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  • The Decentralization of Forest Governance

    Politics, Economics and the Fight for Control of Forests in Indonesian Borneo

    Edited by Eva Wollenberg, Moira Moeliono, Godwin Limberg ...
    Series series The Earthscan Forest Library
    'This book provides an excellent overview of more than a decade of transformation in a forest landscape where the interests of local people, extractive industries and globally important biodiversity are in conflict. The studies assembled here teach us that plans and strategies are fine but, in the real world of the forest frontier, conservation must be based upon negotiation, social learning and ... Read more

    $105.80 CAD

  • Local Forest Management

    The Impacts of Devolution Policies

    Edited by David Stuart Edmunds, Eva Karoline Wollenberg ...
    'A well written book, astutely organized.'Development and ChangeLocal Forest Management is built around careful and illuminating case studies of the effects of devolution policies on the management of forests in several Asian countries. The studies demonstrate that devolution policies - contrary to the claims of governments - actually increased governmental control over the management of local ... Read more

    $50.83 CAD

  • Biological Diversity

    Balancing Interests Through Adaptive Collaborative Management

    Edited by Louise E. Buck, Charles C. Geisler, John Schelhas, Eva Wollenberg ...
    We live in a world of wide pendulum swings regarding management policies for protected areas, particularly as they affect the involvement of local people in management. Such swings can be polarizing and halt on-the-ground progress. There is a need to find ways to protect biodiversity while creating common ground and building management capacity thr ... Read more

    $126.41 CAD

  • Climate Change Mitigation and Agriculture

    Edited by Eva Wollenberg, Marja-Liisa Tapio-Bistrom, Maryanne Grieg-Gran, Alison Nihart ...
    This book reviews the state of agricultural climate change mitigation globally, with a focus on identifying the feasibility, opportunities and challenges for achieving mitigation among smallholder farmers. The purpose is ultimately to accelerate efforts towards mitigating land-based climate change. While much attention has been focused on forestry for its reputed cost-effectiveness, the ... Read more

    $126.41 CAD

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  • Waterlogging Signalling and Tolerance in Plants

    Edited by Stefano Mancuso, Sergey Shabala ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    In the last half century, because of the raising world population and because of the many environmental issues posed by the industrialization, the amount of arable land per person has declined from 0.32 ha in 1961–1963 to 0.21 ha in 1997–1999 and is expected to drop further to 0.16 ha by 2030 and therefore is a severe menace to food security (FAO 2006). At the same time, about 12 million ha of ... Read more

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  • The Bear Brook Watershed in Maine: A Paired Watershed Experiment

    The First Decade (1987–1997)

    Edited by Stephen A. Norton, Ivan J. Fernandez ...
    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 adjacent reference watershed. The study is in a northern New England, USA, forested ecosystem, and focuses on soil and stream hydrological and biogeochemical processes, and chemical responses of vegetation. ... Read more

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  • The Softwood Lumber War

    "Politics, Economics, and the Long U.S.-Canadian Trade Dispute"

    by Daowei Professor Zhang ...
    As a forester interested in economics and policy, Daowei Zhang followed the softwood lumber dispute between the U.S. and Canada for nearly 20 years. Dubbed the 'Softwood Lumber War,' the conflict enveloped politicians and business leaders on both sides of the border and placed strains on the historically close economic and political relations between the two countries. This book is an ... Read more

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  • Norwegian Wood

    Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way

    by Lars Mytting ...
    "A surprise best-seller which, apparently, has the power to turn even the most feeble of us into axe-wielding lumberjacks." — IndependentThe latest Scandinavian publishing phenomenon is not a Stieg Larsson-like thriller; it's a book about chopping, stacking, and burning wood that has sold more than 200,000 copies in Norway and Sweden and has been a fixture on the bestseller lists there for more ... Read more

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  • Four Fish

    The Future of the Last Wild Food

    by Paul Greenberg ...
    “A necessary book for anyone truly interested in what we take from the sea to eat, and how, and why.” —Sam Sifton, The New York Times Book ReviewAcclaimed author of American Catch and The Omega Princple and life-long fisherman, Paul Greenberg takes us on a journey, examining the four fish that dominate our menus: salmon, sea bass, cod, and tuna.Investigating the forces that get fish to our dinner ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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  • Soil Carbon Dynamics

    An Integrated Methodology

    Edited by Werner L. Kutsch, Michael Bahn, Andreas Heinemeyer ...
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  • Barnheart

    The Incurable Longing for a Farm of One's Own

    by Jenna Woginrich ...
    With humor and poise, Jenna Woginrich describes her adventurous self-education in homesteading. Poignant offbeat observations on learning to farm by trial and error punctuate the story of her quest to find a permanent home for herself and her livestock: chickens, geese, sheep, ducks, rabbits, a goat, and a turkey. Alone and on a shoestring budget, Woginrich takes on cranky neighbors and small-town ... Read more

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