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Bureaucratic landscapes :interagency cooperation and the preservation of biod…
Political scientists have long been concerned about the tension between institutional fragmentation and policy coordination in the U.S. bureaucracy. The literature is rife with examples of agencies competing with each other or asserting their independence, while cooperation is relatively rare. This is of particular importance in policy areas such as biodiversity, where species, habitats, and ec…
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The Major Transitions in Evolution Revisited
In 1995, John Maynard Smith and E?ors Szathm?ary published their influential book 'The Major Transitions in Evolution'. In this volume, scholars reconsider and extend the earlier book's themes in light of recent developments in evolutionary biology.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262295703
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- 1 online resource (x, 319 pages) :illustrations.
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Our ancient lakes :a natural history
The unexpected diversity, beauty, and strangeness of life in ancient lakes -- some millions of years old -- and the remarkable insights the lakes are yielding about the causes of biodiversity. Most lakes are less than 10,000 years old and short-lived, but there is a much smaller number of ancient lakes, tectonic in origin and often millions of years old, that are scattered across every continen…
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Agrobiodiversity :integrating knowledge for a sustainable future
Experts discuss the challenges faced in agrobiodiversity and conservation, integrating disciplines that range from plant and biological sciences to economics and political science. Wide-ranging environmental phenomena -- including climate change, extreme weather events, and soil and water availability -- combine with such socioeconomic factors as food policies, dietary preferences, and market f…
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End of the Wild, The.
A wake-up call that argues that although it may be too late to save biodiversity, we can take steps to save our ecosystems.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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Value Addition of Horticultural Crops: Recent Trends and Future Directions
This book combines several ideas and philosophies and provides a detailed discussion on the value addition of fruits, vegetables, spices, plantation crops, floricultural crops and in forestry. Separate chapters address the packaging, preservation, drying, dehydration, total quality management and supply chain management of horticultural crops. The book explains value addition as a process of in…
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Aquatic Ecosystem: Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation
This book brings together the latest information on the rapid advances and developments in the field of aquatic ecology. India is very rich in terms of biological diversity due to its wide range of habitats and climatic conditions. It is home to as much as 7 per cent of the world’s animal species, although it only accounts for about 2 per cent of the total landmass. The present work on biodiv…
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Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Services
This volume examines the topic of local biodiversity conservation in the Asia-Pacific region, one of the most rapidly changing areas in the world. With a focus on aquatic systems, this book offers insight on the state of local biodiversity, challenges in management and conservation of biodiversity, and newly developed methods for monitoring biodiversity. In addition, because the service provide…
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- Ecological Research Monographs
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Routledge Handbook of Global Land and Resource Grabbing
This handbook provides a cutting-edge, comprehensive overview of global land and resource grabbing. Global land and resource grabbing has become an increasingly prominent topic in academic circles, among development practitioners, human rights advocates, and in policy arenas. The Routledge Handbook of Global Land and Resource Grabbing sustains this intellectual momentum by advancing methodologi…
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Variance in Approach Toward a ‘Sustainable’ Coffee Industry in Costa Rica…
"The monograph considers influence over time of Fairtrade and Rainforest Alliance in 10 Costa Rican coffee farming communities. In-country perspectives and relevant historic and contemporary literature inform findings. Misaligned intentions to outcomes; different sustainability approaches; and variable influence is observed. There is opportunity to: consider when certifications are most useful;…
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