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GIS for Science, Volume 3: Maps for Saving the Planet, highlights real-world examples of scientists creating maps about saving life on Earth and preserving biodiversity. With Earth and the natural world at risk from various forces, geographic...

Trees are crucial in preserving a liveable future. Canopy of Titans makes an eloquent plea for saving one of North America's last great forests.- Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History In Canopy of Titans, Paul...

Spatial Data Analysis: Theory and Practice, first published in 2003, provides a broad ranging treatment of the field of spatial data analysis. It begins with an overview of spatial data analysis and the importance of location (place, context and space)...

There are more coral species in deep, cold-waters than in tropical coral reefs. This broad-ranging treatment is the first to synthesise current understanding of all types of cold-water coral, covering their ecology, biology, palaeontology and geology...

The Green Light ('Le Feu Vert') offers an original and profound exploration of the roots of environmental philosophy and the Anthropocene. Bernard Charbonneau situates the wellspring of the ecological movement in the dialectics of Nature and Freedom, and...

A provocative rethinking of how humans and fire have evolved together over time-and our responsibility to reorient this relationship before it's too late. The Pyrocene tells the story of what happened when a fire-wielding species, humanity, met an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385482264Author Renee AskinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 278gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

This book presents perspectives on the past and present state of the understanding of snake origins. It reviews and critiques data and ideas from paleontology and neontology (herpetology), as well as ideas from morphological and molecular phylogenetics...

As researchers try to predict the effects of human modification at all trophic levels and mediate the impact of rapid environmental change, it has become clear it is no longer a matter of agreeing that both bottom-up and top-down forces play important...

In the Summer of 1991, Bob Carling, who was then Life Sciences Editor of Chapman & Hall, approached me over the possibility of producing an edited volume of works on economics and ecology. As we discussed the matter further, what became clear is that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780759633353Author Mike BinghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 168g

With drastic action needing to be taken now, rather than over the 30 years to 2050, this book addresses the crucial question of how to get action from governments who will always put short-term considerations (e.g. post Covid economic growth) over longer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780855462789Author Valerie K. BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 72Imprint Richmond Publishing Co LtdPublisher Richmond Publishing Co LtdWeight(grams) 235g

The state flower and the state tree, the American dogwood , are one of thousands of species of plants growing in the diverse ecosystems found throughout Virginia. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of...

This beautifully illustrated field guide covers 504 of the most common fruiting plants found in Australia's eastern rainforests, as well as a few species that are rare in the wild but generally well-known. These spectacular plants can be seen from Cape...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583229309Author Derrick JensenFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 686g

Through narrative, verse, and art, Where the Grass Still Sings celebrates the many tiny creatures that play crucial roles in our ecosystems—as well as the people on the front lines of the fight to save them.Weaving art and science with inspiring stories...

Unlike other barnyard animals, which pull plows, give eggs or milk, or grow wool, a pig produces only one thing: meat. Incredibly efficient at converting almost any organic matter into nourishing, delectable protein, swine are nothing short of a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812973136Author Bruce BarcottFormat PaperbackPage Count 313Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 135g

Why has East Asia emerged as the global leader in green energy industries but - until recently - lagged on carbon emission reduction? What is new and distinctive about East Asia's approach to the green energy transition? And what does this approach mean...

"A love poem to the living things that inhabit the mountains and rivers of Washington, coastal Oregon, and southwestern British Columbia." -Saul Weisberg, executive director, North Cascades Institute More than just a field guide, Cascadia Revealed is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888391735Author Adam WatsonFormat HardbackPage Count 146Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781874357544Author Keith WatsonFormat HardbackPage Count 408Imprint Pisces PublicationsPublisher Pisces PublicationsWeight(grams) 1795g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781874357599Author Peter CreedFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Pisces PublicationsPublisher Pisces Publications

"Science Advice and Global Environmental Governance" examines expert committees established to provide advice on science to multilateral environmental agreements. By focusing on how these institutions are sites of coproduction of knowledge and policy,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780890134542Author Michael MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 351Imprint Museum of New Mexico PressPublisher Museum of New Mexico PressWeight(grams) 828g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250798718Author Jonathan C SlaghtFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 135mm *...

The most striking feature of British colonialism in the twentieth century was the confidence it expressed in the use of science and expertise, especially when joined with the new bureaucratic capacities of the state, to develop natural and human...

Provides a conceptual framework for Human Ecology to actually deliver what it promises and to distinguish Human Ecology from other studies or approaches that, however important, merely recognize the presence of humans as agents that affect ecosystems...

Raptors are formally classified into five families and include birds-such as eagles, ospreys, kites, true hawks, buzzards, harriers, vultures, and falcons-that are familiar and recognized by many observers. These diurnal birds of prey are found on every...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374517946Author John A. McPheeFormat PaperbackPage Count 209Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams) 249g

Pollinators, parasites, purifiers, predators, decomposers - insects arguably play the most important roles in the functioning of the Earth's ecosystems. This lavishly illustrated and highly authoritative book is structured around southern Africa's 13...

The Northern Forest Region lies between the oak forests of the eastern United States and the boreal forests of eastern Canada. It is, collectively, one of the largest and most continuous temperate forests left in the world and, like much of the...

Five stunningly large forests remain on Earth: the Taiga, extending from the Pacific Ocean across all of Russia and far-northern Europe; the North American boreal, ranging from Alaska's Bering seacoast to Canada's Atlantic shore; the Amazon, covering...

A multicultural anthology, edited by Susan O'Connor and Annick Smith, about the enduring importance and shifting associations of the hearth in our world. A hearth is many things: a place for solitude; a source of identity; something we make and share...

for SATB and piano or organ or trio A lilting 3/4 metre carries the listener through this familiar Christmas story, beautifully depicted in a text by the composer. Rutter employs artful word-painting throughout, and the verse-refrain structure enables...

Focusing on a recent wave of international art cinema, Animal Worlds offers the first sustained analysis of the relations between cinematic time and animal life.Book InformationISBN 9781474446396Author Laura McMahonFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588346674Author Matthew T. CarranoFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 2g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590564837Author Norm PhelpsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,USWeight(grams) 1g

The ultimate field guide to the birds of Ghana, an indispensable companion for any traveller to the region. This spectacular new edition of Birds of Ghana is the ultimate reference to the birds of this rich and varied corner of Africa. Now fully...