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  • Last Days of the Mighty Mekong

    de Brian Eyler ...
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    Celebrated for its natural beauty and its abundance of wildlife, the Mekong river runs thousands of miles through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Its basin is home to more than 70 million people and has for centuries been one of the world's richest agricultural areas and a biodynamic wonder. Today, however, it is undergoing profound changes. Development policies, led by a ... Leer más

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    Edición de Matthew Schneider-Mayerson ...
    In this era of climate crisis, in which our very futures are at stake, sustainability is a global imperative. Yet we tend to associate sustainability, nature, and the environment with distant places, science, and policy. The truth is that everything is environmental, from transportation to taxes, work to love, cities to cuisine.This book is the first to examine contemporary Singapore from an ... Leer más

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  • Future Arctic

    Field Notes from a World on the Edge

    In one hundred years, or even fifty, the Arctic will look dramatically different than it does today. As polar ice retreats and animals and plants migrate northward, the arctic landscape is morphing into something new and very different from what it once was. While these changes may seem remote, they will have a profound impact on a host of global issues, from international politics to animal ... Leer más

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  • The Ragged Edge of the World

    Encounters at the Frontier Where Modernity, Wildlands and Indigenous Peoples Meet

    de Eugene Linden ...
    A pioneering work of environmental journalism that vividly depicts the people, animals and landscapes on the front lines of change's inexorable march.A species nearing extinction, a tribe losing centuries of knowledge, a tract of forest facing the first incursion of humans-how can we even begin to assess the cost of losing so much of our natural and cultural legacy?For forty years, environmental ... Leer más

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  • The Archipelago of Hope

    While our politicians argue, the truth is that climate change is already here. Nobody knows this better than Indigenous peoples who, having developed an intimate relationship with ecosystems over generations, have observed these changes for decades. For them, climate change is not an abstract concept or policy issue, but the reality of daily life.After two decades of working with indigenous ... Leer más

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  • Lament for an Ocean

    The Collapse of the Atlantic Cod Fishery

    The northern cod have been almost wiped out. Once the most plentiful fish on the Grand Banks off the coast of Newfoundland, the cod is now on the brink of extinction, and tens of thousands of people in Atlantic Canada have been left without work by a 1992 moratorium on fishing the stock. Today, the Pacific salmon stocks are in similar trouble – victims of the same blind, stupid greed.Angry, ... Leer más

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  • Disaster by Choice

    How our actions turn natural hazards into catastrophes

    de Ilan Kelman ...
    An earthquake shatters Haiti and a hurricane slices through Texas. We hear that nature runs rampant, seeking to destroy us through these 'natural disasters'. Science recounts a different story, however: disasters are not the consequence of natural causes; they are the consequence of human choices and decisions. We put ourselves in harm's way; we fail to take measures which we know would prevent ... Leer más

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  • Ivory, Horn and Blood

    Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis

    Meticulous research, chilling facts.... an important and much needed book.-- Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder, The Jane Goodall InstituteIf it is understanding you seek, turn these pages.-- Virginia McKenna, OBE, Founder, The Born Free FoundationIf you care about elephants and rhinos, and the poaching onslaught that threatens their extinction in the wild, this is the book for you.-- Ian ... ... Leer más

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  • Mountains

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    de Martin Price ...
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    Mountains cover a quarter of the Earth's land surface and are home to about 12 percent of the global population. They are the sources of all the world's major rivers, affect regional weather patterns, provide centres of biological and cultural diversity, hold deposits of minerals, and provide both active and contemplative recreation. Yet mountains are also significantly affected by climate change; ... Leer más

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    Over the past twenty years considerable public attention has been focused on the decline of marine fisheries, the sustainability of world fish production, and the impacts of fishing on marine ecosystems. Many have voiced their concerns about marine conservation, as well as the sustainable and ethical consumption of fish. But are fisheries in danger of collapse? Will we soon need to find ways to ... Leer más

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  • Retreat from a Rising Sea

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    This sobering examination of climate-change and the disastrous effects of rising sea levels explains what must be done to avoid the worst outcomes.By the end of this century, hundreds of millions of people living at low elevations along coasts will be forced to retreat to higher and safer ground. Because of sea-level rise, major storms will inundate areas farther inland and will lay waste to ... Leer más

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  • Vietnam: A Natural History

    A country uncommonly rich in plants, animals, and natural habitats, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam shelters a significant portion of the world’s biological diversity, including rare and unique organisms and an unusual mixture of tropical and temperate species. This book is the first comprehensive account of Vietnam’s natural history in English. Illustrated with maps, photographs, and thirty ... Leer más

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