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Wilderness Protection in Europe
by Kees BastmeijerEurope still retains large areas which play host to numerous native and free-functioning ecosystems and lack roads, buildings, bridges, cables and other permanent manifestations of modern society. In the past such areas were considered wastelands, whose value lay only in their potential for cultivation and economic exploitation. Today, these wilderness areas are increasingly cherished as places for rest and recreation and as important areas for scientific research, biodiversity conservation and the mitigation of and adaptation to certain climate change effects. This book provides the first major appraisal of the role of international, European and domestic law in protecting the remaining wilderness areas and their distinguishing qualities in Europe. It also highlights the lessons that can be learned from the various international, regional and national approaches, identifies obstacles to wilderness protection in Europe and considers whether and how the legal protection of wilderness can be further advanced.
Wildfire and Power: Policy and Practice (Routledge Studies in Employment and Work Relations in Context)
by Peter Fairbrother Meagan TylerThis book brings together perspectives from sociology, political science, gender studies, and history to produce new ways of analysing wildfire preparedness and policy in Australia. Drawing on data from hundreds of interviews with residents, volunteers and emergency services professionals living and working in wildfire-prone areas, the authors focus on issues of power and inequality, the contested nature of community and the relationship between citizens and the state. The book questions not only existing policy approaches, but also the central concepts on which they are founded. In doing so, the aim is to create a more conceptually robust and academically contextualised discussion about the limitations of current wildfire policy approaches in Australia and to provide further evidence of the need for disaster studies to engage with a variety of social science approaches. Wildfire and Power: Policy and Practice will be of most interest to higher degree by research students, other academics and policy makers examining the evolving patterns and politics of work, employment, management and industrial relations as well as those involved in emergency and disaster management service delivery. It would be most suited to academic and public libraries as well as organisations in the field of emergency and disaster management.
Wildfire Arson Prevention Guide
by Richard Woods, AFSMWildfire arson is often considered an impossible crime to solve. Likewise, offenders frequently consider themselves undetectable. Many agencies often do not have the specialist skills necessary to investigate those responsible for serial wildfire ignitions. As such, perpetrators continue to light fires with little to no likelihood of being caught. An ongoing series of deliberately lit wildfires can result in significant financial and environmental consequences and put life and property at risk. This Wildlife Arson Prevention Guide provides law enforcement, land management and fire agency investigators with frameworks, strategies and tactics—that can be adopted to address deliberate wildfire ignitions in their jurisdiction. Often this crime is automatically given to law enforcement agencies to solve in isolation, whereas a collaborative approach across key agencies has proven essential in apprehending offenders. This valuable guidebook fills a void in the literature, detailing a collaborative approach through the adoption of successful best practice investigation techniques. Many may be applicable to—and better serve—smaller rural communities, while others can be adopted in more populated wildfire-prone areas. This book recognises that some small rural agencies may have less capacity to address the issue and may need to modify the recommended methods; ideally, the text encourages the establishment of collaborative arrangements to work with larger or adjoining agencies, to help solve their serial wildfire arson cases. This book highlights successfully adopted measures that can be embraced by key agencies that have a responsibility in wildfire ignition prevention. Currently, no similar all-encompassing handbook exists to guide agencies to address this growing worldwide problem. The strategies and tactics are presented in a format that can be easily aligned to jurisdictions within countries that are at risk of wildfire. The commonly recognised motives behind wildfire arson are detailed to provide agency investigators with a background to this often-misunderstood offence. The Wildlife Arson Prevention Guide provides the tools that will help authorities to identify those responsible and result in stronger, safer communities.
