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Wetland Ecologyby Paul A. Keddy
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 58.00Richly illustrated and packed with numerous examples, this unique global perspective introduces wetland ecology from basic principles to advanced applications. more...
Flammable Australiaby Richard Williams; A Gill; Ross Bradstock
CSIRO Publishing 2012; US$ 87.95Leading researchers give an overview of the field of fire ecology in Australia. more...
Kangaroosby Terence Dawson
CSIRO Publishing 2012; US$ 44.95This book provides a clear and accessible account of kangaroos, showing how their reproductive patterns, social structure and other aspects of their biology make them well adapted to Australia?s harsh climate and demanding environment. Since the last edition of this book nearly 20 years ago, much more is now known about the biology and ecology of these iconic animals. This completely revised edition describes these new perspectives and attempts to counter the many urban and rural myths that still exist. more...
The Pure State of Natureby David Horton
Allen & Unwin 2000; US$ 27.26This text offers an alternative account of the history of the Australian environment and the lessons to be learned for conservation in the next millennium. Spanning 50,000 years, it explores the myths that abound in scientific and popular writing, and the theories about the place of humans in the ecology of this vast landmass. In particular, the author demolishes the widely accepted orthodoxy about the use of fire by Aborigines and their supposed part in the extinction of the Australian megafauna. more...
Macroshiftby Ervin Laszlo
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. 1994; US$ 24.95We live in the midst of one of the greatest technological revolutions in history, an era of deep-seated transformation-a macroshift in civilization, says preeminent scholar and futurist Ervin Laszlo. Its signs and manifestations are all around us, from the deadly HIV/AIDS epidemic sweeping Africa and the dangerous fire-trap sweatshops routinely killing workers in Bangladesh, to the environmental havoc created by genetic engineering, power plant pollution and mechanized agriculture. The application of new technologies has turned into a double-edged sword. The world is growing together in some respects, but is coming apart in others. Worldwide economic globalization, another sign of the macroshift, all too often benefits the few rather than the... more...
Eco-socialismby David Pepper
Routledge 1993; US$ 71.95Presents a provocatively anthropocentric analysis of the way forward for green politics and environmental movements, exposing the deficiencies and contradictions of green approaches to post-modern politics and deep ecology. more...
Mediterranean Desertificationby N. A. Geeson; C. J. Brandt; J. B. Thornes
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2003; US$ 390.00Desertification includes land degradation due to both climatic and anthropogenic causes, where land includes water, soil, and the biosphere. This book presents the most recent findings from the European Community's MEDALUS project, which was formed to understand and manage semi-arid environments that are undergoing great change. * Covers climate and land use processes and responses in the Mediterranean * First book to provide guidelines for the management of land degradation in Mediterranean environments * Based on first-hand experience of the problems by those responsible for solving them more...
Post-Ecologist Politicsby Blü; Ingolfur hdorn
Routledge 2000; US$ 160.00Why has radical ecological criticism had so little impact, despite the urgency of the issues it highlights? This and other questions are answered in this challenging theoretical critique of ecological thought. more...
Property and Power in Social Theoryby Dick Pels
Routledge 1998; US$ 170.00This book undertakes a broad historical inquiry into the intellectual origins of the concepts and roles of power and property. more...
Faking Natureby Robert Elliot
Routledge 1997; US$ 39.95Faking Nature is a timely and provocative analysis of the simultaneous destruction and restoration of the natural world and the ethics related to those processes, in an era of accelerated environmental damage and repair. more...









