Ecorestoration of the coalmine degraded lands [[electronic resource] /] / by Subodh Kumar Maiti |
Autore | Maiti Subodh Kumar |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Delhi : , : Springer India : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (374 p.) |
Disciplina |
333.71
333.7153 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental sciences
Landscape ecology Fossil fuels Nature conservation Environmental Science and Engineering Landscape Ecology Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture) Nature Conservation |
ISBN |
1-283-94598-3
81-322-0851-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | SECTION A.-Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION.-Chapter -2: Ecology and Ecosystem in Mine Dedraded Land.-CHAPTER 3: PHYSICAL (TECHNICAL) RECLAMATION.-Chapter 4: Minesoil properties affecting plant establishment and growth.-Chapter 5: Topsoil Management.-Chapter 6: Programs and Planning of vegetation cover development.-Chapter 7: Seeds – collection, storage & treatment.-Chapter 8: NURSERY RAISING OF SAPLINGS FOR FOREST TREES -- Chapter 9: Establishment of Grasses and Legumes Cover.-Chapter 10 Application of Mulch, geotextiles and amendments.-Chapter 11: Bio-fertilizer (Mycorrhiza) technology in Mine Ecorestoration.-Chapter -12: Biodiversity, Erosion and Conservation in Ecorestored site.-Chapter 13: Monitoring and Aftercare of Ecorestored Site.-Chapter 14: Evaluation of Reclamation success and Soil Quality Indicators.-Chapter – 15: Forest & Wildlife Conservation Acts.-Chapter 16: Ecological Impact Assessment of Surface Mining Project.-Chapter 17: MINE CLOSURE.- SECTION B.-Chapter 1 : SAMPLING TECNIQUE.-Chapter 2 : ANALYSIS OF PHYSICAL PARAMETERS.-Chapter 3: ANALYSIS OF CHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF SOIL AND OVERBURDEN.-Chapter 4: SOIL MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS.-CHAPTER 5: PLANT ANALYSIS, FIELD TRIALS AND VEGETATION SURVEY.-Annex: SOIL ANALYSIS.-Annex- 1: Soil Analysis -- Annex- 2: Apparatus/ Instruments required for sol analysis laboratory. . |
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Maiti Subodh Kumar | ||
New Delhi : , : Springer India : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 | ||
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Ecosystem Services and Management Strategy in China [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Yiyu Chen, Beate Jessel, Bojie Fu, Xiubo Yu, Jamie Pittock |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | xvii, 163 p |
Disciplina | 550 |
Collana | Springer Earth System Sciences |
Soggetto topico |
Geobiology
Nature conservation Environmental management Biogeosciences Nature Conservation Environmental Management |
ISBN | 3-642-38733-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction to the Task Force’s Work -- Concept of Ecosystem Services and Ecosystem Management -- Status of Major Ecosystems and Management -- Scenario Analysis -- Chinese Case Studies -- International Experience -- Major Findings -- Policy Recommendations. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298361503321 |
Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
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Emerging Bioresources with Nutraceutical and Pharmaceutical Prospects [[electronic resource] /] / by Seema Patel |
Autore | Patel Seema |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (147 p.) |
Disciplina |
333.7
333.72 338.927 628 |
Collana | Applied Environmental Science and Engineering for a Sustainable Future |
Soggetto topico |
Sustainable development
Environmental engineering Biotechnology Nature conservation Sustainable Development Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology Nature Conservation |
ISBN | 3-319-12847-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: An underutilized tropical plant Psidium cattleianum (Strawberry guava) -- Chapter 3: Opuntia fruits as source of inexpensive functional foods -- Chapter 4: Food and pharmaceutical potential of Carissa genus -- Chapter 5: Portulaca oleracea: an untapped bioactive repository for health amelioration -- Chapter 6: Grape seeds: Agro-industrial waste with vast functional food potential -- Chapter 7: Newest and robust entrant to the functional food sector: Chia seeds -- Chapter 8: Prosopis genus as food and drug repository: Exploring the literature databases -- Chapter 9: Resurgence of interest in ancient grain quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa): An appraisal -- Chapter 10: A promising CAM therapeutic for multiple cancers: Milk thistle (Silybum) -- Chapter 11: Chaga (Inonotus obliquus) mushroom: Nutraceutical assessment based on latest findings. |
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Patel Seema | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
