The future of tropical savannas: an Australian perspective.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 1996. Octavo, paperback, maps, graphs. Examines the roles of science in resource management and policy making. More
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The Red Book: the extinction crisis face to face.
Gland: Cemex/IUCN, 2001. Large quarto, 256 colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. This publication combines awe-inspiring imagery with soild science and factual accounts. Drawing on the 2000 IUCN red list of threatened species, the world's most objective and authoritative inventory of species at risk of extinction, it describes the extinction... More
Wildlife in the home paddock: nature conservation for Australian farmers.
London: Angus and Robertson, (1984. reprint). Octavo, photographs, illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. Australian Natural Science Library. Every farmer should have a copy. More
Trading to extinction.
London: Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2014. Quarto, black and white photographs, bumped corners, publisher's cloth. Published to coincide with the Global Summit on illegal wildlife trade hosted by David Cameron in London in February 2014, Trading to Extinction is a unique and devastating record of this tragic industry. The book explores... More
Marshes: the disappearing Edens.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. Octavo, publisher's cloth, colour photographs. WAS $68. In this breathtakingly lovely book, Burt selects ninety of his most striking photographs. He also offers his reflections on the marshes he has visited, inviting his readers to come with him and become acquainted with this hidden... More
Wandering lands and animals.
London: Hutchinson, (1974. first edition). Octavo, photographs, signature, dustwrapper. More
Why big fierce animals are rare: an ecologist's perspective.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1979. Octavo, paperback, Paul Colinvaux takes a penetrating look at the science of ecology, bringing to his subject both profound knowledge and an enthusiasm that will encourage a greater understanding of the environment and of those who seek to preserve it. More
How animals live.
London: Hutchinson and Co., [1931]. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's cloth, very good copy. More
Vertebrate ecology in the northern Neotropics.
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979. Quarto, , fine copy in dustwrapper. The results of research efforts by seventeen scientists associated with Smithsonian Institution field projects in Panama and Venezuela are brought together in the papers in this volume. Includes papers on habitat, endemic mammals, primates, avifauna and larger reptiles. More
The penitent butchers: seventy five years of wildlife conservation.
London: Collins, 1978. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Intelligent courage: natural resource careers that make a difference.
Malabar: Krieger Publishing Company, 2007. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs. Presents students nearing completion of their university education with practical, wise, workable ideas to succeed in the real-world work environment and become natural resource professionals. Seasoned professionals provide career stories and analyze these as learning experiences for those... More
The fragile environment: the Darwin College lectures.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Australian tropical rainforest life.
Townsville: Specialty Education Supplies, 1983. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. More
The lost and left behind: stories from the age of extinctions.
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
Natural change and human impact in Madagascar.
Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1997. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. The first overview in more than 20 years of natural and human-induced changes on the island's ecosystems. More
Namadgi: a national park for the national capital.
Canberra: National Parks Association of the ACT, 2011. Octavo, paperback, oblong format, colour photographs, maps. Full of beautiful colour photographs, this book introduces Namadgi and the resident plants and animals. More
Preserving Eden: the Nature Conservancy.
New York: Abrams, 1992. Octavo, photographs. More
Commercialization and wildlife management: dancing with the devil.
Malabar: Krieger, 1993. Octavo, A selection of essays on wildlife management and commercialization. More
Biodiversity and conservation in the Caribbean: profiles of selected islands.
Cambridge: ICBP, 1988. paperback, More
Scotland's nature in trust: the National Trust for Scotland and its wildlife and crofting management.
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. Most people are aware that the Trust has ownership of... More
China's threatened wildlife.
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
The sixth extinction: biodiversity and its survival.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1996. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Over the last 530 million years there have been five mass extinctions of species - the last, 65 million years ago, when the dinosaurs disapeared. The biodiversity of our planet now may be on the verge of a sixth extinction caused this... More
Taming the great south land: a history of the conquest of nature in Australia.
St Leonards: Allen and Unwin, (1991. first edition). Octavo, illustrations. Owner's signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Ethics, money and politics: modern dilemmas for zoology.
Sydney: Royal Zoological of NSW, 1998. Quarto, paperback. The results of a conference held to discuss ethics for zoologists. The question of how to demonstrate, encourage and even enforce environmental responsibility has been debated in the last 25 years since public recognition of pressing environmental problems. WAS $40. More