Conservation of the environment
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Conservation of the environment
Serengeti IV: Sustaining Biodiversity in a Coupled Human-Natural Syste...
Anthony R. E. Sinclair (Ed.)
Paperback. Explores our species role as a source of both discord and balance in Serengeti ecosystem dynamics. This book shows how the people and landscapes surrounding crucial protected areas like Serengeti National Park can and must contribute to Serengeti conservation. Editor(s): Sinclair, Anthony R. E.; Metzger, Kristine L.; Mduma, Simon A.R.; Fryxell, John M. Num Pages: 832 pages, 84 halftones, 100 line drawings, 66 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; RNCB; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226196169
- ISBN
- 9780226196169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.54€ 56.67
€ 66.54
€ 56.67
Paperback. Writing from the front lines of extinction research, the author tells the story of geologic and evolutionary history and how it informs the way humans inhabit, exploit, and impact Earth today. Optimistic that we can change this ominous forecast if we act now, he provides clear-cut strategies to guide the planet away from global catastrophe. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 b/w image. BIC Classification: RBX; RNKH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292642
- ISBN
- 9780520292642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. This text presents the life story of one of America's best known and most popular photographers and environmentalists of the 20th century. Adams has also been a teacher, musician and crusader over the last six decades. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 half-tones. BIC Classification: AJB; BGA; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Ansel Adams
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821222416
- ISBN
- 9780821222416
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.28
€ 25.99
€ 18.28
Paperback. Here, for the first time, is a simple, single explanation for the major problems facing the world today. Environmental superstar Annie Leonard has already reached millions worldwide with her message about the way stuff is ruining our lives. It's time she reached you, too. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFT; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 348. How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health - and a Vision for Change. 400 pages. Tells the story of the 'stuff' we use everyday - where our bottled water, mobile phones and jeans come from, how they're made and distributed, and where they really go when we throw them away. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFT; RNK. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 20. Weight: 406.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849010382
- ISBN
- 9781849010382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
€ 17.99
€ 13.53
Paperback. Pummeled by a century of drought, depopulation, and soil erosion, America's Great Plains are in dire straits. Frank and Deborah Popper have a solution: create a Buffalo common by returning 139,000 acres in ten states to prairie and reintroducing the buffalo that once roamed there. Num Pages: 204 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RGBC; RNKH; RPG; WNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226510965
- ISBN
- 9780226510965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
Hardback. Achieving Sustainable Development provides an overall introduction to critical subjects in sustainable development -- industrial growth, women, institutional arrangements, industrial practices, and aboriginal people -- and argues for the immediate development of a research and policy agenda for Canada and suggests mechanisms for its implementation. Editor(s): Dale, Ann; Robinson, John B. Series: Sustainability & the Environment. Num Pages: 303 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: KCM; KFFR; RNK; RNU; TVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774805568
- ISBN
- 9780774805568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.55
€ 102.55
Paperback. Nelson Island elders describe hundreds of traditionally important places in the landscape Editor(s): Fienup-Riordan, Ann. Translator(s): Rearden, Alice. Num Pages: 496 pages, 97 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; JFSL9; RG; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1021.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991351
- ISBN
- 9780295991351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.02
€ 65.02
Paperback. The greening of citizenship, the state and ideology has created both opportunities and bottlenecks for progressive political movements. Scerri argues that these are pursuing justice by making holistic demands for: fair distribution and status recognition, adequate representation and effective participation. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; RGB; RND; RNK; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349436347
- ISBN
- 9781349436347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.01
€ 127.01
Hardcover. Tropical deforestation. The collapse of fisheries. Unprecedented levels of species extinction. Faced with the plethora of gloom-and-doom headlines about the natural world, we might think that environmental disaster is inevitable. This title offers several stories of successful conservation. Num Pages: 264 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226035970
- ISBN
- 9780226035970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. Takes readers to extraordinary places to meet conservation's heroes and foot soldiers - and to discover the new ideas they are generating about how to make conservation work. In this title, the journey starts in the floodplains of Assam, where rangers and villagers have together helped bring Indian rhinos back from the brink of extinction. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226036014
- ISBN
- 9780226036014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.31
€ 24.99
€ 20.31
hardcover. Chile's range of environments, from the neotropics to the temperate sub-Antarctic, makes it a key marker of evolutionary patterns in flora. Focusing on botany/systematics, geography and biogeographical analysis, this book thoroughly updates the subject. Series: Plant and Vegetation. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; PSAJ; PST; RNCB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048187478
- ISBN
- 9789048187478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 284.79
€ 284.79
Hardback. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RGB; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312235024
- ISBN
- 9780312235024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.17
€ 194.17
Drawing on a decade of fieldwork in these communities, Isla exposes the duplicity of a neoliberal model in which the environment is converted into commercial assets, few of whose benefits flow to the local population. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4, 4 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCR; GTF; JFSJ; JHB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442649361
- ISBN
- 9781442649361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.69
€ 70.69
Paperback. Series: Springer Environmental Science and Engineering. Num Pages: 232 pages, 48 black & white illustrations, 47 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: RGB; RNK; TQSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 367.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662510889
- ISBN
- 9783662510889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.94
€ 126.94
Hardcover. Mendel's Ark Num Pages: 99 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFMG; RNKH; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401791205
- ISBN
- 9789401791205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. This book details the principles and theory of soundscape ecology. It describes the bioacoustic and communication theories, covers the human dimension of soundscape, explores major sonic patterns, and details methods and applications. Num Pages: 328 pages, 73 black & white illustrations, 40 colour illustrations, 1 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSTS; PSVP; RNC; RNK; TQD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789402400588
- ISBN
- 9789402400588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 282.69
€ 282.69
Hardback. Drawing upon the unique expertise of Greenpeace, this book provides a contemporary overview of the world's oceans. The book covers a wide range of topics to illustrate the breadth of threats from human activities facing the marine environment. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSP; RBKC; RNCB; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402091155
- ISBN
- 9781402091155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.87
€ 128.87
Hardback. Her study of this early conservation controversy will fascinate anyone who cares about sea turtles or the oceans in which they live. Num Pages: 352 pages, 36, 34 black & white illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: KCM; PSAF; RNK; WNCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405797
- ISBN
- 9781421405797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.91
€ 61.91
Paperback. Saving Madagascar is an eyewitness account of First World conservationists' attempts to rescue the extraordinary biodiversity of Madagascar-and the environment of its people. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HSM; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 41. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783603176
- ISBN
- 9781783603176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.82
€ 25.99
€ 22.82
Paperback. Viktor Schauberger (1885-1958) was far ahead of his time. From his unusually detailed observations of the natural world, he pioneered a completely fresh understanding of how nature works. He also foresaw, and tried to warn against, the global waste and ecological destruction of our age. This book describes and explains Schauberger's insights. Num Pages: 288 pages, 80 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: RNK; THX; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Publisher
- Floris Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863154324
- ISBN
- 9780863154324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36