Actitudes y comportamientos hacia el medioambiente en España

El planteamiento de esta obra ha huido expresamente de las clasificaciones tradicionales de recursos naturales, como las ligadas a su renovabilidad o capacidad de un recurso natural para regenerarse o no en un tiempo dado. Estas clasificaciones que caracterizan o individualizan los recursos uno a uno, aunque muy útiles en muchos aspectos, suelen presentar algunos problemas cuando se profundiza conceptualmente, ya que la mayor parte de los recursos renovables, como todos los biológicos, pueden dejar de serlo por sobreexplotación, a partir de un determinado umbral, o los no renovables, como...

Rigorous yet accessible, this book is a product of the author s passionate interest in human nature. It also contains an ethical component; by learning more about humanity s place in the world, people are sure to grow humbler and relate better with the other life forms."

These guidelines were developed through a participatory process involving fisheries experts and managers from governments, the fishing industry, academia and non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations. They provide management guidance on factors ranging from an appropriate regulatory framework to the elements of good data collection programmes, as well as identifying key considerations and measures necessary for ensuring the conservation of target and non-target species.

An urgent call for us to wake up to the cry for help from a growing number of endangered species, that our children are at risk of not getting to know. This work, in three volumes, not only examines the causes of this loss, the characteristics, distribution, customs and conservation status of species of amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals threatened most of Argentina, but is proposed solutions to this important challenge.