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This paper discusses large-scale technologies, which are proposed as emergency solutions for avoiding catastrophic climate change. Their use is highly controversial, notably because of risks of large-scale environmental damage and the danger of distracting from other climate policies. Some of these technologies are known as geoengineering or climate engineering. This paper examines stratospheric aerosol injection, ocean fertilisation, and artificial islands as case studies. As the analysis of the rules of international law relevant to these three technologies shows, international law takes on different and partly conflicting roles towards such technologies. Nonetheless, a strong precautionary legal core opposing risky technological endeavours can be identified. However, there is a danger of this precautionary stance of international law being diluted by research and new regulation that make emergency technologies appear as viable policy options. International law does not currently safeguard against the promise of such technologies distracting from mitigation and adaptation. We extend our heartfelt thanks to the Vahabzadeh Foundation for financially supporting the publication of best works by young researchers of the Graduate Institute, giving a priority to those who have been awarded academic prizes for their master’s dissertations.
Environmental Studies --- Geography --- Law --- risks --- international security agenda --- conflict security and peacebuilding --- climate change --- environment and natural resources --- ecological damage --- geoengineering --- climate engineering --- Conservation of the environment
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Conservation biology --- Ecosystem management --- Ecological assessment (Biology) --- Applied ecology --- Nature conservation --- Ecology --- Environmental protection --- Biological evaluation of environmental impacts --- Ecological damage assessment (Biology) --- Environmental impact analysis --- Nature --- Ecological surveys --- Biotic communities --- Ecosystems management --- Environmental management --- Biodiversity conservation --- Effect of human beings on --- Management --- Environmental Sciences --- Life Sciences --- Conservation --- Ecosystems & Ecology --- Biology --- General ecology and biosociology
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Wetlands perform functions that deliver benefits to society, often referred to as ecosystem services. These ecosystem services include water supply, flood regulation, water purification, climate regulation, biodiversity, agriculture (e.g. grazing land), and amenity. A functional approach to wetland assessment enables a holistic view to be taken of the wide range of services wetlands can provide. The functional assessment procedures (FAPs) in this volume translate best available scientific knowledge into reasonable predictions of how component parts of wetlands function in different landscape c
Wetland ecology. --- Wetland management. --- Ecological assessment (Biology) --- Ecosystem services. --- Services, Ecosystem --- Ecology --- Biological evaluation of environmental impacts --- Ecological damage assessment (Biology) --- Applied ecology --- Environmental impact analysis --- Nature --- Ecological surveys --- Wetlands --- Wetlands management --- Ecosystem management --- Wetlands ecology --- Economic aspects --- Effect of human beings on --- Management
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Edited by experts at the leading edge of the development of causal assessment methods for more than two decades, Ecological Causal Assessment gives insight and expert guidance on how to identify cause-effect relationships in environmental systems. The book discusses the importance of asking the fundamental question ""Why did this effect happen?"" before moving on to ""How can we fix it?"" The book provides a deeper understanding of different philosophical and analytical approaches, and of cognitive tendencies that can lead to errors. It describes formal processes for causal assessment that are
Ecological assessment (Biology) --- Environmental impact analysis. --- Analysis of environmental impact --- Environmental assessment --- Environmental impact assessment --- Environmental impact evaluation --- Impact analysis, Environmental --- Environmental auditing --- Environmental monitoring --- Environmental protection --- Biological evaluation of environmental impacts --- Ecological damage assessment (Biology) --- Applied ecology --- Environmental impact analysis --- Nature --- Ecological surveys --- Effect of human beings on --- assessments --- creek --- ept --- fox --- kit --- long --- relationship --- response --- stressor --- taxa
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Much of the produce that Americans eat is grown in the Mexican state of Baja California, the site of a multibillion-dollar export agricultural boom that has generated jobs and purportedly reduced poverty and labor migration to the United States. But how has this growth affected those living in Baja? Based on a decade of ethnographic fieldwork, Made in Baja examines the unforeseen consequences for residents in the region of San Quintín. The ramifications include the tripling of the region's population, mushrooming precarious colonia communities lacking basic infrastructure and services, and turbulent struggles for labor, civic, and political rights. Anthropologist Christian Zlolniski reveals the outcomes of growers structuring the industry around an insatiable demand for fresh fruits and vegetables. He also investigates the ecological damage-";watercide"-and the social side effects of exploiting natural resources for agricultural production. Weaving together stories from both farmworkers and growers, Made in Baja provides an eye-opening look at the dynamic economy developing south of the border.
Agricultural laborers --- Social conditions. --- agricultural boom. --- american. --- anthropologist. --- baja california. --- civic. --- colonia communities. --- ecological damage. --- ethnographic fieldwork. --- fruit. --- generated jobs. --- growers. --- industry. --- insatiable demand. --- labor migration. --- labor. --- lacking basic infrastructure. --- mexican. --- multibillion dollar export. --- political rights. --- population. --- produce. --- ramifications. --- reduced poverty. --- san quintin. --- unforeseen consequences. --- united states. --- vegetables.
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Plant ecology. Plant sociology --- General ecology and biosociology --- Animal ethology and ecology. Sociobiology --- Ecological assessment (Biology) --- 504.064 --- 504.064 Surveillance and management of environmental quality. Pollution control. Life cycle analysis (LCA) --- Surveillance and management of environmental quality. Pollution control. Life cycle analysis (LCA) --- Biological evaluation of environmental impacts --- Ecological damage assessment (Biology) --- Applied ecology --- Environmental impact analysis --- Nature --- Ecological surveys --- Effect of human beings on --- Ecological assessment (Biology). --- Environmental Sciences and Forestry. Environmental Sciences --- Environmental Sciences (General). --- ecosystems --- biotopes --- environment --- agricultural sector --- Postagricultural sector --- Regulations --- Biodiversity --- Economic development --- Environmental impact --- Évaluation --- evaluation --- evaluation.
