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National Park Science

A Century of Research in South Africa

by Jane Carruthers ...

Series series Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
South Africa is renowned for its wildlife and environmental conservation in iconic national parks such as the Kruger, one of the world's first formal protected areas. However, this is the first book to thoroughly analyse and explain the interesting and changing scientific research that has been accomplished in South Africa's national parks during the twentieth century. Providing a fascinating and ... Read more

$95.99 USD

South Africa is renowned for its wildlife and environmental conservation in iconic national parks such as the Kruger, one of the world's first formal protected areas. However, this is the first book to thoroughly analyse and explain the interesting and changing scientific research that has been accomplished in South Africa's national parks during the twentieth century. Providing a fascinating and
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Wildlife and Warfare

The Life of James Stevenson-Hamilton

by Jane Carruthers ...

Narrated by Jane Carruthers, Malcolm Gooding ...

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10 hours 14 min

More than any other individual, James Stevenson-Hamilton can be credited with the creation of the Kruger National Park in South Affica.In 1902, when the South African War ended, Stevenson-Hamilton swopped his military career for the more uncertain calling of a game warden. Under his supervision the small, neglected and war-ravaged Sabi Game Reserve expanded in stature and size. By the time he ... Read more

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More than any other individual, James Stevenson-Hamilton can be credited with the creation of the Kruger National Park in South Affica.In 1902, when the South African War ended, Stevenson-Hamilton swopped his military career for the more uncertain calling of a game warden. Under his supervision the small, neglected and war-ravaged Sabi Game Reserve expanded in stature and size. By the time he
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Environment, Power, and Justice

Southern African Histories

Edited by Graeme Wynn, Jane Carruthers, Nancy J. Jacobs ...

Series series Series in Ecology and History
Spanning the colonial, postcolonial, and postapartheid eras, these historical and locally specific case studies analyze and engage vernacular, activist, and scholarly efforts to mitigate social-environmental inequity.This book highlights the ways poor and vulnerable people in South Africa, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe have mobilized against the structural and political forces that deny them a healthy and ... Read more

$33.29 USD

Spanning the colonial, postcolonial, and postapartheid eras, these historical and locally specific case studies analyze and engage vernacular, activist, and scholarly efforts to mitigate social-environmental inequity.This book highlights the ways poor and vulnerable people in South Africa, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe have mobilized against the structural and political forces that deny them a healthy and
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Shades of Green

Environment Activism Around the Globe

by Frank Zelko, Mahesh Ranagarjan, Sandra Lynn Chaney, Jane Carruthers, Peter Ho, Daniel J. Klooster, J. Christopher Brown ...

Series series International Environmental History
Shades of Green examines the impact of political, economic, religious, and scientific institutions on environmental activism around the world. The book highlights the diversity of national, regional and international environmental activism, showing that the term "environmentalism" covers an entire range of perceptions, values and interests. It demonstrates that each instance of environmental ... Read more

$42.09 USD

Shades of Green examines the impact of political, economic, religious, and scientific institutions on environmental activism around the world. The book highlights the diversity of national, regional and international environmental activism, showing that the term "environmentalism" covers an entire range of perceptions, values and interests. It demonstrates that each instance of environmental
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Wattles

