Isbn: 9781771641401 - on the edge: the state and fate of the world's tropical rainforests (13 risultati)

Condizione: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Good. Good condition ex-library book with usual library markings and stickers.

Condizione: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardback. Condizione: New. In 1972, The Limits to Growth introduced the idea that world resources are limited. Soon after, people became aware of the threats to the world's rainforests, the biggest terrestrial repositories of biodiversity and essential regulators of global air and water cycles. Since that time, new research and technological advances have greatly increased our knowledge of how rainforests are being affected by changing patterns of resource use. Increasing concern about climate change has made it more important than ever to understand the state of the world's tropical forests. This book provides an up-to-date picture of the health of the world's tropical forests. Claude Martin, an eminent scientist and conservationist, integrates information from remote imaging, ecology, and economics to explain deforestation and forest health throughout the world. He explains how urbanization, an increasingly global economy, and a worldwide demand for biofuels put new pressure on rainforest land. He examines the policies and market forces that have successfully preserved forests in some areas and discusses the economic benefits of protected areas.Using evidence from ice core records and past forest cover patterns, he predicts the most likely effects of climate change. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 279 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Condizione: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Condizione: New. Brand New.

Hardback. Condizione: New. In 1972, The Limits to Growth introduced the idea that world resources are limited. Soon after, people became aware of the threats to the world's rainforests, the biggest terrestrial repositories of biodiversity and essential regulators of global air and water cycles. Since that time, new research and technological advances have greatly increased our knowledge of how rainforests are being affected by changing patterns of resource use. Increasing concern about climate change has made it more important than ever to understand the state of the world's tropical forests. This book provides an up-to-date picture of the health of the world's tropical forests. Claude Martin, an eminent scientist and conservationist, integrates information from remote imaging, ecology, and economics to explain deforestation and forest health throughout the world. He explains how urbanization, an increasingly global economy, and a worldwide demand for biofuels put new pressure on rainforest land. He examines the policies and market forces that have successfully preserved forests in some areas and discusses the economic benefits of protected areas.Using evidence from ice core records and past forest cover patterns, he predicts the most likely effects of climate change. …

Condizione: gut. On the Edge: The State and Fate of the World's Tropical Rainforests - Martin, Cl In englischer Sprache. pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Near fine. First edition. An association copy, inscribed to biodiversity pioneer Thomas Lovejoy who wrote the foreword: "Tom Lovejoy, with great admiration for his contribution to the conservation of the world's tropical rainforests and with heartfelt thanks for his help with this book! Claude Martin (May 2015)." Also laid in is a half-page autographed letter signed (ALS) to Lovejoy letting him know the book has arrived and passing it on. Claude Martin was the general director of the World Wildlife Fund International, and this book " brings together information from remote imaging, ecologic, and economics to explain deforestation and forest health throughout the world." Lovejoy is known as "the godfather of biological diversity," having introduced the term in 1980, and helped shape the field of conservation biology.Blurbs by E.O. Wilson, Jared Diamond, and David Suzuki among others. A fine book in a near fine jacket with one light scratch across the real panel. Letter fine. A wonderful association.…