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A management approach that aims to maintain healthy and resilient forest ecosystems by focusing on a reduction of differences between natural and managed landscapes to ensure long-term maintenance of ecosystem functions and thereby retain the ...
Editeur :
Presses de l'Université du Québec
Parution :
2009
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The perfect, fun-filled Christmas gift for birdwatching enthusiastsDid you know that a bird's visible 'knees' are actually its ankles?Have you ever noticed that owls don't have eyeballs - they have eye tubes instead?Did you know that millions of house martins disappear...
Editeur :
Gaia
Parution :
2025-10-09
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Travel back in time to the prehistoric world of the dinosaurs, brought to life in spectacular detail.Revisit the spectacle of the incredible new series of BBC One’s Walking With Dinosaurs in this richly detailed look into the distant past. With the latest up-to-date...
Editeur :
Dk
Parution :
2025-09-05
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Discover the wonders of the natural world with this beautiful collection of botanical paintings from around the globe.The opening of the 19th century ushered in an age of unprecedented scientific discovery and artistry. As the development of the microscope allowed...
Editeur :
Ilex Press
Parution :
2025-09-04
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From the soils that sustain our crops to the homes we've built, the technology we rely on, our biological makeup, and even the tea or coffee you drink, rocks have had a profound influence on human life for as long as we have existed.No wonder rock has inspired art,...
Editeur :
The Bridge Street Press
Parution :
2025-09-04
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'Explosive' Irish TimesA passionate case for reimagining Irish farming and agriculture in the age of climate change, from a respected environmental journalist.Ireland has tended to think of itself as a ‘Goldilocks’ country: not too hot, not too cold, and well positioned...
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Penguin
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2025-09-04
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'My encounters with nature are very personal. I am inspired by watching jays gathering acorns and hearing owls hooting.''In the shady parts of my garden, ferns grow. In the springtime, the ferns unfurl their tight, rounded, bundled leaves into rich green fingers. By the...
Editeur :
Sphere
Parution :
2025-08-28
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'This book reawakens something vital – a way of slowing down and truly seeing the world around you. It is not merely a manual, it is the authentic voice of experience and a mentor in print.' Lieutenant Colonel Gaz Veacock MBA, Royal MarinesRay Mears has accumulated his...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2025-08-28
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When Adrian Potter retires from a life of teaching in West Yorkshire, his interests turn to a local badger group. He takes over the 'Badger Phone', which he comes to realise is something of a hot potato. He is inundated with calls: reports of sightings, requests for...
Editeur :
John Murray
Parution :
2025-08-28
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To want to ‘save the planet’, a person has to have a sense of belonging in it…What would a saved planet look like for a Black collective?'This book is validating and monumental' Courttia Newland‘Sensitive, powerful and necessary’ Joycelyn LongdonGlobally, Black people...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2025-08-28
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This book examines the complicated place of animals in literary analysis and education and shows how an ethically engaged approach to animals’ representation could be pursued to challenge anthropocentrism and cultivate multispecies empathy. Other species are...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-08-23
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This book presents a comprehensive framework for applying digital technologies to heritage conservation. It begins by developing a knowledge path of cultural heritage buildings through methods such as 3D laser scanning, photogrammetry, and Heritage Building Information...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-07-28
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Take a trip into the world of hallucinogenic plants. From ancient ayahuasca rituals in the Amazon to substance-fuelled partying in the Summer of Love, psychoactive plants have been used for thousands of years for everything from shamanic ceremonies to staying awake. The...
Editeur :
Welbeck
Parution :
2025-07-24
Collection :
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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A classic Gerald Durrell title reissued by Penguin to celebrate the centenary of his birth'Gerald Durrell was magic' SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGHMenagerie Manor chronicles the early, sunlit days of Gerald Durrell’s dream to create a sanctuary for animals, realized Les Augrès...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2025-07-24
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In the vein of #1 New York Times bestseller Soul Surfer, this inspiring story of loss and resilience follows the Reeder family after a horrific shark attack. A two-week vacation to the Florida Keys meant Mary and Jameson Sr. could share the beauty of their favorite...
Editeur :
Worthy Books
Parution :
2025-07-22
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Hailed as a “worthy successor” to John McPhee (Kirkus Reviews), Ben Weissenbach —a digital native with little prior wilderness experience—embarks on a series of scientific adventures across the wilds of Alaska with some of the state's most...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2025-07-15
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Environmental journalist Alix Morris spends an eye-opening year getting to know these elusive, intelligent creatures, investigating the effects of their extraordinary return from the brink of extinction and how we can try to bring nature back into balance. It...
Editeur :
Algonquin Books
Parution :
2025-07-15
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Fifty years ago, a deadly pandemic raged across the world, destroying all in its path and outmanoeuvring scientists' desperate attempts to halt it. Dutch elm disease destroyed 25 million trees in the UK alone, altering our landscape forever. Few people now living have...
Editeur :
Wildfire
Parution :
2025-07-03
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A hilarious, informative, and vibrantly illustrated guide to 101 bird songs that sound surprisingly familiar. Have you ever gone for a walk in the woods and wondered what bird was making a sound like a siren going off, or somebody revving a chainsaw engine—or...
Editeur :
Storey Publishing, LLC
Parution :
2025-06-24
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