This book explores a joint African/Western approach to conservation with the goal of returning control to the African nations. It's a no-holds-barred attack on old-style conservation in Africa- provocative, fascinating and dead-on. The authors, associated with the World Wildlife Fund, explode the romantic fallacy of an untouched continent where animals roam freely in sanctuaries. The relationship of wildlife - and the people who share the continent with them - is central to the future of conservation

This book serves as a primer on what to expect as the cost of energy becomes increasingly expensive. It is a must-read for environmentalists who may be expecting too much from hydrogen fuels and for business executives who may be promising too much in terms of next-generation energy technologies

The key insight of Gaia Theory is that the entire Earth functions as a single living super-organism. But according to James Lovelock, the theory’s originator, that organism is now sick. It is running a fever born of increased atmospheric greenhouse gases. Earth will adjust to these stresses, but the human race faces a severe test. It is already too late, Lovelock says, to prevent the global climate from “flipping” into an entirely new equilibrium that will threaten civilization as we know it. But we can do much to save humanity. In the tradition of Silent Spring, this is a call to address a major threat to our collective future

This 32nd World Development Report seeks to advance knowledge about Development and Climate Change. This Report calls for action on climate issues : If we act now, act together, and act differently, there are real opportunities to shape our climate future for an inclusive and sustainable globalization

This Book is about the Coral Triangle. The Coral Triangle is so much more than a place. It is the planet's richest center of marine life and coral reef diversity

This report presents a further chapter in the continuing and constructive dialogue between the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the People

Right now we are waking up to the effects of global warming are upon us. From extreme changes in weather patterns, to melting glaciers and polant and animal species, global warming touches every aspect of our lives

A unique book about the most interesting wild plants of mountainous Kazakhstan, information about the many mountain plants is placed over photographs of the plants themselves and their associated landscapes

Data on mineral product resources of the territory, its geological struture and minerageny are adduced