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  • Changing Landscapes

    The Development of the International Tropical Timber Organization and Its Influence on Tropical Forest Management

    by Duncan Poore ...
    This is the history of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO); its aims, policies and achievements, through drawing on contemporary records and the author's own wide experience. The book uses examination of past successes and failures to formulate a 21st-century agenda for the most practical ways of improving the management of forests and deciding forest policies. ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

  • No Timber Without Trees

    Sustainability in the tropical forest

    by Duncan Poore ...
    Series series Natural Resource Management Set
    Much of the world's tropical timber is still supplied from natural forest, but under current systems of management the forests are rapidly becoming exhausted. Unless management practices change to become genuinely sustainable, neither the forests nor the essential contribution of the timber industry to many economies will survive.Duncan Poore reviews the extent to which natural forests are already ... Read more

    $78.99 CAD

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  • Tropical Deforestation

    A socio-economic approach

    by C. J. Jepma ...
    The depletion of the tropical rain forests has attracted considerable attention in recent times, and the serious consequences for the global biosphere are widely acknowledged. Yet deforestation continues apace, and in some areas (for example, southeast Asia) the very existence of the forests is seriously threatened. Contrary to popular belief, evidence suggests that local economic and living ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • Freshwater Ecology

    Concepts and Environmental Applications

    by Walter K. Dodds ...
    Series series Aquatic Ecology
    Freshwater Ecology: Concepts and Environmental Applications is a general text covering both basic and applied aspects of freshwater ecology and serves as an introduction to the study of lakes and streams. Issues of spatial and temporal scale, anthropogenic impacts, and application of current ecological concepts are covered along with ideas that are presented in more traditional limnological texts. ... Read more

    $101.59 CAD

  • The Challenge for Africa

    by Wangari Maathai ...
    In this groundbreaking work, the Nobel Peace Prize-winner and founder of the Green Belt Movement offers a new perspective on the troubles facing Africa today. Too often these challenges are portrayed by the media in extreme terms connoting poverty, dependence, and desperation. Wangari Maathai, the author of Unbowed, sees things differently, and here she argues for a moral revolution among Africans ... Read more

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  • The Lost Wolves of Japan

    by Brett L. Walker ...
    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
    Many Japanese once revered the wolf as Oguchi no Magami, or Large-Mouthed Pure God, but as Japan began its modern transformation wolves lost their otherworldly status and became noxious animals that needed to be killed. By 1905 they had disappeared from the country. In this spirited and absorbing narrative, Brett Walker takes a deep look at the scientific, cultural, and environmental dimensions of ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Greenwood Crafts

    A Comprehensive Guide

    by Edward Mills, Rebecca Oaks ...
    Britain has a long and rich tradition of woodcrafts and what, since about the 1970s, have been called the 'greenwood crafts'. Greenwood crafts focus on using wood that contains sap and that is easy to work with simple hand tools to produce beautiful and useful products.Discusses all you need to know to get started, including tools, workshops, sourcing wood, making some of your own devices and the ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Water for Food Water for Life

    A Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture

    Edited by David Molden ...
    Managing water resources is one of the most pressing challenges of our times - fundamental to how we feed 2 billion more people in coming decades, eliminate poverty, and reverse ecosystem degradation. This Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture, involving more than 700 leading specialists, evaluates current thinking on water and its interplay with agriculture to help chart the ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • The Subtropical Vegetation of Southwestern China

    Plant Distribution, Diversity and Ecology

    by Cindy Q. Tang ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book provides a wealth of high-quality scientific information on the patterns and processes of vegetation change across a broad range of spatial and temporal scales, concentrating on Southwestern China, mostly on the Yunnan region, and extending to the Yangtze River valley near the boundaries separating Chongqing, Sichuan and Guizhou. ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • A Sustainable Future for the Mediterranean

    The Blue Plan's Environment and Development Outlook

    Edited by Guillaume Benoit, Aline Comeau ...
    'Here's a work arriving just at the right moment and contributingnew insights at precisely the time when public opinion remains sceptical of the not very promising future we are preparing for our children, when governments balk at explaining to their electorates the vital but unpopular decisions that have to be taken and when civil society, with few ways and means, is finally becoming involved. ... Read more

    $109.99 CAD

  • Natural Grace

    The Charm, Wonder, and Lessons of Pacific Northwest Animals and Plants

    by Brenda Cunningham, William Dietrich ...
    From the interactive clockwork world of geology, tides, Northwest weather, and snow, to the hidden roles of dirt, stream life, and mosses and lichens, Pulitzer Prize winning writer William Dietrich explores the natural splendors of the Pacific Northwest. His topics include alder and cedar; jellyfish, geoducks, crabs, and killer whales; mosquitoes and spiders; gulls, crows, and bald eagles; and sea ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Managing Natural Wealth

    Environment and Development in Malaysia

    by Jeffrey R. Vincent, Rozali Mohamed Ali ...
    The remarkably rich natural environment of Malaysia attracts the interest of both industry and the environmental community. Managing Natural Wealth analyzes major natural resource and environmental policy issues in the country during the 1970s and 1980s-a period of profound socioeconomic change, rapid depletion of natural resources, and the emergence of serious problems with pollution. Managing ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD