The societal and environmental impacts of mining activity are the focus of greater interest today than ever before. Many emerging economies are in the process of developing environmental policies for the first time. These new policies will surely affect how mining operations are expected to perform: producing the raw material needed to drive the economy at the lowest possible cost becomes as im...

The adaptive capabilities of animals and livestock production systems have been emphasized in this report. Biometeorology has a key role in rational management to meet the challenges of thermal environments. While the focus is primarily on cattle in warm or hot climates, the importance of dynamic animal responses to environmental challenges applies to all species and climates. Methods used to m...

The shift from single species conservation initiatives to multiple-species conservation plans has not been accompanied by parallel changes in methods to evaluate the success of these efforts, nor to provide managers critical information to employ adaptive management strategies. Layering single species approaches for monitoring multiple-species conservation plans is inefficient and may lead to m...