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Knowing global environments new historical perspectives on the field sciences /

Table of Contents: “…Conor Burns -- Managing monocultures : coffee, the coffee rust, and the science of working landscapes / Stuart McCook -- Rocky Mountain high science : teaching, research, and nature at field stations / Jeremy Vetter -- On the trail of the ivory-bill : field science, local knowledge, and the struggle to save endangered species / Mark V. Barrow Jr. -- Playing by and on and under the sea : the importance of play for knowing the ocean / Helen M. …”
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Knowing global environments new historical perspectives on the field sciences /

Table of Contents: “…Conor Burns -- Managing monocultures : coffee, the coffee rust, and the science of working landscapes / Stuart McCook -- Rocky Mountain high science : teaching, research, and nature at field stations / Jeremy Vetter -- On the trail of the ivory-bill : field science, local knowledge, and the struggle to save endangered species / Mark V. Barrow Jr. -- Playing by and on and under the sea : the importance of play for knowing the ocean / Helen M. …”
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Good derivatives a story of financial and environmental innovation / by Sandor, Richard L.

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Good derivatives a story of financial and environmental innovation / by Sandor, Richard L.

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Institutional interaction in global environmental governance synergy and conflict among international and EU policies /

Table of Contents: “…Kristin Rosendal -- Protecting the northeast Atlantic : one problem, three institutions / Jon Birger Skjærseth -- Institutional interplay and responsible fisheries : combating subsidies, developing precaution / Olav Schram Stokke and Clare Coffey -- The convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora (CITES) : responding to calls for action from other nature conservation regimes / John Lanchbery -- Interactions between the World Trade organization and international environmental regimes / Alice Palmer, Beatrice Chaytor, and Jacob Werksman -- Interactions of EU legal instruments establishing broad principles of environmental management : the water framework directive and the IPPC directive / Andrew Farmer -- The EU habitats directive : enhancing synergy with pan-European nature conservation and with the EU structural funds / Clare Coffey -- The EU deliberate release directive : environmental precaution versus trade and product regulation / Ingmar von Homeyer -- The EU air quality framework directive : shaped and saved by interaction? …”
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American Politics and the Environment, Second Edition / by Daynes, Byron W.

Table of Contents: “…-- The global environment -- Case study : biodiversity and endangered species -- Guest essay / Christina Slentz -- American politics and the environment : conclusion.…”
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Institutional interaction in global environmental governance synergy and conflict among international and EU policies /

Table of Contents: “…Kristin Rosendal -- Protecting the northeast Atlantic : one problem, three institutions / Jon Birger Skjærseth -- Institutional interplay and responsible fisheries : combating subsidies, developing precaution / Olav Schram Stokke and Clare Coffey -- The convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora (CITES) : responding to calls for action from other nature conservation regimes / John Lanchbery -- Interactions between the World Trade organization and international environmental regimes / Alice Palmer, Beatrice Chaytor, and Jacob Werksman -- Interactions of EU legal instruments establishing broad principles of environmental management : the water framework directive and the IPPC directive / Andrew Farmer -- The EU habitats directive : enhancing synergy with pan-European nature conservation and with the EU structural funds / Clare Coffey -- The EU deliberate release directive : environmental precaution versus trade and product regulation / Ingmar von Homeyer -- The EU air quality framework directive : shaped and saved by interaction? …”
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American Politics and the Environment, Second Edition / by Daynes, Byron W.

Table of Contents: “…-- The global environment -- Case study : biodiversity and endangered species -- Guest essay / Christina Slentz -- American politics and the environment : conclusion.…”
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Mapping Shangrila : Contested Landscapes in the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands /

Table of Contents: “…Mullen -- Transnational Matsutake Governance : Endangered Species, Contamination, and the Reemergence of Global Commodity Chains / Michael J. …”
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Mapping Shangrila : Contested Landscapes in the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands /

Table of Contents: “…Mullen -- Transnational Matsutake Governance : Endangered Species, Contamination, and the Reemergence of Global Commodity Chains / Michael J. …”
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Open spaces : voices from the Northwest /

Table of Contents: “…Harris -- No longer a hunter / John Struloeff -- Salmon and the Northwest / Roy Hemmingway -- The Endangered Species Act: thirty-eight years on the ark / Jeff Curtis and Bob Davison -- Night lights / Robert Sack -- The power of wind, sun, and falling water / Angus Duncan -- Sunshine / Scott Siegel -- Good driver! …”
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Open spaces : voices from the Northwest /