The Wilding of America: Money, Mayhem, and the New American Dream
by Charles DerberThe American dream champions individualism. But at what price? In the fully updated fifth edition of The Wilding of America, Charles Derber chronicles the latest incidents of "wilding"- acts of self-interested violence or greed that weaken the social fabric. Each chapter of the new edition has been thoroughly revised. New discussions include: an analysis of global corporate power in the wake of the 2008 economic crisis including an in-depth look at factory workers in both Guatemala and South China; an examination of the state of New Orleans in 2009; and a look at the impact of the Obama administration on wilding behavior. In addition, two all new chapters have been added to the Fifth Edition. Chapter 5,Subprime Capitalism, examines the 2008 Wall street collapse including sections on the rise and fall of Bernie Madoff, the workings of the housing market, and the role of the media before and after the collapse. Chapter 9,The Tragedy of the Commons, identifies how wilding behavior threatens the building blocks of a good society. This chapter specifically examines the effects of wilding on our public space, social infrastructure, and natural environment.
Wildlife as Property Owners: A New Conception of Animal Rights
by Karen BradshawHumankind coexists with every other living thing. People drink the same water, breathe the same air, and share the same land as other animals. Yet, property law reflects a general assumption that only people can own land. The effects of this presumption are disastrous for wildlife and humans alike. The alarm bells ringing about biodiversity loss are growing louder, and the possibility of mass extinction is real. Anthropocentric property is a key driver of biodiversity loss, a silent killer of species worldwide. But as law and sustainability scholar Karen Bradshaw shows, if excluding animals from a legal right to own land is causing their destruction, extending the legal right to own property to wildlife may prove its salvation. Wildlife as Property Owners advocates for folding animals into our existing system of property law, giving them the opportunity to own land just as humans do—to the betterment of all.
Wildlife Ecotoxicology
by Christine A. Bishop John E. Elliott Christy MorrisseyMany books have now been published in the broad field of environmental toxicology. However, to date, none of have presented the often fascinating stories of the wildlife science, and the steps along the way from discovery of problems caused by environmental pollutants to the regulatory and non-regulatory efforts to address the problems. This book provides case by case examinations of how toxic chemical effects on wildlife have brought about policy and regulatory decisions, and positive changes in environmental conditions. Wild animal stories, whether they are about the disappearance of charismatic top predators, or of grossly deformed embryos or frogs, provide powerful symbols that can and have captured the public's imagination and have resulted in increased awareness by decision makers. It is the intent of this book to present factual and balanced overviews and summaries of the science and the subsequent regulatory processes that followed to effect change (or not). We cover a variety of chemicals and topics beginning with an update of the classic California coastal DDT story of eggshell thinning and avian reproduction to more recent cases, such as the veterinarian pharmaceutical that has brought three species of Asian vultures to the brink of extinction. Researchers, regulators, educators, NGOs and the general public will find valuable insights into the processes and mechanisms involved both in environmental scientific investigation and in efforts to effect positive change.
Wildlife Law, Second Edition: A Primer
by Eric T. Freyfogle Dale D. Goble Dr Todd A. WildermuthWildlife is an important and cherished element of our natural heritage in the United States. But state and federal laws governing the ways we interact with wildlife can be complex to interpret and apply. Ten years ago, Wildlife Law: A Primer was the first book to lucidly explain wildlife law for readers with little or no legal training who needed to understand its intricacies. Today, navigating this legal terrain is trickier than ever as habitat for wildlife shrinks, technology gives us new ways to seek out wildlife, and unwanted human-wildlife interactions occur more frequently, sometimes with alarming and tragic outcomes.This revised and expanded second edition retains key sections from the first edition, describing basic legal concepts while offering important updates that address recent legal topics. New chapters cover timely issues such as private wildlife reserves and game ranches, and the increased prominence of nuisance species as well as an expanded discussion of the Endangered Species Act, now more than 40 years old. Chapter sidebars showcase pertinent legal cases illustrating real-world application of the legal concepts covered in the main text.Accessibly written, this is an essential, groundbreaking reference for professors and students in natural resource and wildlife programs, land owners, and wildlife professionals.
