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Managing Biodiversity in Agricultural Ecosystems takes a look at how farmers manage, maintain, and benefit from biodiversity in agricultural production systems. The volume includes the most recent research and developments in the maintenance of local diversity at the genetic, species, and ecosystem levels. Chapters cover the assessment and farmer management practices for crop, livestock, aquatic, and associated diversity (such as pollinators and soil...
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Nature's Steward chronicles the development of southwest Florida using the modern-day Conservancy of Southwest Florida as the lens through which to examine environmental history. A parallel track exists alongside the Conservancy's story, and that is the evolution of land acquisition practices and comprehensive growth management planning efforts at the state and federal levels. The reader will come to understand the enormous commitment of time and...
83) Space Enigma
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The author's direction takes the reader to astrophysics naming the most beautiful proportions of all within the solar system. The color chart XXI of the outer universe and its image in the solar system includes respective descriptors and refreshes a reader's imagination of the space containing the Energy of its own. This skillfully written mathematical document leads the reader to an understanding of the Zero Point Energy maximum for the rotating...
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A concealment of any kind by our government to keep secrets of their criminal activities must not be tolerated especially when the government, in this case the municipality of the City of Atlanta trespasses on private properties and illegally dumps for years their hazardous waste. If they will do this, how can we the public, trust them with our drinking water? 100% transparency is required! I've inscribed these pages after a number of alarming experiences...
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Part odyssey, part pilgrimage, this epic personal narrative follows the author's exploration of coasts, islands, reefs, and the sea's abyssal depths. Scientist and fisherman Carl Safina takes readers on a global journey of discovery, probing for truth about the world's changing seas, deftly weaving adventure, science, and political analysis.
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A leading figure in the emerging field of extinction studies, Thom van Dooren puts philosophy into conversation with the natural sciences and his own ethnographic encounters to vivify the cultural and ethical significance of modern-day extinctions. Unlike other meditations on the subject, Flight Ways incorporates the particularities of real animals and their worlds, drawing philosophers, natural scientists, and general readers into the experience...
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• Environmental professional with a strong grounding in the Old Testament
• Approaches environmental issues from both scientific and faith perspectives
• Addresses a growing concern for earth among people of faith
The book seeks to enroll a hitherto under-represented, though large and influential, portion of the U.S. population in addressing climate change: committed American Christians, of all denominations.
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A decade ago, Tim Flannery's #1 international bestseller, The Weather Makers, was one of the first books to break the topic of climate change out into the general conversation. Today, Earth's climate system is fast approaching a crisis. Political leadership has not kept up, and public engagement with the issue of climate change has declined. Opinion is divided between technological optimists and pessimists who feel that catastrophe is inevitable....
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Global warming is a major phenomenon that is negatively affecting Earth. But what most people dont realize is that this effect is not limited within the planets atmosphere; it may also affect Earths journey through space. In Global Warming and Earths Evolution, author Graham Winston reveals that the bigger picture is bigger than Global Warming and Global Warming is only the tip of the iceberg of Earths own challenges. The book describes the real truths...
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Thinning of snow and rising sea levels because of hot temperatures have made the earth unbearable. Yet many of us still cannot move to Mars; after all, living outside Earth is expensive, and secondly, the planet it's not less than a desert now. So, what's the solution then? It is simple, improve the Earth. But how? Scientists have implemented numerous methods, but the change is rarely noticeable. Well, there is a solution to reduce the global temperature...
94) Carbon Counter
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What effect are you having on the environment? If you buy Kenyan green beans what is the CO2 cost? What about your journey to work, your fridge or your clothes? The Gem Carbon Counter is your portable instant green reckoner.
This handy little book includes:
• Introduction by Mark Lynas author of Hide Tide: News from a Warming World.
• Welcome to the Greenhouse: Explains what the Greenhouse effect actually is, all the issues surrounding global...
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Everyone knows that the planet is in trouble, but is there a solution? This timely book identifies the most effective ways individuals can be more green in four key areas: home, travel, food, and consumerism. It also describes how citizens can ensure that governments take the actions necessary to make sustainable lifestyles the norm instead of the exception. Environmental lawyer David Boyd and celebrated ecologist David Suzuki provide vital tips for...
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Hummingbirds have long been a symbol of wisdom and courage. In this charming story, a hummingbird makes a valiant effort to put out a raging fire that threatens her forest home trip after trip, her beak is filled each time with just a drop of water. Her efforts show her woodland companions that doing something anything is better than doing nothing at all. The hummingbird parable, which originates with the Quechuan people of South America, has become...
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From glittering debauched nights of 1980s Hollywood ("Escape from Houdini Mountain") to the festering bowels of New York's Lower East Side ("Must Have Been Love"), these 26 mind-bending tales chronicle a young woman's quest for romantic adventure. Infectiously entertaining, Escape from Houdini Mountain is a rollicking ride of a read with resonance.
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WATERVILLE illustrates the day to day adventures of a group of charismatic fish, insects and animals confronting issues relating to nature and the environment. The goal is to offer children a way to become environmentally aware of the relationship between nature, fish, insects, animals and humans through the eyes of the fish, insects and animals that make Waterville their home.
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Este libro ha sido desarrollado como una guía sencilla para la elaboración de prácticas de suelo, tanto en campo como en laboratorio, usando métodos simples con los que se puede prescindir de espacios especializados para estos análisis. El autor no pretende impartir cátedra sobre el estricto quehacer del estudio del suelo, el cual es imposible abarcar en una obra pequeña como esta, sino contribuir mediante prácticas sencillas, al conocimiento...
100) The Veto Conspiracy
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This novel introduces a wide range of indigenous animals that can be found in the vast continent of Australia. Many of these species face the threat of extinction, if measures are not taken to protect them. The sensitive and emotive issues of immigration, integration and racism are examined, along with the present day issues on the environment, education, drugs and alcohol. The morality of using the power of Veto by various governments and organizations...
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