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25 myths that are destroying the environment : what many environmentalists believe and why they are wrong / / Daniel B. Botkin ; foreword by Alfred Runte
| 25 myths that are destroying the environment : what many environmentalists believe and why they are wrong / / Daniel B. Botkin ; foreword by Alfred Runte |
| Autore | Botkin Daniel B. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut : , : Taylor Trade Publishing, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nature - Effect of human beings on
Human ecology Environmental protection Global environmental change Environmental policy Nature conservation |
| ISBN | 1-4422-4493-3 |
| Classificazione | NAT011000NAT010000NAT024000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Myth 1 We Are the Only Species That Has Ever Had Global Effects on the Environment; Myth 2 Life Is Fragile, Requires Specific Conditions, and Can't Adjust Easily to Change; Myth 3 Extinction Is Unnatural and Bad, but Easy to Accomplish; Myth 4 The Balance of Nature Exists and Dominates All Life and All Environments; Myth 5 The Balance of Nature Is the Best and Only Condition for All Life; Myth 6 Beauty in Nature Only Happens in Areas Completely Undisturbed by Us; Myth 7 An Ecosystem Is Any Kind of Group, and a Biological Ecosystem Is a Fixed Group of Species
Myth 8 People Are Outside of NatureMyth 9 The Only Reason to Conserve Nature: Every Species Has a Moral Right to Exist; Myth 10 People Have Changed the Environment Only Since the Industrial/Scientific Age; Myth 11 Without Human Interference, Earth's Climate Is Stable; Myth 12 People Are the Most Important Factor Determining Earth's Climate; Myth 13 Climate Change Will Lead to Huge Numbers of Extinctions; Myth 14 Recent Weather Is Proof of Long-Term Climate Change; Myth 15 Consensus Is Science; Myth 16 Computer Models Are True Myth 17 All Populations Are Always Bound to Grow So Rapidly That They Exceed the Ability of Their Environment to Support Them and Then Go Extinct. This Will Be the Inevitable Fate of the Human Population.Myth 18 Predators Are Absolutely Necessary to Control the Populations of Their Prey; Myth 19 Maximum Sustainable Yields Are Possible for Fish and All Wildlife; Myth 20 We Can't Do Much about Environmental Risks-From Smaller Ones like a Local River Flooding to Large Ones like Hurricanes; Myth 21 Smokey Bear Is Right: Only You Can Prevent Wildfires Myth 22 Forests Are an Important Place for Long-Term Carbon StorageMyth 23 Solar and Wind Energy Require Huge Areas; Myth 24 Large-Scale Solar Energy Projects Work Only in Very Hot Climates; Myth 25 Compared to Climate Change, All Other Environmental Issues Are Minor; Final Overview; Endnotes |
| Altri titoli varianti | Twenty-five myths that are destroying the environment |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798778303321 |
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| Guilford, Connecticut : , : Taylor Trade Publishing, , 2017 | ||
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25 myths that are destroying the environment : what many environmentalists believe and why they are wrong / / Daniel B. Botkin ; foreword by Alfred Runte
| 25 myths that are destroying the environment : what many environmentalists believe and why they are wrong / / Daniel B. Botkin ; foreword by Alfred Runte |
| Autore | Botkin Daniel B. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Guilford, Connecticut : , : Taylor Trade Publishing, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nature - Effect of human beings on
Human ecology Environmental protection Global environmental change Environmental policy Nature conservation |
| ISBN | 1-4422-4493-3 |
| Classificazione | NAT011000NAT010000NAT024000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Myth 1 We Are the Only Species That Has Ever Had Global Effects on the Environment; Myth 2 Life Is Fragile, Requires Specific Conditions, and Can't Adjust Easily to Change; Myth 3 Extinction Is Unnatural and Bad, but Easy to Accomplish; Myth 4 The Balance of Nature Exists and Dominates All Life and All Environments; Myth 5 The Balance of Nature Is the Best and Only Condition for All Life; Myth 6 Beauty in Nature Only Happens in Areas Completely Undisturbed by Us; Myth 7 An Ecosystem Is Any Kind of Group, and a Biological Ecosystem Is a Fixed Group of Species
