Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
Transactions
Author: Royal Society of New ZealandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: Ecological and Economic Foundations
Author: Pushpam KumarPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136538798
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
Human well-being relies critically on ecosystem services provided by nature. Examples include water and air quality regulation, nutrient cycling and decomposition, plant pollination and flood control, all of which are dependent on biodiversity. They are predominantly public goods with limited or no markets and do not command any price in the conventional economic system, so their loss is often not detected and continues unaddressed and unabated. This in turn not only impacts human well-being, but also seriously undermines the sustainability of the economic system. It is against this background that TEEB: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity project was set up in 2007 and led by the United Nations Environment Programme to provide a comprehensive global assessment of economic aspects of these issues. This book, written by a team of international experts, represents the scientific state of the art, providing a comprehensive assessment of the fundamental ecological and economic principles of measuring and valuing ecosystem services and biodiversity, and showing how these can be mainstreamed into public policies. This volume and subsequent TEEB outputs will provide the authoritative knowledge and guidance to drive forward the biodiversity conservation agenda for the next decade.
Transactions and Proceedings
Author: Royal Society of New ZealandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN VIII
Author: Xin YaoPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3540302174
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 1204
Book Description
We are very pleased to present this LNCS volume, the proceedings of the 8th InternationalConferenceonParallelProblemSolvingfromNature(PPSNVIII). PPSN is one of the most respected and highly regarded conference series in evolutionary computation and natural computing/computation. This biennial eventwas?rstheldinDortmundin1990,andtheninBrussels(1992),Jerusalem (1994), Berlin (1996), Amsterdam (1998), Paris (2000), and Granada (2002). PPSN VIII continues to be the conference of choice by researchers all over the world who value its high quality. We received a record 358 paper submissions this year. After an extensive peer review process involving more than 1100 reviews, the programme c- mittee selected the top 119 papers for inclusion in this volume and, of course, for presentation at the conference. This represents an acceptance rate of 33%. Please note that review reports with scores only but no textual comments were not considered in the chairs’ ranking decisions. The papers included in this volume cover a wide range of topics, from e- lutionary computation to swarm intelligence and from bio-inspired computing to real-world applications. They represent some of the latest and best research in evolutionary and natural computation. Following the PPSN tradition, all - persatPPSNVIII werepresentedasposters.Therewere7 sessions:eachsession consisting of around 17 papers. For each session, we covered as wide a range of topics as possible so that participants with di?erent interests would ?nd some relevant papers at every session.
Animal Breeding, Welfare and Society
Author: Jacky TurnerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113654187X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The determination of when, how, how often and with whom an animal breeds is moving rapidly away from evolutionary pressures and towards human purposes: these include the breeding of around 50 billion mammals and birds for food production annually, the breeding of pedigree dogs and cats, racing dogs and horses, specialised laboratory animal strains and the use of reproductive science to conserve endangered species or breeds and to limit unwanted populations of pests and non-native species. But the ethics and sustainability of this takeover of animals' reproductive lives have been insufficiently examined by either professionals or the public. This book discusses the methods, the motivations and the consequences of human intervention in animal breeding in terms of animal health, behaviour and well-being. It explores where we are now and the choices ahead, and looks to a future where we have more respect for animals as sentient beings and where we could loosen the reins of reproductive control.
Nature Books, Popular and Scientific
Author: Samuel Nicholson RhoadsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
The New Nature Library
Author: Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Author: Royal Society of New ZealandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Includes proceedings of member institutes of the Society and of the Society's Science Congress through v. 84, 1956/57.
Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical Society of Great Britain
Author: Victoria Institute (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion and science
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Each volume includes list of members, and "objects of the institute" (except v. 31, which has no list of members). Beginning with v. 12, a list of the papers contained in preceding volumes is issued regularly with each volume.