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Making Climate Change History: Documents from Global Warming's Past by Joshua P. Howe
RRP: $50.38$43.76This collection pulls together key documents from the scientific and political history of climate change, including congressional testimony, scientific papers, newspaper editorials, court cases, and international declarations. Far more than just a... -
Infinite Nature by R. Bruce Hull
RRP: $35.70$35.03In this impassioned and judicious work, R. Bruce Hull argues that environmentalism will never achieve its goals unless it sheds its fundamentalist logic. The movement is too bound up in polarizing ideologies that pit humans against nature, conservation... -
Becoming Good Ancestors: How We Balance Nature, Community, and Technology by David Ehrenfeld
RRP: $33.58$27.99A brilliant writer and gifted "big picture" thinker, David Ehrenfeld is one of America's leading conservation biologists. Becoming Good Ancestors unites in a single, up-to-date framework pieces written over two decades, spanning politics, ecology, and... -
The Wounded Earth: What World Will Our Children Inherit? by Miguel Delibes
RRP: $20.98$17.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781874739906Author Miguel DelibesFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Mousehold PressPublisher Mousehold PressWeight(grams) 125g -
Global Environment Outlook 3: Past, Present and Future Perspectives by United Nations Environment Programme
RRP: $252.00$220.94This text provides a comprehensive and authoritative review and analysis of environmental conditions worldwide. The successor to GEO-2000 (1999) and complementary to it, GEO-3 describes policies and achievements in all areas of environmental concern... -
The Earthscan Reader in Poverty and Biodiversity Conservation by Dilys Roe
RRP: $79.78$70.94In the last decade biodiversity loss and persistent poverty in developing countries have been recognised as major international problems that require urgent attention. However, the nature and scale of the links between these two problems, and between... -
Ecopiety: Green Media and the Dilemma of Environmental Virtue by Sarah McFarland Taylor
RRP: $58.78$45.51Tackles a human problem we all share the fate of the earth and our role in its future Confident that your personal good deeds of environmental virtue will save the earth? The stories we encounter about the environment in popular culture too often... -
Land-Use Planning for Sustainable Development by Jane Silberstein
RRP: $231.00$200.57Thirteen years ago, the first edition of Land-Use Planning for Sustainable Development examined the question: is the environmental doomsday scenario inevitable? It then presented the underlying concepts of sustainable land-use planning and an array of... -
America's Public Lands: From Yellowstone to Smokey Bear and Beyond by Randall K. Wilson
RRP: $60.90$19.05How is it that the United States-the country that cherishes the ideal of private property more than any other in the world-has chosen to set aside nearly one-third of its territory as public lands? Considering this intriguing question, Randall K. Wilson... -
Global Thinking and Local Action: Agriculture, Tropical Forest Loss and Conservation in Southeast Nigeria by Uwem Ite
RRP: $48.28$42.34This title was first published in 2001. Based on extensive local field research undertaken in and around the Cross River National Park in Nigeria, this book provides a socio-economic study of the tensions between agriculture and nature conservation... -
F**k Flying: 101 eco-friendly ways to travel by The F Team
RRP: $14.68$8.88This book will show you all the ways YOU can change how you travel to help save the planet.As we come out of lockdown, many of us are thinking about getting out of the house and going on holiday but it's never been more important to think about how we... -
Eco-pragmatism: Making Sensible Environmental Decisions in an Uncertain World by Daniel A. Farber
RRP: $54.60$52.19Eco-pragmatism takes on the most critical controversies in environmental law today: how to weigh economic costs against environmental quality and human life, how to assess the long time horizons of environmental problems, and how to make appropriate... -
The Violence of Conservation in Africa: State, Militarization and Alternatives by Maano Ramutsindela
$221.78Offering insights on violence in conservation in Africa, this timely book demonstrates how and why the state pursues conservation objectives to the detriment of its citizens. It focuses on how the dehumanization of black people and indigenous groups, the... -
The Politics of Knowledge and Global Biodiversity by Alice B. M. Vadrot