Myth 8 People Are Outside of NatureMyth 9 The Only Reason to Conserve Nature: Every Species Has a Moral Right to Exist; Myth 10 People Have Changed the Environment Only Since the Industrial/Scientific Age; Myth 11 Without Human Interference, Earth's Climate Is Stable; Myth 12 People Are the Most Important Factor Determining Earth's Climate; Myth 13 Climate Change Will Lead to Huge Numbers of Extinctions; Myth 14 Recent Weather Is Proof of Long-Term Climate Change; Myth 15 Consensus Is Science; Myth 16 Computer Models Are True Myth 17 All Populations Are Always Bound to Grow So Rapidly That They Exceed the Ability of Their Environment to Support Them and Then Go Extinct. This Will Be the Inevitable Fate of the Human Population.Myth 18 Predators Are Absolutely Necessary to Control the Populations of Their Prey; Myth 19 Maximum Sustainable Yields Are Possible for Fish and All Wildlife; Myth 20 We Can't Do Much about Environmental Risks-From Smaller Ones like a Local River Flooding to Large Ones like Hurricanes; Myth 21 Smokey Bear Is Right: Only You Can Prevent Wildfires Myth 22 Forests Are an Important Place for Long-Term Carbon StorageMyth 23 Solar and Wind Energy Require Huge Areas; Myth 24 Large-Scale Solar Energy Projects Work Only in Very Hot Climates; Myth 25 Compared to Climate Change, All Other Environmental Issues Are Minor; Final Overview; Endnotes |
| Altri titoli varianti | Twenty-five myths that are destroying the environment |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822503403321 |
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Botkin Daniel B.
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| Guilford, Connecticut : , : Taylor Trade Publishing, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Advanced Materials for the Conservation of Stone [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Majid Hosseini, Ioannis Karapanagiotis
| Advanced Materials for the Conservation of Stone [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Majid Hosseini, Ioannis Karapanagiotis |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XII, 332 p. 124 illus., 89 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 620.14 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ceramics
Glass Composites (Materials) Composite materials Tribology Corrosion and anti-corrosives Coatings Nanotechnology Cultural heritage Nature conservation Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings Cultural Heritage Nature Conservation |
| ISBN | 3-319-72260-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Superhydrophobic coatings for the protection of natural stone.- Advanced Conservation Methods for Historical Monuments -- The protection of marble surfaces: the challenge to develop suitable nanostructured treatments -- A hybrid consolidant of nano-hydroxyapatite and silica inspired from patinas for stone conservation -- Compatible Mortars for the Sustainable Conservation of Stone in Masonries -- Inorganic Nanomaterials for the Consolidation and Antifungal Protection of Stone Heritage -- Nanomaterials for the consolidation of stone artifacts -- Testing efficiency of stone conservation treatments -- Challenges of alkoxysilane-based consolidants for carbonate stones: from neat TEOS to multi-purpose hybrid nanomaterials -- Analytical investigations and advanced materials for damage diagnosis and conservation of monument’s stucco -- Nanotechnology for the Treatment of Stony Materials’ Surface against Biocoatings -- Preserving Cultural Heritage Stone: Innovative Consolidant, Superhydrophobic, Self-Cleaning and Biocidal Products -- Antimicrobial properties of nanomaterials used to control microbial colonization of stone substrata -- Advanced and novel methodology for scientific support on decision making for stone cleaning -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298603603321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Aldo Leopold and an ecological conscience / / edited by Richard L. Knight and Suzanne Riedel [[electronic resource]]
| Aldo Leopold and an ecological conscience / / edited by Richard L. Knight and Suzanne Riedel [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 190 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Disciplina | 333.7/2 |
| Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Conservation biology
Nature conservation |
| ISBN |
0-19-770015-2
