Conservation Biology for All

Conservation Biology for All
Author: Navjot S. Sodhi
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2010-01-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0191574252

Conservation Biology for All provides cutting-edge but basic conservation science to a global readership. A series of authoritative chapters have been written by the top names in conservation biology with the principal aim of disseminating cutting-edge conservation knowledge as widely as possible. Important topics such as balancing conversion and human needs, climate change, conservation planning, designing and analyzing conservation research, ecosystem services, endangered species management, extinctions, fire, habitat loss, and invasive species are covered. Numerous textboxes describing additional relevant material or case studies are also included. The global biodiversity crisis is now unstoppable; what can be saved in the developing world will require an educated constituency in both the developing and developed world. Habitat loss is particularly acute in developing countries, which is of special concern because it tends to be these locations where the greatest species diversity and richest centres of endemism are to be found. Sadly, developing world conservation scientists have found it difficult to access an authoritative textbook, which is particularly ironic since it is these countries where the potential benefits of knowledge application are greatest. There is now an urgent need to educate the next generation of scientists in developing countries, so that they are in a better position to protect their natural resources.

Places from the Past

Places from the Past
Author: Clare Lise Cavicchi
Publisher: Maryland National Capital Park &
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2001
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780971560703

The Uses of Argument

The Uses of Argument
Author: Stephen E. Toulmin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2003-07-07
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780521534833

"In spite of initial criticisms from logicians and fellow philosophers, The Uses of Argument has been an enduring source of inspiration and discussion to students of argumentation from all kinds of disciplinary background for more than forty years. " Frans van Eemeren, University of Amsterdam

Bradshaw's Railway Handbook Vol 1

Bradshaw's Railway Handbook Vol 1
Author: George Bradshaw
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2012-01-30
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1844861635

Bradshaw's Railway Handbook was originally published in 1866 under the title Bradshaw's Handbook for Tourists in Great Britain and Ireland. It appeared in four volumes as a comprehensive handbook for domestic tourists, offering a detailed view of English life in the Victorian age. Conway is proud to announce the reissue of the first volume of this series, which purportedly focuses on London and its environs - but actually deals with a broad swathe of English metropolitan, suburban and rural landscape (Kent, Sussex, Hants, Dorset, Devon, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Wight) full of fascinating period detail. Now available to a new generation of readers, it will appeal to railway, steam and transport enthusiasts, local historians, and anyone with an interest in British heritage, the Victorian period, or the nation's industrial past.