Wildlife Trafficking: A Deconstruction of the Crime, Victims and Offenders (Critical Criminological Perspectives)
by Tanya WyattThis book provides a comprehensive, global exploration of the scale, scope, threats, and drivers of wildlife trafficking from a criminological perspective. Building on the first edition, it takes into account the significant changes in the international context surrounding these issues since 2013. It provides new examples, updated statistics, and discusses the potential changes arising as a result of COVID-19 and the IPBES 2019 report. It also discusses the shift in trafficking ‘hotspots’ and the recent projects that have challenged responses to wildlife trafficking. It undertakes a distinctive exploration of who the victims and offenders of wildlife trafficking are as well as analysing the stakeholders who are involved in collaborative efforts to end this devastating green crime. It unpacks the security implications of wildlife trade and trafficking and possible responses and ways to combat it. It provides useful and timely information for social and environmental/life scientists, law enforcement, NGOs, and policy makers.
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Catholicism (Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion)
by Frederick C. Bauerschmidt James J. Buckley Jennifer Newsome Martin Trent PomplunProvides a broad and deep survey of Roman Catholic life and thought, updated and expanded throughout The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Catholicism provides an authoritative overview of the history, doctrine, practices, and expansion of Catholicism. Written by a group of distinguished scholars, this comprehensive reference work offers an illuminating account of the global, historical, and cultural phenomena of Catholicism. Accessible chapters address central topics in the practice of Catholic theology and the development of doctrine, including God and Jesus Christ, creation and Church, the Virgin Mary, the sacraments, moral theology, eschatology, and more. Throughout the text, the authors illustrate the unity and diversity of Catholic life and thought while highlighting the ways Catholicism overlaps with, and transforms, other ways of living and thinking. Now in its second edition, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Catholicism is fully updated to include recent developments in the study of Catholicism. Extensively revised and expanded chapters, many of which written by new authors, address contemporary issues such as theology and politics, environmentalism, and the clerical sexual abuse crisis. Entirely new chapters cover the early modern Church, the Bible in Catholic theology, the Eastern Catholic churches, liturgy, care for creation, the consecrated life, challenges for the Catholic Church, and more. An informed and engaging intellectual journey through the past and present of Roman Catholicism, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Catholicism: Illustrates the diversity of modern Catholic life and thought Describes Catholics in different lands, including the Holy Land, India, Africa, Europe, the British Isles, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas Surveys spirituality and ecumenism, inter-religious dialog, Catholic schools and hospitals, art and the sciences, the Holy See, and other central Catholic institutions and practices Covers major eras in Catholic history, from the Scriptures and the early Church to Post-Modernity Features new material on diverse practices of Catholicism across cultures, the global dimensions of the Catholic Church, race and ethnicity, and Eastern Catholic ChurchesThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to Catholicism, Second Edition, is the ideal textbook for surveys classes on Catholicism and Catholic theology in Catholic, Protestant, and non-confessional colleges and universities. It is also an invaluable resource for scholars and general readers interested in broadening their knowledge of Catholicism.
