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Endangered Economies: How the Neglect of Nature Threatens Our Prosperity
by Geoffrey HealIn the decades since Geoffrey Heal began his field-defining work in environmental economics, one central question has animated his research: "Can we save our environment and grow our economy?" This issue has become only more urgent in recent years with the threat of climate change, the accelerating loss of ecosystems, and the rapid industrialization of the developing world. Reflecting on a lifetime of experience not only as a leading voice in the field, but as a green entrepreneur, activist, and advisor to governments and global organizations, Heal clearly and passionately demonstrates that the only way to achieve long-term economic growth is to protect our environment. Writing both to those conversant in economics and to those encountering these ideas for the first time, Heal begins with familiar concepts, like the tragedy of the commons and unregulated pollution, to demonstrate the underlying tensions that have compromised our planet, damaging and in many cases devastating our natural world. Such destruction has dire consequences not only for us and the environment but also for businesses, which often vastly underestimate their reliance on unpriced natural benefits like pollination, the water cycle, marine and forest ecosystems, and more. After painting a stark and unsettling picture of our current quandary, Heal outlines simple solutions that have already proven effective in conserving nature and boosting economic growth. In order to ensure a prosperous future for humanity, we must understand how environment and economy interact and how they can work in harmony—lest we permanently harm both.
Endangered Maize: Industrial Agriculture and the Crisis of Extinction
by Helen Anne CurryCharting the political, social, and environmental history of efforts to conserve crop diversity. Many people worry that we're losing genetic diversity in the foods we eat. Over the past century, crop varieties standardized for industrial agriculture have increasingly dominated farm fields. Concerned about what this transition means for the future of food, scientists, farmers, and eaters have sought to protect fruits, grains, and vegetables they consider endangered. They have organized high-tech genebanks and heritage seed swaps. They have combed fields for ancient landraces and sought farmers growing Indigenous varieties. Behind this widespread concern for the loss of plant diversity lies another extinction narrative that concerns the survival of farmers themselves, a story that is often obscured by urgent calls to collect and preserve. Endangered Maize draws on the rich history of corn in Mexico and the United States to uncover this hidden narrative and show how it shaped the conservation strategies adopted by scientists, states, and citizens. In Endangered Maize, historian Helen Anne Curry investigates more than a hundred years of agriculture and conservation practices to understand the tasks that farmers and researchers have considered essential to maintaining crop diversity. Through the contours of efforts to preserve diversity in one of the world's most important crops, Curry reveals how those who sought to protect native, traditional, and heritage crops forged their methods around the expectation that social, political, and economic transformations would eliminate diverse communities and cultures. In this fascinating study of how cultural narratives shape science, Curry argues for new understandings of endangerment and alternative strategies to protect and preserve crop diversity.
Endangered Planet (Kingfisher Knowledge)
by Tony Juniper David BurnieEndangered Planet is a timely examination of the state of the earth's ecosystems. Today, humans influence every natural habitat on the planet. The consequences can be devastating--dozens of species are wiped out each year, coasts and oceans are fouled with oil spills, and grasslands and forests are destroyed to feed the appetite of modern agriculture. Endangered Planet also reveals how renewable energy, recycling, and wildlife protection will play a key role in the survival of Earth.
Endangered Species Threatened Convention: The Past, Present and Future of CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
by Barnabas DicksonThe Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) is the best known and most controversial of international conservation treaties. Since it came into force 25 years ago, debate has raged over its most basic assumptions. CITES treats the international trade in wildlife as the most important threat to the continued existence of wild species. It offers a prescription of trade bans and restrictions for endangered species. However, it is now generally acknowledged that for most species habitat loss is a much more significant threat. Some argue that the CITES remedy actually exacerbates the problem by removing the incentive to conserve wildlife habitat. This collection of essays, the first of its kind, charts the controversies and changes within CITES. It provides case studies of the way CITES has dealt with particular species and notes the growing role of the South in shaping the direction of the treaty. It considers the role of sustainable use, the precautionary principle and unilateralism within CITES. Finally, it examines options for the future of CITES. Implicit within a number of the contributions is the recognition that questions of wildlife conservation cannot be divorced from wider issues of land use, development and social justice. This book provides an essential resource for policy makers, practitioners, academics and students concerned with conservation, development and trade.
