Natural Resource Conservation

Management for a Sustainable Future

• Author(s): Oliver S. Owen, Daniel D. Chiras,
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Pages: 586
• ISBN_10: 0023901217
  ISBN_13: 9780023901218
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Industries / Natural Resource Extraction , Business & Economics / Development / Sustainable Development , Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection , Nature / Natural Resources , Science / Life Sciences / Biology , Science / Life Sciences / Ecology , Science / Environmental Science ,

Description:... This text examines the past, present and future of resource conservation by explaining the basic ecological principles on which modern resource management is based. It fully considers each major resource in terms of its value to humans, its exploitation or degradation, and how it can be restored and sustainably managed.