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The Fuelwood Trap : A study of the SADCC region
ISBN: 9781844079759 / Angielski / Twarda / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over 60 million people live in the SADCC countries. The vast majority, city-dwellers as well as farmers, rely on wood fuel for domestic use. Supplies are diminishing as consumption grows. This book examines those causes throughout the nine SADCC countries, and considers the policies that can be developed there.
Over 60 million people live in the SADCC countries. The vast majority, city-dwellers as well as farmers, rely on wood fuel for domestic use. Supplies ...
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437,16 |
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Biomass Assessment
ISBN: 9781844079780 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Energy is an issue for everyone and nowhere more so than in the SADCC countries. This title offers a study that combines the results of field assessment of biomass with advanced techniques in remote sensing by satellite to present the picture of biomass distribution throughout the SADCC region.
Energy is an issue for everyone and nowhere more so than in the SADCC countries. This title offers a study that combines the results of field assessme...
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704,38 |
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Genes from the Wild : Using Wild Genetic Resources for Food and Raw Materials
ISBN: 9781849710121 / Angielski / Twarda / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Genes from the Wild describes the growing contribution of wild genetic resources to the production of food and raw materials, describes their characteristics, explains the benefits and problems of using them and outlines the ways in which they are threatened and the measures being taken to conserve them.
Genes from the Wild describes the growing contribution of wild genetic resources to the production of food and raw materials, describes their characte...
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437,16 |
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Saving the Seed : Genetic diversity and European agriculture
ISBN: 9781849710206 / Angielski / Twarda / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Genetic diversity is essential to the security of agriculture. Without the availability of a wide range of plant varieties and the genetic resources they contain, crops cannot adapt to combat the ever-changing threats of pests, diseases and climatic change. This book traces the decline of crop varieties in European farming.
Genetic diversity is essential to the security of agriculture. Without the availability of a wide range of plant varieties and the genetic resources t...
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704,38 |
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Biodiversity Hotspots
ISBN: 9781608764587 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Loss of biodiversity places a premium on the task of recognising and formulating proposals on potential areas for biological conservation based on scientific criteria. This book discusses the application of different biogeographic methods to identify plant biodiversity hotspots.
Loss of biodiversity places a premium on the task of recognising and formulating proposals on potential areas for biological conservation based on sci...
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1201,62 |
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Wild North Carolina: Discovering the Wonders of Our State's Natural Communities
ISBN: 9780807834671 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Celebrating the beauty, diversity, and significance of the state's natural landscapes, Wild North Carolina provides an engaging, beautifully illustrated introduction to North Carolina's interconnected webs of plant and animal life. From dunes and marshes to high mountain crags, through forests, swamps, savannas, ponds, pocosins, and flatrocks, David Blevins and Michael Schafale reveal in words and photographs natural patterns of the landscape that will help readers see familiar places in a new way and new places with a sense of familiarity.
Wild North Carolina... Celebrating the beauty, diversity, and significance of the state's natural landscapes, Wild North Carolina provides an engaging, beautifully il...
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155,45 |
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Idaho Wildlife: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Animals
ISBN: 9781583556269 / Angielski / Miękka / 12 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The state fish the cutthroat trout is one of thousands of species of animals inhabiting the diverse ecosystems found throughout the Gem State. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes and butterflies/insects and includes an ecoregion map featuring prominent wildlife-viewing areas. Laminated for durability, this lightweight, pocket-sized folding guide is an excellent source of portable information and ideal for field use by visitors and residents alike. Made in the USA.
" The state fish the cutthroat trout is one of thousands of species of animals inhabiting the diverse ecosystems found throughout the Gem State. This be...
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34,02 |
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Economic Management of Marine Living Resources: A Practical Introduction
ISBN: 9781849712583 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This textbook provides a concise introduction for non-economists explaining how economic methods can be used in marine resource management. It focuses not only on traditional fisheries, but also the growing marine aquaculture sector and the values of critical marine habitats and biodiversity.
This textbook provides a concise introduction for non-economists explaining how economic methods can be used in marine resource management. It focuses...
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680,10 |
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Conserving Wildlife: International Education and Communication Approaches
ISBN: 9780231079679 / Angielski / Miękka / 301 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume documents 25 programmes that have contributed, through education and widening channels of communication, to the conservation of wildlife and natural resources. Case studies range from a national park programme in Borneo to water quality improvement in the Michigan River.
This volume documents 25 programmes that have contributed, through education and widening channels of communication, to the conservation of wildlife a...
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272,37 |
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The Wildlife of New England: A Viewer's Guide
ISBN: 9781584658344 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With practical guidance, helpful tips, and informative overviews of each location, The Wildlife of New England invites you to discover more than 80 wildlife-viewing areas around New England. - Where are you most likely to spot a moose, black bear, or otter in the wild?
- On what hilltop can you see thousands of migrating hawks in a single day? - Where might you see a basking shark, seal, or sea star? Experienced nature writer and photographer John S. Burk answers these questions and more in this unique guidebook. Organized by state, each viewing location is discussed in... With practical guidance, helpful tips, and informative overviews of each location, The Wildlife of New England invites you to discover more than 80 wi...