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology
by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemoreThrough a series of essays contributed by leading experts in the field, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology presents an introduction to practical theology as a major area of Christian study and practice, including an overview of its key developments, themes, methods, and future directions. The first comprehensive reference work to provide a survey, description and analysis of practical theology as an area of studyA range of leading scholars in the field provide original contributions on the major areas, issues, and figures in practical theologyReviews an extensive range of methods for studying theology in practice, along with sub-disciplines in theological education such as pastoral care and preachingCovers developments in the discipline in a range of global contexts and distinct Christian traditionsShows how practical theology is relevant to everyday life
Wiley Blackwell Companion to Theology and Qualitative Research (Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion)
by Pete Ward Knut TveitereidA unique introduction to the developing field of Theology and Qualitative Research In recent years, a growing number of scholars within the field of theological research have adopted qualitative empirical methods. The use of qualitative research is shaping the nature of theology and redefining what it means to be a theologian. Hence, contemporary scholars who are undertaking empirical fieldwork across a range of theological subdisciplines require authoritative guidance and well-developed frameworks of practice and theory. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Theology and Qualitative Research outlines the challenges and possibilities for theological research that engages with qualitative methods. It reflects more than 15 years of academic research within the Ecclesiology and Ethnography Network, and features an international group of scholars committed to the empirical and theological study of the Christian church. Edited by world-renowned experts, this unprecedented volume addresses the theological debates, methodological complexities, and future directions of this emerging field. Contributions from both established and emerging scholars describe key theoretical approaches, discuss how different empirical methods are used within theology, explore the links between qualitative researchand adjacent scholarly traditions, and more. The companion: Discusses how qualitative empirical work changes the practice of theology, enabling a disciplined attention to the lived social realities of Christian religion and what theologians do Introduces theoretical and methodological debates in the field, as well as central epistemological and ontological questions Presents different approaches to Theology and Qualitative research, highlighting important issues and developments in the last decades Explores how empirical insights are shaping areas such as liturgics, homiletics, youth ministry, and Christian education Includes perspectives from scholars working in disciplines other than theology The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Theology and Qualitative Research is essential reading for graduate students, postgraduates, PhD students, researchers, and scholars in Christian Ethics, Systematic Theology, Practical Theology, Contemporary Worship, and related disciplines such as Ecclesiology, Mission Studies, World Christianity, Pastoral Theology, Political Theology, Worship Studies, and all forms of contextual theology.
Wiley CIAexcel Exam Review 2014
by S. Rao VallabhaneniThe CIA exam tests a candidate's knowledge of current internal auditing practices and understanding of internal audit issues, risks, and remedies. Volume 2: Internal Audit Skills corresponds to Part II of the CIA exam, Conducting the Internal Audit Engagement. Wiley CIA Exam Review, Volume 2 covers:Conducting engagementsCarrying out specific engagementsMonitoring engagement outcomesFraud knowledge elementsEngagement tools.
Wiley CIAexcel Exam Review 2014
by S. Rao VallabhaneniThe CIA exam tests a candidate's knowledge of current internal auditing practices and understanding of internal audit issues, risks, and remedies. Volume 1: Internal Audit Process corresponds to Part I of the CIA exam, The Internal Audit Activity's Role in Governance, Risk, and Control. Wiley CIA Exam Review, Volume 1 covers : How to comply with the IIA's attribute standardsEstablishing a risk-based plan to determine the priorities of the internal audit activityThe internal audit activity's role in organizational governancePerforming other internal audit roles and responsibilitiesGovernance, risk and control knowledge elementsAudit engagement planning.
Wiley CIAexcel Exam Review 2014 Focus Notes
by S. Rao VallabhaneniDrive home your knowledge, skills, and abilities for the 2014 CIA ExamStudy for the CIA Exam to develop mastery of the knowledge, skills, and abilities you'll be tested on with Wiley CIA Exam Review 2014 Focus Notes, Part 2. Developed to be a precise, easy-to-use resource, this study guide covers Internal Audit Practice and is organized in the same manner as the Wiley CIA Exam Review topics. Use the portable, spiral-bound, flashcard format to study anywhere you go and to quickly and efficiently grasp the vast knowledge base associated with the exam.Expert author S. Rao Vallabhaneni puts his twenty-five years of internal auditing and accounting management experience to work to bring you hundreds of outlines, summarized concepts, and useful techniques to help hone your CIA Exam knowledge and pass the test your first time out.
Wiley CIAexcel Exam Review 2014 Focus Notes
by S. Rao VallabhaneniDrive home your knowledge, skills, and abilities for the 2014 CIA ExamStudy for the CIA Exam to develop mastery of the knowledge, skills, and abilities you'll be tested on with Wiley CIA Exam Review 2014 Focus Notes, Part 1. Developed to be a precise, easy-to-use resource, this study guide covers Internal Audit Basics and is organized in the same manner as the Wiley CIA Exam Review topics. Use the portable, spiral-bound, flashcard format to study anywhere you go and to quickly and efficiently grasp the vast knowledge base associated with the exam.Expert author S. Rao Vallabhaneni puts his twenty-five years of internal auditing and accounting management experience to work to bring you hundreds of outlines, summarized concepts, and useful techniques to help hone your CIA Exam knowledge and pass the test your first time out.
