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Arguments for Protected Areas
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 44.95Most protected areas (e.g.national parks and nature reserves) have been created to protect wildlife and land- and seascape values. They currently cover over 13% of the world's land surface, around 12% of marine coastal areas and 4% of the marine shelf. Retaining and expanding these areas in the future will depend on showing their wider benefits for... more...
Transborder Governance of Forests, Rivers and Seas
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 105.00Natural resources often stretch across borders that separate modern nation states. This can create conflict and limit opportunities for regulated consumption of their goods and services, but also provide opportunities for joint multinational efforts that exceed single country capabilities. This book illustrates the diversity of transborder natural... more...
Water for Food in a Changing World
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 150.00There is not enough water globally for all the things humans need and want water to do for us. Water supply bubbles are bursting in China, the Middle East and India with potentially serious implications for the global economy and for political stability. Even the United States is depleting groundwater on average 25% faster than it is being replenished.... more...
An Introduction to Sustainable Resource Use
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 41.95This book explores the challenges our society faces in making the transition to renewable resource use in a way that is truly sustainable - environmentally, economically and socially. After exploring the physical limits the laws of thermodynamics impose on resource exploitation, the book outlines options for managing resources within these limits. It... more...
Growing Crops with Reclaimed Wastewater
CSIRO Publishing 2006; US$ 115.00The definitive Australian reference on the principles of using reclaimed wastewater for agricultural purposes. more...
Resisting Reform?
SAGE India 2008; US$ 24.95A wide range of people and organisations, united by either a belief in market-based. economics or a financial stake in the water business or both, are convinced that. water should primarily be treated as a commodity to be bought and sold so that. all water services can cover their costs. To this end, they advocate private ownership. of water supply... more...
Nature Unbound
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 38.95This groundbreaking volume is the first comprehensive, critical examination of the rise of protected areas and their current social and economic position in our world. It examines the social impacts of protected areas, the conflicts that surround them, the alternatives to them and the conceptual categories they impose. The book explores key debates... more...
Managing Protected Areas
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 99.50This handbook, produced by world renowned experts from the World Conservation Union (IUCN), spans the full terrain of protected area management and is the international benchmark for the field. The book employs dozens of detailed international cases studies, hundreds of concise topical snapshots, maps, tables, illustrations and a colour plate section,... more...
Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change
CSIRO Publishing 2010; US$ 54.00A fundamental resource for preparing Australia's primary industries for the challenges and opportunities of climate change. more...
Development and Local Knowledge
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 138.00There is a revolution happening in the practice of anthropology. A new field of 'indigenous knowledge' is emerging, which aims to make local voices hear and ensure that development initiatives meet the needs of indigenous people. Development and Local Knowledge focuses on two major challenges that arise in the discussion of indigenous knowledge... more...









