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Crimes Against Nature
HarperCollins 2004; US$ 10.99Crimes Against Nature is ultimately about the corrosive effect of corporate corruption on our core American values -- free-market capitalism and democracy. It is about an administration, the author argues, that has sacrificed respect for the law, public health, scientific integrity, and long-term economic vitality on the altar of corporate greed.... more...
Voluntary Approaches for Environmental Policy
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2003; US$ 35.00Voluntary approaches include environmental agreements negotiated with industry and public programs which firms can volunteer to participate in. They are increasingly supplementing or replacing other environmental policy instruments, such as regulations, taxes and tradable permits. more...
OECD Environmental Data
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2005; US$ 72.00As international concern about global environment and sustainable development becomes more pressing, government, business and the public all need reliable and harmonised data on the environment, including the ways in which it is affected by economic activity. more...
Resolving Human-Wildlife Conflicts
CRC Press 2001; US$ 107.95This volume reviews the literature and stresses the inter-relatedness of wildlife damage management and the larger discipline of wildlife conservation. more...
Green Phoenix
Oxford University Press 2003; US$ 38.00Can we prevent the destruction of the world's tropical forests? In the fire-scarred hills of Costa Rica, science writer William Allen found an answer: we can not only prevent their destruction - we can bring them back to their former glory. 'Green Phoenix' reveals how the tropical forests in the northwestern section of the country were saved. more...
Planetwalker
National Geographic Society 2008; US$ 16.95When the struggle to save oil-soaked birds and restore blackened beaches left him feeling frustrated and helpless, John Francis decided to take a more fundamental and personal stand?he stopped using all forms of motorized transportation. Soon after embarking on this quest that would span two decades and two continents, the young man took a vow of... more...
El manejo de las pesquerías en ríos de Sudamérica
International Development Research Centre 2008; US$ 40.00Las pesquerías contribuyen de manera significativa a la oferta alimentaria mundial, sobre todo de las comunidades rurales pobres de los países en desarrollo, que dependen del pescado y sus derivados como principal fuente de proteína animal. Sin embargo, numerosos stocks y especies pesqueras se están disminuyendo dramáticamente,... more...
The Everglades Experiments
Springer 2008; US$ 149.99Provides the long- term integrated scientific studies needed to understand the functioning of the Everglades region. This title offers background information about ecological conditions of the region that sets the context for reports of long-term research projects. more...
On Thin Ice
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009; US$ 18.95Polar bears?fierce and majestic?have captivated us for centuries. Feared by explorers, revered by the Inuit, and beloved by zoo goers everywhere, they are a symbol for the harsh beauty and muscular grace of the Arctic. But as global warming threatens the ice caps? integrity, the polar bear has also come to symbolize the environmental peril that has... more...
Descentralización Y Manejo Ambiental
International Development Research Centre 2009; US$ 25.00La gobernanza ambiental reconoce que el gobierno no es el único agente que debe responsabilizarse de la gestión de los problemas ambientales sino que la solución está en hacerlo junto con la sociedad. Este reconocimiento ha generado la aparición de diversos mecanismos de participación privada y social para involucrarse... more...