Wiley CIAexcel Exam Review 2015 Focus Notes, Part 1
by S. Rao VallabhaneniThe Wiley CIA Exam Review Focus Notes are developed for each of the three parts of the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) exam sponsored by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). The purpose of the focus notes is to digest and assimilate the vast amounts of knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) tested on the CIA exam in a clear, concise, easy-to-read, and easy-to-use format. Each of the focus notes book topics is organized in the same way as the Wiley CIA Exam Review book topics, that is, one focus-notes book for each of the four-volume review books. The four-volume Focus Notes books will supplement and complement the existing Wiley CIA Exam Review books.
Wiley CIAexcel Exam Review 2015 Focus Notes, Part 2
by S. Rao VallabhaneniThe Wiley CIA Exam Review Focus Notes are developed for each of the three parts of the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) exam sponsored by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). The purpose of the focus notes is to digest and assimilate the vast amounts of knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) tested on the CIA exam in a clear, concise, easy-to-read, and easy-to-use format. Each of the focus notes book topics is organized in the same way as the Wiley CIA Exam Review book topics, that is, one focus-notes book for each of the four-volume review books. The four-volume Focus Notes books will supplement and complement the existing Wiley CIA Exam Review books.
Wiley CIAexcel Exam Review 2015 Focus Notes, Part 3
by S. Rao VallabhaneniDrive home your knowledge, skills, and abilities for the 2014 CIA Exam Study for the CIA Exam to develop mastery of the knowledge, skills, and abilities you'll be tested on with Wiley CIA Exam Review 2014 Focus Notes, Part 3. Developed to be a precise, easy-to-use resource, this study guide covers Internal Audit Knowledge Elements and is organized in the same manner as the Wiley CIA Exam Review topics. Use the portable, spiral-bound, flashcard format to study anywhere you go and to quickly and efficiently grasp the vast knowledge base associated with the exam. Expert author S. Rao Vallabhaneni puts his twenty-five years of internal auditing and accounting management experience to work to bring you hundreds of outlines, summarized concepts, and useful techniques to help hone your CIA Exam knowledge and pass the test your first time out.
Wiley CIAexcel Exam Review 2015, Part 1
by S. Rao VallabhaneniThe CIA exam tests a candidate's knowledge of current internal auditing practices and understanding of internal audit issues, risks, and remedies. Volume 1: Internal Audit Process corresponds to Part I of the CIA exam, The Internal Audit Activity's Role in Governance, Risk, and Control. Wiley CIA Exam Review, Volume 1 covers : How to comply with the IIA's attribute standardsEstablishing a risk-based plan to determine the priorities of the internal audit activityThe internal audit activity's role in organizational governancePerforming other internal audit roles and responsibilitiesGovernance, risk and control knowledge elementsAudit engagement planning.
Wiley CIAexcel Exam Review 2015, Part 2
by S. Rao VallabhaneniThe CIA exam tests a candidate's knowledge of current internal auditing practices and understanding of internal audit issues, risks, and remedies. Volume 2: Internal Audit Skills corresponds to Part II of the CIA exam, Conducting the Internal Audit Engagement. Wiley CIA Exam Review, Volume 2 covers:Conducting engagementsCarrying out specific engagementsMonitoring engagement outcomesFraud knowledge elementsEngagement tools.
Wiley CIA Exam Review 2013 Focus Notes
by S. Rao VallabhaneniReinforce, review, recap--anywhere you like.Study for the three parts of the CIA Exam no matter where you are with each of the three Focus Notes volumes. With updated content for 2013 exam changes, Wiley CIA Exam Review Focus Notes 2013 reviews important strategies, basic skills and concepts--so you can pass the CIA Exam your first time out. Its portable, spiral-bound, flashcard format helps you study on the go with hundreds of outlines, summarized concepts, and techniques designed to hone your CIA Exam knowledge.
