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E.g. Brooks, Thomas M.
E.g. Brooks, Thomas M.
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Jabal Moussa entre mythe et réalité à travers 22 témoignages
Biodiversity and climate change : achieving the 2020 targets
A handbook of environmental management
Jewels of Hawaii : McBryde garden and Allerton garden of the National Tropical Botanical Garden
What is needed to make REDD+ work on the ground ? Lessons learned from pilot forest carbon initiatives
Pour l'amélioration du cadre juridique de la gestion des ressources fauniques au Cameroun : acquis et contraintes, défis et perspectives
    Ngoufo, Roger | Tsague Donkeng, Hubert

<p>Evaluation diagnostique et prospective du cadre juridique de la gestion des ressources fauniques au Cameroun. L'ouvrage embrasse également les éléments de l'environnement politique, socio-économique et sociologique. Il présente des propositions concrètes à l'attention des décideurs.</p>
Advancing the biodiversity agenda : a UN system-wide contribution
Data book : deciphering "Conditions for survival"
Mountain biodiversity and global change
Atlas de la biodiversité de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, tome II : Burkina Faso
Savannah landscapes for the future
More people, more trees : environmental recovery in Africa = plus de gens, plus d'arbres : le rétablissement de l'environnement en Afrique
    Critchley, Will
Over 20 years ago, concerned farmers’ groups in Kenya and Burkina Faso began to adopt new measures to conserve soil and water and to re-establish trees in their fields. Two videos, "Looking after our Land" and "Building on Traditions", recorded the new participatory approaches for land conservation being developed at that time in various countries. More People, More Trees returns to the same communities, and some of the same people, in Kenya and Burkina Faso to document developments since the original filming. The film shows spectacular changes: most obviously more trees planted and protected by the people themselves aided and encouraged by continuing community projects. More People, More Trees thus highlights a demonstrable success story for community participation in agricultural change in Burkina Faso and Kenya. In this film, the landscapes tell their own story, but so do the local people. The accompanying book expounds upon the powerful messages in the film and describes the technologies employed by the communities, provides hard data to support their testimonies, and looks at the current challenges of soil conservation in the context of climate change.
Controlling climate change
    Metz, Bert

"An unbiased and comprehensive overview, based on the findings of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). Using no jargon, it looks at tackling and adapting to man-made climate change, and works through the often confusing potential solutions. Bert Metz is the former co-chair of the IPCC, at the center of international climate change negotiations. His insider expertise provides a cutting edge assessment of issues at the top of the political agenda. He leads the reader succinctly through ambitious mitigation scenarios, in combination with adapting our future societies to different climate conditions and the potential costs of these measures. Illustrations and extensive boxed examples motivate students to engage with this essential global debate, and questions for each chapter are available online for course instructors. Minimal technical language also makes this book valuable to anyone with an interest in action to combat climate change." --Provided by publisher.
Sostenibilidad financiera de las áreas protegidas en América Latina y el Caribe : guía para la política de inversión
The Lomborg deception : setting the record straight about global warming
Blue economy : 10 years, 100 innovations, 100 million jobs
    Pauli, Gunter

The book expresses the ultimate aim that a Blue Economy business model will shift society from scarcity to abundance "with what we have", by tackling issues that cause environmental and related problems in new ways. The book highlights potential benefits in connecting and combining seemingly disparate environmental problems with open-source scientific solutions based upon physical processes common in the natural world, to create solutions that are both environmentally beneficial and which have financial and wider social benefits. The book suggests that we can alter the way in which we run our industrial processes and tackle resultant environmental problems, refocusing from the use of rare and high-energy cost resources to instead seek solutions based upon simpler and cleaner technologies. The book aims to inspire entrepreneurs to adopt its insights, by demonstrating ways in which this can create economic benefits via job creation, reduced energy use, and more revenue streams from each step of the process, at the same time benefiting the communities involved.
Suomen lajien uhanalaisuus : Punainen kirja 2010 = The 2010 Red List of Finnish species
Breeding strategies for sustainable management of animal genetic resources
   

Genetic improvement is an essential component of the management of animal genetic resources and can make important contributions to food security and rural development. Yet, the majority of developing countries have not been successful in sustaining breed development programmes. The objective of these guidelines is to help countries plan and develop effective genetic improvement programmes and to maximize the chances that such programmes will be sustained. They are intended for use by policy-makers and organizations involved in livestock development. They provide practical advice on how to identify livestock development objectives and strategies and define breeding objectives that are in line with them, match animal genetic resources to production systems and identify the most appropriate breeding scheme, initiate or improve straight-breeding or cross-breeding programmes and evaluate investment decisions.
Atlas of duck populations in Eastern Europe
    Viksne, Janis | Svazas, Saulius | Czajkowski, Alexandre-Michel | Janaus, Mara | Mischenko, Alexander | Kozulin, Alexander | Kuresoo, Andres | Serebryakov, Valentin

This book provides new data on these migratory birds, in a key geographical area for their conservation which provides refuge for the major part of their Palearctic populations.
Biodiversity scenarios : projections of 21st Century change in biodiversity and associated ecosystem services : a technical report for the Global Biodiversity Outlook 3
   

This study focuses on projected estimates of biodiversity change for the 21st century. Results were used for the third Global Biodiversity Outlook.
Biodiversity indicators and the 2010 biodiversity target : outputs, experiences and lessons learnt from the 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership
   

This report summarises the experiences and lessons learnt from the 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (2010 BIP), as well as providing details of 27 global indicators developed in support of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)'s 2010 Biodiversity Target.
Promoting foreign investment in tourism
   

The guide is aimed at Investment Promotion Agencies intended to provide practical advice in attracting foreign direct investment in the tourism sector. It follows a step-by-step approach, supported by best practice case studies, for the development and implementation of an investment promotion strategy, the identification of opportunity areas and approaching potential foreign investors.
L'enterprise légère
    Haake, Julia | Gueorguievsky, Basile

La nature est en souffrance. Notre économie est en déroute. Les limites du « toujours plus» sont atteintes. Repeindre sa façade en vert ne suffit plus. Pour contrer la crise écologique tout en soutenant l'activité des entreprises, Julia Haake et Basile Gueorguievsky parient sur une économie légère, qui saura créer plus (de bien-être) avec moins (de matière). Si certaines entreprises adaptent leur mode de fonctionnement aux nouvelles règles de l'écologie, d'autres innovent radicalement. Les exemples concrets d'application sont au coeur de ce livre, comme Michelin qui privilégie la location-maintenance de ses pneus plutôt que la vente - un service plutôt que l'acquisition de biens matériels. Un essai en rupture, intelligent et réaliste, qui propose des solutions pour passer progressivement mais sûrement du jetai' au durable, de la possession à l'usage, de l'avoir à l'être.
Ethno-ornithology : birds, indigenous peoples, culture and society
    Tidemann, Sonia | Gosler, Andrew

"An African proverb states that when a knowledgeable old person dies, a whole library disappears. In that light, this book presents knowledge that is new or has not been readily available until now because it has not previously been captured or reported by indigenous people. Indigenous knowledge that embraces ornithology takes in whole social dimensions that are inter-linked with environmental ethos, conservation and management for sustainability. In contrast, western approaches have tended to reduce knowledge to elemental and material references. This book also looks at the significance of indigenous knowledge of birds and their cultural significance, and how these can assist in framing research methods of western scientists working in related areas."--Publisher’s description
Volcanoes of the world
    Siebert, Lee | Simkin, Tom | Kimberly, Paul

This essential scientific response presents up-to-date information on 10,000 years of volcanic activity on Earth in a handy, accessible format.
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