1-280-48200-1 9786610482009 1-4237-6313-0 0-19-534883-4 1-60256-776-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Moving mountains : Aldo Leopold and A Sand County Almanac / Curt D. Meine -- Aldo Leopold : blending conversations about public and private lands / Richard L. Knight -- Aldo Leopold's wilderness, Sand County, and my garden / John Seidensticker -- Then and now / James A. Estes -- Great possessions : Leopold's good oak / Mary Anne Bishop -- From the balance of nature to the flux of nature : the land ethic in a time of change / J. Baird Callicott -- Aldo Leopold was a conservation biologist / Reed Noss -- Professor Leopold, what is education for? / Winifred B. Kessler and Annie L. Booth -- Aldo Leopold and the value of nature / Stephen R. Kellert -- Leopold's land ethic : a vision for today / Jamie Rappaport Clark -- Aldo Leopold : conservationist and hunter / L. David Mech -- The A-B dichotomy and the future / Edwin P. Pister -- What would Aldo have done? : a personal story / Jack Ward Thomas. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808650903321 |
| New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Aldo Leopold and the ecological conscience / / edited by Richard L. Knight and Suzanne Riedel
| Aldo Leopold and the ecological conscience / / edited by Richard L. Knight and Suzanne Riedel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 190 p. ) : ill., ports |
| Disciplina | 333.7/2 |
| Soggetto topico | Nature conservation |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-48200-1
9786610482009 1-4237-6313-0 0-19-534883-4 1-60256-776-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Moving mountains : Aldo Leopold and A Sand County Almanac / Curt D. Meine -- Aldo Leopold : blending conversations about public and private lands / Richard L. Knight -- Aldo Leopold's wilderness, Sand County, and my garden / John Seidensticker -- Then and now / James A. Estes -- Great possessions : Leopold's good oak / Mary Anne Bishop -- From the balance of nature to the flux of nature : the land ethic in a time of change / J. Baird Callicott -- Aldo Leopold was a conservation biologist / Reed Noss -- Professor Leopold, what is education for? / Winifred B. Kessler and Annie L. Booth -- Aldo Leopold and the value of nature / Stephen R. Kellert -- Leopold's land ethic : a vision for today / Jamie Rappaport Clark -- Aldo Leopold : conservationist and hunter / L. David Mech -- The A-B dichotomy and the future / Edwin P. Pister -- What would Aldo have done? : a personal story / Jack Ward Thomas. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458250503321 |
| New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Aldo Leopold and the ecological conscience / / edited by Richard L. Knight and Suzanne Riedel
| Aldo Leopold and the ecological conscience / / edited by Richard L. Knight and Suzanne Riedel |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 190 p. ) : ill., ports |
| Disciplina | 333.7/2 |
| Soggetto topico | Nature conservation |
| ISBN |
0-19-770015-2
1-280-48200-1 9786610482009 1-4237-6313-0 0-19-534883-4 1-60256-776-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Moving mountains : Aldo Leopold and A Sand County Almanac / Curt D. Meine -- Aldo Leopold : blending conversations about public and private lands / Richard L. Knight -- Aldo Leopold's wilderness, Sand County, and my garden / John Seidensticker -- Then and now / James A. Estes -- Great possessions : Leopold's good oak / Mary Anne Bishop -- From the balance of nature to the flux of nature : the land ethic in a time of change / J. Baird Callicott -- Aldo Leopold was a conservation biologist / Reed Noss -- Professor Leopold, what is education for? / Winifred B. Kessler and Annie L. Booth -- Aldo Leopold and the value of nature / Stephen R. Kellert -- Leopold's land ethic : a vision for today / Jamie Rappaport Clark -- Aldo Leopold : conservationist and hunter / L. David Mech -- The A-B dichotomy and the future / Edwin P. Pister -- What would Aldo have done? : a personal story / Jack Ward Thomas. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784666003321 |
| New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Aldo Leopold's Odyssey, Tenth Anniversary Edition [[electronic resource] ] : Rediscovering the Author of A Sand County Almanac / / by Julianne Lutz Warren
| Aldo Leopold's Odyssey, Tenth Anniversary Edition [[electronic resource] ] : Rediscovering the Author of A Sand County Almanac / / by Julianne Lutz Warren |
| Autore | Warren Julianne Lutz |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXXIX, 483 p. 2 illus.) |
| Disciplina | 333.72 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nature conservation
Landscape ecology Sustainable development Nature Conservation Landscape Ecology Sustainable Development |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Biography
History |