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The End of Desertification? [[electronic resource] ] : Disputing Environmental Change in the Drylands / / edited by Roy H. Behnke, Michael Mortimore |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (556 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.736 |
Collana | Springer Earth System Sciences |
Soggetto topico |
Atmospheric sciences
Climate change Nature conservation Economic geography Geology Atmospheric Sciences Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts Nature Conservation Economic Geography |
ISBN | 3-642-16014-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part 1. Foreword: The Great Sahelian Desertification Boondoggle -- Part 2. Social and political consequences of the Sahelian droughts -- Part 3. Scientific causes of the Sahelian droughts -- Part 4. A global assessment of desertification -- Part 5. The capacity to adapt -- Part 6. Lessons learnt. |
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Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 | ||
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Environmental Change in the Himalayan Region [[electronic resource] ] : Twelve Case Studies / / edited by Anup Saikia, Pankaj Thapa |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VI, 232 p. 86 illus., 77 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 333.72 |
Soggetto topico |
Nature conservation
Climate change Environmental geography Biodiversity Conservation biology Ecology Nature Conservation Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts Environmental Geography Conservation Biology/Ecology |
ISBN | 3-030-03362-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Climate Change and its impacts on Bhutan -- 3. Glaciers as indicators of changing climate in Himalaya -- 4. Land degradation in the Khyber mountains, Pakistan -- 5. Biodiversity Conservation in a Himalayan fringe -- 6. Spreading urban tentacles in the Scotland of the East -- 7. Blowing hot, blowing cold: The urban heat island effect in Srinagar -- 8. Protected areas in Bhutan -- 9. Livelihood Strategies among Agriculture Dependent Communities of Mozoram, Eastern Himalaya -- 10. Climate change and food security in the Himalaya. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910337923303321 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 | ||
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Environmental Crime and Collaborative State Intervention [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rob White, Grant Pink |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 333.709 |
Collana | Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental geography
Crime—Sociological aspects Environmental sociology Nature conservation Environmental policy Criminology Environmental Geography Crime and Society Environmental Sociology Nature Conservation Environmental Politics Criminology and Criminal Justice, general |
ISBN |
9781786841506
1-78684-150-9 1-137-56257-9 9781349559817 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Environmental Crime and Collaborative State Intervention; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Tables; Figures; Foreword; Stages in the development of collaborative networks; (1) A forum for learning; (2) Collaboration around processes; (3) Collaboration around environmental problems/risks; (4) Protecting the planet; Notes; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Part I: The Role of Collaboration in Combating Environmental Crime; 1: Collaboration in Combating Environmental Crime - Making it Matter; Responding to transnational environmental crime
What is collaboration and what does it look like?Collaboration in practice; Horizontal collaboration; Vertical collaboration; Diagonal collaboration; Challenges and opportunities; Conclusion; References; 2: International Compliance and Enforcement Networks: The Critical Role of Collaboration in Environmental Protection; Introduction; History of INECE; Network phases and corresponding approaches to collaboration; Precursor activities: bilateral collaboration (1985-1989); Early activities: multilateral collaboration and international commitments (1990-1995) Expanded activities: expanded collaboration (1995-2005)Expanding reach and support: collaboration to build capacity (2005-2015); International cooperation on monitoring, reporting, and verification mechanisms in emissions trading; Enforcement cooperation at seaports; Enforcement of EIA requirements; Collaboration: the future (2015 and beyond); Collaboration: lessons learned; The importance of establishing, maintaining, and then collaborating through networks; The importance of assessing networks to ensure they are effective and