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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “the nature conservancy”
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  • A Practitioner's Guide to Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation

    by The Nature Conservancy ...
    A Practitioner's Guide to Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation brings together knowledge and experience from conservation practitioners and experts around the world to help readers understand the global challenge of conserving biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems. More importantly, it offers specific strategies and suggestions for managers to use in establishing new conservation initiatives or ... Read more

    $75.89 CAD

  • Drafting a Conservation Blueprint

    A Practitioner's Guide To Planning For Biodiversity

    by Craig Groves, The Nature Conservancy ...
    Drafting a Conservation Blueprint lays out for the first time in book form a step-by-step planning process for conserving the biological diversity of entire regions. In an engaging and accessible style, the author explains how to develop a regional conservation plan and offers experience-based guidance that brings together relevant information from the fields of ecology, conservation biology, ... Read more

    $60.49 CAD

  • Ecological Research at the Offshore Windfarm alpha ventus

    Challenges, Results and Perspectives

    Edited by Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    At present and over the next few years, large-scale windfarms are being installed far off the coast of Germany in the North and Baltic Sea, making a major contribution to electricity generation from renewable energy sources. One of the German government’s aims is to ensure the environmentally sound and sustainable development of offshore wind energy. Germany’s first offshore test site, alpha ... Read more

    $47.39 CAD

  • Rivers for Life

    Managing Water For People And Nature

    by Sandra Postel, Brian Richter, The Nature Conservancy ...
    The conventional approach to river protection has focused on water quality and maintaining some "minimum" flow that was thought necessary to ensure the viability of a river. In recent years, however, scientific research has underscored the idea that the ecological health of a river system depends not on a minimum amount of water at any one time but on the naturally variable quantity and timing of ... Read more

    $28.59 CAD

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  • Paddlenorth

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  • Marine Renewable Energy Technology and Environmental Interactions

    Edited by Mark A. Shields, Andrew I.L. Payne ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    It is now widely recognized that there is a need for long-term secure and suitable sustainable forms of energy. Renewable energy from the marine environment, in particular renewable energy from tidal currents, wave and wind, can help achieve a sustainable energy future. Our understanding of environmental impacts and suitable mitigation methods associated with extracting renewable energy from the ... Read more

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  • A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

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  • Floating Offshore Wind Farms

    Edited by Vicente Diaz-Casas, Laura Castro-Santos ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book provides an overview of floating offshore wind farms and focuses on the economic aspects of this renewable-energy technology. It presents economic maps demonstrating the main costs, and explores various important aspects of floating offshore wind farms. It examines topics including offshore wind turbines, floating offshore wind platforms, mooring and anchoring, as well as offshore ... Read more

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  • Original Highways

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    by Per Jahren, Tongbo Sui ...
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  • The Man Who Walked Through Time

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