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Ocean's End Travels Through Endangered Seas
The Black Sea is already dead. Because of sea-level rise, an entire nation in the South Pacific, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is being washed away. Throughout the Caribbean Sea, vast stretches of coral reef-called the "rainforests of the …
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Interactions of the Major Biogeochemical Cycles: Global Changes and Human Impacts
The circulation and interactions of major elements such as carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulphur, oxygen, and hydrogen are critical for the maintenance of the earth's ecosystems. Human activities including agriculture, industry, and urbanization …
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Heal the Ocean: Solutions for Saving Our Seas
An oil tanker breaks up off the coast of Spain, contaminating beaches and killing over one hundred thousand birds. Colorful coral reefs turn a deathly white around the world. Six whales die in the Bahamas from bleeding near their ears after the …
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Ecoforestry: The Art and Science of Sustainable Forest Use
The new paradigm for the forest industry! Accessible to a wide audience ranging from foresters and loggers to environmentalist, restorationist, planners, policy analysts, students and ordinary citizens, Ecoforestry will be a enormous value to all …
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Six of BC's foremost environmentalists—including Tzeporah Berman and Christopher Hatch—offer well-documented essays that illuminate the issues behind the Clayoquot protests of 1993. The analysis reveals the lack of a scientific basis for forestry …
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Green Planet Blues: Environmental Politics from Stockholm to Johannesburg, Third Edition
The revised and updated third edition of this cutting-edge collection brings together classic readings and important new material on global environmental politics. In selections chosen for their authority and edited to preserve their integrity, "…
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The Redwood Forest: History, Ecology, and Conservation of the Coast Redwoods
The Redwood Forest, written in support of Save-the-Redwoods League's masterplan, brings together the latest insights from conservation biology along with new information from data-gathering techniques such as GIS and remote sensing. It presents …
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