Endangered Species and Fragile Ecosystems in the South China Sea: The Philippines v. China Arbitration
by Alfredo C. Robles, Jr.This book presents an in-depth analysis of the environmental issues raised in the South China Sea Arbitration Awards, which have not attracted as much attention in the Philippines as the “nine-dash line”. Specifically it focuses on the conservation of endangered species and the conservation of fragile ecosystems in the South China Sea. The aims of the book are two-fold. First, it seeks to explain the Philippine perspective on the environmental aspects of its dispute with China. The book reconstructs the Philippine perspective in part by consulting several dozens of the hundreds of documents that the Philippines submitted to the Tribunal. Some of these documents were classified as secret and would thus have never been made available to the public had it not been for the arbitration. Second, it attempts to explain the decisions of the Tribunal on jurisdiction and admissibility as well as the decisions on the merits of the dispute. The book does this by consulting not only the two Awards but also the hundreds of pages of transcripts, expert reports, supplemental submissions and written responses by the Philippines to questions posed by the Tribunal.
Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest
by Matt WilliamsFrom the birds who wake us in the morning with their cheerful chorus to those who flock to our feeders and brighten a gloomy winter day, birds fascinate us with their lively and interesting behavior and provide essential services from controlling pest populations to pollinating crops. And yet for all the benefits they provide, many species across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio are in danger of extinction due to loss of habitat, agricultural expansion, changing forest conditions, and interactions with humans. In Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest, Matt Williams profiles forty of the most beautiful and interesting birds who winter, breed, or migrate through the Midwest and whose populations are most in danger of disappearing from the region. Each profile includes the current endangered status of the species, a description of the bird's vocal and nesting patterns, and tips to help readers identify them, along with stunning color images and detailed migration maps. An exquisite and timely examination of our feathered friends, Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest is a call to action to protect these vulnerable and gorgeous creatures that enliven our world.
Endangerment, Biodiversity and Culture (Routledge Environmental Humanities)
by Fernando Vidal and Nélia DiasThe notion of Endangerment stands at the heart of a network of concepts, values and practices dealing with objects and beings considered threatened by extinction, and with the procedures aimed at preserving them. Usually animated by a sense of urgency and citizenship, identifying endangered entities involves evaluating an impending threat and opens the way for preservation strategies. Endangerment, Biodiversity and Culture looks at some of the fundamental ways in which this process involves science, but also more than science: not only data and knowledge and institutions, but also affects and values. Focusing on an "endangerment sensibility," it encapsulates tensions between the normative and the utilitarian, the natural and the cultural. The chapters situate that specifically modern sensibility in historical perspective, and examine central aspects of its recent and present forms. This timely volume offers the most cutting-edge insights into the Environmental Humanities for researchers working in Environmental Studies, History, Anthropology, Sociology and Science and Technology Studies.
Endemism in Vascular Plants
by Carsten HobohmThe book is the first comprehensive analysis of the macroecology and geobotany of endemic vascular plants with case-studies and analyses from different regions in the world. Endemism is a pre-extinction phenomenon. Endemics are threatened with extinction. Due to international nature conservation policies and due to the perception of the public the concept's importance is increasing. Endemism can result from different biological and environmental processes. Depending on the process conservation measures should be adapted. Endemic vascular plant taxa, in the setting of their species composition and vegetation types are important features of landscapes and indicators of the quality of relating habitats. The book is an important basis for biologists, ecologists, geographers, planners and managers of nature reserves and national parks, and people generally interested in nature conservation and biogeography of vascular plants.