Wiley CIA Exam Review 2013, Internal Audit Knowledge Elements
by S. Rao VallabhaneniThe most comprehensive Certified Internal Auditor Exam preparation guide availableOne exam, three volumes of preparation. Here is the best source to help you prepare for the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) exam covering the new syllabus, effective 2013. Wiley CIA Exam Review, Volume 3: Business Analysis and Information Technology addresses topics such as governance and business ethics; risk management; organizational structure, business processes, and risks; communication; management and leadership principles; information technology and business continuity; financial management; and global business environment.Includes fully developed theories and concepts, as opposed to superficial outlines found in other study guidesOffers indicators that help candidates allot study time based on the weight given to each topic on the examIndicates the level of difficulty expected for each topic on the exam as either "Awareness" or "Proficiency" so more time and effort can be assigned for the proficiency topics than for the awareness topicsPresents highly comprehensive coverage of theory with glossary of technical termsEvery volume in the Wiley CIA Exam Review series offers a successful learning system of visual aids and memorization techniques that enable certification candidates to form long-lasting impressions of covered material.
Wiley CIA Exam Review 2013, Internal Audit Practice
by S. Rao VallabhaneniThe most comprehensive Certified Internal Auditor Exam preparation guide availableOne exam, three volumes of preparation. Here is the best source to help you prepare for the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) exam covering the new syllabus, effective 2013. Wiley CIA Exam Review, Volume 2: Conducting the Internal Audit Engagement addresses topics such as internal audit function, individual audit engagements, and fraud risks and controls.Includes fully developed theories and concepts, as opposed to superficial outlines found in other study guidesOffers indicators that help candidates allot study time based on the weight given to each topic on the examIndicates the level of difficulty expected for each topic on the exam as either "Awareness" or "Proficiency" so more time and effort can be assigned for the proficiency topics than for the awareness topicsPresents highly comprehensive coverage of theory with glossary of technical termsEvery volume in the Wiley CIA Exam Review series offers a successful learning system of visual aids and memorization techniques that enable certification candidates to form long-lasting impressions of covered material.
Wiley CIA Exam Review 2013, Part 1, Internal Audit Basics
by S. Rao VallabhaneniThe most comprehensive Certified Internal Auditor Exam preparation guide availableOne exam, three volumes of preparation. Here is the best source to help you prepare for the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) exam covering the new syllabus, effective 2013. Wiley CIA Exam Review, Volume 1: Internal Audit Activity's Role in Governance, Risk, and Control addresses topics such as international standards, internal control and risk, and internal audit engagements, including audit tools and techniques.Includes fully developed theories and concepts, as opposed to superficial outlines found in other study guidesOffers indicators that help candidates allot study time based on the weight given to each topic on the examIndicates the level of difficulty expected for each topic on the exam as either "Awareness" or "Proficiency" so more time and effort can be assigned for the proficiency topics than for the awareness topicsPresents highly comprehensive coverage of theory with glossary of technical termsEvery volume in the Wiley CIA Exam Review series offers a successful learning system of visual aids and memorization techniques that enable certification candidates to form long-lasting impressions of covered material.
Wiley CIA Exam Review Focus Notes, Internal Audit Practice
by S. Rao VallabhaneniReinforce, review, recap--anywhere you like.Study for the three parts of the CIA Exam no matter where you are with each of the three Focus Notes volumes. With updated content for 2013 exam changes, Wiley CIA Exam Review Focus Notes 2013 reviews important strategies, basic skills and concepts--so you can pass the CIA Exam your first time out. Its portable, spiral-bound, flashcard format helps you study on the go with hundreds of outlines, summarized concepts, and techniques designed to hone your CIA Exam knowledge.