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Antelope Conservation - From Diagnosis To Action

186,76€ + 10% CARD

 Antelopes constitute a fundamental part of ecosystems throughout Africa and Asia where they act as habitat architects, dispersers of seeds, and prey for large carnivores. The fascication they hold in the human mind is evident from prehistoric rock paintings and ancient Egyptian art to today's wildlife documentaries and popularity in zoos.
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Antelope Conservation - From Diagnosis To Action

185,14€ + 10% CARD

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 Antelopes constitute a fundamental part of ecosystems throughout Africa and Asia where they act as habitat architects, dispersers of seeds, and prey for large carnivores. The fascication they hold in the human mind is evident from prehistoric rock paintings and ancient Egyptian art to today's wildlife documentaries and popularity in zoos.
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Antelope Conservation - From Diagnosis To Action

79,70€ + 10% CARD

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 Antelopes constitute a fundamental part of ecosystems throughout Africa and Asia where they act as habitat architects, dispersers of seeds, and prey for large carnivores. The fascication they hold in the human mind is evident from prehistoric rock paintings and ancient Egyptian art to today's wildlife documentaries and popularity in zoos.
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Protected Areas - Are They Safeguarding Biodiversity?

by John G. Robinson, Jonathan E. M. Bailie e Lucas N. Joppa

145,68€ + 10% CARD

 Protected areas spearhead our response to the rapidly accelerating biodiversity crisis. However, while the number of protected areas has been growing rapidly over the past 20 years, the extent to which the world s protected areas are effectively conserving species, ecosystems, and ecosystem services is poorly understood.
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Protected Areas - Are They Safeguarding Biodiversity?

by John G. (Bronx Zoo, New York, Usa) Robinson, Jonathan E. M. (Institute Of Zoology, London, Uk) Bailie e Lucas N. (Microsoft Research, Cambridge, Uk) Joppa

148,64€ + 10% CARD

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 Protected areas spearhead our response to the rapidly accelerating biodiversity crisis. However, while the number of protected areas has been growing rapidly over the past 20 years, the extent to which the world s protected areas are effectively conserving species, ecosystems, and ecosystem services is poorly understood.
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Elephants And Savanna Woodland Ecosystems - A Study From Chobe National Park, Botswana

119,18€ + 10% CARD

 Focuses on the ecological effects of the increasing elephant population in northern Botswana, presenting the importance of the elephants for the heterogeneity of the system, and showing that elephant ecology involves much wider spatiotemporal scales than was previously thought.
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Elephants And Savanna Woodland Ecosystems - A Study From Chobe National Park, Botswana

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 Focuses on the ecological effects of the increasing elephant population in northern Botswana, presenting the importance of the elephants for the heterogeneity of the system, and showing that elephant ecology involves much wider spatiotemporal scales than was previously thought.
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Biodiversity Monitoring And Conservation - Bridging The Gap Between Global Commitment And Local Action

160,26€ + 10% CARD

 As the impacts of anthropogenic activities increase in both magnitude and extent, biodiversity is coming under increasing pressure. Scientists and policy makers are frequently hampered by a lack of information on biological systems, particularly information relating to long-term trends.
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Biodiversity Conservation And Poverty Alleviation - Exploring The Evidence For A Link

139,06€ + 10% CARD

 Biodiversity conservation and poverty alleviation are both important societal goals demanding increasing international attention. While they may seem to be unrelated, the international policy frameworks that guide action to address them make an explicit assumption that conserving biodiversity will help to tackle global poverty.
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Applied Population And Community Ecology - The Case Of Feral Pigs In Australia

by Jim Hone

136,41€ + 10% CARD

 Part of the Zoological Society of London's Conservation Science and Practice Series, Applied Population and Community Ecology evaluates theory in population and community ecology using a case study of feral pigs, birds and plants in the high country of south-eastern Australia.
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Trade-Offs In Conservation - Deciding What To Save