Endgame, Volume 1: The Problem of Civilization
by Derrick JensenEndgame, Volume 1 builds on a series of simple but increasingly provocative premises: for example, "The needs of the natural world are more important than the needs of any economic system" and "Love does not imply pacifism." A brilliant weaving together of piercing analysis and elegant prose, Endgame leads us to see that we can re-imagine our world. Derrick Jensen is the acclaimed author of A Language Older Than Words and The Culture of Make Believe, among many others. Author, teacher, activist, small farmer, and leading voice of uncompromising dissent, he regularly stirs auditoriums across the country with revolutionary spirit. Jensen holds a degree in creative writing from Eastern Washington University, a degree in mineral engineering physics from the Colorado School of Mines, and has taught at Eastern Washington University and Pelican Bay State Prison.
Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net Zero is Not Enough
by Holly Jean BuckEnding the fossil fuel industry is the only credible path for climate policyAround the world, countries and companies are setting net-zero carbon emissions targets. But what will it mean if those targets are achieved? One possibility is that fossil fuel companies will continue to produce billions of tons of atmospheric CO2 while relying on a symbiotic industry to scrub the air clean. Focusing on emissions draws our attention away from the real problem: the point of production.The fossil fuel industry must come to an end but will not depart willingly; governments must intervene. By embracing a politics of rural-urban coalitions and platform governance, climate advocates can build the political power needed to nationalize the fossil fuel industry and use its resources to draw carbon out of the atmosphere.
Ending Hunger: The quest to feed the world without destroying it
by Anthony WarnerNutritionists tell you to eat more fish. Environmentalists tell you to eat less fish. Apparently they are both right. It's the same thing with almonds, or quinoa, or a hundred other foods. But is it really incumbent on us as individuals to resolve this looming global catastrophe? From plastic packaging to soil depletion to flatulent cows, we are bombarded with information about the perils of our food system. Drawing on years of experience within the food industry, Anthony Warner invites us to reconsider what we think we know. In Ending Hunger, he uncovers the parallels between eating locally and 1930s fascism, promotes the potential for good in genetic modification and dispels the assumption that population growth is at the heart of our planetary woes.
Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps
by Seirian Sumner“A book that draws us in to the strange beauty of what we so often run away from.” — Robin Ince, author of The Importance of Being InterestedIn this eye-opening and entertaining work of popular science in the spirit of The Mosquito, Entangled Life, and The Book of Eels, a leading behavioural ecologist transforms our understanding of wasps, exploring these much-maligned insects’ secret world, their incredible diversity and complex social lives, and revealing how they hold our fragile ecosystem in balance.Everyone worries about the collapse of bee populations. But what about wasps? Deemed the gangsters of the insect world, wasps are winged assassins with formidable stings. Conduits of Biblical punishment, provokers of fear and loathing, inspiration for horror movies: wasps are perhaps the most maligned insect on our planet. But do wasps deserve this reputation?Endless Forms opens our eyes to the highly complex and diverse world of wasps. Wasps are 100 million years older than bees; there are ten times more wasp species than there are bees. There are wasps that spend their entire lives sealed inside a fig; wasps that turn cockroaches into living zombies; wasps that live inside other wasps. There are wasps that build citadels that put our own societies to shame, marked by division of labor, rebellions and policing, monarchies, leadership contests, undertakers, police, negotiators, and social parasites. Wasps are nature’s most misunderstood insect: as predators and pollinators, they keep the planet’s ecological balance in check. Wasps are nature’s pest controllers; a world without wasps would be just as ecologically devastating as losing the bees, or beetles, or butterflies.Wasps are diverse and beautiful by every measure, and they are invaluable to planetary health, Professor Sumner reminds us; we’d do well to appreciate them as much as their cuter cousins, the bees.
