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Development and Local Knowledgeby Alan Bicker; Paul Stillitoe; Johan Pottier
Routledge 2004; US$ 138.00This book illustrates the growing need for real understanding of local knowledge strategy and its power to assist in positive change. more...
The Science of Sustainable Developmentby Jeffrey Sayer; Bruce Campbell
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 49.00Science faces major challenges in tackling the interlinked problems of poverty and environmental sustainability. This book investigates these challenges and calls for a restructuring of our present arrangements to achieve truly integrated natural resource management that embraces a range of scales, system components, disciplines and knowledge types. more...
Biological Diversityby Louise E. Buck
CRC Press 2001; US$ 94.95This text addresses the problem of how to balance local, national, and global interests in preserving the earth's biological diversity with competing interests in the use and exploitation of these natural resources. more...
Taking Care of What We Haveby Patrick Christie; David Bradford; Ray Garth; Bonifacio Gonzalez; Mark Hostetler
International Development Research Centre 2000; US$ 25.00Together, rapid population growth, increased commercialization and exploitation of aquatic resources, deforestation and pollution, and encroachments on communally owned resources by national and transnational private interests are placing the world's coastal regions under enormous pressure. One example is the Pearl Lagoon estuary, the main basin on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua. This book provides detailed insight into the problems of the Pearl Lagoon and presents alternatives for more effective management of its natural resources. It documents a new approach to the study and future management of a complex resource system in a politically demanding environment. The authors argue for earlier and greater involvement of community groups. They... more...
Growing Crops with Reclaimed Wastewaterby Daryl Stevens
CSIRO Publishing 2006; US$ 115.00The definitive Australian reference on the principles of using reclaimed wastewater for agricultural purposes. more...
This Land, This Nationby Sarah Phillips
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 22.00This book presents conservation policy as a critical arm of New Deal reform. more...
Transfrontier Conservation in Africa At the Confluence of Capital, Politics and Natureby M. Ramutsindela
CAB International 2007; US$ 70.00Transfrontier conservation is a global concept, which encompasses the protection of biodiversity spanning the borders of two or more countries in ways that support local economic development, international relations and peace. Nowhere is this more relevant but highly debatable than in Africa,. which is home to a third of the world's terrestrial biodiversity, while at the same time hosting its poorest nations. This is one of the first books to account for the emergence of transfrontier conservation in Africa against international experiences in bioregional planning. The roles of the. state and local populations are analyzed, as well as the ecological, socio-economic and political implications. more...
Conflicts over Natural Resourcesby Jacqueline Vaughn
ABC-CLIO 2007; US$ 55.00Conflicts over natural resources are not new. But they are now worldwide, enduring, increasingly contentious, and in some cases, intractable. In this new book, political scientist Jacqueline Vaughn explores conflicts over natural resourcesÑboth renewable and nonrenewableÑin the United States and from a worldwide perspective.||Conflicts over Natural Resources focuses on four major controversies: minerals, oil, and natural gas drilling; protected areas policy; range land management; and timber and forests. On the global level, the work also explores issues surrounding diamonds and precious metals, forest destruction, and water scarcity. For students, professionals, and lay readers alike, this book offers a thorough and balanced grounding in both... more...
Careers for Nature Lovers & Other Outdoor Typesby Louise Miller
McGraw-Hill 2001; US$ 15.95Careers for Nature Lovers and Other Outdoor Types takes an enticing look at the possibilities and training requirements for dozens of jobs. The book provides expert advice on how readers can put their love for Mother Nature to work in the career of their dreams. more...
Natural Resources Management in African Agricultureby C.B. Barrett; F. Place; A.A. Aboud
CAB International 2002; US$ 120.00This text consists of selected, edited and revised papers from a workshop held at ICRAF in July 2000. It synthesizes existing information on the adoption of natural resource management investments and strategies for agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. more...