Australian Acacia Species Around the World

by Narciso Aguilera, Joaquim Alonso, Samuel C. Andrew, Irene Barnes, Ashleigh M. Basel, Rita Bastos, Pierre Binggeli, Rachel M. Binks, Christophe Botella, Giuseppe Brundu, David Bush, Dr Margaret Byrne, João A. Cabral, Jane Carruthers, Laura Celesti-Grapow, Julian M. Chan, Roland Cochard, M. Conceição Colaço, Peter J. Cunningham, Jorge Dias, Catherine R. Dickson, Liliana N. Duarte, Allan G. Ellis, Luís Fernandes, Nuno Fernandes, Eduardo Fuentes-Lillo, Andrés Fuentes-Ramírez, Rachael V. Gallagher, Rafael García, Sjirk Geerts, Michelle R. Gibson, Margherita Gioria, Catarina Gonçalves, João Gonçalves, Vinicius Paiva Gonçalves, Pablo González-Moreno, Luís González, António Carmo Gouveia, A. Rod Griffin, André Große-Stoltenberg, Greg R. Guerin, Antoine Guisan, Stuart Hall, Jane L. Harbard, Gustavo Heringer, Richard Hill, Patricia M. Holmes, João P. Honrado, Cang Hui, Philip E. Hulme, Brett P. Hurley, Fiona Impson, Cally Jansen, Nolwethu Jubase-Tshali, Jan-Hendrik Keet, Rob Kelly, Ian Kotze, Christoph Kueffer, Ingolf Kühn, Dr Christian A. Kull, Sabrina Kumschick, Vitalis K. Lagat, Bárbara Langdon, Guillaume Latombe, David C. Le Maitre, Ivan Lizarazo, Francisco López-Núñez, Paula Lorenzo, Vanessa Lozano, Sérgio Maggiolli, Cristina Máguas, Hélia Marchante, Irene Martín-Forés, Cecilia Masemola, Bruce Maslin, David J. Merritt, Stephen J. Midgley, Melissa A. Millar, Carey Minteer, Leonie T. Monks, Nuno Mouta, Jana Mullerova, Daniel J. Murphy, Silvia Neves, Dung Tri Ngo, Dr Ana Novoa, Jens Oldeland, Lucas Prado Osco, Penelope P. Pascoe, Dr Aníbal Pauchard, Thao Phuong Thi Pham, Eva M. Pinto, Petr Pyšek, Jorge E. Ramirez-Albores, A. Tony Rinaudo, Matt Ritter, Libby Robin, James G. Rodger, Philip W. Rundel, Mário Santos, Charlie Shackleton, Dr Ross Shackleton, Iryna Skulska, Canh Quoc Tran, Thang Nam Tran, Helena Trindade, Florian Ulm, Van Thi Hai, Dr Brian van Wilgen, Maribel Vásquez-Valderrama, A. Sofia Vaz, Joana R. Vicente, Sara Vicente, Elizabeth M. Wandrag, Andrew Wannenburgh, Christiane Werner, John R. Wilson, Michael Wingfield, Rafael Dudeque Zenni ...

The book provides a comprehensive overview of current knowledge about "wattles", a large clade of over 1000 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Acacia, most of which are native to Australia. It examines the biology, ecology, evolution, and biogeography of wattles in their native ranges, including the evolutionary forces that have driven past speciation and adaptation to diverse environments, ... Read more

$188.99 USD

The book provides a comprehensive overview of current knowledge about "wattles", a large clade of over 1000 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Acacia, most of which are native to Australia. It examines the biology, ecology, evolution, and biogeography of wattles in their native ranges, including the evolutionary forces that have driven past speciation and adaptation to diverse environments,
... Read more
Make It a Green Peace!: The Rise of Countercultural Environmentalism

The Rise of Countercultural Environmentalism

by Frank Zelko ...

The emergence of Greenpeace in the late 1960s from a loose-knit group of anti-nuclear and anti-whaling activists fundamentally changed the nature of environmentalism--its purpose, philosophy, and tactics--around the world. And yet there has been no comprehensive objective history of Greenpeace's origins-until now. Make It a Green Peace! draws upon meeting minutes, internal correspondence, ... Read more

$32.39 USD

The emergence of Greenpeace in the late 1960s from a loose-knit group of anti-nuclear and anti-whaling activists fundamentally changed the nature of environmentalism--its purpose, philosophy, and tactics--around the world. And yet there has been no comprehensive objective history of Greenpeace's origins-until now. Make It a Green Peace! draws upon meeting minutes, internal correspondence,
... Read more

What is Environmental History?

by J. Donald Hughes ...

