National parks are one of the most important and successful institutions in global environmentalism. Since their first designation in the United States in the 1

This book primarily examines human-animal and human-plant interactions in Asian forests (Southeast Asia and Japan) and inland waters (China). For comparison, ca

A textbook covering the study of human ecology and global ecology: ecological principles relevant to global concerns, the meaning of global change, human impact

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Ecology is an attempt to understand the reciprocal relationship between living and nonliving elements of the earth. For years, however, the discipline either ne