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Our Common Seas - Coasts In Crisis

de Don Hinrichsen

42,39€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 There is not a coast in the world which is not dangerously polluted. Sewage, industrial effluents, radioactive waste have been added to ungoverned development, all of which are destroying inshore eco-systems. This book describes the situation in the Mediterranean, the Gulf, the Indian Ocean, the South-East Asian Seas and the Eastern Pacific.
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Our Common Seas - Coasts In Crisis

de Don Hinrichsen

42,39€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 There is not a coast in the world which is not dangerously polluted. Sewage, industrial effluents, radioactive waste have been added to ungoverned development, all of which are destroying inshore eco-systems. This book describes the situation in the Mediterranean, the Gulf, the Indian Ocean, the South-East Asian Seas and the Eastern Pacific.
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Our Common Seas - Coasts In Crisis

de Don Hinrichsen

58,12€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 "In association with the International Institute for Environment and Development."
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Genes From The Wild - Using Wild Genetic Resources For Food And Raw Materials

de Christine Prescott-Allen e Robert Prescott-Allen

48,66€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Genes from the Wild describes the growing contribution of wild genetic resources to the production of food and raw materials, describes their characteristics, explains the benefits and problems of using them and outlines the ways in which they are threatened and the measures being taken to conserve them.
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The Politics Of Industrial Agriculture

de Nicholas Hildyard e Tracey Clunies-Ross

48,66€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 In the last 40 years, agriculture in the industrialized countries has undergone a revolution. This book explores whose interests are benefiting from sustainable agriculture and whose are suffering.
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Trees, People And Power

de Peter Utting

74,19€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Behind the headlines about the loss of tropical forests in Latin America lies a complex and fascinating story of the social pressures which cause it. This book looks at the various groups, interests and conflicts involved, and explores the repercussions for forestry, the environment and the livelihoods of the rural and urban poor.
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Trees, People And Power

de Peter Utting

74,19€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Behind the headlines about the loss of tropical forests in Latin America lies a complex and fascinating story of the social pressures which cause it. This book looks at the various groups, interests and conflicts involved, and explores the repercussions for forestry, the environment and the livelihoods of the rural and urban poor.
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Saving The Tropical Forests

de Judith Gradwohl e Russell Greenberg

74,19€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 The destruction of the tropical forest is one of the major problems of our time. This book provides a vision of hope: in Latin America, Africa, and South East Asia, growing numbers of people are developing techniques specifically designed to promote the wise use and preservation of remaining forest lands.
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Saving The Tropical Forests

de Judith Gradwohl e Russell Greenberg

74,19€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 The destruction of the tropical forest is one of the major problems of our time. This book provides a vision of hope: in Latin America, Africa, and South East Asia, growing numbers of people are developing techniques specifically designed to promote the wise use and preservation of remaining forest lands.
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Plantation Politics - Forest Plantations In Development

de Caroline Sargent e Stephen Bass

74,19€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Plantations are playing an increasingly important part in the development and the economies of the South. This book examines their rationale and purpose, exposing the misconceptions and myths that have surrounded their role, and describing the contribution they can make to sustainable development.
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Plantation Politics - Forest Plantations In Development

de Caroline Sargent e Stephen Bass

74,19€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Plantations are playing an increasingly important part in the development and the economies of the South. This book examines their rationale and purpose, exposing the misconceptions and myths that have surrounded their role, and describing the contribution they can make to sustainable development.
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Controlling Tropical Deforestation

de Alan Grainger

52,99€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Tropical rain forest is being cleared so rapidly and on such a scale that it is a major global environmental problem, threatening the survival of half of the world's plant and animal species. This book offers an analysis of the causes of deforestation and presents a strategy for controlling it.
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Controlling Tropical Deforestation

de Alan Grainger

52,99€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Tropical rain forest is being cleared so rapidly and on such a scale that it is a major global environmental problem, threatening the survival of half of the world's plant and animal species. This book offers an analysis of the causes of deforestation and presents a strategy for controlling it.
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No Timber Without Trees - Sustainability In The Tropical Forest

