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Ecosystem services are emerging as a key driver of conservation policy and environmental management. Delivery of ecosystem services depends on the efficient functioning of ecosystems, which in turn depends on biodiversity and environmental conditions. Many marine ecosystems are extremely productive and highly valued, but they are increasingly threatened by human activities. With contributions from leading researchers, this volume synthesises current understanding of the effects on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning caused by a variety of human activities and pressures at play in coastal marine ecosystems. The authors examine the likely consequences for ecosystem service provision, covering key topics including fisheries, aquaculture, physical structures, nutrients, chemical contaminants, marine debris and invasive species. Critically reviewing the latest developments, this is a unique resource both for environmental managers and policy makers and for researchers and students in marine ecology and environmental management. -- Back cover. --

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Welcome to the Whirled -- Vegetate -- Globalize -- Commodify -- Power Down -- Obsolesce -- Decorate -- Remember -- Represent -- Compost -- Attune -- Sediment -- Environ -- Shade -- Try -- Rain -- Drown -- Haunt -- Seep -- Saturate -- Behold -- Wait -- Play -- Ape -- Love -- Tend -- Unmoor -- Whirl -- Curl -- Hope -- Afterword: On the Veer -- Acknowledgments -- Errata -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

All life forms on earth are complementary to each other; the existence and survival of one depend on the existence of another, and vice versa. However, no life forms are more dependent on others than human beings. Humans' very survival is conditioned by the existence of the natural environment and the living things within it. One aspect of this interaction is the central and inescapable role played by human culture in defining the human-nature relationship. This book emphasises that environmental conservation is a matter of moral and cultural ethics. It stresses the fact that existing environm

Environmental concerns in the Cook Islands: an overview / Anna Tiraa -- The status of Cook Islands birds / Gerald McCormack -- Gardenia in the Cook Islands / W.R. Sykes -- Some interesting information from the island of Mitiaro also known as Nukuroa / Ake Pokoati Lewis -- Ferns of the Cook Islands / John Game -- Kakerori (Rarotonga flycatcher, Pomarea dimidiata) / Anna Tiraa and Edward Saul -- Moa Kirikiri-The flying fox / Rebecca Blackburn -- The need to recycle in the Cook Islands / Kelvin Passfield, Andy Olah and Anna Tiraa -- Agriculture and the environment: learning from past practices and policies / Nga Mataio -- The marine environment / Ben Ponia -- Corals / Gustav Paulay -- Ciguatera fish poisoning / Jacqueline T. Evans -- Net fishing and undersized fish / Kelvin Passfield -- The marine management system in Pukapuka / Dorothy Munro Solomona.

Chemical avalanche -- Poisoning a planet -- Are you a contaminated site? -- Diabolic cocktail -- Unseen risks -- Sick society -- Getting away with murder -- Clean up society -- Clean up the earth -- Averting disaster -- Postscript. A warning from deep time.

Most companies do not yet recognize what it means to adapt to future climate change, and do not yet see it as a business priority. This DoShort tackles two key questions facing decision makers: 1) Is adaptation worth it to me? and 2) If it is worth it, can I really tackle it?