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  • WHY BIODIVERSITY MATTERS
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    WHY BIODIVERSITY MATTERS
    NIGEL DUDLEY
    All life on Earth has the right to exist, but as we teeter on the verge of a sixth extinction this book discusses why biodiversity matters and why we should care if species go extinct. We are witnessing the largest and fastest rate of extinction in the history of the planet. While the concept of rights is a human one, all plants and animals strive to survive, and this book argu...

    $479.00

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  • LEAVING SPACE FOR NATURE
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    LEAVING SPACE FOR NATURE
    NIGEL DUDLEY / SUE STOLTON
    This book provides the first contemporary assessment of area-based conservation and its implications for nature and society. Now covering 15 per cent of the land surface and a growing area of ocean, the creation of protected areas is one of the fastest conscious changes in land management in history. But this has come at a cost, including a backlash from human rights organisati...

    $1,039.00

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  • BAD HARVEST
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    BAD HARVEST
    NIGEL DUDLEY / JEAN-PAUL JEANRENAUD / FRANCIS SULLIVAN
    The world's forests are disappearing at an alarming rate, and with disastrous consequences. Demand for wood and paper products ranks high amongst the causes of deforestation and forest degradation, and is now the major cause of loss in those forests richest in wildlife. There is a great deal to be done to improve the timber industry before our forests are safely and sustainably...

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  • FOREST QUALITY
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    FOREST QUALITY
    NIGEL DUDLEY / RODOLPHE SCHLAEPFER / WILLIAM JACKSON / JEAN-PAUL JEANRENAUD / SUE STOLTON
    Deforestation is frequently a topic of discussion in the environmental arena, but it is not just the number of trees that matters; the quality of the forest is also important. Even where the forest area is stable or increasing, there are often rapid changes in its character. Natural forests are being replaced by plantations or by intensively managed forests. Around the world, f...

    $799.00

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  • AUTHENTICITY IN NATURE
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    AUTHENTICITY IN NATURE
    NIGEL DUDLEY
    This book examines the concept of naturalness in ecosystems, discusses its values and considers choices about the level of naturalness in conservation efforts. The author argues that all ecosystems have been modified and the idea of places 'untouched by humans' is a myth. But there are large differences in the degree of modification and levels of naturalness which can be identi...

    $1,099.00

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  • ARGUMENTS FOR PROTECTED AREAS
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    ARGUMENTS FOR PROTECTED AREAS
    NIGEL DUDLEY / SUE STOLTON
    Most protected areas (e.g.national parks and nature reserves) have been created to protect wildlife and land- and seascape values. They currently cover over 13% of the world's land surface, around 12% of marine coastal areas and 4% of the marine shelf. Retaining and expanding these areas in the future will depend on showing their wider benefits for society. This book provides a...

    $1,279.00

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