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  • Seeding Buddhism with Multiculturalism

    The Transmission of Sri Lankan Buddhism in Toronto

    by D. Mitra Barua ...
    Series Book 6 - Advancing Studies in Religion
    Immigrants often face considerable challenges when it comes to preserving their cultural and religious teachings. D. Mitra Barua argues that the Sri Lankan Buddhist community in Toronto has maintained its coherence and integrity not despite but because of the need for cultural adaptations. Drawing on survey data, over fifty in-depth interviews with temple monks, educators, parents, and children, ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Seeding Buddhism with Multiculturalism

    The Transmission of Sri Lankan Buddhism in Toronto

    by D. Mitra Barua ...
    Series Book 6 - Advancing Studies in Religion
    Immigrants often face considerable challenges when it comes to preserving their cultural and religious teachings. D. Mitra Barua argues that the Sri Lankan Buddhist community in Toronto has maintained its coherence and integrity not despite but because of the need for cultural adaptations. Drawing on survey data, over fifty in-depth interviews with temple monks, educators, parents, and children, ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Sundarbans

    Challenges, Resilience, and Policy Pathways

    by Anisa Mitra, Prabal Barua, Sumit Homechaudhuri, Saeid Eslamian, Faezeh Eslamian ...
    This book discusses the sustainability challenges of small-scale fisheries in the Sundarbans, examining the socioecological dynamics and management approaches in this complex transboundary ecosystem shared between India and Bangladesh. Integrating oceanographic, ecological, and socioeconomic perspectives, it provides a multiscale analysis of artisanal fisheries in deltaic environments under ... Read more

    $84.99 CAD

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  • Vanishing Fish

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  • Tigers of the World

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    Edited by Ronald Tilson, Philip J. Nyhus ...
    Series series Noyes Series in Animal Behavior, Ecology, Conservation, and Management
    Tigers of the World, Second Edition explores tiger biology, ecology, conservation, management, and the science and technology that make this possible. In 1988, when the first edition was published, tiger conservation was still in its infancy, and two decades later there has been a revolution not only in what is known, but how information about tigers is obtained and disseminated. In the fast ... Read more

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  • Ecosystem-Based Management for the Oceans

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  • Scuba Diving Tourism

    Edited by Ghazali Musa, Kay Dimmock ...
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    Edited by Richard Kenchington, David Wood, Laura Stocker ...
    Australians are famous for our love of the coast, although in many places this 'love' has caused serious and often irreversible impacts. The sustainable management of our society's many uses of the coast is complex and challenging. While a wealth of knowledge exists about the coast, this is not always brought to bear on decision-making. Coastal management to date has had limited success, and in ... Read more

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