Nature : Environmental Conservation & Protection

A pioneer in international conservation and wildlife ecology, Raymond Dasmann published his first book, the influential text Environmental Conservation, when the term "environment" was little known and "conservation" to most people simply meant keeping or storing. more...

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Topics Covered Environmental Management Air and Water Management Nature and Biodiversity Management Economy, Society and Environment Sectoral Integration: Chemicals International Co-operation This book is part of the OECD Environmental Performance Reviews Programme which conducts peer reviews of environmental conditions and progress in each member country. more...

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The revolutionary seven dimensions that lead to sustainable business practice are identified and explored as well as the “blind-spots” that most corporate leaders have that prevent them from joining the revolution more...

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Very little has yet been written about the cultural or economic contributions of woodcarving to people's livelihoods or the consequences of felling hardwood and softwood trees for the international woodcarving trade. Carving Out a Future is the first examination of this trade and its critical links to rural livelihoods biodiversity conservation forestry and the international trade regime. A range of case studies from Australia Bali IndiaAfrica and Mexico provides a lens for examining the critical issues relating to the significant impacts of woodcarving on forests conservation efforts the need to promote sustainable rural livelihoods and efforts to promote trade so that skilled artisans in developing countries get a fair economic return. Livelihoods Carving and Conservation * Global Overview * The Case of Woodcarving in Kenya * Drums and Hornbills * Sculpture and Identity * Carving Wood in Southern Zimbabwe * The Kiaat Woodcrafters of Bushbuckridge South Africa * Carvers Conservation and Certification in India * Colour Sustainability and Market Sense in Bali * Aboriginal Woodcarvers in Australia * BurseraWoodcarving in Oaxaca Mexico * Linaloe Wood Handicrafts * Learning from a Comparison of Cases * Carving Sustainability and Scarcity * Certification of Woodcarving * Planning for Woodcarving in the 21st Century * more...

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From acclaimed writer and physicist Mark Bowen, Censoring Science tells the true story of the Bush administration’s censorship of the world’s preeminent climatologist, and the science behind global warming that they do not want you to know. The facts don’t lie:. • 2005 was the warmest year since the invention of the thermometer. • 2006 is on track to become the hottest year ever recorded in the United States. • The six hottest years on record have occurred in the last eight years, and the twenty-two hottest years on record have occurred in the last twenty-six years. Preeminent climatologist and leading NASA scientist Dr. James Hansen has been studying climate for over three decades. It was his testimony to a Senate committee in 1988 that first brought the threat of global warming to the world’s attention. In January 2006, news broke that the Bush administration had been attempting to censor Dr. Hansen—obscuring his message and suppressing the vast body of his scientific work, which unequivocally demonstrates the reality and immense danger of global warming. Now, for the first time and with unfiltered access, writer and physicist Mark Bowen finally tells the exclusive story of Hansen’s decades-long battle to bring the truth about global warming to light. Censoring Science illuminates the real science behind global warming and maintains that we can still prevent environmental disaster, while both strengthening our economy and our national security. In the tradition of Ron Suskind’s blockbuster bestseller, The Price of Loyalty, Censoring Science exposes the truth behind the administration’s spin doctors, and shares the inside story of one of the most important and influential scientists of our time. more...

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