conservation of natural resources

A step-by-step guide to conservation explaining how to conserve wildlife, natural habitats, resources, and reduce pollution.

Lists 101 things individuals can do to help protect the environment, looking at ways to eat green, spare water, conserve power, help animals, reduce and recycle trash, make wise clothing choices, and more.

Describes the importance of saving and recycling resources, the effects of pollution, and renewable energy sources.

Provides a comprehensive assessment of how Latin America and the Caribbean are facing the environmental challenges of the twenty-first century.

Tells the life story of early twentieth-century conservationist Gifford Pinchot, illustrating his central role in the development of forest preservation and environmental politics.

Photographs and text explore the underwater environments of America's national marine sanctuaries from the North Atlantic to the South Pacific.

Discusses the problem of the extinction of many of the earth's species, looking at what scientists are doing to manage endangered species, and the role of zoos, natural reserves, and other conservation tools.

In 1894, fifteen-year-old Francie determines to fight the lumbermen and protect the largest Sequoia tree ever seen, which had been given to her sister just before her death six years earlier.

Explains what a wetland is, why it is important, threats facing this ecosystem, and efforts to protect wetlands.

The creatures live peacefully in the rain forest, but they know that change is coming when the machine invades their world.