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This popular and authoritative field guide has been fully revised and updated to include the latest research. Detailed accounts of over 220 land and nine marine mammal species are discussed in depth, with full...
Exploring Fynbos, now newly updated and with a fresh design, is a dynamic introduction to the richest floral kingdom in the world. Both interactive and informative, the book encourages discovery of the fascinating...
What's that Tree? is a helpful introductory guide and will provide an invaluable entry point for anyone interested in getting to know the trees of the region.
Gamebirds have been utilized since prehistoric times for both food and sport. The 21 upland species found in southern Africa include francolins, spurfowl, quails, guineafowl and sandgrouse. Authoritative text...
This guide features more than 400 of the trees, shrubs, palms and mangroves commonly found in East Africa. It will help enthusiasts identify prominent species in gardens, along roadsides and in the countryside....
This easy-to-use, compact book is the perfect pocket ID guide to the mammals of the region. It covers some 120 species, from the smallest to the largest, as well as marine mammals, such as seals, dolphins and...
This clear, concise book offers a down-to-earth system for newcomers to the field of birding. It trains the reader step by step in the art of observing birds, allowing beginners to use a field guide more effectively....
What's that reptile? introduces beginners to southern African reptiles, including snakes, lizards, crocodiles, tortoises, terrapins and turtles. Readers are encouraged to study reptiles in broad groups before...
From the host of the Travel Channel’s “The Wild Within.”
A hunt for the American buffalo—an adventurous, fascinating examination of an animal that has haunted the American imagination.
In 2005, Steven...
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This illustrated essay concerns sustainability. Its simple thesis is that trees do not grow to the sky. Basic facts are used to figure Earth's human carrying capacity. Results are more optimistic than...
Produced by Climate Central—a highly regarded independent, nonprofit journalism and research foundation founded in 2008—and reviewed by scientists at major educational and research institutions the world...
In the spring of 1994, Rwanda was the scene of the first acts since World War II to be legally defined as genocide. Two years later, Clea Koff, a twenty-three-year-old forensic anthropologist analyzing prehistoric...
Water scarcity is increasingly becoming a threat to water security in different countries or areas of East Asia, driven by water over-withdrawal and pollution, and aggravated by climate change and variability....
This volume reviews the experience of cooperation in five international river basins, focusing on the perceptions of risks and opportunities by decision makers in countries responding to a specific prospect...
Forests and woodlands provide an enormous range of goods and services to society, from timber and firewood to medicinal plants, watershed protection, destinations for tourists and sacred sites. Only when these...
Crop wild relatives (CWR) are plant species which are more or less closely related to crops. They are a vital resource by providing a pool of genetic variation that can be used in breeding new and better adapted...
Many mushrooms - or the 'fruits of fungi' - are extremely valuable, wild-gathered products which are utilised for both their medicinal properties and as food. In many of the world's tropical and temperate forests,...
The purpose of this book is to assess a variety of economic issues as they relate to agro-biodiversity and show how addressing these issues can assist in agro-biodiversity policy-making. This is illustrated...
Sacred Natural Sites are the world's oldest protected places. This book focuses on a wide spread of both iconic and lesser known examples such as sacred groves of the Western Ghats (India), Sagarmatha /Chomolongma...
This book deals with the potentials of social-ecological systems analysis for resolving sustainability problems. Contributors relate inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives to systemic dynamics, human behavior...
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