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Reinventing Nature?

Responses To Postmodern Deconstruction

Island Press
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Creating a Forestry for the 21st Century

The Science Of Ecosytem Management

Island Press
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Guidelines for Cave and Karst Protection

By WCPA Working Group on Cave and Karst Protection
Island Press, World Conservation Union
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The Rain Forests of Home

Profile Of A North American Bioregion

Island Press
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Strategies for sustainability

Latin America

Island Press, World Conservation Union

A series of regional reviews of multi-sectoral strategies for sustainability at the national, provincial, and local levels, complementing the volume on "Strategies for national sustainable development". This volume summarizes the status of strategies in the region, reviews and analyses case studies to provide an analytical history and status report on each strategy. The information has hitherto not been available, and will be very valuable for practitioners and policy makers, as well as for students of development.

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Betrayal of Science and Reason

How Anti-Environmental Rhetoric Threatens Our Future

Island Press
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Conifers

Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan

By IUCN/SSC Conifer Specialist Group
Island Press, World Conservation Union

This action plan assess conifer diversity and its threats. It is unique among IUCN's Plant Action Plans so far published, in that it gives the complete global red list of conifers using the 1994 IUCN Red List Categories and criteria. Data is analyzed to identify "conifer hot spots", where conservation should be a priority, and a short-list of threatened species is prioritized.

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North American Rodents

Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan

Island Press, World Conservation Union
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African Antelope Database 1998

Edited by Rod East
Island Press, World Conservation Union

Although most antelope species still exist in large numbers in sub-Saharan Africa (some in hundreds of thousands), up to three-quarters of the species are in decline. Threats to their survival arise from the rapid growth of human and livestock populations, with consequent degradation and destruction of natural habitats, and excessive offtake by meat hunters. In addition, some parts of Africa are mow almost completely devoid of large wild animals because of uncontrolled slaughter during recent civil wars. This report presents the information currently held by the IUCN/SSC Antelope Specialist Group on the conservation status of each antelope species (and selected subspecies) in sub-Saharan Africa. Key areas have been identified for the conservation of representative antelope communities. While external donors make the greatest contributions to the conservation of antelopes, greater recognition of wildlife conservation in national and regional development plans is often a critically important requirement.

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Curassaows, Guans, and Chachalacas

Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan for Cracids 2000-2004

By IUCN/SSC Cracid Specialist Group
Island Press, World Conservation Union
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Landscape Conservation Law

Present Trends and Perspectives in International and Comparative Law

By IUCN Commission on Environmental Law, IUCN Environmental Law Centre, and IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas
Island Press, World Conservation Union
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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.

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Management Guidelines for IUCN Category V Protected Areas

Protected Areas Protected Landscapes / Seascapes,

Island Press, World Conservation Union
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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.

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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.

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Ecosystems and Human Well-Being

A Framework For Assessment

By Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Island Press
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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.

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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.

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Earth in Mind

On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect

Island Press

The crises we face, noted educator David Orr explains, is one of mind, perception, and values. It is, first and foremost, an educational challenge.

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