Birdy the Backyard Blue Jay: Wing Adventures takes the reader sailing through the blue sky with Birdy and his friends, on all sorts of high flying winged adventures and trips. The reader will meet all of Birdy's friends that live in Birdy's White Oak Bayou Basin backyard. Birdy encounters kittens and dogs and castles and countries, as Birdy high flies all around the world with his bird bride Birdella. Come along and join Birdy on one of his Birdy encounters Birdy flies away to Scotland, Dubai, Japan and Korea in exciting adventures to towers and skyscrapers. Birdy encounters fur pests and...

Birdy the Backyard Blue Jay: Wing Adventures takes the reader sailing through the blue sky with Birdy and his friends, on all sorts of high flying winged adventures and trips. The reader will meet all of Birdy's friends that live in Birdy's White Oak Bayou Basin backyard. Birdy encounters kittens and dogs and castles and countries, as Birdy high flies all around the world with his bird bride Birdella. Come along and join Birdy on one of his Birdy encounters Birdy flies away to Scotland, Dubai, Japan and Korea in exciting adventures to towers and skyscrapers. Birdy encounters fur pests and...

In an increasingly crowded world reconciling environmental 'conservation' with the 'sustainable use' of natural resources is now our greatest challenge. Nature conservation has traditionally focused on protecting iconic and important areas of biodiversity from human exploitation through the establishment of National Parks and World Heritage Areas. While this is essential, a narrow focus on protected area conservation risks overlooking local needs in areas where people and natural systems must co-exist. This book addresses some key questions for the sustainable use of natural environments:...