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Conservation
  • Format
  • HARDCOVER
  • Authored by: Anne Maczulak, Ph.D.
  • From the Series: Green Technology
  • Trim Size: 7-3/8 x 9-1/4
  • ISBN-10: 0816071993
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-7199-9
  • Status: In Stock
  • List Price: $40.00
  • Imprint: Facts On File
  • Published: 10/01/2009
  • Dewey Number: 333
  • Reading Level: Grades 9 and up
  • Pages: 216

Summary

Conservation refers to the careful and controlled use of natural resources for the purpose of extending the time they are available as well as retaining biodiversity. Conservation does not prevent the loss of plants, trees, land, water, or habitat; it simply slows the rate of degradation of these things.

This new book explores aspects of conservation, particularly the conservation of plant life upon which ecosystems are built. Though students with an interest in ecology assume conservation is a worthwhile endeavor in sustaining the environment, conservation has had a rocky history. Conservation provides an overview of the successes and failures in striving to protect living natural resources that predate humans on their home continents.

Chapters include:

  • Forests and the Water Cycle
  • Analyzing Threats to Forests
  • Tropical Forest Preservation
  • Temperate and Boreal Forest Preservation
  • Desertification
  • Saving Riparian Habitats
  • Reducing Wood Waste.

Specifications

Full-color photographs and line illustrations. Index. Appendix. Glossary. Sidebars. Print and Web resources. Tables and charts.

About the Author(s)

Anne Maczulak, Ph.D., has more than 25 years of experience as a microbiologist in university laboratories. She completed her undergraduate and master's studies at Ohio State University and earned her doctorate from the University of Kentucky. She has authored peer-reviewed journal articles and technical reports and has served on corporate microbiology committees. Maczulak has given presentations to national environmental health associations as well as workshops on surface water.

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