meeting needs; The importance of maintaining momentum; Conclusion NotesReferences; 3: Capacity Building and Collaboration: Enforcement Training to Build Capacity that Ensures Environmental Protection; How training helps build enforcement capacity; Institutional capacity; Physical capacity; Programmatic capacity; Intellectual capacity; Minimum requirements for job performance should drive capacity building; Environmental enforcement training in the United States; Environmental enforcement training and environmental enforcement networks; International capacity building; Institutional collaboration between the USEPA and Chile's SMA; Challenges and solutions ConclusionNotes; References; Part II: The Role of Institutions in Collaboration; 4: Interagency Collaboration and Combating Wildlife Crime; Introduction; Combating wildlife crime: a view from a customs perspective; External factors; Powers and authority; Adequate training; Appropriate legislation; Drawing international attention to wildlife crime; Conclusion; Notes; References; 5: Organisational Consortiums: The International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC); Background; Wildlife crime - a multifaceted challenge An identified need for strengthened and broadened strategies to combat wildlife crime |
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London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 | ||
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Equivalency Methods for Environmental Liability [[electronic resource] ] : Assessing Damage and Compensation Under the European Environmental Liability Directive / / edited by Joshua Lipton, Ece Özdemiroğlu, David Chapman, Jennifer Peers |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 pages) : illustrations, tables |
Disciplina | 341.762 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental management
Ecotoxicology Environmental law Environmental policy Nature conservation Environmental economics Environmental Management Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice Nature Conservation Environmental Economics |
ISBN | 90-481-9812-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | PART I –INTRODUCTION TO RESOURCE EQUIVALENCY METHODS TO ASSESS AND SCALE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE IN THE EU -- 1.The Environmental Liability Directive: Legal Background and Requirements -- 2. Resource Equivalency Methods in the European Union: A ‘Toolkit’ for Calculating Environmental Liability -- PART II –RESOURCE EQUIVALENCY METHODS TO ASSESS AND SCALE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE IN THE EU -- 3. Step 1: Performing an Initial Evaluation -- 4. Step 2: Determining and Quantifying Environmental Damage -- 5. Step 3: Determining and Quantifying Remediation Benefits -- 6. Step 4: Scaling Complementary and Compensatory Remediation -- Step 5: Monitoring and Reporting -- 8. Valuation chapter -- PART III – CASE STUDIES -- 10. Ex-Ante Analysis of a Hypothetical International Road Construction Project in Poland -- 11.Severe Wildfire in a Mediterranean Forest -- 12.Water Abstraction from the River Itchen, Hampshire, United Kingdom -- 13. Hypothetical Resource Equivalency Analysis: Damage to Alpine Brown Trout. |
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Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
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Evolution from the Galapagos [[electronic resource] ] : Two Centuries after Darwin / / edited by Gabriel Trueba, Carlos Montúfar |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
Disciplina | 574.98665 |
Collana | Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands |
Soggetto topico |
Geography
Ecosystems Nature conservation Evolutionary biology Geography, general Nature Conservation Evolutionary Biology |
ISBN | 1-4614-6732-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword -- Part I: Historical Perspectives -- Darwin-Wallace paradigm shift: The ten days that failed to shake the world -- From Copernicus to Darwin -- Part II: A Microbial World -- A Vestige of an RNA Apparatus with Ribozyme Capabilities Embedded and Functions within the Modern Ribosome -- Covering all the Bases: the Promise of Genome-Wide Sequence Data for Large Population Samples of Bacteria -- Role of Symbiosis in Evolution -- Part III: Early Eukaryotes -- The Evolutionary Origin of Animals and Fungi -- Written in stone: The fossil record of early eukaryotes -- Endosymbiosis in the origin of eukaryotes -- Symbiogenetics: Proposal for a new science -- Part IV: A Planet of Animals and Plants -- Epochal change: sweltering climate at the Paleocene/Eocene boundary (55 million years ago) -- Speciation and evolution of Darwin’s finches -- Ecological Selection and the Evolution of Body Size and Sexual Size Dimorphism in the Galapagos Flightless Cormorant -- Index. |
