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Where We Live is a practical workbook to help citizens find information concerning their local environment and to use that information in furthering environmental goals.
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Book Category: Land Use Planning
As challenges to land use and environmental controls by landowners and the property-rights movement have become more frequent, the concept of "takings" -- government action that excessively limits a property-owner's use of private land -- has become both...
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Book Category: Ecosystem Science & Management
The world's montane forests are vitally important for conservation and water catchment.
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Nearly 60% of the world's population lives and works within 100 miles of a coast, and even those who don't are connected to the world's oceans through an intricate drainage of rivers and streams.
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Book Category: Sustainable Development
First published in 1990 as A Community Researcher's Guide to Rural Data this completely revised edition explains how to find and obtain the most current information on rural America both in published form and electronically.The authors identify a...
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Leadville explores the clash between a small mining town high up in Colorado's Rocky Mountains and the federal government, determined to clean up the toxic mess left from a hundred years of mining.Set amidst the historic streets and buildings reflecting...
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Book Category: Biodiversity & Wildlife
Among the few organizations with substantial experience in conserving and managing large ecosystems is The Nature Conservancy (TNC) -- the largest private, nonprofit conservation organization in the world dedicated to preserving natural areas, whose...
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Biodiversity and the Law is a timely and provocative volume that combines historical perspective and cutting-edge legal analysis in an authoritative and broad discussion of biodiversity and the law.
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Book Category: Sustainable Development
Through a series of essays and annotated references, The Greening of Industry Resource Guide and Bibliography presents analysis and commentary drawn from a variety of sources that examine critical issues today's changing business environment.
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Over the past decade, a sea change has occurred in the field of forestry.