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Conserving Living Natural Resourcesby Bertie Josephson Weddell
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 53.00An introductory textbook for students of conservation biology and resource management. No prior knowledge of biological sciences or natural resource management is assumed. Three seminal concepts of conservation are discussed in an historical context, and the limitations and advantages of each approach are explained. more...
Woodlandsby David Lindenmayer; Mason Crane; Damian Michael; Esther Beaton
CSIRO Publishing 2005; US$ 35.95Discover the often-overlooked beauty of Australia's woodlands and native plants and animals they support. more...
Treading Lightlyby Karl-Erik Sveiby; Tex Skuthorpe
Allen & Unwin 2006; US$ 31.81Australian Aboriginals taught themselves thousands of years ago how to build a sustainable society in our fragile landscape. In a unique collaboration, a Swedish knowledge management professor finds out from an Aboriginal cultural custodian how they did it, and what we can learn from them. more...
The Politics of the Environmentby Neil Carter
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 37.00A new edition of this highly acclaimed textbook providing a comprehensive introduction to environmental politics. more...
The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updatedby Thom Hartmann
Crown Publishing Group 2007; US$ 11.99While everything appears to be collapsing around us -- ecodamage, genetic engineering, virulent diseases, the end of cheap oil, water shortages, global famine, wars -- we can still do something about it and create a world that will work for us and for our children’s children. The inspiration for Leonardo DiCaprio’s web movie Global Warning, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight details what is happening to our planet, the reasons for our culture’s blind behavior, and how we can fix the problem. Thom Hartmann’s comprehensive book, originally published in 1998, has become one of the fundamental handbooks of the environmental activist movement. Now, with fresh, updated material and a focus on political activism and its effect... more...
The Conservation Handbookby William J. Sutherland
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 84.95Textbooks on the principles of conservation biology abound. Yet, how does one put this theoretical knowledge into practice? The aim of The Conservation Handbook is to provide clear guidance on the implementation of conservation techniques. The wide range of methods described include those for ecological research, monitoring, planning, education, habitat management and combining conservation with development. Nineteen case studies illustrate how the methods have been applied. The book will be of interest to conservation biology students and practicing conservationists worldwide. For each copy of the book sold, another copy will be sent free to a practicing conservationist outside Western Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.... more...
Effective Ecological Monitoringby David Lindenmayer; Gene Likens
CSIRO Publishing 2010; US$ 45.00Describes what makes successful and unsuccessful long-term monitoring programs. more...
The Woman on the Mountainby Sharyn Munro
Exisle Publishing 2007; US$ 7.49THE WOMAN ON THE MOUNTAIN is the truly remarkable story of a unique woman living on a remote mountain wildlife refuge nearing sixty, solitary, solar-powered and almost self-sufficient and the ups and downs of life that led her there. Full of energy, humour, and love for her own and the wider environment, this candid book inspires, entertains and informs. more...
No Impact Manby Colin Beavan
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2009; US$ 9.99A guilty liberal finally snaps, swears off plastic, goes organic, becomes a bicycle nut, turns off his power, and generally becomes a tree-hugging lunatic who tries to save the polar bears and the rest of the planet from environmental catastrophe while dragging his baby daughter and Prada-wearing, Four Seasons–loving wife along for the ride. And that’s just the beginning. Bill McKibben meets Bill Bryson in this seriously engaging look at one man’s decision to put his money where his mouth is and go off the grid for one year—while still living in New York City—to see if it’s possible to make no net impact on the environment. In other words, no trash, no toxins in the water, no elevators, no subway, no products... more...
Avian Survivorsby Clive Finlayson
A&C Black 2011; US$ 65.00The impacts of global warming are of concern to all of us. Thepotential responses of birds to climate change have come increasinglyto the fore, and are of particular interest to the ornithologicalcommunity. Are birds sensitive to climate change and how will theyreact to a world of global warming? These are the key issues to beexplored in this book, with particular reference to Western Palearcticbirds. Climate changes that have affected the region in the last two millionyears will be explored, drawing on published data on fossil birds. Amajor part of the book will be devoted to the distribution of WesternPalearctic birds in relation to bioclimate. The final section of thebook looks at migration and the relationship of the Western Palearcticto... more...









