Kategoria BISAC: Nature >> Animals - Wildlife

In" Wild Delicate Seconds, " Charles Finn captures twenty-nine chance encounters with the everyday and not so everyday animals, birds, and insects of North America.There are no maulings or fantastic escapes in Finn's narratives only stillness and attentiveness to beauty. With profundity, humor, and compassion, Finn pays homage to the creatures we share our world with from black bears to bumble bees, mountain lions to muskrats and, in doing so, touches on what it means to be human.

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The book is based on the international conference River Conservation and Management:20 Years On held at York. Thirty-one chapters, with contributions from North and South...

Biorefinery Co-Products highlights various co-products that are present in biomass prior to and after processing, describes strategies for their extraction, and presents examples of bioenergy feedstocks that contain...

Lawrence Anthony devoted his life to animal conservation, protecting the world's endangered species. Then he was asked to accept a herd of "rogue" wild elephants on his Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand. His common sense told him to refuse, but he was the herd's last chance of survival: they would be killed if he wouldn't take them.

In order to save their lives, Anthony took them in. In the years that followed he became a part of their family. And as he battled to create a bond with the elephants, he came to realize that they had a great deal to teach him about life, loyalty, and...

Biofuels, Bioenergy and Food Security: Technology, Institutions and Policies explores the popular 'Food versus Feed' debates through discussion of the complex inter-linking relationship between the biofuel and agricultural markets. From the importance of bioenergy in the context of climate change, to the potentially positive environmental consequences of growing second generation biofuels crops, including corn stover, switchgrass and jatropha, this book provides important insights into the impacts of biofuels policy and technical implementation.

The discussion of existing...

A portrait of an often overlooked part of America--Puerto Rico and the Spanish Virgin Islands--this is the little-known story of how the U.S. government, in particular the Navy, almost destroyed a pristine coral reef to provide a target for gunners. The author's true and humorous account of his role in this sometimes bizarre tale reveals how locals, politicos, and mariners came together to save a coral reef from certain destruction, and how the need to protect the fragile marine environment can bring meaning and direction to anyone's life, young or old.

The conservation efforts...