The right to a healthy environment has been the subject of extensivephilosophical debates that revolve around a key question: Should rightsto clean air,... water, and soil be entrenched in law, in theconstitutions of democratic states?In The Environmental Rights Revolution, David Boyd, one ofCanada's leading environmental lawyers, answers this question bymoving beyond theoretical debate to measure the practical effects ofenshrining the right to a healthy environment in constitutions. Hisanalysis of 193 constitutions and the laws and court decisions of morethan 100 nations shows how the constitutional right to a healthyenvironment has been incorporated in legislation and is beingjudicially enforced in Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Nationswith constitutional protections have stronger environmental laws,enhanced enforcement, greater government accountability, and betteraccess to justice, information, and public participation in decisionmaking than nations without such provisions. As a result, they alsohave smaller ecological footprints, rank higher on comprehensiveindices of environmental performance, and have reduced pollutionfaster.This important and timely book not only demonstrates that enshriningenvironmental protection into national constitutions has thepower to make sustainability a priority, it tells inspiring storiesabout the difference the right to a healthy environment is making inpeople's lives.Dr. David R. Boyd is one of Canada's leadingexperts in environmental law and policy and an adjunct professor in theSchool of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon FraserUniversity. He has advised the governments of Canada, Sweden, andIceland on environmental and constitutional issues and is the co-chairof Vancouver's Greenest City Action Team along with Mayor GregorRobertson. He is a member of the IUCN's Commission onEnvironmental Law, the Global Network for the Study of Human Rights andthe Environment, the Forum for Leadership on Water, and theEnvironmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW).David Boyd is the author of several bestselling and award-winningbooks as well as more than a hundred publications related toenvironmental law and policy, including Unnatural Law:Rethinking Canadian Environmental Law and Policy. His currentresearch focuses on the effects of enshrining environmental rights andresponsibilities in national constitutions.

Every New Copy Of The Ninth Edition Includes Access To The Student Companion Website! Updated Throughout With The Latest Data From The Field, The New... Ninth Edition Of Environmental Science Provides A Comprehensive, Student-Friendly Introduction To The Environmental Issues Facing Society Today And Offers Numerous Solutions For How We Can Create A More Sustainable Way Of Life. Chiras Focuses On The Underlying Cause Of Environmental Problems And Is Sure To Present Both Sides Of The Issue At Hand. Each Chapter Highlights Critical Analysis To Help Student Determine How To Approach These Complex Topics And Determine The Merits Of The Debates For Themselves. The Ninth Edition Includes Updated And Expanded Coverage Of Environmental Economics, Ecology, And The Application Of Science And Technology As It Applies To Environmental Concerns. - Updated And Revised Throughout To Keep Pace With The Changes In The Field. - New And Updated Go Green Marginal Notes Provide Helpful, Inexpensive, And Practical Tips Which Will Help Us All Build A Sustainable Future. - Chapter 15, Foundations Of A Sustainable Energy System, Includes New Content On Energy-Conservation Options, Fuel Efficiency Standards, Electric Cars, And 'Green Buildings'. - Stresses Critical Thinking Skills By Urging Students To Analyze Complex Issues And Make Rational Decisions On Key Topics. - Spotlight On Sustainable Development Boxes Give Students Further Insight Into Timely Environmental Issues. - Point/Counterpoint Sections Help Students Examine Both Sides Of Popular Environmental Issues. - Key Concept Boxes Highlight The Crucial Concepts That Form The Foundation Of Environmental Science.

Every New Copy Of The Ninth Edition Includes Access To The Student Companion Website! Updated Throughout With The Latest Data From The Field, The New... Ninth Edition Of Environmental Science Provides A Comprehensive, Student-Friendly Introduction To The Environmental Issues Facing Society Today And Offers Numerous Solutions For How We Can Create A More Sustainable Way Of Life. Chiras Focuses On The Underlying Cause Of Environmental Problems And Is Sure To Present Both Sides Of The Issue At Hand. Each Chapter Highlights Critical Analysis To Help Student Determine How To Approach These Complex Topics And Determine The Merits Of The Debates For Themselves. The Ninth Edition Includes Updated And Expanded Coverage Of Environmental Economics, Ecology, And The Application Of Science And Technology As It Applies To Environmental Concerns. - Updated And Revised Throughout To Keep Pace With The Changes In The Field. - New And Updated Go Green Marginal Notes Provide Helpful, Inexpensive, And Practical Tips Which Will Help Us All Build A Sustainable Future. - Chapter 15, Foundations Of A Sustainable Energy System, Includes New Content On Energy-Conservation Options, Fuel Efficiency Standards, Electric Cars, And 'Green Buildings'. - Stresses Critical Thinking Skills By Urging Students To Analyze Complex Issues And Make Rational Decisions On Key Topics. - Spotlight On Sustainable Development Boxes Give Students Further Insight Into Timely Environmental Issues. - Point/Counterpoint Sections Help Students Examine Both Sides Of Popular Environmental Issues. - Key Concept Boxes Highlight The Crucial Concepts That Form The Foundation Of Environmental Science.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE inspires and equips students to make a difference for the world. Featuring sustainability as their central theme, authors Tyler... Miller and Scott Spoolman emphasize natural capital, natural capital degradation, solutions, trade-offs, and the importance of individuals. As a result, students learn how nature works, how they interact with it, and how they can use various scientific principles based on how nature has sustained life on the earth for billions of years to live more sustainably. Engaging features like "Core Case Studies, and "Connections" boxes demonstrate the relevance of issues and encourage critical thinking. Updated with new learning tools, the latest content, and an enhanced art program, this highly flexible book allows instructors to vary the order of chapters and sections within chapters to meet the needs of their courses. Two new active learning features conclude each chapter. "Doing Environmental Science" offers project ideas based on chapter content that build critical thinking skills and integrate scientific method principles. "Global Environmental Watch" offers online learning activities through the Global Environment Watch website, helping students connect the book's concepts to current real-world issues.

