriad animals regularly visit colony-sites to feed on the grass there, to use the burrows for shelter or nesting, or to prey on the prairie dogs. Unfortunately, prairie dogs are disappearing, and the current number is only about 2% of the number encountered by Lewis and Clark in the early 1800s. Part I of Conservation of the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog summarizes ecology and social behavior for pivotal issues such as when prairie dogs breed, how far they disperse, how they affect other organisms, and how much they compete with livestock. Part II documents how loss of habitat, poisoning, plague, and recreational shooting have caused the precipitous decline of prairie dog populations over the last 200 years. Part III proposes practical solutions that can ensure the long-term survival of the prairie dog and its grassland ecosystem, and also are fair to private landowners. We cannot expect farmers and ranchers to bear all the costs of conservation while the rest of us enjoy all the benefits. With 700 references, 37 tables, 75 figures and photographs, and a glossary, Conservation of the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog is a unique and vital contribution for wildlife managers, politicians, environmentalists, and curious naturalists.