Endless Novelties of Extraordinary Interest: The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger and the Birth of Modern Oceanography
by Doug MacdougallA gripping tale of exploration aboard H.M.S. Challenger, an expedition that laid the foundations for modern oceanography From late 1872 to 1876, H.M.S. Challenger explored the world’s oceans. Conducting deep sea soundings, dredging the ocean floor, recording temperatures, observing weather, and collecting biological samples, the expedition laid the foundations for modern oceanography. Following the ship’s naturalists and their discoveries, earth scientist Doug Macdougall engagingly tells a story of Victorian-era adventure and ties these early explorations to the growth of modern scientific fields. In this lively story of discovery, hardship, and humor, Macdougall examines the work of the expedition’s scientists, especially the naturalist Henry Moseley, who rigorously categorized the flora and fauna of the islands the ship visited, and the legacy of John Murray, considered the father of modern oceanography. Macdougall explores not just the expedition itself but also the iconic place that H.M.S. Challenger has achieved in the annals of ocean exploration and science.
Endlessly Green
by Savita HiremathEndlessly Green looks at the history, the science and the art of composting and sustainable waste management through a kaleidoscope of philosophical, moral and ethical intricacies. The author digs into her rich pool of experiential learnings and raw inputs gathered through a decade of research, legwork and fearless execution. This engaging field guide equips community volunteers, activists, students, SWM practitioners and professionals with practical inputs on segregation, composting and organic gardening/farming, making sustainability imaginable in a concrete jungle. In doing so, it helps individuals discover the possibilities of bringing about a change in their environment by engaging their own environmental sensibilities. Endlessly Green is an extraordinary celebration of things small and significant and the fight against waste, culminating in a replicable and scalable end-to-end solution.
Endogenous Development: Naïve Romanticism or Practical Route to Sustainable African Development (Development in Practice Books)
by Chiku Malunga and Susan H. HolcombeWestern ideas, worldviews, actors, tools, models, and frameworks have long dominated development theory and practice in Africa. The resulting development interventions are too rarely locally rooted, locally driven, or resonant with local context. At the same time, theories and practices from developing countries rarely travel to the Western agencies dominating development, undermining the possibility of a beneficial synergy that could be obtained from the best of both worlds. There are many reasons why the experiences of locally driven development are not communicated back to global development actors, including, but not limited to, the marginal role of Southern voices in global forums. This volume gives a platform to authentic African voices and non-African collaborators, to explore what endogenous development means, how it can be implemented, and how an endogenous development approach can shape local, national and global policies. This book was originally published as a special issue of Development in Practice.
Endospore-forming Soil Bacteria
by Paul De Vos Niall A. LoganAerobic endospore-forming bacteria are found in soils of all kinds, ranging from acid to alkaline, hot to cold, and fertile to desert. It is well known that endospores confer special properties upon their owners and play dominant parts in their life cycles and dispersal, and much has been written about the spores, genetics, and economic importance of these organisms. Much has also been written about soil ecology, but there is a relative dearth of literature that brings together different aspects of the behaviour and characters of endospore-formers with their contributions to soil ecosystems. This Soil Biology volume fills that gap. Following chapters that describe the current classification of these organisms, that review methods for their detection and for studying their life cycles in soils, and that examine their dispersal, other chapters show that they are active and dynamic members of soil floras that interact widely with other soil inhabitants, with roles in nitrogen fixation, denitrification, and soil remediation.
Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions in Search of Life, the Cosmos, and our Future
by Neil ShubinFrigid, remote and inhospitable – the polar regions seem far removed from our everyday lives. But these seemingly isolated ice realms shape life on our planet far more than we realise, influencing everything from the climate to ocean health. They may even hold the secrets to the origins of the Earth. Taking an epic journey of discovery from pole-to-pole, ferrying between penguins and polar bears, Ends of the Earth reveals the polar regions as never before. Meeting with the leading physicists, climatologists, geologists, biologists and palaeontologists working in these extremes – often as eccentric as they are intrepid – Neil Shubin presents the compelling new science of the Arctic and Antarctic with characteristic verve and expertise.
