Hantering av markresurser & naturresurser

"Barndomens somrar var soliga, fyllda av bad och naturupplevelser. Jag tittade på fåglar och hade mitt eget lilla zoo i trädgården. Men under ytan hände det saker. Sjöarna grodde igen, havet höll på att övergödas och ute i landskapet tystnade...

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Berättelsen om den stora gröna omställningen är vacker, men den scen där pjäsen spelas är bräckligare än på mycket länge. För det är vad vi bör se en större berättelse om världen som utspelas i ett koncentrerat format i norra Sverige. Det är en be...

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This concise, accessible, market-leading textbook brings together the wide-ranging fundamentals students need to understand rocks and minerals, and shows them how they relate to the broader Earth, materials and environmental sciences. Designed spe...

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»En såväl djärv som insiktsfull bok« Axess »Karlsson rör sig som en fisk i vattnet oberoende om det handlar om fem tusen år gamla civilisationer eller dagens klimatdebatt och de möjligheter och utmaningar som världens folk står inför i fråga om fö...

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Fossil fuels and livestock grazing are often targeted as major culprits behind climate change and desertification. But Allan Savory, cofounder of the Savory Institute, begs to differ. The bigger problem, he warns, is our mismanagement of resources...

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The governance of natural resources used by many individuals in common is an issue of increasing concern to policy analysts. Both state control and privatization of resources have been advocated, but neither the state nor the market have been unif...

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Sverige är ett av världens mest vattenrika länder med drygt 100 000 sjöar. Nästan tio procent av landets yta täcks av vattendrag och sjöar. I hundratals år har vi människor kämpat för att bli av med vatten. Längden på anlagda diken är mycket längr...

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Conservation Biology for All provides cutting-edge but basic conservation science to a global readership. A series of authoritative chapters have been written by the top names in conservation biology with the principal aim of disseminating cutting...

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Värnandet av jordens klimat är en av vår tids allvarligaste utmaningar. Ska vi kunna hantera sådana kriser krävs en ny och utvidgad syn på våra demokratier. Kunskapandet måste nu ställas i centrum för att till exempel klimatkrisförnekare och åsikt...

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Ett viktigt miljömål är att bevara den biologiska mångfalden.Skogslandskapet har under senare tid genomgått stora förändringaroch vissa skogsmiljöer återstår bara som mindre restbiotoper med högaskyddsvärden. För att kunna göra kvalificerade...

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Art meets science in this guide to creating colour with earths extraordinary pigments and understanding their uses throughout history Part anthropological study, part art book, and part how-to, Book of Earth immerses you in the world of ochre, a n...

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Homer called it a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. As Mark Kurlansky so brilliantly relates here, salt has shaped civilisation from the beginning, and its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the hist...

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En bok om hopp och lösningar Under sin utveckling har människan gått från att leva av vad naturen ger, till att ta mer av naturen än vad den tål. Resultatet är underpresterande ekosystem och att mänskligheten står inför stora och farliga utmaninga...

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Traditional economic models of how to manage environmental problems relating to renewable natural resources, such as fisheries, have tended to recommend either government regulation or privatisation and the explicit definition of property rights. ...

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Professor Pollack takes us on a fantastic voyage through water, showing us a hidden universe teeming with physical activity that provides answers so simple that any curious person can understand. In conversational prose, Pollack lays a simple foun...

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Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2024 for Nature Writing [A] joyously readable book it riffs along like breeze in the hedgerow. John Lewis-Stempel in Country Life Harts passion for the potential that resides here is intoxicating. Occasionally a...

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In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical - and accessible - plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. Bill Gates has spent a decade investigatin...

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Caught in the crossfire between climate deniers and catastrophists, the intelligent layperson is understandably bewildered when faced with the complexity of climate change. How To Think About Climate Change shows that economics provides not just a...

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Forest soils form the foundation that underpins the existence of all forests. This book encapsulates soil ecology and functioning in northern forests, focusing on the effects of human activity and climate change. The authors introduce the fundamen...

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Environmental politics is an established part of the political landscape, covering a host of different issues and impacting society, businesses, and individuals. Andrew Dobson explores the various actions, ideas, and dimensions that shape environm...

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In 1972, a book changed the world. The Club of Rome commissioned a report that shifted how we see what humans are doing to the planet. Looking back five decades later, what happened next, what did we do and not do, what did we learn, and what happ...

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Sustainability has gained wide currency as an aspirational concept for humans to pursue in their relationship with our planet. This book provides a succinct overview of the scientific and social foundations of sustainability that can be used by in...

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What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four "grand transitions" of civilization--in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics--which have transformed the way we live. Now a fifth transition i...

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Human-made climate change may have begun in the last two hundred years, but our species has witnessed many eras of climate instability. The results have not always been pretty. From Ancient Egypt to Rome to the Maya, some of history's mightie...

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The issue of sustainability is characterised as a wicked problem in the fashion, clothing and textiles sector and is now coming into increased focus due to growing consumer, business and policy pressures. This in-depth volume presents a comprehens...

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What does it mean to live in a material world, and how do materials of the past and present hold the keys to our future? This book tackles these questions by focusing on various issues that human beings face and by discussing potential materials-r...

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A finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award The gripping story of the most important overlooked commodity in the world--sand--and the crucial role it plays in our lives. After water and air, sand is the natural resource that...

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This comprehensive handbook provides a unique resource covering all aspects of forest ecology from a global perspective. It covers both natural and managed forests, from boreal, temperate, sub-tropical and tropical regions of the world. The book i...

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The seaweed revolution is a fresh hope for tomorrow. Seaweed develops in water everywhere, from the eternal glaciers to lagoons heated by the sun, from seas saturated with salt to the fresh water of our rivers.

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