Environment & Sustainability News & Updates

Recent Articles

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   Land and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

   In twenty-one chapters by twenty-five authors, this book considers experiences with, and approaches to, post-conflict land issues in seventeen countries and in varied social and geographic settings. Highlighting key concepts that are important for understanding how to address land rights in the wake of armed conflict, the book provides a theoretical and practical framework for policy makers, researchers, practitioners, and students

2. International Day for Biological Diversity

   To commemorate the International Day for Biological Diversity 2013 we have put together a selection of our most relevant books.

   The theme of this year's International Day for Biological Diversity is Water and Biodiversity. Find out more here.

3. 

   Common Pools of Genetic Resources

   Written by a team of expert academics and practitioners in the field, this innovative book makes a timely and valuable contribution to academic and policy debates in International Environmental Law, International Biodiversity Law, Intellectual Property, Climate Law and the Law of Indigenous Populations. Taking an inductive approach, it starts from existing pools and discusses how they could be further developed to cope with the objectives of the Nagoya Protocol.
   
   For a full list of these titles publishing in June, please refer here.

4. 

   Fraud and Carbon Markets

   The missing trader fraud on European carbon allowances markets occurred mainly between the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009 and is presented in this book from a variety of different angles: financial, scientific and relatively to organized crime. Written by a former broker, it makes a unique exploration into the financial mechanisms of the fraud and the impact on the market behavior as well as illustrating the consequences on its econometric features.

5. 

   Diversifying Food and Diets

   This book aims to explore what the current state of knowledge is on the role of agricultural biodiversity in improving nutrition and food security. The book will examine and challenge some of the prevailing myths and assumptions to improving nutrition through agriculture mechanisms so as to identify the key research and implementation gaps.

6. 

   Low Carbon Nation?

   What does the transition to a Low Carbon Britain mean for the future development of cities and regions across the country? Does it reinforce existing ‘business as usual’ or create new transformational opportunities? Low Carbon Nation? takes an interdisciplinary approach to tackle this critical question, by looking across the different dimensions of technological, scientific, social and economic change within the diverse city and regional contexts of the UK.

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7. Are We ‘Chasing Our Own Tail’ on the Circular Economy?

   We are pleased to present a new Earthscan from Routledge blog post: written by Philip Monaghan, author of How Local Resilience Creates Sustainable Societies.

   With a new entry every fortnight, blog posts written by various Earthscan from Routledge authors will be displayed both on the Routledge website and on our Facebook page here. Each post within Facebook will be open to comments so please feel free to voice your thoughts!

8. 

   Architecture Conservation and Heritage Management

   We publish a great range of titles to help you along all aspects of your refurbishment and/or renovation project under the Routledge and Earthscan from Routledge brands. 

   
   Bringing together titles previously published under the Donhead, Butterworth Heinemann and Routledge imprints, we now publish an extensive list of books covering building conservation, preservation and architectural history. In addition, we offer a number of classic reprints on building and construction topics such as lime and plastering, covering the period from 1830 to 1950. This list specialises in publishing original material for professionals, academics, students and historic building owners. 

   Below are a few highlights. A a full product catalog is coming soon!

9. Has Sustainable Development Run its Course? What Should We Do About it?

   We are pleased to present a new Earthscan from Routledge blog post: written by Peter Bartlemus, author of Sustainability Economics.

   With a new entry every fortnight, blog posts written by various Earthscan from Routledge authors will be displayed both on the Routledge website and on our Facebook page here. Each post within Facebook will be open to comments so please feel free to voice your thoughts!
    

10. Earthscan from Routledge May Highlights

    With so many great titles publishing this month it has been impossible to give them all the justice they deserve in our May newsletter, so to be sure you don't miss out you can find them all here.