Table of Contents: “…Harris -- No longer a hunter / John Struloeff -- Salmon and the Northwest / Roy Hemmingway -- The Endangered Species Act: thirty-eight years on the ark / Jeff Curtis and Bob Davison -- Night lights / Robert Sack -- The power of wind, sun, and falling water / Angus Duncan -- Sunshine / Scott Siegel -- Good driver! …”
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The view from the helm leading the American university during an era of change / by Duderstadt, James J., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…-- Presidential leadership -- Presidential leadership -- The elements of presidential leadership -- Several unique aspects of university leadership -- The many styles and philosophies of presidential leadership -- Adapting leadership styles to the times and the institution -- A matter of personal style -- Movers and shakers, pushers and coasters: the impact of the presidency -- Leadership for a time of change -- Executive leadership -- The executive officer team -- Go downtown and get the money -- Bricks and mortar -- Crisis management -- The challenges of executive leadership -- Academic leadership -- The academic clockwork -- Academic leadership -- Faculty quality -- Selection and recruitment of academic leadership -- Tinkering with time bombs -- The challenges to academic leadership by the president -- Political leadership -- Growing up in a rough neighborhood -- Defending the university -- The loyal (and sometimes not so loyal) opposition -- The president and the governing board -- The broader political agenda of the university and the university presidency -- The hazards of political leadership -- Moral leadership -- The challenges to moral leadership -- Social diversity and academic excellence -- Student affairs -- Institutional integrity -- The bully pulpit -- Pastoral care -- Personal traits and traps -- Strategic leadership -- The approach -- The action plan -- Lessons learned and the growing concern -- Institutional transformation -- Experiments and ventures -- More lessons learned: the challenges of transformation -- The university president: an endangered species? -- Life as a university president -- The president's spouse -- The hired help -- A turn about the university calendar -- Lifestyles of the rich and famous -- On the road -- A matter of style -- Always some doubts -- Tilting with windmills -- Windmill no. 1: the privately supported public university -- Windmill no. 2: college sports -- Windmill no. 3: university governance -- The importance of fighting losing battles -- The endgame -- Survival instinct -- Putting it all on the line -- Wear and tear -- The two-minute warning -- Taking stock -- Fading away -- Years after a decade at the helm -- Whence and whither the university -- Some final thoughts on the university presidency -- Notes.…”
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The view from the helm leading the American university during an era of change / by Duderstadt, James J., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…-- Presidential leadership -- Presidential leadership -- The elements of presidential leadership -- Several unique aspects of university leadership -- The many styles and philosophies of presidential leadership -- Adapting leadership styles to the times and the institution -- A matter of personal style -- Movers and shakers, pushers and coasters: the impact of the presidency -- Leadership for a time of change -- Executive leadership -- The executive officer team -- Go downtown and get the money -- Bricks and mortar -- Crisis management -- The challenges of executive leadership -- Academic leadership -- The academic clockwork -- Academic leadership -- Faculty quality -- Selection and recruitment of academic leadership -- Tinkering with time bombs -- The challenges to academic leadership by the president -- Political leadership -- Growing up in a rough neighborhood -- Defending the university -- The loyal (and sometimes not so loyal) opposition -- The president and the governing board -- The broader political agenda of the university and the university presidency -- The hazards of political leadership -- Moral leadership -- The challenges to moral leadership -- Social diversity and academic excellence -- Student affairs -- Institutional integrity -- The bully pulpit -- Pastoral care -- Personal traits and traps -- Strategic leadership -- The approach -- The action plan -- Lessons learned and the growing concern -- Institutional transformation -- Experiments and ventures -- More lessons learned: the challenges of transformation -- The university president: an endangered species? -- Life as a university president -- The president's spouse -- The hired help -- A turn about the university calendar -- Lifestyles of the rich and famous -- On the road -- A matter of style -- Always some doubts -- Tilting with windmills -- Windmill no. 1: the privately supported public university -- Windmill no. 2: college sports -- Windmill no. 3: university governance -- The importance of fighting losing battles -- The endgame -- Survival instinct -- Putting it all on the line -- Wear and tear -- The two-minute warning -- Taking stock -- Fading away -- Years after a decade at the helm -- Whence and whither the university -- Some final thoughts on the university presidency -- Notes.…”
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