(Pub. Date: 10-Dec-2024, PDF+DRM, Publisher: Stanford University Press, ISBN-13: 9781503641402)
Dire reports of surging deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon appear often in international headlines, with commentators decrying the destruction of tree-covered habitats as an act of environmental vandalism. Although forest losses are alarming, broa...More info...
(Pub. Date: 10-Dec-2024, EPUB+DRM, Publisher: Stanford University Press, ISBN-13: 9781503641402)
Dire reports of surging deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon appear often in international headlines, with commentators decrying the destruction of tree-covered habitats as an act of environmental vandalism. Although forest losses are alarming, broa...More info...
(Pub. Date: 01-Nov-2024, PDF+DRM, Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, ISBN-13: 9781040283783)
Get cutting-edge agroforestry research and dataDeforestation and the rampant use of fossil fuels are major contributors to increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide and are enormous influences on global warming. Agroforestry systems and tree plantation...More info...
(Pub. Date: 01-Nov-2024, EPUB+DRM, Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, ISBN-13: 9781040279335)
Get cutting-edge agroforestry research and dataDeforestation and the rampant use of fossil fuels are major contributors to increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide and are enormous influences on global warming. Agroforestry systems and tree plantation...More info...
In this insightful book, Martin Hedemann-Robinson appraises the European Unions development of its legal framework to assist in combating one of the foremost challenges facing the international community: global deforestation. He provides an analyti...More info...
(Pub. Date: 26-May-2023, EPUB+DRM, Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781000924688)
The Causes of Tropical Deforestation (1994) is an analysis of the problem of deforestation, using statistical technique - a form of environ-metrics - to discover the true causes of an issue whose basis is hotly debated, and attributed to causes as...More info...
(Pub. Date: 26-May-2023, PDF+DRM, Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781000924664)
The Causes of Tropical Deforestation (1994) is an analysis of the problem of deforestation, using statistical technique - a form of environ-metrics - to discover the true causes of an issue whose basis is hotly debated, and attributed to causes as...More info...
(Pub. Date: 31-Mar-2022, PDF+DRM, Publisher: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487539429)
Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty examines the beginning of Canadas aerial war against forest insects and how a tiny handful of officials came to lead the world with a made-in-Canada solution to the problem. Shedding light on a largely forgotten...More info...
(Pub. Date: 31-Mar-2022, EPUB+DRM, Publisher: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487539436)
Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty examines the beginning of Canadas aerial war against forest insects and how a tiny handful of officials came to lead the world with a made-in-Canada solution to the problem. Shedding light on a largely forgotten...More info...
Is investing itself the problem Our lives are split between living every day and accumulating money for our future. We have over 100 trillion invested, more than the size of the global economy, and the planet can no longer produce enough to keep thi...More info...
A stunning collection of portraits of favourite trees from around Britain by photographer Adrian Houston.---This is a wonderful book: beautiful and important - Joanna LumleyA must-read for all conservationists, environmentalists and nature lovers...More info...
Trees keep our planet cool and breathable. They make the rain and sustain biodiversity. They are essential for nature and for us. And yet, we are cutting and burning them at such a rate that many forests are fast approaching tipping points beyond...More info...
Inspiring. ( ...) Crammed with lively interviews and grounded examples Ashish Kothari, founder of KalpavrikshPermaculture is an environmental movement that makes us reevaluate what it means to be sustainable. Through innovative agriculture and settl...More info...
Inspiring. ( ...) Crammed with lively interviews and grounded examples Ashish Kothari, founder of KalpavrikshPermaculture is an environmental movement that makes us reevaluate what it means to be sustainable. Through innovative agriculture and settl...More info...
A bold, ambitious and truly wonderful history of the world Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of TreesA fascinating story and a crucial revision of the momentous importance of tropical forests to human history Lewis Dartnell, author of Or...More info...
Brought to you by Penguin. Jungle tells the remarkable story of the worlds tropical forests, from the arrival of the first plants millions of years ago to the role of tropical forests in the evolution of the worlds atmosphere, the dinosaurs, the fi...More info...
Brought to you by Penguin. How can we save our planet and survive the 21st century? How can you argue with deniers? How can we create positive change in the midst of the climate crisis Professor Mark Maslin has the key facts that we need to protect o...More info...
Punchy and to the point. No beating around the bush. This brilliant book contains all the information we need to have in our back pocket in order to move forward Christiana Figueres, Former Executive Secretary UN Climate Change ConventionAmazing b...More info...
As awareness of climate change grows, so do the number of cultural depictions of environmental disaster. Graphic novels have reliably produced dramatizations of such disasters. Many use themes of dystopian hopefulness, or the enjoyment readers exp...More info...
The Coastal Everglades presents a broad overview and synthesis of research on the coastal Everglades, a region that includes Everglades National Park, adjacent managed wetlands, and agricultural and urbanizing communities. Contributors for this volum...More info...
The Coastal Everglades presents a broad overview and synthesis of research on the coastal Everglades, a region that includes Everglades National Park, adjacent managed wetlands, and agricultural and urbanizing communities. Contributors for this volum...More info...
It was hoped that by paying forest dependent peoples and countries for their service of conserving their forests, REDD+ would lead to a reduction in deforestation greenhouse gases. The complexities have, however, left some ambiguities. It was never...More info...
(Pub. Date: 21-Nov-2018, EPUB+DRM, Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781351066006)
Indonesias commitment to reducing land-based greenhouse gas emissions significantly includes the expansion of conservation areas, but these developments are not free of conflicts. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of agrarian conflicts in...More info...
(Pub. Date: 21-Nov-2018, PDF+DRM, Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781351066013)
Indonesias commitment to reducing land-based greenhouse gas emissions significantly includes the expansion of conservation areas, but these developments are not free of conflicts. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of agrarian conflicts in...More info...
(Pub. Date: 08-Nov-2018, PDF+DRM, Publisher: Island Press, ISBN-13: 9781610918916)
The landscapes of North America, including eastern forests, have been shaped by humans for millennia, through fire, agriculture, hunting, and other means. But the arrival of Europeans on Americas eastern shores several centuries ago ushered in the r...More info...
(Pub. Date: 08-Nov-2018, EPUB+DRM, Publisher: Island Press, ISBN-13: 9781610918916)
The landscapes of North America, including eastern forests, have been shaped by humans for millennia, through fire, agriculture, hunting, and other means. But the arrival of Europeans on Americas eastern shores several centuries ago ushered in the r...More info...
