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Island Press began with a simple idea: knowledge is power—the power to imagine a better future and find ways for getting us there. Founded in 1984, Island Press’ mission is to provide the best ideas and information to those seeking to understand and protect the environment and create solutions to its complex problems.

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Ex Situ Plant Conservation

Supporting Species Survival In The Wild

Edited by Edward O. Guerrant, Kayri Havens-Young, and Michael Maunder; Foreword by Peter H. Raven; By Center for Plant Conservation
Island Press

Ex Situ Plant Conservation outlines the role, value, and limits of ex situ conservation as well as updating best management practices for the field.

  • Copyright year: 2004
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Environmental Land Use Planning and Management

Island Press

Environmental Land Use Planning and Management is a unique new textbook that presents a diverse, comprehensive, and coordinated approach to issues of land use planning and management and their impacts on the environment.

  • Copyright year: 2003
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Ecosystems and Human Well-Being

A Framework For Assessment

By Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Island Press
  • Copyright year: 2003
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Alternative Futures for Changing Landscapes

The Upper San Pedro River Basin In Arizona And Sonora

Island Press

Alternative Futures for Changing Landscapes presents for the first time in book form a detailed case study of one alternative futures project — an analysis of development and conservation options for the Upper San Pedro River Basin in Arizona and Sonora, Mexico.

  • Copyright year: 2003
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Ranching West of the 100th Meridian

Culture, Ecology, and Economics

Island Press

Ranching West of the 100th Meridian offers a literary and thought-provoking look at ranching and its role in the changing West.

  • Copyright year: 2002
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The Regional City

Island Press
  • Copyright year: 2001
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A Guide to Careers in Community Development

Island Press

A Guide to Careers in Community Development is an essential reference for anyone interested in working in the community development field, including graduate and undergraduate students.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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Betrayal of Science and Reason

How Anti-Environmental Rhetoric Threatens Our Future

Island Press
  • Copyright year: 1996
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The Rain Forests of Home

Profile Of A North American Bioregion

Island Press
  • Copyright year: 1997
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Creating a Forestry for the 21st Century

The Science Of Ecosytem Management

Island Press
  • Copyright year: 1997
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Reinventing Nature?

Responses To Postmodern Deconstruction

Island Press
  • Copyright year: 1995
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