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Earth in Mind
On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect
By David W. Orr
Island Press
The crises we face, noted educator David Orr explains, is one of mind, perception, and values. It is, first and foremost, an educational challenge.
Ex Situ Plant Conservation
Supporting Species Survival In The Wild
Edited by Edward O. Guerrant, Kayri Havens-Young, and Michael Maunder; Foreword by Peter H. Raven; By Center for Plant Conservation
Island Press
Ex Situ Plant Conservation outlines the role, value, and limits of ex situ conservation as well as updating best management practices for the field.
Environmental Land Use Planning and Management
Island Press
Environmental Land Use Planning and Management is a unique new textbook that presents a diverse, comprehensive, and coordinated approach to issues of land use planning and management and their impacts on the environment.
Ecosystems and Human Well-Being
A Framework For Assessment
By Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Island Press
Alternative Futures for Changing Landscapes
The Upper San Pedro River Basin In Arizona And Sonora
By Carl Steinitz, Hector Arias, Scott Bassett, Michael Flaxman, Thomas Goode, Thomas Maddock, David Mouat, Richard Peiser, and Allan Shearer
Island Press
Alternative Futures for Changing Landscapes presents for the first time in book form a detailed case study of one alternative futures project — an analysis of development and conservation options for the Upper San Pedro River Basin in Arizona and Sonora, Mexico.
Ranching West of the 100th Meridian
Culture, Ecology, and Economics
Island Press
Ranching West of the 100th Meridian offers a literary and thought-provoking look at ranching and its role in the changing West.
A Guide to Careers in Community Development
By Paul Brophy and Alice Shabecoff
Island Press
A Guide to Careers in Community Development is an essential reference for anyone interested in working in the community development field, including graduate and undergraduate students.
Betrayal of Science and Reason
How Anti-Environmental Rhetoric Threatens Our Future
By Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich
Island Press
The Rain Forests of Home
Profile Of A North American Bioregion
Edited by Peter Schoonmaker, Bettina Von Hagen, and Edward C. Wolf; Foreword by Jerry F. Franklin and Patricia Marchak
Island Press
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