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97,10 |
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A Nature Conservation Review: Volume 1: The Selection of Biological Sites of National Importance to Nature Conservation in Britain
ISBN: 9780521203296 / Angielski / Miękka / 452 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This 1977 book analyses and describes the range of variation in the wild flora and fauna of Britain and identifies important sites that exemplify this rich heritage. These key sites were chosen to represent all the main types of natural and semi-natural vegetation with their characteristic communities of plants and animals. The range of habitats, communities and species is classified under major formations, and in Volume 1, these are subdivided and described. The internationally applicable criteria for evaluating and selecting key sites are also fully discussed. Cambridge University Press...
This 1977 book analyses and describes the range of variation in the wild flora and fauna of Britain and identifies important sites that exemplify this...
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339,24 |
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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Insecurity: A Planet in Peril
ISBN: 9781849712194 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Provides an assessment of the threats presented to human security and well-being by the loss of ecosystems and biodiversity - confirmed as one of the critical 'planetary boundaries' that has already been exceeded. This title is suitable for conservationists, students and those concerned to redress the damage being done to the natural world.
Provides an assessment of the threats presented to human security and well-being by the loss of ecosystems and biodiversity - confirmed as one of the ...
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704,38 |
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One More Chance: The real-life adventures of an animal rescuer and the experiences that changed her life forever
ISBN: 9781451515343 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Within these pages you will walk along side and live the life of a wildlife rescuer. Be prepared to shed a tear, laugh out loud and experience a bumpy, scary and bittersweet yet rewarding ride that will take you places in your heart and mind you never thought possible.
Within these pages you will walk along side and live the life of a wildlife rescuer. Be prepared to shed a tear, laugh out loud and experience a bumpy...
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43,70 |
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Land Management as Public Policy
ISBN: 9780761852483 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book discusses goals, plans, and implementation means concerning public interference in land management and to what degree market forces and inputs of individuals predominate. The book focuses on both rural and urban areas in terms of housing, agriculture, forest, water, recreation, and conservation.
This book discusses goals, plans, and implementation means concerning public interference in land management and to what degree market forces and inpu...
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213,75 |
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Wildlife Resources: A Global Account of Economic Use
ISBN: 9783642082559 / Angielski / Miękka / 403 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The general interest and attention paid to the use of the renewable natural resources of the world have increased greatly during the last decades. This is due to the environmental dilemma into which mankind has got itself by the total disregard of ecological facts and laws, the underprizing of natural resources and the overemphasis on economic develop ment, coupled with unimpeded rapid population growth and the preponderance of material istic consumption-oriented attitudes. The management and use of natural resources such as forests, grasslands, rivers and lakes were formerly considered...
The general interest and attention paid to the use of the renewable natural resources of the world have increased greatly during the last decades. Thi...
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442,79 |
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Creature Comforts: Wildlife Stories & Solutions
ISBN: 9781453745649 / Angielski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In an era when people and wildlife are under constant pressure to live closer and closer together, human animal conflict is on the rise. How should we respond to wildlife problems? What are the real concerns for humans and their wild neighbors? What exactly is going on in my own backyard? With honesty and humor along the way, the book explains the nature of wildlife behavior, the root causes of common animal related problems, and effective non-lethal solutions that can provide relief and a happy ending for humans and animals alike. This book will teach you how to solve wildlife conflicts and...
In an era when people and wildlife are under constant pressure to live closer and closer together, human animal conflict is on the rise. How should we...
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59,66 |
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Biofuels, Biorefinery & Renewable Energy: Issues & Developments
ISBN: 9781617286780 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cellulosic biofuels are produced from cellulose (fibrous material) derived from renewable biomass. This book discusses the issues and developments relating to biofuels, biorefineries and the research in renewable energy, including fuel ethanol and agriculture-based renewable energy.
Cellulosic biofuels are produced from cellulose (fibrous material) derived from renewable biomass. This book discusses the issues and developments rel...
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903,50 |
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Simply Wild: Untamed Wonders Large and Small
ISBN: 9781456474799 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From toothy alligators to zebra longwing butterflies, photojournalist and naturalist Sherry Boas encounters an ongoing parade of diverse and often overlooked wildlife at her lakeside bamboo farm in Central Florida. Sharing her passion for all things wild in 44 photo-illustrated stories filled with entertaining anecdotes and fascinating facts, Sherry seeks the inherent beauty and purpose in all creatures regardless of their size, reputation, appearance or habits. Join her as she follows a pair of sandhill cranes from courtship through parenting. Discover which unexpected food source river...
From toothy alligators to zebra longwing butterflies, photojournalist and naturalist Sherry Boas encounters an ongoing parade of diverse and often ove...
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59,87 |
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Canadian Geese Action in the Hoosier State
ISBN: 9781449924591 / Angielski / Miękka / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This pictorial demonstrates a variety of behaviors of the Canadian Geese habitat. Canadian Geese exist in the Northern United States and all of Canada.
This pictorial demonstrates a variety of behaviors of the Canadian Geese habitat. Canadian Geese exist in the Northern United States and all of Canada...
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99,78 |
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Rainshadow World: A Naturalist's Year in the San Juan Islands
ISBN: 9780965318525 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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64,43 |