Listing 1 - 5 of 5 |
Sort by
|
Choose an application
The indiscriminate use of chemical substances in industrial processes and anthropogenic activities, have resulted in the release of these compounds into aquatic ecosystems through municipal, hospital and industrial discharges, producing various undesired effects on the environment and on species of ecological interest. These compounds, such as metals, pesticides, emerging pollutants and other substances are persistent and susceptible to biotic and/or abiotic transformations, yielding metabolites that can be more toxic than the original compounds. In this book, researchers from diverse environmental science disciplines share their experiences in countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, and critically examine the problem of contaminants in aquatic ecosystems in Latin America, as well as the risks presented by their presence.
Aquatic ecology . --- Ecotoxicology. --- Animal ecology. --- Freshwater & Marine Ecology. --- Animal Ecology. --- Animals --- Effect of pollution on. --- Pollution --- Physiological effect --- Zoology --- Ecology --- Ecotoxicology --- Pollutants --- Environmental health --- Toxicology --- Aquatic biology --- Control de la contaminació --- Gestió dels ecosistemes --- Amèrica Llatina --- Gestió d'ecosistemes --- Gestió ambiental --- Gestió forestal --- Conservació de la diversitat biològica --- Gestió de conques hidrogràfiques --- Gestió de recursos naturals --- Restauració ecològica --- Prevenció de la contaminació --- Protecció ambiental --- Descontaminació de dipòsits de residus perillosos --- Minimització de residus --- Seguiment ambiental --- Amèrica espanyola --- Amèrica hispana --- Hispanoamèrica --- Iberoamèrica --- Llatinoamèrica --- Amèrica --- Reducció del diòxid de carboni
Choose an application
This book provides an updated and expanded overview of basic concepts of energy economics and explains how simple economic tools can be used to analyse contemporary energy issues in the light of recent developments, such as the Paris Agreement, the UN Sustainable Development Goals and new technological developments in the production and use of energy. The new edition is divided into four parts covering concepts, issues, markets, and governance. Although the content has been thoroughly revised and rationalised to reflect the current state of knowledge, it retains the main features of the first edition, namely accessibility, research-informed presentation, and extensive use of charts, tables and worked examples. This easily accessible reference book allows readers to gain the skills required to understand and analyse complex energy issues from an economic perspective. It is a valuable resource for students and researchers in the field of energy economics, as well as interested readers with an interdisciplinary background.
Environmental economics. --- Economics --- Environmental quality --- Environmental aspects --- Economic aspects --- Industrial organization. --- Energy policy. --- Energy and state. --- Organization. --- Planning. --- Renewable energy resources. --- Climate change. --- Industrial Organization. --- Energy Policy, Economics and Management. --- Renewable and Green Energy. --- Climate Change Management and Policy. --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- Executive ability --- Management --- Organization --- Organisation --- Energy and state --- Power resources --- State and energy --- Industrial policy --- Energy conservation --- Industries --- Industrial concentration --- Industrial management --- Industrial sociology --- Government policy --- Economia ambiental --- Política energètica --- Fonts d'energia --- Política industrial --- Política social --- Energia --- Estalvi d'energia --- Ecoeconomia --- Economia del medi ambient --- Economia ecològica --- Economia verda --- Economia --- Recursos naturals --- Global environmental change --- Transició energètica
Choose an application
This title critically assesses the foundations, content and implications of biocultural rights and develops new perspectives and ideas concerning their potential applicability for promoting the socio-economic interests of indigenous people and local communities. It further explores the controversial relationship of interdependence and conflict between conservation of environment and protection of human rights.
Biodiversity conservation --- Indigenous peoples --- Environmental protection. --- Law and legislation. --- Ecology. --- Environmental quality management --- Protection of environment --- Environmental sciences --- Applied ecology --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental policy --- Environmental quality --- Human ecology --- Traditional ecological knowledge --- Environmental law --- Ecology --- Conservació de la diversitat biològica --- Protecció ambiental --- Aborígens --- Autòctons --- Comunitats autòctones --- Comunitats indígenes --- Indígenes --- Grups autòctons --- Nacions autòctones --- Nadius --- Poblacions aborígens --- Poblacions autòctones --- Poblacions indígenes --- Pobles aborígens --- Pobles autòctons --- Pobles indígenes --- Pobles nadius --- Races aborígens --- Races auctòctones --- Races indígenes --- Races natives --- Grups ètnics --- Relacions racials --- Dones aborígens --- Indis d'Amèrica --- Antropologia cultural --- Tribus --- Conservació ambiental --- Conservació del medi ambient --- Protecció del medi ambient --- Protecció mediambiental --- Ciències ambientals --- Agricultura de conservació --- Avaluació d'impacte ambiental --- Conservació de la natura --- Conservació dels recursos naturals --- Control de la contaminació --- Principi de precaució --- Protecció del paisatge --- Protecció dels sòls --- Normes ISO 14000 --- Política ambiental --- Qualitat ambiental --- Conservació de la biodiversitat --- Preservació de la biodiversitat --- Preservació de la diversitat biològica --- Gestió dels ecosistemes --- Biocultural Rights --- Ethnology --- Dones indígenes --- Indigenisme
Choose an application
As we know, rapid industrialization is a serious concern in the context of a healthy environment. Various physico-chemical and biological approaches for the removal of toxic pollutants are available, but unfortunately these are not very effective. Biological approaches using microorganisms (bacterial/fungi/algae), green plants or their enzymes to degrade/detoxify environmental contaminants such as endocrine disrupting chemicals, toxic metals, pesticides, dyes, petroleum hydrocarbons and phenolic compounds are eco-friendly and low cost. This book provides a much-needed, comprehensive overview of the various types of contaminants, their toxicological effects on the environment, humans, animals and plants as well as various eco-friendly approaches for their management (degradation/detoxification). As such it is a valuable resource for a wide range of students, scientists and researchers in microbiology, biotechnology, environmental sciences.
