Note: Front Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Canidae Family: Setting the Scene for Maned Wolf Conservation -- Chapter 2: Maned Wolf Population Viability -- Chapter 3: Relationships between the Maned Wolf and People -- Chapter 4: The Maned Wolf Ex Situ Worldwide -- Chapter 5: The Ex Situ Maned Wolf Population in Brazilian Zoos -- Chapter 6: Evolutionary and Conservation Genetics of the Maned Wolf -- Chapter 7: Feeding Ecology: A Review -- Chapter 8: Reproduction and Factors Affecting Reproductive Success in the Maned Wolf -- Chapter 9: Conservation Medicine -- Chapter 10: Conservation of a Population of Maned Wolves, Chrysocyon brachyurus, on a Small Reserve in the Cerrado -- Chapter 11: A Case Study: Diet of Maned Wolf and Its Relationship to Seed Dispersal at a Cattle Ranch in Southeastern Brazil -- Chapter 12: Agricultural Expansion and the Future of the Maned Wolf -- Chapter 13: The Maned Wolf Conservation Project: Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, Brazil -- Chapter 14: Maned Wolf Conservation in the South of Brazil and Uruguay -- Chapter 15: Maned Wolf in Argentina -- Chapter 16: Environmental Influences on Maned Wolf Ecology in Bolivia -- Chapter 17: The Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) in Paraguay -- Chapter 18: Education and Communication for the Conservation of Wild Canids -- Chapter 19: Introduction to the Human Dimension: A Valuable Research Tool to Achieve Wildlife Conservation Objectives and Maned Wolf Conservation -- Chapter 20: The Role of Ethnoscience in the Growth of Ethnoconservation as a New Approach to Nature Conservation in the Tropics: The Case of Brazil -- Chapter 21: Policy Intervention in the Cerrado Savannas of Brazil: Changes in Land Use and Effects on Conservation. , Chapter 22: Maned Wolf Ecology and Conservation: The Road Ahead -- Back Cover.

Note: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- The Role of Religion in Global Sustainability: A Study on Catalonia's Contribution to Sustainable Development Goals -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background Theories -- 2.1 The Concept of Sustainable Development -- 2.2 Methods -- 2.3 Determining the Items or Indicators Used (Quantitative Analysis) -- 2.4 In-Depth Interviews with Leaders of Religious Entities in Catalonia (Qualitative Analysis) -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Conclusions -- 4.1 Limitations of the Study and Future Perspectives -- References -- Myth, Cosmology and the Sacred: Transformative Learning as the Bridge Between Worlds -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Pedagogy -- 3 Transformative Learning -- 4 The Curriculum -- 5 Student Testimonials -- 6 Sustainability -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- 'Enabling Transformative Urban Development for Integral Sustainability: A Case for Tapping the Potential of Sri Aurobindo's Philosophy in Planning Practice and Theory' -- 1 Sri Aurobindo, Global Crises and Urbanization -- 2 Sustainability Revisited -- 3 Sri Aurobindo's Ideals of a Divine Life and Human Unity -- 3.1 Meaning of 'Integrality' -- 3.2 Meaning of 'Transformation' -- 3.3 Evolution and Involution -- 4 Integral Yoga and Neo-Integrative Theories -- 5 Directions Towards Transformative Urban Development -- 5.1 Urban Planning and Integralism -- 5.2 Co-evolution and City Consciousness -- 5.3 Urban Transformation and Transdisciplinarity -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Sustainability, the Image of God and the Person of Christ: An Exploration of the Role of the Hypostatic Union for the Sustainability Project -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Opening Axioms -- 3 The Image of God -- 4 The Person of Christ -- 5 Conclusion -- References. , Re-Coupling Nature and Culture: How Can Primary Teacher Educators Enable Pre-service Teachers and Their Pupils to Breathe Life Back into Humanity's Tin Forests? -- 1 Background -- 2 Primary Teacher Education in England -- 2.1 The Teaching Programme -- 3 Research Design -- 3.1 The Research Process -- 4 Data Collection -- 4.1 Pre- and Post-teaching Intervention Questionnaires -- 4.2 Vocabulary of Sustainable Development Pre- and Post-teaching Interventions -- 4.3 Focus Group Discussion -- 5 Ethical Considerations -- 6 Teaching Interventions -- 7 Learning Beyond Classroom Boundaries: Forest-Habitat Mapping -- 8 Science Workshop 1: Contextualizing ESD Using Children's Literature and the Mantle of the Expert -- 8.1 Literary Inquiry -- 8.2 Uncomfortable Environments and Place -- 8.3 Ways of Knowing Environment and Place -- 8.4 Mediating Environment and Place -- 8.5 Survival and Destruction of Environment and Place -- 8.6 Dramatic Inquiry -- 9 Science Workshop 2: Habitat Mapping -- 10 Science Workshop 3: Hostile Environment Shelter Building -- 11 Curricular Responses to the Teaching Programme -- 12 Results -- 13 Post-teaching Intervention Questionnaire -- 14 Discussion -- 15 Conclusion -- References -- Is It Possible to Give Environmental Issues a More Prominent Role in Church Life? -- 1 Introduction: High Expectations -- 2 Outline Paper -- 3 Religion and Environmental Behaviour and Concern -- 4 Empirical Research on Religion and the Environment -- 5 Methodology -- 6 Three Barriers that Hinder Engagement with the Environment -- 7 Facing Hostile and Disinterested Fellow Believers -- 8 Little Engagement with the Environment on the Level of the Local Church -- 9 Engaging with the Environment and the Decline of Institutionalised Christianity -- 10 Making Environmental Issues More Relevant in Church Life -- 11 Conclusion -- References. , The Poor just Might Be the Educators We Need for Global Sustainability-A Manifesto for Consulting the Unconsulted -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Research Contribution, Design and Methodological Approaches -- 2.1 Qualitative Research