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Few, if any, environments are free of human intervention. Often this generates ecosystems which are rich in biodiversity, historical interest, recreational opportunity and scenic beauty just as wort……続きを見る

" Une analyse et une anticipation que devra consulter toute personne préoccupée par l'avenir du monde... Le livre le plus méthodique, le plus honnête, le plus alerte de "vulgarisation' de tous les l……続きを見る

En menant l'enquête sur quatre continents, s'appuyant sur les témoignages d'experts mais aussi de nombreux agriculteurs, M.-M. Robin dresse le bilan du modèle agro-industriel qui, après un demi sièc……続きを見る

L'auteur soutient brillamment le paradoxe suivant : au départ, les revendications écologiques étaient profondément critiques des savoirs scientifiques et techniques et du développement social qu'ils……続きを見る

Explosion des cancers, pathologies neurodégénératives, maladies émergentes : comment les lobbies s'organisent pour paralyser le système de contrôle sanitaire et d'évaluation des produits. Une enquêt……続きを見る

En 2050, les neuf milliards d'humains pourront se nourrir... grâce à l'agriculture biologique. Celui qui l'affirme n'est pas un doux rêveur : c'est l'un des spécialistes mondiaux des questions agric……続きを見る

Nature and Identity in Cross-Cultural Perspective presents 20 essays which explore diverse cultural interpretations of the earth's surface. Contrasted with each other and with the potentially cosmop……続きを見る

"En trente, en quarante ans, notre vie quotidienne a été bouleversée d'une façon incroyable, et dans tous les domaines. Y avez-vous vraiment prêté attention ? Tiens ! un exemple parmi cent. Vous ne ……続きを見る

André Aschieri, ancien vice-président de l'AFSSET, dévoile la manière dont les lobbies industriels les plus puissants (chimie, biotechnologies, nucléaire...) s'organisent pour paralyser la préventio……続きを見る

Implantée dans quarante-six pays, Monsanto est devenue le leader mondial des OGM, mais aussi l'une des entreprises les plus controversées de l'histoire industrielle. Dans les dernières décennies, la……続きを見る

The Bear Brook Watershed in Maine (BBWM) is a long-term, whole-watershed study examining the effects of experimentally elevated N and S deposition on a treated watershed, in comparison to the adjace……続きを見る

This third edition of the standard text Countryside Conservation charts and evaluates those changes which represent a fundamental revolution in the ways in which the countryside is planned and manag……続きを見る

This management handbook explains the skills and systems needed by all those involved in managing the countryside. It deals with the process of management, national trends, establishing local polici……続きを見る

At last geochemists are offered one comprehensive reference book which gives the Eh-pH diagrams for 75 elements found in the earth's surface environment, including transuranic and other radioactive ……続きを見る

A lavishly illustrated companion to Winston Graham's beloved Poldark novels, reissued to coincide with the BBC series based on the novels. Graham's saga of Cornish life in the eighteenth century has……続きを見る

Unlike connotations such as greenhouse effect. global change, sea level, desertification, etc. , permafrost is definitely lacking in the everyday speech of many non-specialists. The reason is that a……続きを見る

Written by the renowned TV presenter Chris Packham, this book is suitable for anybody with an interest in urban wildlife and conservation. This new edition is suitable for anybody with an interest i……続きを見る

Written by the renowned TV presenter Chris Packham, this is a readable, practical guide to attracting wildlife to your garden. Many of Britain's plants and animals have come to rely upon gardens as ……続きを見る

**A book of timeless importance about the American West and a modern classic by National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning Wallace Stegner. "Stegner catches the paradoxical essence of American ……続きを見る

The Wasatch Mountains, with three wilderness areas and hundreds of miles of trails, offer a treasure land of outdoor opportunities within easy reach of nearly a million people. Yet the steep rugged ……続きを見る

Why do quaking aspens grow in prominent clumps rather than randomly scattered across the landscape? Why and how does a rufous hummingbird drop its metabolism to one-hundredth of its normal rate? Why……続きを見る

A cute giftbook packed with glorious color microphotography of real snow crystals by Dr. SnowーCaltech physicist Kenneth Libbrecht. His photos of snowflakes have appeared in National Geographic, the……続きを見る

Although Sierra Club founder and important early environmentalist John Muir was born in Scotland, he spent much of his life traipsing through the wonders of the American wilderness -- and fighting t……続きを見る

Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 – Introduction Chapter 2 - The Aid of Awareness Chapter 3 - Plan for a Tornado Protecting your property Chapter 4 - First Aid Supplies Drugs Dressings Other First……続きを見る

"Nature" is an essay composed by Ralph Waldo Emerson, and published by James Munroe and Company in 1836. In this essay Emerson put forth the foundation of transcendentalism, a belief syst……続きを見る

Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 – Introduction Chapter 2 - Awareness Information Differentiating Warnings and Watches Be Aware of Flood Hazards Plan for a Flood Instructions to Children How to P……続きを見る

Public and media interest in the climate change issue has increased exponentially in recent years. Climate change, or "global warming," is a complex problem with far-reaching social and economic imp……続きを見る

Author, illustrator, printmaker and natural historian, John William Lewin created the first illustrated book ever published in Australia Birds of New South Wales, in 1813. Featuring more than 150 ex……続きを見る

This volume presents a selection of papers from the Poincaré Project of the Center for the Philosophy of Science, University of Lisbon, bringing together an international group of scholars with new ……続きを見る

At the biological crossroads of the Americas, Costa Rica hosts an astonishing array of plants and animalsーover half a million species! Ecotourists, birders, and biologists come from around the worl……続きを見る