Environmental toxicology. --- Pollutants. --- Groundwater --- Soil remediation. --- Purification. --- Cleanup of contaminated soil --- Remediation of contaminated soil --- Soil cleanup --- Soil contamination remediation --- Soil protection --- Soil pollution --- Chemical pollutants --- Contaminants, Environmental --- Environmental contaminants --- Environmental pollutants --- Chemicals --- Pollution --- Ecotoxicology --- Pollutants --- Environmental health --- Toxicology --- Environmental management. --- Environmental chemistry. --- Environmental engineering. --- Biotechnology. --- Environmental sciences. --- Environment. --- Environmental Management. --- Environmental Chemistry. --- Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. --- Environmental Science and Engineering. --- Environment Studies. --- Environmental science --- Science --- Chemical engineering --- Genetic engineering --- Environmental control --- Environmental effects --- Environmental stresses --- Engineering --- Environmental protection --- Sustainable engineering --- Chemistry, Environmental --- Chemistry --- Ecology --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Contaminació --- Contaminants --- Gestió ambiental --- Control mediambiental --- Ecogestió --- Gestió del medi ambient --- Gestió ecològica --- Gestió mediambiental --- Ciències ambientals --- Política ambiental --- Gestió de recursos naturals --- Gestió dels ecosistemes --- Sistemes de gestió mediambiental --- Agents contaminants --- Contaminants ambientals --- Contaminants químics --- Productes contaminants --- Substàncies contaminants --- Productes químics --- Contaminants orgànics de l'aigua --- Contaminants persistents --- Lixiviats --- Contaminació ambiental --- Contaminació industrial --- Contaminació química --- Pol·lució --- Influència de l'home en la natura --- Salut pública --- Bioremediació --- Catàstrofes ecològiques --- Contaminació acústica --- Contaminació agrícola --- Contaminació atmosfèrica --- Contaminació de l'aigua --- Contaminació dels sòls --- Contaminació lumínica --- Contaminació microbiana --- Contaminació radioactiva --- Contaminació transfronterera --- Efecte de la contaminació sobre els animals --- Sediments contaminats --- Descontaminació --- Residus perillosos --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Population biology --- Bioremediation. --- Environmental Sciences. --- Environmental biotechnology --- Biodegradation
Choose an application
Domestic and wild large mammalian herbivores occur on every continent except Antarctica. Through their browsing and grazing, they affect the structure and distribution not only of vegetation, but also of associated fauna. Consequently, the interactions between management practices and herbivore populations influence the biodiversity, structure and dynamics of ecosystems across vast expanses around the globe: signs of human activity that will be detectable for epochs to come. As a follow-up work to The Ecology of Browsing and Grazing, published in 2008, this new volume presents cutting-edge research on the behaviour, distribution, movement, and direct and indirect impacts of domestic and wild herbivores on terrestrial ecosystems. The respective chapters highlight strategic and applied research on cross-cutting issues in palaeontology and ecology, and provide concrete recommendations on the management of large herbivores to integrate production and conservation in terrestrial systems. Given its scope, the book will appeal to students, researchers and anyone interested in understanding these fascinating wild animals and how they shape the natural world.
Ecosystems. --- Wildlife. --- Fish. --- Environmental management. --- Animal physiology. --- Vertebrates. --- Animal ecology. --- Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management. --- Environmental Management. --- Animal Physiology. --- Animal Ecology. --- Browsing (Animal behavior) --- Grazing. --- Ungulates --- Ecology. --- Hoofed animals --- Hoofed mammals --- Hooved animals --- Hooved mammals --- Ungulata --- Mammals --- Agricultural systems --- Animal feeding --- Range management --- Pastures --- Rangelands --- Animal browsing --- Animals --- Browsing --- Food --- Zoology --- Ecology --- Vertebrata --- Chordata --- Animal physiology --- Biology --- Anatomy --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Fish --- Pisces --- Aquatic animals --- Vertebrates --- Fisheries --- Fishing --- Ichthyology --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Population biology --- Physiology --- Nutrició animal --- Hàbits alimentaris --- Pasturatge --- Ungulats --- Herbívors --- Mamífers --- Gestió ambiental --- Control mediambiental --- Ecogestió --- Gestió del medi ambient --- Gestió ecològica --- Gestió mediambiental --- Ciències ambientals --- Política ambiental --- Gestió de recursos naturals --- Gestió dels ecosistemes --- Sistemes de gestió mediambiental --- Vertebrats --- Carnívors --- Insectívors (Mamífers) --- Lagomorfs --- Mamífers aquàtics --- Monotremes --- Primats --- Marsupials --- Ratapinyades --- Rosegadors --- Animals herbívors --- Insectes fitòfags --- Animals ungulats --- Mamífers ungulats --- Artiodàctils --- Perissodàctils --- Pasturament --- Ramaderia --- Sistemes agrícoles --- Deveses --- Pastors --- Comportament alimentari --- Conducta alimentària --- Costums alimentaris --- Hàbits alimentaris de l'home --- Patrons alimentaris --- Pràctiques alimentàries --- Hàbit --- Usos i costums --- Preferències alimentàries --- Alimentació --- Dieta --- Nutrició --- Nutrició del bestiar --- Nutrició dels animals domèstics --- Nutrició dels animals salvatges --- Alimentació animal --- Animals. --- Plants.
Listing 1 - 5 of 5 |
Sort by
|