de Duncan Poore

49,01€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Much of the world's tropical timber is supplied from natural forest. This book reviews the extent to which natural forests are already being sustainably managed for timber production, and looks at how these practices can be enlarged. It is intended for those working or interested in the subject of tropical forests.
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No Timber Without Trees - Sustainability In The Tropical Forest

de Duncan Poore

49,01€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Much of the world's tropical timber is supplied from natural forest. This book reviews the extent to which natural forests are already being sustainably managed for timber production, and looks at how these practices can be enlarged. It is intended for those working or interested in the subject of tropical forests.
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Politics Of Industrial Agriculture

de Nicholas Hildyard e Tracey Clunies-Ross

47,69€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 The agriculture in the industrialised countries has undergone a revolution. That has dramatically increased yields, but it has also led to: extensive rural depopulation; widespread degradation of the environment; and, contamination of food with agrochemicals and bacteria. This work discusses the politics of Industrial Agriculture.
INGLÊS

Politics Of Industrial Agriculture

de Nicholas Hildyard e Tracey Clunies-Ross

47,69€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 The agriculture in the industrialised countries has undergone a revolution. That has dramatically increased yields, but it has also led to: extensive rural depopulation; widespread degradation of the environment; and, contamination of food with agrochemicals and bacteria. This work discusses the politics of Industrial Agriculture.
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Unwelcome Harvest - Agriculture And Pollution

de Gordon R. Conway e Jules N. Pretty

45,04€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Agriculture produces methane and the products of burning off, which add to the world's problems of acid rain, depletion of the ozone layer and global warming. Focusing on the UK, the USA and Third World countries, this book reviews the agriculture and pollution. It examines the facts and assesses the relative dangers of the pollution problems.
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Unwelcome Harvest - Agriculture And Pollution

de Gordon R. Conway e Jules N. Pretty

45,04€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Agriculture produces methane and the products of burning off, which add to the world's problems of acid rain, depletion of the ozone layer and global warming. Focusing on the UK, the USA and Third World countries, this book reviews the agriculture and pollution. It examines the facts and assesses the relative dangers of the pollution problems.
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Saving The Seed - Genetic Diversity And European Agriculture

de Renee Vellve

74,19€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Genetic diversity is essential to the security of agriculture. Without the availability of a wide range of plant varieties and the genetic resources they contain, crops cannot adapt to combat the ever-changing threats of pests, diseases and climatic change. This book traces the decline of crop varieties in European farming.
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Saving The Seed - Genetic Diversity And European Agriculture

de Renee Vellve

74,19€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Genetic diversity is essential to the security of agriculture. Without the availability of a wide range of plant varieties and the genetic resources they contain, crops cannot adapt to combat the ever-changing threats of pests, diseases and climatic change. This book traces the decline of crop varieties in European farming.
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After The Green Revolution - Sustainable Agriculture For Development

de Edward B. Barbier e Gordon R. Conway

64,91€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 'The Green Revolution' of the 60s and 70s produced immense gains in food cereal production in the Third World. But there are huge problems in the 'post-revolutionary' era. This book looks at the effects of international economic restraints and of national policies on the required development.
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After The Green Revolution - Sustainable Agriculture For Development

de Edward B. Barbier e Gordon R. Conway

64,91€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 'The Green Revolution' of the 60s and 70s produced immense gains in food cereal production in the Third World. But there are huge problems in the 'post-revolutionary' era. This book looks at the effects of international economic restraints and of national policies on the required development.
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Asking The Earth - Farms, Forestry And Survival In India

de Jeremy Seabrook e Winin Pereira

74,19€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 The need to produce food without the destructive chemical horrors of much modern farming, for an intelligent use of dwindling natural resources and for humane forms of production is universal, the practice is limited. This book presents an account of one, large, instance of success in practice.
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