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  • Earthmastersby Clive Hamilton

    Allen & Unwin 2013; US$ 22.71

    What if there were a magic bullet to fix our ailing planet? What if it meant seizing control of Earth's climate? Clive Hamilton investigates the huge risks of reaching for desperate measures to save the planet, explains the science accessibly and uncovers the worrying motives of those promoting them. more...

  • An Introduction to Sustainable Resource Useby Richard Murphy; Callum Hill

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 41.95

    This 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...

  • Nature Unboundby Dan Brockington; Rosaleen Duffy; Jim Igoe

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 38.95

    This 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...

  • Transborder Governance of Forests, Rivers and Seasby Wil de Jong

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 105.00

    Natural 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...

  • Conservation and Sustainable Developmentby Jonathan Davies

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 84.95

    The links between policy and practice in natural resource management are often depicted as a cyclical and rational process. In reality, policymaking and implementation are often irrational, unpredictable and highly political. Many science and knowledge-based institutions undertake rigorous research with the aim of influencing policy, but often their... more...

  • Managing Protected Areasby Michael Lockwood; Graeme Worboys; Ashish Kothari

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 99.50

    This 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...

  • Against Extinctionby William (Bill) Adams

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 39.95

    'Conservation in the 21st century needs to be different and this book is a good indicator of why.' Bulletin of British Ecological Society Against Extinction tells the history of wildlife conservation from its roots in the 19th century, through the foundation of the Society for the Preservation of the Wild Fauna of the Empire in London in 1903 to... more...

  • Handbook of Sustainability for the Food Sciencesby Rubé Morawicki; n O.

    Wiley 2011; US$ 209.95

    Many books on sustainability have been written in the last decade, most of them dealing with agricultural systems, communities, and general business practices. In contrast, Handbook of Sustainability for the Food Sciences presents the concept of sustainability as it applies to the food supply chain from farm to fork but with a special emphasis on... more...

  • The Earthby Prof. Dr. Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek

    Haus Publishing 2011; US$ 7.95

    We must dematerialization the global economy by 10 percent to stem the acceleration of climate change. more...

  • Protected Areas, Sustainable Land?by Catherine Aubertin; Estienne Rodary

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 99.95

    Protected areas, such as nature reserves, national parks and marine conservation areas, are the main tool of nature conservation policies and are increasing on a worldwide scale. Giving an account of the extension and diversification of protected areas, this book determines whether these two processes constitute a breakdown in conservation policies. more...