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Water Sustainabilityby J.A.A. Jones
Hodder Education 2010; US$ 59.99Using the latest mapping techniques, J.A.A. Jones, Chair of the IGU Commission for Water Sustainability, examines water availability, the impact of climate change and the problems created for water management worldwide as well as possible solutions. more...
Issues and Perspectives in Landscape Ecologyby John A. Wiens; Michael R. Moss; John Wiens; Lenore Fahrig; Bruce Milne; Peter Dennis; Richard Hobbs; Joan Nassauer
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 63.00Through a series of personal essays by leading landscape ecologists, this book addresses a wide array of past, current, and future issues in landscape ecology. The essays are informative and entertaining and span multiple spectrums, addressing theory and practice, science and application, conservation and utilization, and aquatic and terrestrial systems. more...
Sacred Natural Sitesby Bas Verschuuren; Robert Wild; Jeffrey McNeely; Gonzalo Oviedo
Earthscan 2010; US$ 49.95Sacred Natural Sites are the world's oldest protected places. This book focuses on a wide spread of both iconic and lesser known examples such as sacred groves of the Western Ghats (India), Sagarmatha /Chomolongma (Mt Everest, Nepal, Tibet - and China), the Golden Mountains of Altai (Russia), Holy Island of Lindisfarne (UK) and the sacred lakes of the Niger Delta (Nigeria). The book illustrates that sacred natural sites, although often under threat, exist within and outside formally recognised protected areas, heritage sites. Sacred natural sites may well be some of the last strongholds for building resilient networks of connected landscapes. They also form important nodes for maintaining a dynamic socio-cultural fabric in the face of global... more...
The Koalaby Roger Martin; Kathrine Handasyde
University of NSW Press 1999; US$ 11.35Perhaps the most long-awaited new edition in the Australian Natural History Series, this is a substantially different book from the previous edition by Tony Lee and Roger Martin. The contents cover the history of the koala; its distribution and abundance; nutrition; behaviour, sociality and life cycle; predators, parasites and pathogens; population biology; and conservation and management. Illustrations are widely used including eight pages of colour plates. The book places a strong emphasis on conservation and management issues, and candidly addresses issues of koala overpopulation in such areas as Kangaroo Island (South Australia) and Framlingham and French Island (Victoria). more...
Plant Conservation Biotechnologyby Erica Benson
CRC Press 1999; US$ 115.00Introduces biotechnological techniques which are currently used to conserve horticultural and crop plant germplasm, forest tree genetic resources, endangered plant species, and plant cell culture collections. Covers techniques and applications. more...
Coastal and Estuarine Managementby Peter M. French
Routledge 1997; US$ 67.95Examines the issues surrounding the human use and abuse of estuarine and coastal environments and explores the ways in which management and conservation policies can protect these productive and diverse ecosystems. more...
History of Nature Conservation in Britainby David Evans
Routledge 1997; US$ 67.95This 2nd and fully revised edition offers insights into the campaign for countryside access and protection and considers topical concerns afresh. It examines unwelcome choices for the future and Britain's role in the global conservation debate. more...
Conservation and Planningby Edward Hobson
Spon Press 2003; US$ 61.95This book presents original research into how national and local decision-makers construct and implement conservation of the built environment. more...
Conservation and the Cityby Peter Larkham
Routledge 1996; US$ 67.95Conservation and the City is a study of conservation and change throughout the built environment - city centres, suburbs and even tiny villages - and how the activities of conservation interact with the planning system. more...
Threatened Landscapesby Bryn Green; Willem Vos
Spon Press 2001; US$ 90.00Threatened Landscapes is the outcome of a pilot study undertaken by the LCWG. The study assessed the feasibility of recording and documenting threatened landscapes in order to facilitate their conservation. more...