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 This book demonstrates that trade-offs can be very important for conservationists. Its various chapters show how and why trade-offs are made, and why conservationists need to think very hard about what, if anything, to do about them.
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Tropical Forest Conservation And Industry Partnership - An Experience From The Congo Basin

143,03€ + 10% CARD

 Historically, the conservation of forests and wildlife has focused on the creation of national parks and reserves. However, only 9% of protected areas are larger than 14,000 hectares, likely making them too small to conserve ecosystem services and prevent loss of wide-ranging keystone species such as elephant and leopard.
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Reintroduction Biology - Integrating Science And Management

169,53€ + 10% CARD

 * Further advances the field of reintroduction biology beyond the considerable progress made since the formation of the IUCN/SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group.
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Tropical Forest Conservation And Industry Partnership - An Experience From The Congo Basin

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 Historically, the conservation of forests and wildlife has focused on the creation of national parks and reserves. However, only 9% of protected areas are larger than 14,000 hectares, likely making them too small to conserve ecosystem services and prevent loss of wide-ranging keystone species such as elephant and leopard.
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Reintroduction Biology - Integrating Science And Management

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 * Further advances the field of reintroduction biology beyond the considerable progress made since the formation of the IUCN/SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group.
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Recreational Hunting, Conservation And Rural Livelihoods - Science And Practice

219,88€ + 10% CARD

 Addresses many of the issues that are fundamental to an understanding of the real role of recreational hunting in conservation and rural development. This book examines the key issues, asks the difficult questions, and seeks to present the answers to guide policy.
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Urban Biodiversity And Design

214,58€ + 10% CARD

 With the continual growth of the world's urban population, biodiversity in towns and cities will play a critical role in global biodiversity. This is the first book to provide an overview of international developments in urban biodiversity and sustainable design.
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Reintroduction Of Top-Order Predators

214,58€ + 10% CARD

 Large predators are among the most threatened species on the planet and ways of conserving them in the face of increasing human populations and associated resource requirements are becoming critical.
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Wild Rangelands - Conserving Wildlife While Maintaining Livestock In Semi-Arid Ecosystems

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 Rangeland ecosystems support half of the world's livestock while also providing habitats for some of the most charismatic of wildlife species. This book examines the pressures on rangeland ecosystems worldwide from human land use, over-hunting, and subsistence and commercial farming of livestock and crops.
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Urban Biodiversity And Design

212,18€ + 10% CARD

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 With the continual growth of the world's urban population, biodiversity in towns and cities will play a critical role in global biodiversity. This is the first book to provide an overview of international developments in urban biodiversity and sustainable design.
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Participatory Research In Conservation And Rural Livelihoods - Doing Science Together

187,85€

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 Participatory Research in Conservation and Rural Livelihoods : Doing Science Together starts from the understanding that all people create knowledge and that the creation of sustainable livelihoods and of conditions that protect and sustain rural ecosystems are interrelated.
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Recreational Hunting, Conservation And Rural Livelihoods - Science And Practice

99,97€ + 10% CARD

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 For the first time, this book addresses many of the issues that are fundamental to an understanding of the real role of recreational hunting in conservation and rural development. It examines the key issues, asks the difficult questions, and seeks to present the answers to guide policy.
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Bushmeat And Livelihoods - Wildlife Management And Poverty Reduction

116,20€ + 10% CARD

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 This book explores the links between bushmeat and livelihoods in Africa and other parts of the world, with a focus on the human dimension of the debate.
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Protected Areas - Are They Safeguarding Biodiversity?

by John G. (Bronx Zoo, New York, Usa) Robinson, Jonathan E. M. (Institute Of Zoology, London, Uk) Bailie e Lucas N. (Microsoft Research, Cambridge, Uk) Joppa

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 Protected areas spearhead our response to the rapidly accelerating biodiversity crisis. However, while the number of protected areas has been growing rapidly over the past 20 years, the extent to which the world s protected areas are effectively conserving species, ecosystems, and ecosystem services is poorly understood.
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