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Environmental Restoration is the product of a ground-breaking conference on ecological restoration, held in January 1988 at the University of California, Berkeley. It offers an overview from the nation's leading experts of the most current techniques of restoration, including examples of the complex and subtle biological interactions we must understand to ensure success.Chapters cover restoration of agricultural lands, barrens, coastal ecosystems, prairies, and range lands. Additional sections address temperate forests and watersheds, mined lands, soil bioengineering, urban issues including waste treatment and solid, toxic, and radioactive waste management. The book also covers restoration of aquatic systems, includes chapters on strategic planning and land acquisition, and provides examples of successful projects.
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John J. Berger is an American climate specialist and consultant who has written and edited eleven books on energy and environmental issues. Dr. Berger has consulted to the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, Fortune 500 corporations, nonprofit groups, and governmental organizations, including the U.S. Congress. He was co-founder and director of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Inc. of Washington, D.C. and helped launch the environmental restoration movement in 1985 with his book Restoring the Earth: How Americans Are Working to Renew Our Damaged Environment. He also founded and directed the nonprofit Restoring the Earth, Inc., which worked to advance the cause of environmental restoration via public education and environmental policy development. Dr. Berger is a long-time supporter of alternative energy solutions to global environmental problems. For many years he has repeatedly called attention to the nation's excessive dependence on foreign oil and the attendant economic and environmental costs, and risks. He has outlined strategies for a clean, renewable energy economy in books such as Charging Ahead: The Business of Renewable Energyand What It Means for America, Beating the Heat: How and Why We Must Combat Global Warming, and Climate Change Policy (Schneider et al., eds.). His office is located in Berkeley, California where he writes on climate, energy, and natural resources and provides scientific and technical writing as well as editorial consulting services to businesses and individuals.
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- PublisherIsland Press
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0933280947
- ISBN 13 9780933280946
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages412
- EditorJohn J. Berger
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Environmental Restoration. Science and Strategies for Restoring the Earth.
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Island Press, Washington, 1990
ISBN 10: 0933280947
ISBN 13: 9780933280946
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. Reprint. xxiv, 398pp, index, bibliography, bw ills, charts, diagrams. Or card covers. Slight edge wear to covers and minor 'thumb' soiling to edges. The result of the ground breaking Restoring the Earth conference held at UC Berkeley this book includes contributions on terrestrial restoration; aquatic restoration; law, planning , land acquisition, and conflict resolution by the foremost experts in their fields. The authors vivdly document the need for and feasibilty of restoring a wide range of natural resources, from deserts and barrens to wetlands; from forests and mined land to lakes and streams. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 005302
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