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  • Sisyphus, Reimagining Research for a Sustainable World

    by Olivier Dangles ...
    Series series Contrechamps
    In the early 1970s, the hope for a sustainable world seemed within reach: the Minister for Quality of Life arrived at the Elysée Palace in an electric Renault 5, Dennis and Donella Meadows revealed the limits of economic growth, and the film Soylent Green made a strong impression. But since then, the challenges have mounted and the sociopolitical context has deteriorated. This essay reinterprets ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Biodiversity in the Global South

    Research for a sustainable world

    Edited by Jean-François Agnèse, Olivier Dangles, Estienne Rodary ...
    Series series Grands enjeux
    Designed to reach the widest possible audience, this volume showcases some of the research projects which best illustrate the commitment of the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) to biodiversity and sustainable development. Among today’s many pressing environmental challenges, protecting biodiversity is probably one of the most complex, since it cannot be ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

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  • Good News for a Change

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  • The End of the Wild

    by Stephen M. Meyer ...
    Series series Boston Review Books
    A wake-up call that argues that although it may be too late to save biodiversity, we can take steps to save our ecosystems.With the extinction rate at 3000 species a year and accelerating, we can now predict that as many as half of the Earth's species will disappear within the next 100 years. The species that survive will be the ones that are most compatible with us: the weedy species—from ... Read more

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  • FAO's Work on Climate Change - Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) works towards ending hunger and poverty while using precious natural resources sustainably. The fisheries and aquaculture sector makes substantial contributions to food security, livelihoods and global trade. Global production of fish and other aquatic animals continued to grow and reached 179 million tonnes in 2018, and about 59.5 ... Read more

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  • Why Corporation 2020?

    The Case for a New Corporation in the Next Decade

    by Pavan Sukhdev ...
    In Why Corporation 2020?, Pavan Sukhdev examines the many critical planetary boundaries that we are approaching, from greenhouse gas emissions to the nitrogen cycle, freshwater and land use, and food security, and argues that sweeping changes are needed to reform the way we deal with the earth’s resources. Sukhdev makes an arresting case for including the private sector in these changes, arguing ... Read more

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  • Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Synthesis for the State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    based largely on information provided in fourteen country reports submitted to FAO as part of the reporting process for the report on The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture.Biodiversity for food and agriculture is the diversity of plants, animals and micro-organisms at genetic, species and ecosystem levels, present in and around crop, livestock, forest and aquatic ... Read more

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  • Human-Nature Interactions

    Exploring Nature’s Values Across Landscapes

    Edited by Ieva Misiune, Daniel Depellegrin, Lukas Egarter Vigl ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This edited volume aims to widen the discussion about the diversity of human-nature relationships and valuation methods and to stimulate new perspective that are needed to build a more sustainable future, especially in face of ongoing socio-environmental changes. Conceptual and empirical approaches, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodologies have been used to highlight the ... Read more

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  • The Atlas of Disappearing Places

    Our Coasts and Oceans in the Climate Crisis

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  • Pacific Regional Synthesis for the State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture

    by FAOoftheUN ...
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  • The State of the World’s Aquatic Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Fao Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Assessments 2019

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    The State of the World's Aquatic Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is the first ever global assessment of these resources, with the scope of this first Report being limited to cultured AqGR and their wild relatives, within national jurisdiction. The Report draws on 92 reports from FAO member countries and five specially commissioned thematic background studies. The reporting countries are ... Read more

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