<span>Ecological restoration integrates the science and art of repairing ecosystems damaged by human activities. Despite relatively little attention from environmental ethicists, restoration projects continue to gain significance, drawing on citizen volunteers and large amounts of public funds, prov
Environmental restoration : science and strategies for restoring the Earth
β Scribed by John J Berger
- Publisher
- Island Press
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 426
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Environmental Restoration is the result of the University Of California at Berkeley's four-day, ground-breaking conference on ecological restoration, in January 1988. It offers an overview from the nation's leading experts of the most current techniques of restoration, including examples of the complex and subtle biological interactions we must understand to ensure success.
Chapters cover restoration of agricultural lands, barrens, coastal ecosystems, prairies, and range lands. Additional sections address temperate forests and watersheds, mined lands, soil bioengineering, urban issues including waste treatment and solid, toxic, and radioactive waste management. The book also covers restoration of aquatic systems, includes chapters on strategic planning and land acquisition, and provides examples of successful projects.
Papers from Restoring the Earth Conference, held in Jan. 1988 at the University of California, Berkeley; convened by the staff of Restoring the Earth, and cosponsored by the College of Natural Resources and the Center for Environmental.
Design Research of the University of California, Berkeley, and by the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission.
β¦ Subjects
Restoration ecology -- Congresses;Reclamation of land -- Congresses;Reclamation of land;Restoration ecology
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