London’s Natural History (Collins New Nat...
8,289円 London's Natural History describes how the spread of man’s activities has affected the plants and animals in them, destroying some and creating others. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com Up to now there has been no real attempt to write a comprehensive history of a great human commun...
Winter Sunshine
421円 A fascinating collection of writings on many naturalist and conservationist themes by American essayist John Burroughs.
China Green Development Index Report 2011
18,231円 With the rapid growth of global industrialization, there has been substantial consumption of fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas along with growing carbon dioxide emissions. Unprecedented environmental and ecological crisis clouded the world. Fortunately, the Climate Conference ...
Twelve by Twelve
1,723円 Why would a successful American physician choose to live in a twelve-foot-by-twelve-foot cabin without running water or electricity? To find out writer and activist William Powers visited Dr. Jackie Benton in rural North Carolina. No Name Creek gurgled through Bentons permaculture farm and she st...
A Century of Parks Canada, 1911-2011
5,565円 "... a diverse and fascinating array of perspectives on the history of Canada's national parks, illuminating many less well-understood aspects of the evolving place of people in and near these parks." - Stephen Bocking, Professor and Chair, Environmental and Resource Studies Program, Trent Univer...
The Balance of Nature and Human Impact
11,805円 It is clear that nature is undergoing rapid changes as a result of human activities such as industry, agriculture, travel, fisheries and urbanisation. What effects do these activities have? Are they disturbing equilibria in ecological populations and communities, thus upsetting the balance of nat...
Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge
14,592円 Biodiversity research and prospecting are long-standing activities taking place in a new legal and ethical environment. Following entry into force of the Convention on Biological Diversity in 1993, and other recent policy developments, expectations and obligations for research and prospecting par...
Home to the Nechako
662円 The people of the Nechako region are not unfamiliar with hardship, environmental devastation and protecting what they hold dear. June Wood chronicles the history of the Nechako River and its region, covering the construction of the Kenney Dam, which changed forever the flow of the river and its t...
Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Chan...
12,071円 This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report (IPCC-SRREN) assesses the potential role of renewable energy in the mitigation of climate change. It covers the six most important renewable energy sources – bioenergy, solar, geothermal, hydropower, ocean and wind energy – as well as ...
Arguments for Protected Areas
11,772円 Most 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. Retaining and expanding these areas in the f...
The Loghouse Nest
1,192円 A charming account of the author’s special relationship with the birds and wild creatures who shared her northern homesite at Pimisi Bay, near Mattawa, Ontario. The Loghouse Nest is another Natural Heritage classic by Canada’s internationally acclaimed nature writer, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence. ...
Global Fever: How To Treat Climate Change
927円 Passionately written yet thoroughly grounded in the latest climate science, "Global Fever" delivers both a stark warning and an ambitious blueprint for saving the future of the planet. Photos.
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