History

"Shifting Baselines explores the real-world implications of a groundbreaking idea: we must understand the oceans of the past to protect the oceans of the future. In 1995, acclaimed marine biologist Daniel Pauly coined the term "shifting baselines" to describe a phenomenon of lowered expectations, in which each generation regards a progressively poorer natural world as normal.

This publication considers the crucial question -- how to reconcile the modern world's unceasing demand for energy with the absolute necessity to preserve the integrity of the biosphere.

Dirt, soil, call it what you want--it's everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, our cities. This fascinating yet disquieting book finds, however, that we are running out of dirt, and it's no laughing matter.

Die Biodiversität ist unsere Lebensgrundlage - ihr ökonomischer, ökologischer, sozialer und ästhetischer Wert kann nicht hoch genug eingeschätzt werden. Im Jahr 2003 beschlossen die Umweltminister Europas daher, den Verlust der Biodiversität bis ins Jahr 2010 zu stoppen. Haben wir dieses Ziel erreicht? Die vorliegende Studie des Forum Biodiversität Schweiz gibt fundierte Antworten auf diese Frage.

Jeune capitale surgie des dunes, face à l'océan, Nouakchott est née en même temps que l'Etat indépendant de Mauritanie. Cet ouvrage accompagne l'exposition consacrée à la ville, de sa création en 1958 à nos jours : écrist littéraires et journalistiques, témoignages et articles scientifiques, tous illustrés, retracent la genèse de la capitale, sa croissance depuis sa création et ses perspectives d'évolution.

This publication compiles the diary of Paolo Videsott, one of the founders of IUCN and a major figure in nature conservation in Italy, written during his imprisonment by Nazis between 1943 and 1945, and correspondence written between 1981 and 2006.