RRP: $92.38$80.72The establishment of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) points to the crucial role attributed to science and knowledge for the successful implementation of biodiversity politics by both scientists and... -
Air Contaminants, Ventilation, and Industrial Hygiene Economics: The Practitioner's Toolbox and Desktop Handbook by Roger Lee Wabeke
RRP: $123.88$108.11There is nothing more devastating to baseless opinions than good numbers. Air Contaminants, Ventilation, and Industrial Hygiene Economics: The Practitioner's Toolbox and Desktop Handbook helps you obtain "good numbers" on your quest to squash... -
Water Resources and Environment: Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Water Resources and Environment (Beijing, 25-28 July 2015) by Miklas Scholz
RRP: $104.98$93.45The 2015 International Conference on Water Resource and Environment (WRE2015) aims to provide a platform where scholars from different countries can exchange ideas, opinions and views. This book is divided into four main themes: 1. Hydrology and water... -
Conservation Criminology by Meredith L. Gore
RRP: $144.80$125.79This important new text introduces conservation criminology as the interdisciplinary study of environmental exploitation and risks at the intersection of human and natural systems. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the book enhances understanding of... -
The Green Crusade: Rethinking the Roots of Environmentalism by Charles T. Rubin
RRP: $41.98$31.54As recently as fifty years ago, the billowing industrial smokestack was a proud symbol of progress and power; today it is an image of unbridled corporate irresponsibility. This change in public attitudes reflects a shift in social values as rapid and... -
Individual and Structural Determinants of Environmental Practice by Bengt Hansson
RRP: $283.50$246.29During recent years, there has been a growing awareness that a better understanding of human activities and the behavioural components of environmental problems is needed. This volume brings together psychologists, philosophers, sociologists, historians... -
Sacred Natural Sites: Conserving Nature and Culture by Bas Verschuuren
RRP: $283.50$248.39Sacred Natural Sites are the world's oldest protected places. This book focuses on a wide spread of both iconic and lesser known examples such as sacred groves of the Western Ghats (India), Sagarmatha /Chomolongma (Mt Everest, Nepal, Tibet - and China),... -
Arguments for Protected Areas: Multiple Benefits for Conservation and Use by Sue Stolton
RRP: $100.78$87.80Most protected areas (e.g.national parks and nature reserves) have been created to protect wildlife and land- and seascape values. They currently cover over 13% of the world's land surface, around 12% of marine coastal areas and 4% of the marine shelf... -
Biodiversity and the Precautionary Principle: Risk, Uncertainty and Practice in Conservation and Sustainable Use by Fauna & Flora International
RRP: $130.18$112.58Great uncertainty typically surrounds decisions and management actions in the conservation of biodiversity and natural resource management, and yet there are risks of serious and irreversible harm for both biodiversity and the humans that rely on it. The... -
Trees Are Shape Shifters: How Cultivation, Climate Change, and Disaster Create Landscapes by Andrew S. Mathews
RRP: $63.00$61.43An exploration of the anthropogenic landscapes of Lucca, Italy, and how its people understand social and environmental change through cultivation In Italy and around the Mediterranean, almost every stone, every tree, and every hillside show traces of... -
Sabbath and the Common Good by George Victor Browning 9780994418425
RRP: $31.40$28.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994418425Author George Victor BrowningFormat PaperbackImprint Echo BooksPublisher Echo BooksWeight(grams) 522g -
Siftings by Jens Jensen 9780801840210
RRP: $52.50$29.00One of Americas greatest landscape designers and conservationists, Jensen used native plants to introduce the influential Prairie style of landscape architecture. In Siftings, Jensen shares his memories of "wandering in many lands" and his life in the... -
Cyberprotest: Environmental Activism Online by Jenny Pickerill
RRP: $41.98$30.49Cyberprotest, available for the first time in paperback, is an exploration of contemporary radical internet activism in Britain. It investigates the context, tensions and outcomes of environmentalists' use of the internet. Examining a wide variety of... -
The Face of the Earth: Natural Landscapes, Science, and Culture by Sue Ellen Campbell 9780520269279
