Global warming, ozone depletion, drought, acid rain - their causes are viewed as extraordinarily complex; their effects are assumed catastrophic. Exploring Environmental Issues provides a key to understanding our potential crisis. The concise, introductory text presents a review of current environmental issues using a geographical approach that stresses the interrelationships between environment and societies. This user-friendly volume is an essential book for students and all who are concerned with the nature of contemporary environmental issues. Information is presented in a refreshing manner utilising over 170 figures and 50 photographs. Global boxed case studies are used throughout to highlight and explore issues in more detail. The text also contains discussion points, annotated further reading and an extensive glossary.

Global warming, ozone depletion, drought, acid rain - their causes are viewed as extraordinarily complex; their effects are assumed catastrophic. Exploring Environmental Issues provides a key to understanding our potential crisis. The concise, introductory text presents a review of current environmental issues using a geographical approach that stresses the interrelationships between environment and societies. This user-friendly volume is an essential book for students and all who are concerned with the nature of contemporary environmental issues. Information is presented in a refreshing manner utilising over 170 figures and 50 photographs. Global boxed case studies are used throughout to highlight and explore issues in more detail. The text also contains discussion points, annotated further reading and an extensive glossary.

TOPICS IN THE BOOK Perception of Local Population of Manda National Park (Chad) on Use of Vultures and the Impact of their Activities on the Conservation of Species Species Composition and Structure of Habitats Exploited by Elephants (Loxodonta Africana Cyclotis) in the Campo Maan Forest, South Region, Cameroon Bioaccumulation and Elimination of Ivermectin by Eisenia foetida (Savigny 1826) Earthworms The Trends and Effects of Flood Occurrences in the Shire River Basin in Chikwawa District of Malawi: A Historical Perspective (1980 – 2019) Wetland Restoration Dilemma in Uganda: Investigation of Alternative Livelihood Options for Restoring Limoto Wetland in Eastern Uganda

Loss of Biodiversity introduces readers to the important concepts for understanding the environmental challenges and consequences of the declining diversity of life on the planet. Contributions from scientists, and academics in the social sciences and humanities provide readers with an initial "tool kit" for understanding the concepts central to their disciplinary perspective and the multi-dimensional aspects of the loss of biodiversity.

Environmental Issues and Policy: Exploring Past, Present, and Future Socioecological Relations presents readers with a collection of essays by experts in the field exploring some of the key environmental problems, its intersections with societal processes and the resultant issues that emerge at the local, regional, and global scale. Readers learn about ozone depletion, water pollution, food security, environment conservation and conflict, deforestation, climate change impacts, energy security, health challenges and sustainable urban practices. Chapters also examine the role of policy in addressing these environmental problems via market reforms, engineered and design solutions, political intervention, scientific innovation, and social organization. Persistent issues are explored in retrospect to illustrate the emergence and peak of these challenges and evaluate societal responses so far to address them. A fresh addition to literature that explores the connection between environment and society, Environmental Issues and Policy is an illuminating resource for courses in environmental studies, especially those that explore the discipline's relationship with public policy. The volume is also useful for the general public and policy makers who seek knowledge on key environmental topics. Ekaterina Svyatets is a faculty member of environmental studies at the University of Southern California. Her research is focused on economic and social policies related to the environment, in the United States and globally, as well as international affairs, energy security, and sustainability. She holds a Ph.D. in politics and international relations from the University of Southern California. She is also the author of Climate Change and Geopolitics: New International Rivalries (Lynne Rienner, forthcoming in 2020) and Energy Security and Cooperation in Eurasia: Power, Profits and Politics (Routledge, 2016), and several other peer-reviewed publications. Monalisa Chatterjee is an assistant professor (teaching) of environmental studies at the University of Southern California. She holds a Ph.D. in geography from Rutgers University. Dr. Chatterjee previously worked as a consultant with the United Nations Development Program and as an adaptation specialist in the Technical Support Unit of the Working Group II for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Fifth Assessment Report. She examines the impact of climate and societal change on the distribution of risks, vulnerability, and resilience; integrated policy frameworks of vulnerability reduction; and sustainable adaptation. She has written in several peer reviewed journals, books, and reports.

This book is designed as a basic text for courses that are part of an interdisciplinary program in environmental studies. The intended reader is anyone who expects environmental stewardship to be an important part of his or her life, as a citizen, a policy maker, or an environmental management professional. In addition to discussing major issues in environmental ethics, it invites readers to think about how an ethicist's perspective differs from the perspectives encountered in other environmental studies courses. Additional topics covered include corporate social responsibility, ecological citizenship, property theory, and the concept of stewardship as a vocation.