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Race for sustainability : energy, economy, environment and ethics / by Hickson, Ken

Table of Contents: “…Gold standard for sustainable events -- section 7. Air pollution, deforestation and biodiversity -- section 8. Resourceful management of waste -- section 9. …”
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Climate change and forests emerging policy and market opportunities /

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Climate change and forests emerging policy and market opportunities /

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China its environment and history / by Marks, Robert, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Problems and perspectives -- China's natural environment and early human settlement to 1000 BCE -- States, wars, and farms: environmental change in ancient and early imperial China, 1000 BCE-300 CE -- Deforesting the north and colonizing the south in the middle imperial period, 300-1300 CE -- Empire and environment: China's borderlands, islands, and inner peripheries in the late imperial period, 1300-1800 CE -- Environmental degradation in modern China, 1800-1949 -- Controlling nature in the People's Republic of China, 1949-present -- China and its environment in world historical perspective.…”
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China its environment and history / by Marks, Robert, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Problems and perspectives -- China's natural environment and early human settlement to 1000 BCE -- States, wars, and farms: environmental change in ancient and early imperial China, 1000 BCE-300 CE -- Deforesting the north and colonizing the south in the middle imperial period, 300-1300 CE -- Empire and environment: China's borderlands, islands, and inner peripheries in the late imperial period, 1300-1800 CE -- Environmental degradation in modern China, 1800-1949 -- Controlling nature in the People's Republic of China, 1949-present -- China and its environment in world historical perspective.…”
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Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World

Table of Contents: “…Bats in the Anthropocene -- Urbanisation and its effects on bats – a global meta-analysis -- Bats and roads -- Responses of tropical bats to habitat fragmentation, logging, and deforestation -- Insectivorous bats and silviculture: balancing timber production and bat conservation -- Bats in the anthropogenic matrix: Challenges and opportunities for the conservation of Chiroptera and their ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes -- Dark matters: the effects of artificial lighting on bats -- Bats and water: anthropogenic alterations threaten global bat populations -- White-nose syndrome in bats -- Zoonotic viruses and conservation of bats -- Impacts of Wind Energy Development on Bats: a Global Perspective -- Exploitation of Bats for Bushmeat and Medicine -- The conflict between pteropodid bats and fruit growers: species, legislation and mitigation -- Bats and buildings: The conservation of synanthropic bats -- Conservation ecology of cave bats -- The roles of taxonomy and systematics in bat conservation -- Networking networks for global bat conservation -- Cute, Creepy, or Crispy – how values, attitudes and norms shape human behavior toward bats. .…”
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Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World

Table of Contents: “…Bats in the Anthropocene -- Urbanisation and its effects on bats – a global meta-analysis -- Bats and roads -- Responses of tropical bats to habitat fragmentation, logging, and deforestation -- Insectivorous bats and silviculture: balancing timber production and bat conservation -- Bats in the anthropogenic matrix: Challenges and opportunities for the conservation of Chiroptera and their ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes -- Dark matters: the effects of artificial lighting on bats -- Bats and water: anthropogenic alterations threaten global bat populations -- White-nose syndrome in bats -- Zoonotic viruses and conservation of bats -- Impacts of Wind Energy Development on Bats: a Global Perspective -- Exploitation of Bats for Bushmeat and Medicine -- The conflict between pteropodid bats and fruit growers: species, legislation and mitigation -- Bats and buildings: The conservation of synanthropic bats -- Conservation ecology of cave bats -- The roles of taxonomy and systematics in bat conservation -- Networking networks for global bat conservation -- Cute, Creepy, or Crispy – how values, attitudes and norms shape human behavior toward bats. .…”
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Energy metropolis : an environmental history of Houston and the Gulf Coast /

Table of Contents: “…Melosi -- Superhighway deluxe : Houston's Gulf freeway / Tom Watson McKinney -- Urban sprawl and the piney woods : deforestation in the San Jacinto watershed / Diane C. …”
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Energy metropolis : an environmental history of Houston and the Gulf Coast /

Table of Contents: “…Melosi -- Superhighway deluxe : Houston's Gulf freeway / Tom Watson McKinney -- Urban sprawl and the piney woods : deforestation in the San Jacinto watershed / Diane C. …”
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The ten-thousand year fever rethinking human and wild primate malarias / by Cormier, Loretta A.

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The ten-thousand year fever rethinking human and wild primate malarias / by Cormier, Loretta A.

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Ritual, violence, and the fall of the classic Maya kings /

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Ritual, violence, and the fall of the classic Maya kings /

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Human impacts on Amazonia the role of traditional ecological knowledge in conservation and development /

Table of Contents: “…/ Stephen Nortcliff -- Fragile soils and deforestation impacts : the rationale for environmental services of standing forest as a development paradigm in Amazonia / Philip M. …”
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Human impacts on Amazonia the role of traditional ecological knowledge in conservation and development /

Table of Contents: “…/ Stephen Nortcliff -- Fragile soils and deforestation impacts : the rationale for environmental services of standing forest as a development paradigm in Amazonia / Philip M. …”
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Evaluating Climate Change Action for Sustainable Development

Table of Contents: “…Using Mixed Methods to Assessing Trade-offs Between Agricultural Decisions and Deforestation -- 9. Methodological Approach of the GEF IEO’s Climate Change Mitigation Impact Evaluation: Assessing Progress in Market Change for Reduction of CO2 Emissions -- 10. …”
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Evaluating Climate Change Action for Sustainable Development

Table of Contents: “…Using Mixed Methods to Assessing Trade-offs Between Agricultural Decisions and Deforestation -- 9. Methodological Approach of the GEF IEO’s Climate Change Mitigation Impact Evaluation: Assessing Progress in Market Change for Reduction of CO2 Emissions -- 10. …”
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