Conducted Through CCDO Semi-structured Interviews -- 2.2 Quantitative Systematic UN HDR Keyword Research -- 3 Results and Key Findings -- 3.1 Qualitative Results Derived from CCDO Semi-structured Interviews -- 3.2 Quantitative Results Derived from Systematic UN HDR Keyword Review -- 4 Discussion of Core Issues: Opportunities for Spiritual Contributions -- 5 Conclusion: Questions and Prospects -- 6 Research Limitations and Opportunities for Further Research -- References -- Religious Organizations Bringing Sustainability Closer to Reality: Academic Contributions to Environmental Sustainability and Climate Resilience that Can Help Faith Leaders Build Communities that Are Environmentally, Socially and Economically Sustainable: Part 1-A Literature Review -- 1 Introduction: Concepts and Surveys -- 2 Context for Sustainability and Religion -- 2.1 Urgency for Environmental Sustainability -- 2.2 A Religious Context of Social and Environmental Sustainability -- 2.3 Science and Religion -- 3 Education for Sustainability -- 4 Research for Sustainability -- 5 Religious Projects for Sustainability -- 6 Conclusion: Contributions from Academia in the Field of Environmental Sustainability Can Advance Religious Organizations Social Sustainability Dimension More Holistically -- References -- The Roots Project: Student Sustainability, Well-being, and Global Citizenship -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sustainability as a 'Thick Concept' Partially Unraveled -- 3 The 'Liquid University' -- 4 'Rhizome' (A Root) -- 5 The 'Other' and Intercultural Awareness in the Mix -- 6 The 'Ecological University' -- 7 The Roots Project -- 7.1 Strategy and Business Planning. , 8 Students as Partners in Learning -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- Transitioning to Sustainable Food Choices: A Course Design -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background of and Context of Food Systems -- 3 Animal Welfare and Food Ethics -- 4 Human Nutrition, Health, and Well-Being -- 5 Sustainable Diets -- 6 Sustainability Education -- 7 Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Art and Science of Sustainable Diets Course Learning Outcomes -- Appendix 2: Exercises in Self-Examination and Self-Awareness -- Appendix 3: Choosing and Eating Mindfully -- Appendix 4: Value-Action Gaps -- Appendix 5: Alternative Food Systems -- Appendix 6: Successful Collaborations for Sustainability -- References -- Terra Two: An Ark for Off-World Survival-A York St John University Project on Sustainability, Spirituality and Science Fiction -- 1 Part 1: Terra Two: An Ark for Off-World Survival -- 2 Part 2: On Secular Spirituality and Science Fiction: A Provocation for Terra Two -- 3 Seven Spiritual Values in Science Fiction -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Sustaining Theology: Personal Search to Public Research: Bible to Bibliography -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Wholism, Integrity, At-One-Ment: Sound Basis for Sustainable Education -- 3 Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT): Communicating Empirical Evidence -- 4 Redefining Literacy: Multiple Intelligences, Multimodality and Systemic Functional Semiotics -- 5 Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Philosophy and Theory for Critical Global Educators -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3: Halliday: Systemic Functional Semiotics Maureen Ellis -- References -- Exploring the Pentecostal Faith-Sustainability-Entrepreneurship Nexus in Zimbabwe -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Pentecostalism/Pentecostal Faith -- 1.2 Entrepreneurship and Sustainability -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Case Studies -- 3.1 Faith, Theology and the ZAOGA-FIFMI -- 4 Entrepreneurship -- 5 Sustainability. , 6 The Links Between Entrepreneurship and Education -- 7 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Examining Evidence of How a Culture Values Nature, Particularly Its Spiritual Value -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Valuing Ecosystem Services -- 2 Methods -- 2.1 Cultural Productions/Multimodal Discourses -- 2.2 Methods -- 3 Results of the Detailed Studies -- 3.1 Village Signs -- 3.2 Street Names -- 3.3 Tree Stories -- 4 Discussion -- 4.1 Limitations in These Methods -- 4.2 The Contribution These Methods Make to Ecosystem Services Studies -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Approaches for the Implementation of Water-Related Cultural Ecosystem Services in Teaching Programs on Sustainable Development -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Role of Water in the Cultural and Spiritual Context -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Presentation of the Case Studies -- 4.1 Lake Bederkesa, Germany -- 4.2 Glacier Rettenbach, Austria -- 4.3 Jordan River in the Middle East -- 4.4 Healing and Holy Springs in Romania -- 4.5 Lagoons of Siecha and Chingaza, National Park of Chingaza, Colombia -- 4.6 General Conclusions from the Case Studies for Teaching Programs -- 5 Implementation of Water-Related Cultural Ecosystem Services in Teaching Programs -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Towards an Integrated Disciplinary Narrative and an Enhanced Role for Geography in Education for Sustainability: Reflections on South African Higher Education -- 1 Introduction and Aim -- 1.1 Dealing with Twenty-First Century Environmental Change and Sustainability in Higher Education, with Specific Reference to the Humanities -- 1.2 A Role for Geography in Education for Sustainability (EfS) or an Opportunity Lost? -- 1.3 Aim, Methodology and Value of This Chapter -- 2 The Human-Environment Identity of Geography and EfS -- 2.1 Evolution Over Time and Current Position of This Identity -- 2.2 Different Forms Taken by This Identity. , 2.3 Links Between This Identity and EfS.