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Wildlife Conservation in a Changing Climate
ISBN: PB: 9780226074634, ISBN: HB: 9780226074627, University of Chicago Press, December 2012
416 pp., 23x15 cm, 16 tables, 35 halftones, 37 line illus.
Human-induced climate change is emerging as one of the gravest threats to biodiversity in history, and while a vast amount of literature on the ecological impact of climate change exists, very little has been dedicated to the management of wildlife p...
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£42,00
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£108,00
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Underwater Eden Saving the Last Coral Wilderness on Earth
ISBN: HB: 9780226775609, University of Chicago Press, December 2012
184 pp., 25x20 cm, 2 tables, 91 colour illus.
"It was the first time I'd seen what the ocean may have looked like thousands of years ago". That's conservation scientist Gregory S. Stone talking about his initial dive among the corals and sea life surrounding the Phoenix Islands in the South Paci...
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£32,00
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World in One Cubic Foot Portraits of Biodiversity
ISBN: HB: 9780226481234, University of Chicago Press, November 2012
224 pp., 30x30 cm, 985 colour illus.
Twelve inches by twelve inches by twelve inches, the cubic foot is a relatively tiny unit of measure compared to the whole world. With every step, we disturb and move through cubic foot after cubic foot. But behold the cubic foot in nature – from cor...
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£34,00
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World of Rivers Environmental Change on Ten of the World's Great Rivers
ISBN: PB: 9780226007601, ISBN: HB: 9780226904788, University of Chicago Press, November 2012
368 pp., 23x15 cm, 64 halftones, 1 line illus.
Far from being the serene, natural streams of yore, modern rivers have been diverted, dammed, dumped in, and dried up, all in efforts to harness their power for human needs. But these rivers have also undergone environmental change. The old adage say...
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£23,50
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£39,00
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Peaceful Journey Original Ecology Hotel
ISBN: HB: 9789881683410, Bookport, SendPoints, October 2012
320 pp., 29x24 cm, colour illus.
For sale in Balkans only! Original ecology hotels are devoted to be green, ecological and comfortable and bring concrete jungle inhabitants back to the peace of nature, through the composition of space, architectural shapes and the color of the déc...
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£34,95
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Secrets of the Ice Antarctica's Clues to Climate, the Universe, and the Limits of Life
ISBN: HB: 9780300187007, Yale University Press, October 2012
232 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 3 maps, 158 colour images, 5 black&white illus.
Antarctica is the only continent without permanent human habitation, yet it may hold the key to our survival. More than just a frontier for exploration, Antarctica is now understood to be a crucial part of a global climate and environment. Each year...
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£34,00
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Environmental Leadership Equals Essential Leadership Redefining Who Leads and How
ISBN: PB: 9780300111347, Yale University Press, October 2012
160 pp., 21x14 cm
The important new approach to leadership that John Gordon and Joyce Berry explain in this book is built upon the experiences of environmental and natural resource organizations as they contend with complex, long-term problems. But the lessons learned...
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£17,50
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Rapid Biological Assessment of the Kwamalasamutu Region, Southwestern Suriname
ISBN: PB: 9781934151501, University of Chicago Press, Conservation International, October 2012
156 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 3 maps, 44 colour illus.
This report contains the findings from a Rapid Biological Assessment of the Kwamalasamutu region of southwestern Suriname. Focusing particularly on the plant and animal species important to the indigenous Trio people, this survey establishes baseline...
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£15,00
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Nature All Around Us A Guide to Urban Ecology
ISBN: PB: 9780226922751, University of Chicago Press, September 2012
160 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 1 halftone, 78 line illus.
It's easy to stand in awe of a city's impressive skyline, marveling at its buildings reaching for the clouds and its vast network of roadways and train lines crisscrossing in every direction. It can often seem like everything in a city is man-made, a...
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£13,50
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Eco-Architecture 1000 Ideas by 100 Architects
ISBN: HB: 9788492810451, Hoaki, July 2012
320 pp., 23.4x23.4 cm, richly illustrated
100 architects, international experts in sustainable architecture, present the basis of what should be taken for truly ecological architecture through the analysis of their work. This is an inspirational book suitable for everyone who is interested i...
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£27,99
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