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Environmental Conservation & Protection eBooks
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Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (other)
Published by: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The decommissioning of nuclear power plants is a topic of increasing interest to governments and the industry as many nuclear units approach retirement. It is important in this context to assess decommissioning costs and to ensure that adequate funds are set aside to meet future financial liabilities arising after nuclear power plants are shut down.
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Price: $36.00
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Defense and the Environment
By: Mahutova, Katarina (ed.); III, John J. Barich (ed.); Kreizenbeck, Ronald A. (ed.)
Published by: Springer
The state of the art in the area of security related civil science and technology concerning energetic materials and munitions is of pressing importance at the present time, because 10 years after the end of the cold war, in many countries in east and west, huge stockpiles of munitions still await destruction.
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Price: $127.00
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Deforestation and Land Use in the Amazon
By: Wood, Charles H.; Porro, Roberto
Published by: University Press of Florida
''This volume has the strength of bringing together a diverse set of disciplines not just to juxtapose different approaches to the long-standing pattern/process relationship (which so much of the literature does) but to cut across the thorny attributes of spatial and temporal scale, which so often divide remote-sensors from social scientists.
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Eastern Deciduous Forest
By: Yahner, Richard H.
Published by: University of Minnesota Press
Explores the eastern deciduous forest’s physiography, soils, and vegetation types, integrating basic biological principles into an account of the ecological consequences of society’s actions. As Yahner traces the history of conservation of the forest he discusses relevant issues such as the loss of biodiversity, forest fragmentation, Neotropical migratory bird patterns, acid deposition, ozone depletion, and global climatic change. The result is a timely and useful tool for anyone who wants to know or hopes to help one of North America’s great natural resources.Winner of the 1997 Conservation Education Book Award by the Wildlife Society
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Eastern Deciduous Forest
By: Yahner, Richard H.
Published by: University of Minnesota Press
“A readable introduction to ecology and wildlife conservation in the eastern deciduous forest.”–The Prairie NaturalistThis new edition includes the most up-to-date information on the forest and its wildlife, with special attention given to contemporary conservation issues. The result is a timely and useful tool for anyone who wants to know or hopes to help one of North America’s great natural resources.
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Price: $67.50
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Eco-socialism
By: Pepper, David
Published by: Routledge
Presents a provocatively anthropocentric analysis of the way forward for green politics and environmental movements, exposing the deficiencies and contradictions of green approaches to post-modern politics and deep ecology.
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Ecocritique
By: Luke, Timothy W.
Published by: University of Minnesota Press
Timothy Luke exposes how ecological critics, organizations, and movements manipulate our conception of the environment. Turning the tables on the ecocritics, Luke demonstrates how ecocriticism can move beyond its familiar confines to engage larger cultural, economic, and political questions.
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Ecologically-Based Integrated Pest Management
By: Koul, O.; Cuperus, G.W.
Published by: CAB International
Integrated pest management (IPM) is a sustainable approach to manage pests through biological, cultural, physical and chemical means. Comprehensive IPM programme requires an understanding of the ecological relationships between crops, pests, natural enemies and the environment. This book reviews several cases in which ecologically-based IPM was used, and analyses the effectiveness of numerous methods - from the ecological effects of chemical control practices to the ecology of predator-prey and parasitoid-host systems.
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Ecology and Management of Breeding Waterfowl
By: Batt, Bruce D. J. (ed.); Afton, Alan D. (ed.); Anderson, Michael G. (ed.)
Published by: University of Minnesota Press
In August of 1987, the International Symposium on the Ecology and Management of Breeding Waterfowl was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. A major goal was to review the progress that had been made in this field during the previous five decades of research in various subject areas within the broader scope of breeding waterfowl ecology. This volume represents the final versions of the nineteen plenary papers that have been revised and updated since the symposium.
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Ecology and Management of Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazziannum)
By: Pysek, P.; Cock, M.; Nentwig, W.; Ravn, H.P.; Wade, M.
Published by: CAB International
The Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum is a pernicious invasive species, with significant impact on human health due to its phytoxic sap. From its native area, the Caucasus, it has spread across Europe creating serious environmental and health problems. This book, the output of a. three-year EU project involving 40 European experts, is an authoritative compendium of current knowledge on this amazing invasive plant and will facilitate improved management. It is an invaluable resource for both practitioner and student, and covers topics including taxonomy, genetics,. reproduction, population ecology, and invasion dynamics. It also reviews the possibilities of mechanical, chemical and biological control.
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Price: $120.00
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