Wildlife conservation.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1973. first edition). Octavo, photographs, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1973. first edition). Octavo, photographs, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Saqi Books, 2007. Octavo, black and white illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. The world is losing more than animal and plant species. We are also losing the vast human legacy of languages, and with it ways of living, seeing and knowing. The author explores the history of extinctions and..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. Octavo, diagrams, fine copy in dustwrapper. We are living in the early stages of a looming worldwide extinction crisis. Abundant evidence shows that the current rate of species extinctions is nearing its highest level since the asteroid collision 65 million years ago, and that..... More
New York: Abrams, 1992. Octavo, photographs. More
Canberra: Australian Academy of Science, 1982. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (2013. second edition). Octavo, paperback, photographs, illustrations, maps. With increasing concerns over the destruction of biodiversity and the rising awareness of ecosystem services generating new debates on the human-nature relationship, conservation is constantly gaining in importance. This compact overview integrates the process, theory and practice of..... More
Sandy, Bedfordshire: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, [1984. second edition). Large octavo, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Malabar: Krieger, 1993. Octavo, A selection of essays on wildlife management and commercialization. More
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2007. Octavo, softcover. An essay on the environment and our place in it. Presages the tenuous state of our environment and our place in it. As our technical abilities have moved forward, our judgment has not kept pace. "What we call natural resources cannot..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (2010. second edition). Octavo, paperback, maps. The Amazon rain forest covers more than five million square kilometres, amid the territories of nine different nations. It represents over half of the planet's remaining rain forests. But is it truly in peril? And what steps are necessary..... More
Munich: Bucher Verlag, 2008. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Photographer Markus Mauthe captures the diversity and beauty of the jungle habitat in his unusually beautiful photographs. For five years he has travelled through all the major primeval forests of the world to regions never seen by man. His..... More
Sydney: Surrey Beatty, 1992. Octavo, colour illustrations, laminated boards. More
Melbourne: CSIRO, 2007. Octavo, laminated boards. Vertebrate pests cause problems in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, to human and animal health and safety and to human recreation. The types of wildlife damage are many and varied, and can be costly. Until now, there has been little effort to identify and evaluate..... More
Sydney: Pierson & Co, 1991. Quarto, colour photographs, fine in dustwrapper. More
Cambridge: ICBP, 1988. Octavo, softcover. More
London: Poyser, 2000. Large octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations by John Busby , fine copy in dustwrapper. The National Trust for Scotland is one of the largest landowners in Scotland owning 300 square miles, or 1 % of its countryside. Half of the Trust land is designated for its natural..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016. Quarto, colour photographs, other illustrations, maps, dustwrapper. This is the first major book to reveal the secret lives of animals through motion-sensitive game cameras, biologist Roland Kays has assembled over 600 remarkable photographs. Drawing from archives of millions of colour and night-vision photographs collected..... More
Washington DC: Island Press, 2013. Octavo, softcover. When the national park system was first established in 1916, the goal "to conserve unimpaired" seemed straightforward. But Robert Keiter argues that parks have always served a variety of competing purposes, from wildlife protection and scientific discovery to tourism and commercial development. In..... More
Sydney: Simon and Schuster, 1990. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Blandford, 1996. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. The first illustrated book to document China's endangered species and its conservation programme. Records the status of a wide range of species and habitats. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. Octavo, black and white photographs, text illustrations, softcover. Reveals the diverse panoply of perils to tropical forests and their biota, with emphasis on various dangers. In addition to documenting the vulnerability of tropical rainforests, this volume focuses on strategies for mitigating and combating emerging..... More
London: Earthscan Publications, 2006. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs and black and white illustrations. This authoritative handbook, produced by IUCN, spans the full terrain of protected area management, and is the international benchmark for all professionals, students and academics worldwide. The book employs dozens of detailed international cases studies, hundreds of..... More
Washington DC: Island Press, 2008. Octavo, softcover. Brings together leading researchers in the range of specialties that are relevant to the study of human dimensions of fish and wildlife work around the globe to provide theoretical and historical context as well as a demonstration of tools, methodologies, and idea-sharing for..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. Presents an account of the American plains from native occupation through the unraveling of the American enterprise to today. This book discovers how key elements of the American story - conservation, the New Deal, progressivism, the yeoman myth, and..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, graphs, maps. A non-technical, yet comprehensive introduction to the growing field of conservation science. This multifaceted exploration of our current biodiversity crisis delivers vivid examples throughout, including features on some of nature's most compelling wildlife. Beginning with a brief introduction..... More