Toward a Natural Forest - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Toward a Natural Forest write by Jim Furnish. This book was released on 2015. Toward a Natural Forest available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Forest Service stumbled in responding to a wave of lawsuits from environmental groups in the late 20th Century--a phenomenon best symbolized by the spotted owl controversy that shut down logging on public forests in the Pacific Northwest in the 1990s. The agency was brought to its knees, pitted between a powerful timber industry that had been having its way with the national forests for decades, and organized environmentalists who believed public lands had been abused and deserved better stewardship. Toward a Natural Forest offers an insider's view of this tumultuous time in the history of the Forest Service, presenting twin tales of transformation, both within the agency and within the author's evolving environmental consciousness. Drawing on the author's personal experience and his broad professional knowledge, Toward a Natural Forest illuminates the potential of the Forest Service to provide strong leadership in global conservation efforts. Those interested in our public lands--environmentalists, natural resource professionals, academics, and historians--will find Jim Furnish's story deeply informed, thought-provoking, and ultimately inspiring.
How Forests Think
How Forests Think - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook How Forests Think write by Eduardo Kohn. This book was released on 2013-08-10. How Forests Think available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Can forests think? Do dogs dream? In this astonishing book, Eduardo Kohn challenges the very foundations of anthropology, calling into question our central assumptions about what it means to be humanÑand thus distinct from all other life forms. Based on four years of fieldwork among the Runa of EcuadorÕs Upper Amazon, Eduardo Kohn draws on his rich ethnography to explore how Amazonians interact with the many creatures that inhabit one of the worldÕs most complex ecosystems. Whether or not we recognize it, our anthropological tools hinge on those capacities that make us distinctly human. However, when we turn our ethnographic attention to how we relate to other kinds of beings, these tools (which have the effect of divorcing us from the rest of the world) break down. How Forests Think seizes on this breakdown as an opportunity. Avoiding reductionistic solutions, and without losing sight of how our lives and those of others are caught up in the moral webs we humans spin, this book skillfully fashions new kinds of conceptual tools from the strange and unexpected properties of the living world itself. In this groundbreaking work, Kohn takes anthropology in a new and exciting directionÐone that offers a more capacious way to think about the world we share with other kinds of beings.
193 Million Acres
193 Million Acres - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook 193 Million Acres write by Steve Wilent. This book was released on 2018-08-12. 193 Million Acres available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A collection of essays that examine the challenges the US Forest Service faces and propose solutions that would addressthem.
Tropical Nature
Tropical Nature - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tropical Nature write by Adrian Forsyth. This book was released on 2011-05-24. Tropical Nature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Seventeen marvelous essays introducing the habitats, ecology, plants, and animals of the Central and South American rainforest. A lively, lucid portrait of the tropics as seen by two uncommonly observant and thoughtful field biologists. Its seventeen marvelous essays introduce the habitats, ecology, plants, and animals of the Central and South American rainforest. Includes a lengthy appendix of practical advice for the tropical traveler.
Alternatives to Deforestation
Alternatives to Deforestation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Alternatives to Deforestation write by Anthony Bennett Anderson. This book was released on 1990. Alternatives to Deforestation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Alternatives to Deforestation explores some of the possible sustainable uses of the world's largest rain forest, the Amazon. The collection by scientists, policymakers, and foundations presents innovative approaches and technologies that will permit simultaneous use and conservation of the rain forest, and will benefit the population of Amazonia as a whole, rather than just a small rural minority. By presenting sustainable land-use alternatives that are both economically viable and ecologically sound, this book represents a valuable contribution in the effort to end the tragic consequences of tropical deforestation.