Series series What is History?
What is environmental history? It is a kind of history that seeks understanding of human beings as they have lived, worked, and thought in relationship to the rest of nature through the changes brought by time.In this new edition of his seminal student textbook, J. Donald Hughes provides a masterful overview of the thinkers, topics, and perspectives that have come to constitute the exciting ... Read more

$20.00 USD

What is environmental history? It is a kind of history that seeks understanding of human beings as they have lived, worked, and thought in relationship to the rest of nature through the changes brought by time.In this new edition of his seminal student textbook, J. Donald Hughes provides a masterful overview of the thinkers, topics, and perspectives that have come to constitute the exciting
... Read more
Environment at the Margins

Literary and Environmental Studies in Africa

Edited by Byron Caminero-Santangelo, Garth Myers ...

Environment at the Margins brings literary and environmental studies into a robust interdisciplinary dialogue, challenging dominant ideas about nature, conservation, and development in Africa and exploring alternative narratives offered by writers and environmental thinkers. The essays bring together scholarship in geography, anthropology, and environmental history with the study of African and ... Read more

$33.29 USD

Environment at the Margins brings literary and environmental studies into a robust interdisciplinary dialogue, challenging dominant ideas about nature, conservation, and development in Africa and exploring alternative narratives offered by writers and environmental thinkers. The essays bring together scholarship in geography, anthropology, and environmental history with the study of African and
... Read more
After Europe

by Ivan Krastev ...

In this provocative book, renowned public intellectual Ivan Krastev reflects on the future of the European Union—and its potential lack of a future. With far-right nationalist parties on the rise across the continent and the United Kingdom planning for Brexit, the European Union is in disarray and plagued by doubts as never before. Krastev includes chapters devoted to Europe's major problems ... Read more

$18.99 USD

In this provocative book, renowned public intellectual Ivan Krastev reflects on the future of the European Union—and its potential lack of a future. With far-right nationalist parties on the rise across the continent and the United Kingdom planning for Brexit, the European Union is in disarray and plagued by doubts as never before. Krastev includes chapters devoted to Europe's major problems
... Read more
Restoration Ecology

The New Frontier

Edited by Jelte van Andel, James Aronson ...

Enlarged, enhanced and internationalized edition of the first restoration ecology textbook to be published, with foreword by Dr. Steven Whisnant of Texas A&M University and Chair of the Society of Ecological Restoration.Since 2006, when the first edition of this book appeared, major advances have taken place in restoration science and in the practice of ecological restoration. Both are now ... Read more

$86.00 USD

Enlarged, enhanced and internationalized edition of the first restoration ecology textbook to be published, with foreword by Dr. Steven Whisnant of Texas A&M University and Chair of the Society of Ecological Restoration.Since 2006, when the first edition of this book appeared, major advances have taken place in restoration science and in the practice of ecological restoration. Both are now
... Read more
The Great Acceleration

An Environmental History of the Anthropocene since 1945

by J. R. McNeill, Peter Engelke ...

The Earth has entered a new age—the Anthropocene—in which humans are the most powerful influence on global ecology. Since the mid-twentieth century, the accelerating pace of energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and population growth has thrust the planet into a massive uncontrolled experiment. The Great Acceleration explains its causes and consequences, highlighting the role of energy systems, as ... Read more

$19.69 USD

The Earth has entered a new age—the Anthropocene—in which humans are the most powerful influence on global ecology. Since the mid-twentieth century, the accelerating pace of energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and population growth has thrust the planet into a massive uncontrolled experiment. The Great Acceleration explains its causes and consequences, highlighting the role of energy systems, as
... Read more
Why Birds Matter

Avian Ecological Function and Ecosystem Services

Edited by Çagan H. Sekercioglu, Daniel G. Wenny, Christopher J. Whelan ...

For over one hundred years, ornithologists and amateur birders have jointly campaigned for the conservation of bird species, documenting not only birds' beauty and extraordinary diversity, but also their importance to ecosystems worldwide. But while these avian enthusiasts have noted that birds eat fruit, carrion, and pests; spread seed and fertilizer; and pollinate plants, among other services, ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

For over one hundred years, ornithologists and amateur birders have jointly campaigned for the conservation of bird species, documenting not only birds' beauty and extraordinary diversity, but also their importance to ecosystems worldwide. But while these avian enthusiasts have noted that birds eat fruit, carrion, and pests; spread seed and fertilizer; and pollinate plants, among other services,
... Read more

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