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Wildlife conservation refers to the practice of protecting wild species and their habitats in order to maintain healthy wildlife species or populations and to restore, protect or enhance natural ecosystems. Major threats to wildlife include habitat destruction, degradation, fragmentation, overexploitation, poaching, pollution, climate change ...
The Pandoran biosphere is a fictional habitat introduced in James Cameron's 2009 science fiction film Avatar.The ecology of the lush exomoon Pandora, which teems with a biodiversity of bioluminescent species ranging from hexapodal animals to other types of exotic fauna and flora, forms a vast neural network spanning the entire lunar surface into which the Na'vi and other creatures can connect.
48027680. Never Cry Wolf is a fictional account of the author's subjective experience [1] observing wolves in subarctic Canada [2] by Farley Mowat, first published in 1963 by McClelland and Stewart. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1983. It has been credited for dramatically improving the public image of the wolf.
Hunting: dolphin drive hunting. Mark Monroe. 2009. Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret. Animal husbandry, policies of environmental organizations, global warming, water use, deforestation, and ocean dead zones, Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn. 2014. Crude (2007) Petroleum industry: peak oil and climate change.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, it details the "curious science of human-wildlife conflict." [1] In the book, Roach details many ways humans have tried, often unsuccessfully, to handle animals that might harm humans or damage crops and livestock. The work mostly follows her first-hand accounts of wildlife researchers on the job.
The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation is a set of principles that has guided wildlife management and conservation decisions in the United States and Canada. [1] Although not formally articulated until 2001, [2] the model has its origins in 19th century conservation movements, the near extinction of several species of wildlife ...
Climate fiction (sometimes shortened to cli-fi) is literature that deals with climate change. [1] Generally speculative in nature but inspired by climate science, works of climate fiction may take place in the world as we know it, in the near future, or in fictional worlds experiencing climate change. The genre frequently includes science ...
The Future Is Wild (also referred to by the acronym FIW) [1] is a 2002 speculative evolution docufiction miniseries and an accompanying multimedia entertainment franchise. The Future Is Wild explores the ecosystems and wildlife of three future time periods: 5, 100, and 200 million years in the future, in the format of a nature documentary.