Enduring Acequias: Wisdom of the Land, Knowledge of the Water (Querencias Series)
by Juan Estevan ArellanoFor generations the Río Embudo watershed in northern New Mexico has been the home of Juan Estevan Arellano and his ancestors. From this unique perspective Arellano explores the ways people use water in dry places around the world. Touching on the Middle East, Europe, Mexico, and South America before circling back to New Mexico, Arellano makes a case for preserving the acequia irrigation system and calls for a future that respects the ecological limitations of the land.
Energetic Materials: Advanced Processing Technologies for Next-Generation Materials
by Mark J. Mezger Kay J. Tindle Michelle Pantoya Lori J. Groven Dilhan KalyonThis book will take an in-depth look at the technologies, processes, and capabilities to develop and produce "next generation" energetic materials for both commercial and defense applications, including military, mining operations, oil production and well perforation, and construction demolition. It will serve to highlight the critical technologies, latest developments, and the current capability gaps that serve as barriers to military fielding or transition to the commercial marketplace. It will also explain how the processing technologies can be spun out for use in other non-energetics related industries.
Energie aus Biomasse - ein ethisches Diskussionsmodell
by Michael Zichy Christian Dürnberger Beate Formowitz Anne UhlEnergie aus Biomasse wird auf politischer, wissenschaftlicher und gesellschaftlicher Ebene höchst kontrovers diskutiert. – Dieses Buch liefert eine fundierte, klare und gut verständliche Analyse und Diskussion der ethischen und kulturell-emotionalen Aspekte von Energie aus Biomasse. Es diskutiert die Frage der Verantwortung und bringt naturwissenschaftliche und ethische Expertise in einen fruchtbaren Dialog. Vergleichende Fallstudien und Szenarien sorgen für die praktische Anbindung an die derzeitige landwirtschaftliche Praxis. Die zweite, überarbeitete Auflage bezieht sich auf die aktuellen gesetzlichen Rahmenbedingungen und berücksichtig die neuesten wissenschaftlichen Beiträge zum Diskurs, wie zum Beispiel zu indirekten Landnutzungsänderungen.
Energieeffizientes Bauen: Grundlagen (erfolgreich studieren)
by Franz-Josef G. BürgerDer Arbeitsbereich des „Energieeffizienten Bauens“ bietet eine gute Zukunftsperspektive. Die fachliche Auseinandersetzung mit dem Thema „Energieeffizientes Bauen“ erfordert interdisziplinäres Arbeiten. Architekten und Bauingenieure werden bei der Planung und Ausführung der gebäudetechnischen Einrichtungen zunehmend mit den Aufgabenstellungen des Maschinenbaus und der Elektrotechnik konfrontiert. Die Buchinhalte beschreiben die naturwissenschaftlichen Grundlagen für die richtige Wahl der Baumaterialien und Baukonstruktionen im Hinblick auf Energieeffizienz, Nachhaltigkeit und Methoden zur Wirtschaftlichkeitsbetrachtung. Aufgaben am Ende der Kapitel ermöglichen die Selbstkontrolle und Festigung des angeeigneten Wissens.
Energiemanagement nach ISO 50001: Energieeffizientes Management (essentials)
by Manfred SietzEnergieeffizientes Handeln eines Unternehmens wird weltweit einheitlich und zertifizierbar durch die Norm ISO 50001 beschrieben. Sie schafft einen einheitlichen Rahmen, um die Energieeffizienzleistung von Unternehmen zu verbessern und vergleichbar zu machen.
