Environmental Restoration: Science And Strategies For Restoring The Earth

Environmental Restoration is the result of the University of California at Berkeley's four-day, ground-breaking conference on ecological restoration in January 1988. 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.Environmental Restoration: Science And Strategies For Restoring The Earth, 1St Edition was published 1990 under ISBN 9780933280946 and ISBN 0933280947.