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  • Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Hydropower Projects

    by Robert Zwahlen ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book describes the entire process of environmental impact assessment for hydropower and dam projects, not from a legal or regulatory point of view, but from a very applied one, based mainly on the personal experience of the author, who is involved in this field of work since over 40 years, by describing the different steps of such an assessment, covering all major aspects to be dealt with. ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

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  • Our Final Warning

    Six Degrees of Climate Emergency

    by Mark Lynas ...
    This book must not be ignored. It really is our final warning.Mark Lynas delivers a vital account of the future of our earth, and our civilisation, if current rates of global warming persist. And it’s only looking worse.We are living in a climate emergency. But how much worse could it get? Will civilisation collapse? Are we already past the point of no return? What kind of future can our children ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Harvesting the Biosphere

    What We Have Taken from Nature

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    An interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere's stores of living matter, from prehistoric hunting to modern energy production.The biosphere—the Earth's thin layer of life—dates from nearly four billion years ago, when the first simple organisms appeared. Many species have exerted enormous influence on the biosphere's character and productivity, but none has ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Convenient Solutions For An Inconvenient Truth: Ecosystem-Based Approaches To Climate Change

    by World Bank ...
    Global warming and changes in climate will have severe and lasting impacts on national efforts to alleviate poverty and promote sustainable development. Some of the world's poorest countries and communities are the most vulnerable and are already suffering the consequences. Yet often these countries are rich in natural capital, ecosystems, and biodiversity that can contribute to solutions as they ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources

    by Donald L. Grebner, Pete Bettinger, Jacek P. Siry ...
    Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources presents a broad overview of the profession of forestry. The book details several key fields within forestry, including forest health, economics, policy, utilization, and forestry careers. Chapters deal specifically with forest products and harvesting, recreation, wildlife habitats, tree anatomy and physiology, and ethics. These topics are ideal for ... Read more

    $71.09 USD

  • Introduction to the Practice of Fishery Science, Revised Edition

    Revised Edition

    by William F. Royce ...
    Revised and updated, Royce's Introduction to the Practice of Fishery Science is a classic text. With a new chapter on aquaculture, this book provides the background for a first course in fishery science. Intentionally focused on the practical and professional requirements of careers in the management and maintenance of fisheries, this text will be useful to students as well as to established ... Read more

    $65.69 USD

  • Aquaculture Perspective of Multi-Use Sites in the Open Ocean

    The Untapped Potential for Marine Resources in the Anthropocene

    Edited by Bela H. Buck, Richard Langan ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This volume addresses the potential for combining large-scale marine aquaculture of macroalgae, molluscs, crustaceans, and finfish, with offshore structures, primarily those associated with energy production, such as wind turbines and oil-drilling platforms. The volume offers a comprehensive overview and includes chapters on policy, science, ... Read more

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  • Wetland Environments

    A Global Perspective

    by James S. Aber, Firooza Pavri, Susan E. W. Aber ...
    Wetlands - swamp, marsh, bayou, tundra and bog - are places that are rarely visited and often misunderstood but they have, in fact, conspicuous roles in the physical, biological and cultural geography of the world. They are intrinsically beautiful environments where one may see the natural and essential values in the interaction of water, soil, vegetation, wildlife, and humans. Wetlands occur at ... Read more

    $78.00 USD

  • Ecology of Indonesian Papua Part Two

    by Andrew J. Marshall, Bruce M. Beehler ...
    Series Book 2 - Ecology Of Indonesia Series
    The Ecology of Papua provides a comprehensive review of current scientific knowledge on all aspects of the natural history of western (Indonesian) New Guinea.Designed for students of conservation, environmental workers, and academic researchers, it is a richly detailed text, dense with biogeographical data, historical reference, and fresh insight on this complicated and marvelous region. We hope ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Need to Know: AQA A-level Geography

    by David Redfern ...
    Exam board: AQALevel: A-levelSubject: GeographyFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2017 (AS); Summer 2018 (A-level)Covering what you really need to know for AQA A-level Geography - in just 120 pages - this revision guide makes revision easy - whether you're getting started early or you need to do some last-minute cramming.Find key facts at your fingertips with quick summaries of the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • On the Edge

    The State and Fate of the World's Tropical Rainforests

    by Claude Martin ...
    In 1972, The Limits to Growth introduced the idea that world resources are limited. Soon after, people became aware of the threats to the world’s rainforests, the biggest terrestrial repositories of biodiversity and essential regulators of global air and water cycles. Since that time, new research and technological advances have greatly increased our knowledge of how rainforests are being affected ... Read more

    $23.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Thirsty Planet

    Strategies for Sustainable Water Management

    by Constance Elizabeth Hunt ...
    By the year 2025 nearly 2 billion people will live in regions experiencing absolute water scarcity. In the face of this emerging crisis, how should the planet's water be used and managed? Current international policy sees nature competing with human uses of water. Hunt takes issue with this perspective. She suggests that nature is the source of water and only by making the conservation of nature ... Read more

    $39.69 USD