Natural Resources Environmental Technology

As global demand for forest products increases, conserving biodiversity has become more urgent and challenging. Forestry and Biodiversity advocates adaptive management - a structured approach to learning by doing - to sustain biodiversity in managed forests. It draws on the theory and principles of conservation biology and forest ecology and illustrates them, and the challenges they pose, through a practical, real-world study of commercial forestry in a coastal temperate rainforest. This book will be of interest to those who plan, or hope to influence, forest practices and the future of the environment.

Earth Restorer's Guide to Permaculture covers practical permaculture essentials such soils, water, microclimates, trees, seeds, design, pattern literacy, pests and weeds. New in this edition are discussions on air quality, marine permaculture, 'crowded margins' (including refugee camps), emerging economic models and livelihoods.

Sustainable landscaping involves a set of practices implemented by landscape practitioners to help solve environmental concerns. Continuing in the tradition of its predecessor, the second edition of Sustainable Landscaping: Principles and Practices examines underlying landscaping issues that adversely affect the environment and illustrates alternative methods that result in positive outcomes.

This handy guide to wild trees and shrubs of eastern North America, will assist readers in identifying individual species by leaf, bark, flower, and fruit. It includes insightful information on each plant's habitat, its importance in the larger ecosystem, and its ornamental and medicinal uses. The book uses colour photographs of the individual plants to help identify the various wild trees and shrubs. Blouin gives both the scientific names for the individual plants and their popular variations in English, French, Mi'kmaq, and Maliseet.

This handy guide includes over forty common wildflowers, twenty-five shrubs, twenty grasses and lichens, as well as some noxious weeds that are common along Nova Scotia's roadways.