RRP: $63.00$48.91This lively book sweeps across dramatic and varied terrains - volcanoes and glaciers, billabongs and canyons, prairies and rain forests - to explore how humans have made sense of our planet's marvelous landscapes. In a rich weave of scientific, cultural,... -
Sustainable Development Goals and UN Goal-Setting by Stephen Browne
RRP: $79.78$70.10This book explores the record of the UN development system (UNDS) over more than 70 years as a fount of ideas and concepts in development; as a contributor to development thinking and strategy; and as the principal source of global development goals from... -
Living with Fire: Fire Ecology and Policy for the Twenty-first Century by Sara E. Jensen 9780520255890
RRP: $71.40$61.47Fire, both inevitable and ubiquitous, plays a crucial role in North American ecosystems. But, as necessary as fire is to maintaining healthy ecosystems, it threatens human lives and livelihoods in unacceptable ways. This volume explores the rich yet... -
The Root Causes of Biodiversity Loss by Alexander Wood
RRP: $115.48$101.05The world is losing species and biodiversity at an unprecedented rate. The causes go deep and the losses are driven by a complex array of social, economic, political and biological factors at different levels. Immediate causes such as over-harvesting,... -
The War and Environment Reader by Gar Smith 9781682570791
RRP: $54.58$34.27While many books have examined the broader topic of military conflict, most neglect to focus on damage military violence inflicts on regional-and global-ecosystems. The War and Environment Reader provides a critical analysis of the devastating... -
Environmental and Economic Sustainability by Paul E. Hardisty 9780367383893
RRP: $130.18$112.58Never before has the quest to balance the needs of people, the environment, and the economy been so important. While sustainability has been widely taken up by governments and business, the world has continued to move in increasingly unsustainable... -
RidgeLines: A View of Nature and Human Nature by Jamie K Reaser 9780996851923
RRP: $31.48$23.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996851923Author Jamie K ReaserFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Jamie K. Reaser/Talking Waters PressPublisher Jamie K. Reaser/Talking Waters... -
Sharing Eden: Green Teachings from Jews, Christians and Muslims by Natan Levy 9781847740410
RRP: $18.88$13.10Today's environmental concerns can trace their heritage through scriptures, teachings and actions known to generations across the centuries. The millions of followers of the Abrahamic faiths have the potential to turn their common environmental awareness... -
Political Agroecology: Advancing the Transition to Sustainable Food Systems by Manuel Gonzalez de Molina
RRP: $96.58$84.27Political Agroecology is the first book to offer a systematic and articulated reflection on Political Agroecology from the Agroecological perspective. It defines the disciplinary field responsible for designing and producing actions, institutions and... -
Behind the Bears Ears: Exploring the Cultural and Natural Histories of a Sacred Landscape by R E Burrillo 9781948814300
RRP: $35.60$30.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (Nonfiction) 2020.Book InformationISBN 9781948814300Author R E BurrilloFormat PaperbackPage Count 407Imprint Torrey House... -
The Everglades: River of Grass by Marjory Stoneman Douglas 9781561649907
RRP: $52.50$42.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781561649907Author Marjory Stoneman DouglasFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Pineapple Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)... -
Restoring Wildlife: Ecological Concepts and Practical Applications by Michael L. Morrison 9781597264938
RRP: $88.20$73.94This title offers theoretical and practical aspects of wildlife biology for restoring and conserving wild animals. Restoration plans must take into account the needs of current or desired wildlife species in project areas. "Restoring Wildlife" gives... -
Debating Malthus: A Documentary Reader on Population, Resources, and the Environment by Robert J. Mayhew 9780295749907
RRP: $50.38$43.76Introducing students to the place of population in environmental thinkingFor centuries, thinking about the earth's increasing human population has been tied to environmental ideas and political action. This highly teachable collection of contextualized... -
Conservation in Africa: Peoples, Policies and Practice by David Anderson 9780521349901
RRP: $107.08$90.34This book provides a new inter-disciplinary look at the practice and policies of conservation in Africa. Bringing together social scientists, anthropologists and historians with biologists for the first time, the book sheds some light on the previously...