This full-color, introductory environmental science text is known for being concise, conceptual, and value-priced. The approach and reading level cover... the basic concepts without overloading students with too much detail. The authors reinforce the text's central theme of "interrelationships" by providing a historical perspective, information on economic and political realities, discuss the role of different social experiences, and integrate this with the crucial science to describe the natural world and how we affect it.

Unlike any other introductory environmental science text, Kaufmann/Cleveland takes a fresh approach to the subject in that they intertwine social... science (i.e. economic systems and policy) with the natural sciences (i.e. energy) throughout the entire text. In other words, students are going to clearly see the relevancy between the underlying causes of environmental problems and how they are affected on a daily basis.

Updated throughout with the latest information on environmental issues, the new eighth edition of Environmental Science provides a clear introduction... tot the environmental issues facing society today and offers many possible solutions for how we can create a more sustainable way of life. The author focuses on the root causes of environmental problems and takes care to present both sides of the issues. Every chapter emphasizes critical analysis to teach students how to approach these complex topics and determine the merits of the debates for themselves. New Go Green tips offer suggestions for how students can live more environmentally responsible lives.

Unlike any other introductory environmental science text, Robert Kaufmann and Cutler Cleveland's Environmental Science takes a fresh approach to the... subject by weaving themes of energy and materials, economic systems, and policy throughout the entire text. A story of real science is simply told through examples of cutting-edge content, real-world applications, and a distinctive conceptual illustration program.

Updated with the latest data from the field, Environmental Science: Systems and Solutions, Fifth Edition explains the concepts and teaches the skills... needed to understand multi-faceted, and often very complex environmental issues. The authors present the arguments, rebuttals, evidence, and counterevidence from many sides of the debate. The Fifth Edition includes new Science in Action boxes which feature cutting-edge case studies and essays, contributed by subject matter experts, that highlight recent and ongoing research within environmental science. With an "Earth as a system" approach the text continues to emphasize Earth's intricate web of interactions among the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere, and how we are central components in these four spheres. This flexible, unbiased approach highlights: 1. how matter cycles over time through Earth's systems 2. the importance of the input-throughput-output processes that describe the global environment 3. how human activities and consumption modify Earth's systems 4. and the scientific, economic, and policy solutions to environmental problems

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE will inspire and equip you to make a difference for the world. Featuring sustainability as their central theme, authors Tyler... Miller and Scott Spoolman emphasize natural capital, natural capital degradation, solutions, trade-offs, and the importance of individuals. As a result, you will learn how nature works, how you interact with it, and how people have sustained--and can continue to sustain--our relationship with the earth by applying nature's lessons to economies and individual lifestyles. Engaging features like "Core Case Studies," "How Would You Vote" questions, and "Thinking About" exercises demonstrate the relevance of issues and encourage critical thinking. This edition has been updated with new learning tools, the latest content, and an enhanced art program.

This full-color, introductory environmental science text is known for being concise, conceptual, and value-priced. The approach and reading level cover... the basic concepts without overloading students with too much detail. The authors reinforce the text's central theme of "interrelationships" by providing a historical perspective, information on economic and political realities, discuss the role of different social experiences, and integrate this with the crucial science to describe the natural world and how we affect it.

Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) is a methodology developed by The Nature Conservancy to provide comprehensive and reliable information about... biodiversity resources in situations where time and financial resources are limited. REAs utilize a combination of remote-sensed imagery, reconnaissance overflights, field data collection, and spatial information visualization to generate useful information for conservation planning. "Nature in Focus" is an in-depth guide to the theory and practice of REAs, offering a detailed approach for assessing biodiversity in a rapid and integrative manner. It provides researchers with the essential tools and techniques they need to conduct an REA, and offers valuable advice about the planning and implementation aspects. The book: presents an overview of the REA methodology and sampling framework reviews all aspects of an REA: planning and management, mapping and spatial information, information management describes surveys of vegetation and fauna presents a generalized description of threat assessments explores the manner in which large amounts of data produced by different REA teams are integrated and synthesized into a cohesive set of management recommendations explains how the REA effort is documented, published, and disseminated offers a detailed REA case studyAlso included is a set of twelve color maps that describe the sequence of mapping activities in the case-study REA, along with other map examples from a range of REAs. In addition to the case study, appendixes offer a full set of REA field forms for sampling, and a model "Scope of Work" that describes the nature of work to be conducted in an REA and outlines the roles and responsibilities of theparticipating organizations. "Nature in Focus" presents the collective experience of more than ten years of REA field-testing. Conservation practitioners and biodiversity scientists who are involved with REA initiatives, along with managers, policymakers, and others involved with conservation programs will find the book a useful and nontechnical guide to an essential element of successful conservation.

Environmental Science: A Canadian Perspective provides students with an accessible, interdisciplinary, and engaging introduction to the study of the... environment. In the fifth edition, the author has once again crafted a text that strikes the proper balances between principles and applications, local and global perspectives, and rigor and simplification. With each page meticulously updated, this text includes the latest environmental issues relevant to Canada and its international context. 

One of the few lab books available in the field, Environmental Science is designed to provide environmental scientists with active learning situations... that demonstrate the impacts of interactions between humans and the environment. It encourages readers to reflect on real life conditions and the connection to the environment and sustainability. Emphasis is placed on writing and communication through lab reports, presentations, and real-world scenarios. Environmental scientists will be able to apply concepts in the lab and gain a stronger understanding of the field.