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Land use --- Geographic information systems --- Ecological assessment (Biology) --- Utilisation du sol --- Systèmes d'information géographique --- Evaluation écologique (Biologie) --- Planning. --- Planification --- Landscape assessment --- Planning --- -Geographic information systems --- -Land use --- -Landscape assessment --- -Assessment, Landscape --- Environmental perception --- Landscape evaluation --- Landscape perception --- Perception, Landscape --- Human ecology --- Landscape protection --- Land --- Land utilization --- Use of land --- Utilization of land --- Economics --- Land cover --- NIMBY syndrome --- Geographical information systems --- GIS (Information systems) --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Biological evaluation of environmental impacts --- Ecological damage assessment (Biology) --- Applied ecology --- Environmental impact analysis --- Nature --- Ecological surveys --- Geography --- Effect of human beings on --- -Planning --- Systèmes d'information géographique --- Evaluation écologique (Biologie) --- Assessment, Landscape
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Conservation biology --- Ecosystem management --- Ecological assessment (Biology) --- Applied ecology --- Nature conservation --- Applied ecology. --- Conservation biology. --- Ecosystem management. --- Nature conservation. --- Conservation of nature --- Nature protection --- Protection of nature --- Conservation of natural resources --- Endangered ecosystems --- Natural areas --- Biotic communities --- Ecosystems management --- Environmental management --- Biodiversity conservation --- Biological evaluation of environmental impacts --- Ecological damage assessment (Biology) --- Environmental impact analysis --- Nature --- Ecological surveys --- Ecology --- Environmental protection --- Management --- Effect of human beings on --- General ecology and biosociology --- Engineering --- Life Sciences --- Environmental Engineering --- Biology --- conservation --- biology --- ecology --- social-ecology --- society --- resilience
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All phases of road development from construction and use by vehicles to maintenance affect physical and chemical soil conditions, water flow, and air and water quality, as well as plants and animals. Roads and traffic can alter wildlife habitat, cause vehicle-related mortality, impede animal migration, and disperse nonnative pest species of plants and animals. Integrating environmental considerations into all phases of transportation is an important, evolving process. The increasing awareness of environmental issues has made road development more complex and controversial. Over the past two decades, the Federal Highway Administration and state transportation agencies have increasingly recognized the importance of the effects of transportation on the natural environment. This report provides guidance on ways to reconcile the different goals of road development and environmental conservation. It identifies the ecological effects of roads that can be evaluated in the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of roads and offers several recommendations to help better understand and manage ecological impacts of paved roads.
Ecological assessment (Biology). --- Electronic books. -- local. --- Highway planning. --- Pavements -- Environmental aspects. --- Roads -- Design and construction -- Environmental aspects. --- Roads -- Environmental aspects. --- Transportation and state -- United States. --- Roads --- Highway planning --- Pavements --- Ecological assessment (Biology) --- Transportation and state --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Ecology --- Environmental aspects --- Design and construction --- Environmental aspects. --- Biological evaluation of environmental impacts --- Ecological damage assessment (Biology) --- Paving --- Road surfacings --- Highways --- Roadways --- Thoroughfares --- Road planning --- Planning --- Applied ecology --- Environmental impact analysis --- Nature --- Ecological surveys --- Sidewalks --- Transportation --- Highway engineering --- Effect of human beings on --- Design and construction&delete& --- E-books
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Fluctuations in the environmental conditions impacting life are ubiquitous. These fluctuations induce changes in the vital processes occurring within individual organisms (such as cellular metabolism) and the ecological processes occurring among individuals (such as competition, mutualism, and predation), ultimately leading to observable fluctuations in the commonly measured characteristics of ecological systems. From a very simple perspective, these processes are all modulators of environmental variability. We might best be able to understand the final form of this modulation – the impact of environmental variability on ecological systems - by building from an understanding of the responses of these life processes in isolation to an understanding of their responses in harmony. The impact of environmental variability on ecological systems is an issue that has been at the forefront of ecological research for many years. Research is taking place on many fronts, including theoretical mathematical based analyses, natural ecosystem observation and experimentation. This book brings together contributions from these three fronts to provide readers with a comprehensive look at the challenges for ecological systems and ecological research alike.
Ecological assessment (Biology) --- Ecological disturbances. --- Global environmental change. --- Biotic communities. --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Ecology --- Population biology --- Environmental change, Global --- Global change, Environmental --- Global environmental changes --- Change --- Disturbance ecology --- Disturbances, Ecological --- Ecological perturbations --- Ecosystem disturbances --- Ecosystem perturbations --- Environmental disturbances --- Environmental perturbations --- Perturbations, Ecological --- Biological evaluation of environmental impacts --- Ecological damage assessment (Biology) --- Applied ecology --- Environmental impact analysis --- Nature --- Ecological surveys --- Effect of human beings on --- Ecology. --- Environmental sciences. --- Endangered ecosystems. --- Aquatic biology. --- Biodiversity. --- Environment, general. --- Theoretical Ecology/Statistics. --- Ecosystems. --- Freshwater & Marine Ecology. --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Hydrobiology --- Water biology --- Aquatic sciences --- Threatened ecosystems --- Biotic communities --- Nature conservation --- Environmental science --- Science --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Ecology . --- Environment. --- Aquatic ecology . --- Aquatic biology
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