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Competition and Succession in Pastures
CABI 2001; US$ 140.00This text describes how competition between plant species, and succession in plant ecosystems, operate in grasslands and grazed pastures, both natural and sown. It also examines the ways in which competition and succession are analyzed, evaluated and measured. more...
Handbook of Sustainable Development
Edward Elgar Publishing 2007; US$ 60.00This timely and important Handbook takes stock of progress made in our understanding of what sustainable development actually is and how it can be achieved. Twenty years on from the publication of the seminal Brundtland Report, it has become clear that formidable challenges confront policy makers who have publicly stated their commitment to the goal... more...
Tropical Forest Insect Pests
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 43.00A comprehensive resource providing a clear, theoretical understanding of pest population dynamics and forest insect outbreaks. more...
Intergovernmental Transfers for Environmental Infrastructure
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 33.00This report draws on three detailed case studies in Eastern Europe, the Caucases and Central Asia (EECCA), and on the experience of OECD countries to provide guidance on how transfers from central budgets to local authorities could be designed to finance environmental infrastructures in transition economies. Ideally, the costs of water supply and sanitation... more...
Nuclear Production of Hydrogen
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 112.00Hydrogen has the potential to play an important role as a sustainable and environmentally acceptable energy carrier in the 21st century. Since natural sources of pure hydrogen are extremely limited, it is necessary to develop technologies to produce large quantities of hydrogen economically. The currently dominant technology for producing hydrogen... more...
Local Capital Markets for Environmental Infrastructure
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 63.00Transition and emerging economies have difficulties developing their financial markets to a level that would provide access to long-term debt finance at an affordable cost. This report examines opportunities beyond the public sector for financing water and other environmental infrastructure. Specifically, opportunities for accessing savings through... more...
Inland Waterways and Environmental Protection
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 70.00This report reviews experience in mitigating the environmental impacts of inland waterway development. It examines effective consultation and planning procedures across Europe. In particular it assesses the ways in which the EU Water Framework Directive affects the planning environment for international waterways and sets a new agenda for improving... more...
Harpoon
Allen & Unwin 2007; US$ 27.22How can it be that, 20 years after whaling was 'banned', whales continue to be harpooned? How does Japan get away with bribing small nations to vote to reintroduce commercial whaling? Come on a global journey to follow the whalers, the campaigners, and the whales themselves, in a balanced handbook on the world's longest-running conservation crisis. more...
Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms, Volume 1
CABI 2004; US$ 125.00Using a case study of Bt maize in Kenya, this book explores the environmental impacts of transgenic plants and the methods used to evaluate these impacts. It draws out general risk assessment guidelines, and demonstrates the need for case-by-case analysis. It's findings and recommendations are applicable to a multitude of nations and GM crops. more...
Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development, Selected Essays of Herman Daly
Edward Elgar Publishing 2007; US$ 40.00Comprises about 25 articles, speeches, congressional testimonies, reviews, and critiques from Herman Daly's work. This book seeks to identify the blind spots and errors in standard growth economics, alongside the corrections that ecological economics offers to guide us toward a sustainable economy - one with deeper biophysical and ethical roots. more...