Energiestädte
by Dieter D. Genske Dagmar Everding Ariane RuffMit der Loslösung der Städte und Regionen von fossil-nuklearen Energiequellen gewinnt der energetisch-ökologische Stadtumbau zunehmend an Bedeutung. Eine wachsende Zahl von Akteuren engagiert sich für die Umstellung der Energieversorgung auf erneuerbare Energien sowie für ressourcenschonende ökologische Kreisläufe in ihrem Lebensumfeld. Der energetisch-ökologische Stadtumbau verbessert die Lebens- und Umweltverhältnisse in den Stadtteilen unmittelbar, eröffnet neue Chancen der Wertschöpfung und schafft Arbeitsplätze. Städte werden zu Energiestädten umgebaut, die den Leitmotiven der Nachhaltigkeit, der Minimierung energetisch-ökologischer Fußabdrücke und der Reduzierung des Flächenverbrauchs folgen.Das Buch entwirft Zukunftsbilder des Stadtumbaus für den Diskurs der Akteure. Es werden stadtplanerische, ingenieurtechnische und ökonomische Handlungsfelder des energetisch-ökologischen Stadtumbaus einschließlich ihrer methodischen Lösungswege disziplin-übergreifend beschrieben. Zu dieser Darstellung gehört auch die Verdeutlichung anhand einer Vielzahl interessanter Projektbeispiele.Zielgruppe dieses Buches sind insbesondere Kommunalverwaltungen und Klimaschutzmanager, Planungs- und Ingenieurbüros, Umweltorganisationen sowie Studierende und Lehrende.
Energiewende 2.0: Innovationen für wirtschaftlichen Erfolg und eine lebenswerte Zukunft
by Gunnar BrinkDas Buch Energiewende 2.0 zeigt einen lösungsorientierten Ansatz zur Bewältigung des Klimawandels. In den einzelnen Kapiteln untersucht der Autor den technologischen Status unterschiedlicher Arten erneuerbarer Energien, indem er jede Technologie einzeln betrachtet, von Solarenergie über Windkraft bis hin zu innovativen Ansätzen wie Wellen- und Gezeitenenergie. Dabei werden nicht nur das technische Potenzial und die technologische Reife erläutert, sondern auch die wirtschaftlichen, politischen und sozialen Aspekte, die den Erfolg oder Misserfolg dieser Technologien beeinflussen könnten. Um radikale Innovationen aus dem Labor auf den globalen Energiemarkt zu bringen, braucht es ein unterstützendes Ökosystem: Innovation muss mit der entsprechenden technologischen Entwicklung, der Bereitschaft des Marktes, disruptive Technologien zu übernehmen, den lokalen Kapazitäten zur Umsetzung neuer Energieprojekte, einer Energiepolitik mit Klimazielen sowie ausreichendem und adäquaten Investitionskapital einhergehen. Technologieentwickler, Start-ups sowie etablierte Unternehmen müssen flexibel, anpassungsfähig und offen für neue Ideen sein sowie sich auf neue Technologien, Geschäftsmodelle und Strategien einlassen. Mit einem Blick in die Zukunft erkundet der Autor mögliche Wege, wie wir die nächste Generation von Energielösungen effektiv einsetzen und gestalten können, um wirtschaftliche Vorteile zu erzielen und gleichzeitig eine lebenswerte und nachhaltigere Welt für alle zu schaffen.
Energiewirtschaft 2014: Fakten und Chancen der Tiefen Geothermie (essentials)
by Willi Freeden Mathias Bauer Hans Jacobi Thomas NeuDie durch das Reaktorunglück in Fukushima forcierte Energiewende hin zu einer Stromversorgung mit primär erneuerbaren Energien konzentriert sich in der aktuellen Wahrnehmung nur auf den Ausbau von Solar und Windkraftenergie. Dabei wird vergessen, dass aufgrund fehlender Stromspeichertechnologien und Überlandstromtrassen eine erneuerbare Energie benötigt wird, die konstant Strom liefern und so Erzeugungsschwankungen bei Solar- und Windkraftenergie ausgleichen kann. Tiefe Geothermie, also Energie, die aus der Erde kommt, kann diese Aufgabe leisten, da sie die einzige erneuerbare Energie ist, die nicht klimatischen oder wetterbedingten Schwankungen unterliegt. Mit einem durch Wissenschaftlern und Praktikern erstellten Normenkatalog für tiefengeothermische Bohrungen, würde hier ein höchstmöglichen Sicherheitsstandard erreicht, und die wirtschaftlichen wie geologischen Risiken jedes Projektes minimiert werden.