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New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 | ||
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Faunal Heritage of Rajasthan, India [[electronic resource] ] : General Background and Ecology of Vertebrates / / edited by B.K. Sharma, Seema Kulshreshtha, Asad R. Rahmani |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (659 p.) |
Disciplina | 596.1709544 |
Soggetto topico |
Conservation biology
Ecology Animal ecology Nature conservation Biodiversity Wildlife Fish Conservation Biology/Ecology Animal Ecology Nature Conservation Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management |
ISBN | 1-4614-0800-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Dedication-1 -- Dedication-2 -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Contributors.- Part I: Unveiling the Vivacious Rajasthan -- The Majestic Rajasthan: An Introduction.- Physiography and Biological Diversity of Rajasthan.- Historical, Socio-cultural and Mythological Aspects of Faunal Conservation in Rajasthan.- An Anthropological Account of Bonhomie and Opprobrium between Communities and Animals in Rajasthan -- Fossil Records of Rajasthan-. Part II: Faunal Ecology: An Insight-Piscifauna and Herpetofauna.- Ichthyofauna of Rajasthan -- Chelonian Status and Conservation in Rajasthan -- Important species of Lizards in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan.- Natural History Observations on the Indian Spiny-tailed Lizard (Uromastyx hardwickii) in the Thar Desert -- Ophidians of Rajasthan -- Part III: Faunal Ecology: An Insight-Avifauna -- Conservation of Bustards with Special Reference to Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps): The State Bird of Rajasthan.- Distribution, Status and Conservation of Lesser Florican Spheotides indica in Rajasthan -- Status and Distribution of Raptors in Rajasthan -- White-napped Tit Parus nuchalis - A vulnerable Species in Rajasthan.- Part IV: Faunal Ecology: An Insight-The Mammal Conglomerate -- Non-human Primates of Rajasthan.- Status of Tiger in Rajasthan.- Status, Distribution and Conservation of Leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) in Rajasthan.- Small Cats of Rajasthan.- Major Canids of Rajasthan.- The Status and Conservation of Sloth Bears in Rajasthan.- Chiropteran Fauna of Rajasthan-Taxonomy, Distribution and Status.- Non-Volant Small Mammals of Rajasthan.- Squirrels of Rajasthan with special reference to Elliot’s Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista petaurista philippensis.-Wild Ungulates in Rajasthan -- Appendices -- Glossary -- Further Reading -- Index -- The Book and Its Audience -- About the Editors. |
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Forest and Nature Governance [[electronic resource] ] : A Practice Based Approach / / edited by Bas Arts, Jelle Behagel, Séverine van Bommel, Jessica de Koning, Esther Turnhout |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.75 |
Collana | World Forests |
Soggetto topico |
Forestry
Environmental law Environmental policy Nature conservation Political science Social sciences Biodiversity Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice Nature Conservation Political Science Social Sciences, general |
ISBN |
1-283-64088-0
94-007-5113-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Prelude to practice: Introducing a practice based approach to forest and nature governance -- 2. From practical science to a practice based approach: A short history of forest policy studies -- Rethinking institutions -- 3. Bricolage practices in local forestry -- 4. What institutions do: Grasping participatory practices in the Water Framework Directive -- 5. Invited spaces and informal practices in participatory community forest management in India -- The global-local nexus -- 6. Global forest governance: Multiple practices of policy performance -- 7. The practice of interaction management: enhancing synergies among multilateral REDD+ institutions -- 8. How do forest markets work? Exploring a practice perspective -- Representing nature? 9. Globalising biodiversity: Scientific practices of scaling and databasing -- 10. Where management practices and experiential practices meet: Public support and conflict in ecosystem management -- 11. Creating scientific narratives: experiences in constructing and interweaving empirical and theoretical plots -- Conclusion -- 12. The promise of practice: The value of the practice-based approach for forest and nature governance studies. |
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Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 | ||
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