Conservation of the environment
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Conservation of the environment
Hardcover. Num Pages: 150 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 185 x 15. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590336380
- ISBN
- 9781590336380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.28€ 61.15
€ 80.28
€ 61.15
Paperback. The science editor of the New York Times issues a call to arms for beach lovers and environmentalists in a beautifully written book that covers the science as well as the hubris-filled history of Americans' efforts to hold back the sea. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 illus, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNF; RNK; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231084192
- ISBN
- 9780231084192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.39
€ 29.99
€ 21.39
Paperback. United in their belief that the conservation of biological diversity is a primary concern of humankind, the editors of this book bring together internationally known, similarly- minded experts from the scientific, societal, and conservation policy areas who address policy responses to the problem of biodiversity loss. Editor(s): Cracraft, Joel; Grifo, Francesca T. Num Pages: 394 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; RNF; RNK; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231108652
- ISBN
- 9780231108652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.06
€ 53.99
€ 38.06
Hardcover. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226092959
- ISBN
- 9780226092959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.18
€ 40.99
€ 31.18
Paperback. Are ecosystems and their components continuously distributed and do they adhere to scaling laws, or are they discontinuous and more complex than early models would have us believe? This book argues that ecosystems are inherently discontinuous and that ecology, economics, and urban studies benefit from this paradigm shift. Editor(s): Allen, Craig R.; Holling, C. S. Series: Complexity in Ecological Systems. Num Pages: 288 pages, 103 illus.; 17 tables. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144452
- ISBN
- 9780231144452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.56
€ 53.99
€ 38.56
Hardback. Are ecosystems and their components continuously distributed and do they adhere to scaling laws, or are they discontinuous and more complex than early models would have us believe? This book argues that ecosystems are inherently discontinuous and that ecology, economics, and urban studies benefit from this paradigm shift. Editor(s): Allen, Craig R.; Holling, C. S. Series: Complexity in Ecological Systems. Num Pages: 288 pages, 103 illus.; 17 tables. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144445
- ISBN
- 9780231144445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.91€ 97.06
€ 129.91
€ 97.06
Paperback. Can we live with the consequences of wiping our closest relatives off the face of the Earth, and all the biological knowledge about ourselves that would die along with them? Extinction of the great apes threatens to become a reality within a few human generations. Stanford tells us how we can redirect the course of an otherwise bleak future. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: PSVW79; RNCB; RNKH1; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416840
- ISBN
- 9780674416840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.63
€ 34.99
€ 29.63
Paperback. Cynthia Moss has studied the elephants in Kenya's Amboseli National Park for over 27 years. Her research has revealed much of what we now know about these animals. Here she chronicles the lives of the members of the T families led by Matriarchs Teresia, Slit Ear, Torn Ear, Tania, and Tuskless. Num Pages: 384 pages, 73 halftones, 11 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: PSVW7; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 642. Thirteen Years in the Life of an Elephant Family. 384 pages, 73 halftones, 11 line drawings, 2 maps. Cynthia Moss has studied the elephants in Kenya's Amboseli National Park for over 27 years. Her research has revealed much of what we now know about these animals. Here she chronicles the lives of the members of the T families led by Matriarchs Teresia, Slit Ear, Torn Ear, Tania, and Tuskless. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: PSVW7; RNKH. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226542379
- ISBN
- 9780226542379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.53
€ 21.99
€ 18.53
Paperback. This comparative frontier history explores the role that natural environments played in shaping the contours of European-indigenous encounters and processes of colonization Num Pages: 456 pages, 28 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JHMC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 30. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822336891
- ISBN
- 9780822336891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.76
€ 36.99
€ 32.76
Hardcover. Editor(s): Mihailovic, Dragutin T.; Lalic, Branislava. Num Pages: 278 pages, tables, charts & colour maps. BIC Classification: PBWH; RNF; RNKH; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608765997
- ISBN
- 9781608765997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 284.46€ 189.93
€ 284.46
€ 189.93
Paperback. Editor(s): Jarvis, Devra; Padoch, C.; Cooper, H. D. Num Pages: 512 pages, 34 line drawings, 55 tables. BIC Classification: RNCB; RNK; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136495
- ISBN
- 9780231136495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.66
€ 45.99
€ 32.66
Paperback. Describes a disturbing secret: the looming extinction of humanity's closest relatives, the African great apes - chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. This title argues that the American conservation media have failed to report the collapse of the ape population. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 329 pages, 16 color photographs, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; RNKH1; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520243323
- ISBN
- 9780520243323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.30
€ 32.99
€ 24.30
hardcover. Provides the conceptual backbone and specific information necessary for the ecologically sound restoration and sustainable development of boreal ecosystems. Editor(s): Vitt, Dale; Bhatti, Jagtar. Num Pages: 424 pages, 90 b/w illus. 9 colour illus. 30 tables. BIC Classification: 1QMP; RGBL; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 818. Attaining Sustainable Development. 424 pages, 90 b/w illus. 9 colour illus. 30 tables. Editor(s): Vitt, Dale; Bhatti, Jagtar. Provides the conceptual backbone and specific information necessary for the ecologically sound restoration and sustainable development of boreal ecosystems. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1QMP; RGBL; RNK. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 25. Weight: 818.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107015715
- ISBN
- 9781107015715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.67
€ 144.67
Paperback. Celebrities are lending their name to conservation causes, and conservation itself is growing its own stars to fight and speak for nature. This book provides a critical analysis of this phenomena and argues that, ironically, there may be a hidden cost to celebrity power to individual's relationships with the wild. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842779743
- ISBN
- 9781842779743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.51
€ 26.51
Paperback. Through a series of case studies from around the world, Capitalism and Conservation presents a critique of conservation s role as a central driver of global capitalism. Editor(s): Brockington, Dan; Duffy, Rosaleen. Series: Antipode Book Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444338348
- ISBN
- 9781444338348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.32
€ 27.32
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Triarchy Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909470774
- ISBN
- 9781909470774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.75
€ 32.99
€ 27.75
Hardback. Tracing the global trade and trafficking in animals that supplied U.S. zoos, Daniel Bender shows how Americans learned to view faraway places through the lens of exotic creatures on display. He recounts the public's conflicted relationship with zoos, decried as prisons by activists even as they remain popular centers of education and preservation. Num Pages: 380 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PSV; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 263 x 32. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674737341
- ISBN
- 9780674737341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.50
€ 47.99
€ 39.50
Paperback. Editor(s): Janzen, Daniel H. Num Pages: 832 pages, 306 halftones, 54 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLCR; RNK; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 290 x 220 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1697.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Number of pages
- 832
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226393346
- ISBN
- 9780226393346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.08€ 52.92
€ 62.08
€ 52.92
Hardback. Edited by three leading experts in wildlife management, this book explores the interface of humans with wildlife and their sometimes complementary, often conflicting, interests. It contains well-researched chapters which address conservation, wildlife use, and the psychological and philosophical underpinnings of wildlife management. Editor(s): Decker, Daniel J.; Riley, Shawn J.; Siemer, William F. Num Pages: 304 pages, 101, 101 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSV; RNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 221 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1068.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421406541
- ISBN
- 9781421406541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.72€ 77.31
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Hardback. By focusing on a set of critical issues and case studies, this book explores of the polarized debate over production-oriented forestry and the chances of achieving forest conservation through sustainable management. Editor(s): Zarin, Daniel J.; Alavalapati, Janaki R. R.; Putz, Frances E.; Schmink, Marianne. Series: Biology and Resource Management Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, 46 illus. BIC Classification: RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129060
- ISBN
- 9780231129060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.51€ 100.38
€ 134.51
€ 100.38