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  • The Earth is the Lord’s
    Dianne Osa Bergant
    The underlying premise of this study is captured in the first verse of Psalm 24, which states that 'the earth is the LORD’s' and no one else’s. This is a major theological tenet that undergirds the biblical tradition. Insights from contemporary science prompt us to look anew at our understanding of the natural balance within the universe and at humankind as a manifestation of...
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    17,43 €

  • A Dictionary of Environmental Quotations
    Here are more than 3,700 quotations in 143 categories--from Acid Rain to Zoos--that provide a comprehensive collection of wise and witty observations about our natural environment. Quotations have been drawn from a variety of documented sources, including poems, proverbs, slogans, radio and television, Congressional hearings, magazines, and newspapers. A sweeping look at the hi...
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    49,60 €

  • Arab Roots of Gemology
    Ahmad ibn Yusuf Al Tifaschi / Ahmad Ibn Yusuf Tifashi / Samir Najm Abul Huda
    Samar Najm Abul Huda’s translation of Ahmad ibn Yusuf al Tifaschi’s study of gems. Born in 1184, Al Tifaschi first learned about gems from his father, and augmented his knowledge through readings of Aristotle, Theophrastus, and Pliny, as well as through extensive travels to mines and trading centers. In 1253, he wrote what later became known as the most ’methodical and complete...
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    156,58 €

  • Marine Biodiversity
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    218,09 €

  • A Desperate Passion
    Helen Caldicott
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    20,58 €

  • Ecology, Law and Economics
    Nicholas Mercuro
    Chapter 1 Contents: Chapter I: Introduction to Ecology, Law and Economics & The EconomyChapter 2 Chapter II: Ecological SystemsChapter 3 Chapter III: The State & the Integration of Ecology, Law and EconomicsChapter 4 Chapter IV: Economic Valuation of Environmental And Natural ResourcesChapter 5 Chapter V: The Economics of Natural ResourcesChapter 6 Chapter VI: Environmental Eco...
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    110,92 €

  • The empire of nature
    John M MacKenzie / John M. MacKenzie / John MMacKenzie
    This study assesses the significance of the hunting cult asa major element of the imperial experience in Africa and Asia. In it, theauthor demonstrates the racial inequalities which existed between Europeans andindigenous hunters. ...
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    31,52 €

  • After Disaster
    Thomas A. Birkland / Thomas ABirkland
    Disasters like earthquakes are known as focusing events-sudden calamities that cause both citizens and policymakers to pay more attention to a public problem and often to press for solutions. This book, the first comprehensive analysis of these dramatic events, explains how and why some public disasters change political agendas and, ultimately, public policies.Thomas A. Birklan...
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    37,93 €

  • Green Politics and Global Trade
    John J. Audley / John JAudley
    Environmental groups for the first time formalized their role in shaping U.S. and international trade policy during their involvement in NAFTA negotiations. John J. Audley identifies the political forces responsible for forging this new intersection of trade and environment policy during NAFTA negotiations, analyzes the achievements of the environmentalists, and explores their ...
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    30,86 €

  • Beyond Growth
    Herman E. Daly / Herman EDaly
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    22,51 €

  • Biodiversity
    Jenny L. Chapman / Jenny LChapman / Michael B. V. Roberts / Michael BVRoberts
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    68,28 €

  • The Culture of Denial
    C a Bowers / C. A. Bowers
    Argues that environmentalists must expand their political involvement to include the reform of public schools and universities, and that education must be revamped to support ecologically sustainable paths for society. ...
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    43,24 €

  • Environmental Stewardship
    Dorothy J. Howell / Dorothy JHowell
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    121,49 €

  • Why Energy Conservation Fails
    Herbert Inhaber / Unknown
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    121,62 €

  • The Greeks and the Environment
    Laura Westra / Thomas M. Robinson / Thomas MRobinson
    Environmental ethicists have frequently criticized ancient Greek philosophy as anti-environmental for a view of philosophy that is counterproductive to environmental ethics and a view of the world that puts nature at the disposal of people. This provocative collection of original essays reexamines the views of nature and ecology found in the thought of Plato, Aristotle, the Sto...
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    72,22 €

  • Flashpoints in Environmental Policymaking
    Presents alternative and often opposing viewpoints on the major national and international environmental controversies that will be with us well into the twenty-first century. ...
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    42,87 €

  • Fields Without Dreams
    Victor Davis Hanson
    America’s disappearing family farmer is often portrayed as either a figure of pitiable tragedy or glorified romance. But in one of the most unusual books ever written on farming, farmer and Greek scholar Victor Davis Hanson eloquently explains how neither portrait conveys what really matters about farming. As the family farm all but vanishes in our nation, it is neither food pr...
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    19,00 €

  • The Internationalization of Environmental Protection
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    43,33 €

  • Wetland Mitigation
    James ASchmid / Mark Dennison / Mark S. Dennison / Mark SDennison
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    192,15 €

  • Behavioural Approaches to Conservation in the Wild
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    137,09 €

  • Experiments in Ecology
    A. J. Underwood / AJUnderwood
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    324,86 €

  • Theoretical Ecosystem Ecology
    Goran I. Agren / Goran I. Ogren / Goran IAgren / Goran IOgren
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    174,73 €

  • In Service of The Wild
    Stephanie Mills
    'One of the penalties of an ecological education,' wrote Aldo Leopold, 'is that one lives alone in a world of wounds.' In 'In Service of the Wild', Stephanie Mills brings her intelligent, personable voice to an examination of the field of ecological restoration - the rapidly developing art and science of healing the wounds of the land. ...
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    17,85 €

  • In the Society of Nature
    Philippe Descola / Nora Scott
    The Achuar Indians live in the remote forest reaches of the Upper Amazon and have developed sophisticated strategies of resource management. Philippe Descola documents their rich knowledge of the environment. ...
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    83,25 €

  • Staking Out the Terrain
    Daniel McCool / Jeanne N Clarke / Jeanne N. Clarke
    An original approach to the study of bureaucratic behavior that formulates a model of agency power supported by analysis of seven federal natural resource agencies. ...
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    43,20 €

  • Miracle Under the Oaks
    William K. Stevens / William KStevens
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    19,77 €

  • Natural Woodland
    G. F. Peterken / George Peterken / GFPeterken
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    160,97 €

  • Who Controls Public Lands?
    Christopher McGrory Klyza
    In this historical and comparative study, Christopher McGrory Klyza explores why land-management policies in mining, forestry, and grazing have followed different paths and explains why public-lands policy in general has remained virtually static over time. According to Klyza, understanding the different philosophies that gave rise to each policy regime is crucial to reforming ...
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    64,46 €

  • A Wolf in the Garden
    Philip D. Brick / Philip DBrick
    Debates concerning the federal role in regulating industry and in managing the nation’s public lands are becoming increasingly contentious. ...
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    38,06 €

  • From Individual Behaviour to Population Ecology
    William J. Sutherland / William JSutherland
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    116,57 €


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