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People and Wildlife, Conflict or Co-existence?by Rosie Woodroffe; Simon Thirgood; Alan Rabinowitz; Guy Cowlishaw; John Gittleman; Michael Samways
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 63.00Conflict between people and wildlife is a major emerging conservation issue that is difficult to resolve. This book discusses whether, and how, coexistence of people and endangered wildlife may be encouraged, using measures such as novel and traditional farming methods, compensation, sustainable hunting and ecotourism. more...
Health Policy in a Globalising Worldby Kelley Lee; Kent Buse; Suzanne Fustukian
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 33.00Increasing recognition of the impact globalisation is having on public health has led to widespread concern about the risks arising from emerging and re-emerging diseases, environmental degradation and demographic change. A distinguished international team of contributors explores these issues within a wide range of topics and geographic regions. 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...
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...
Sustainable Business Developmentby David L. Rainey
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 38.00In today's turbulent business environment, leaders must think more broadly about what a corporation is and how it can create a richer future. This book provides a comprehensive sense of what sustainable business development is and how companies can use it to make a significant difference. 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...
Feeding the Fireby Mark Eberhart
Crown Publishing Group 2007; US$ 13.99From the first spark created by human hands thousands of years ago, mankind has grown dependent on nature’s vast stores of energy to build, explore, and experiment. Our expanding knowledge and technologies have come from the felling of forests to the harnessing of wind and water, from the burning of coal and oil to tapping the energy of the atom. Energy does more than heat our homes and fill our gas tanks; it fuels our imaginations. Our future is inextricably linked to energy, and in this groundbreaking book, Mark Eberhart examines our historic quest for power and tackles the brutal realization that there are limits to the energy Earth can provide. In Western society, we treat energy as a given—the background noise of modern life.... more...
Ecohydrologyby Derek Eamus; Tom Hatton; Peter Cook; Christine Colvin
CSIRO Publishing 2006; US$ 125.00Explains the links between vegetation using ecophysiological knowledge, and the movement, availability and location of water in Australian landscapes. 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...