| ISBN | 1-61091-754-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Seed Plots -- 2. Written on the Hills -- 3. The Middle Border Chapter -- 4. Interpreting Pharaoh's Dream -- 5. An American System -- 6. A Common Concept of Land -- 7. Ecological Poetry -- 8. The Germ and the Juggernaut -- 9. Wildlife and the New Man -- 10. Knowing Nature -- 11. A New Kind of Conservation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254127703321 |
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Warren Julianne Lutz
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| Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Alnö Carbonatite Complex, Central Sweden [[electronic resource] /] / by Peter Kresten, Valentin R. Troll
| The Alnö Carbonatite Complex, Central Sweden [[electronic resource] /] / by Peter Kresten, Valentin R. Troll |
| Autore | Kresten Peter |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXXI, 196 p. 82 illus., 76 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 571.7 |
| Collana | GeoGuide |
| Soggetto topico |
Historical geology
Mineral resources Structural geology Nature conservation Historical Geology Mineral Resources Structural Geology Nature Conservation |
| ISBN | 3-319-90224-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | An Introduction to Carbonatites and Carbonatite Complexes -- Alnö Minerals -- Geochemistry and Alnö as an Economic Reserve -- Excursion Guide. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299399103321 |
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Kresten Peter
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Animal Law and Welfare - International Perspectives / / edited by Deborah Cao, Steven White
| Animal Law and Welfare - International Perspectives / / edited by Deborah Cao, Steven White |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (283 pages) |
| Disciplina | 344.049 |
| Collana | Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice |
| Soggetto topico |
Private international law
Conflict of laws Environmental law Environmental policy Agriculture Nature conservation Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice Nature Conservation |
| ISBN | 3-319-26818-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | List of Contributions -- About the Authors -- Introduction: Animal Protection in an Interconnected World; Deborah Cao and Steven White -- Part I General Issues in Animal Law and Welfare Science -- 1 Second Wave Animal Law and the Arrival of Animal Studies;Paul Waldau -- 2 International Animal Welfare Perspectives, Including Whaling and Inhumane Seal Killing as a W.T.O. Public Morality Issue.; Donald Broom -- 3 Science, Ethics and Animal Law; Clive Phillips, Joy Verrinder and Nadine Gourkow -- 4 An International Treaty for Animal Welfare; David Favre -- Part II Developments in Animal Protection in Different Jurisdictions -- 5 Animal Protection Law in Australia: Bound by History; Steven White -- 6 Law and Justice for Animals in South Africa; David Bilchitz -- 7 Animal Protection under Israeli Law; Yossi Wolfson -- 8 Debates and Developments in Animal Legal Protection in Brazil;Tagore Trajano -- 9 Regulatory Capture and the Welfare of Farm Animals in Australia; Jed Goodfellow -- 10 Blackfish and Public Outcry: A Unique Political and Legal Opportunity for Fundamental Change to the Legal Protection of Marine Mammals in the United States; Joan Schaffner -- 11 Wildlife Crimes and Legal Protection of Wildlife as Resources in China; Deborah Cao -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910255200403321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Animals and their environments / / Edison Booth
| Animals and their environments / / Edison Booth |
| Autore | Booth Edison |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : PowerKids Press, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (26 pages) |
| Disciplina | 577 |
| Collana | Spotlight on Ecology and Life Science |
| Soggetto topico |
Ecology
Biodiversity Nature - Effect of human beings on Nature conservation Climatic changes |
| ISBN | 1-4994-2559-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Living and nonliving things -- Ecology and ecosystems -- Energy on the move -- Animal populations -- Working together -- Working with plants -- Environmental variation -- Adapting to survive -- Dealing with changes -- Protecting the planet. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910150302303321 |
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Booth Edison
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| New York, New York : , : PowerKids Press, , [2017] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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