Conservation of the environment

I pull on my balaclava and step onto the bridge wing.

Australia is home to many animals and plants found nowhere else on earth, making Australians caretakers of a unique heritage in a land that tolerates few mistakes.

For many years, the Tasmanian wilderness has been the site of a fierce struggle.

Sometime this century, after 4 billion years, some of Earth's regulatory systems will pass from control through evolution by natural selection, to control by human intelligence.

In the first Quarterly Essay of 2003, Tim Flannery launches an attack on the various lies that we tell ourselves about our resources, our past and our future.

This exciting guide for young explorers combines scientific facts, fascinating titbits, brilliant full-colour photography and sensitive illustrations to bring a wonderful variety of ocean creatures vibrantly to life.

Save Me From the Lions Mouth investigates the increasing conflict between people and wildlife in Africa and what needs to be done about it.

Save Me From the Lions Mouth investigates the increasing conflict between people and wildlife in Africa and what needs to be done about it.

The Times Best Gardening Books of 2022 Ornamental plants are the cornerstone of our gardens and we are spoiled for choice with literally tens of thousands of hardy beauties from which to select.

Ollie Hunter is back with his second book, Join the Greener Revolution.

A beautifully presented, practical gift guide for all surf seekers.

This is the MOB manifesto for change: a straight-talking handbook that deals with the ecological problems of our age and shows us how we can tackle them from our kitchens, the MOB way.

This book focuses on environmental planning and management.

This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of wild birds.

This synopsis covers evidence for the effects of conservation interventions for native farmland wildlife.

This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of bats.

Amphibian Conservation is the fourth in the series of Synopses of Conservation Evidence, linked to the online resource www.

Amphibian species around the world are unusually vulnerable to a variety of threats, by no means all of which are properly understood.

Amphibian species around the world are unusually vulnerable to a variety of threats, by no means all of which are properly understood.

Amphibian species around the world are unusually vulnerable to a variety of threats, by no means all of which are properly understood.

Devoted to birds and wildlife since childhood, Mark's early scientific research at Oxford, Aberdeen and the RSPB provided a solid background for his management, ambassadorial, and political lobbying activities which were to follow - and his larger than life, yet quietly humane personality has provided the final tools in his own, unique, nature conservationists' toolbox.

Knowledge of bat echolocation and social calls, and identification using ultrasonic 'bat detectors' and sound analysis software, has grown significantly in the last decade.

This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of wild birds.

Conor Mark Jameson has spent most of his life exploring the natural environment and communicating his enthusiasm for it to family, friends and, more recently, readers of a range of newspapers and magazines.

Conor Mark Jameson has spent most of his life exploring the natural environment and communicating his enthusiasm for it to family, friends and, more recently, readers of a range of newspapers and magazines.

Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook is the ultimate instruction manual for mitigation measures to minimise man-made acoustical and physical disturbances to marine mammals from industrial and defence activities.

Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook is the ultimate instruction manual for mitigation measures to minimise man-made acoustical and physical disturbances to marine mammals from industrial and defence activities.

A fascinating insight into the badger's world.

This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of wild bees.

This guide demystifies the often invisible impacts of global tourism, one of the biggest industries in the world, from labor conditions to development by stealth, to the role of elites and the cultural impacts on both the visitor and the visited.

Climate chaos and pollution, deforestation and consumerism: the crisis facing human civilization is clear enough.

Eight thousand years ago, when the sea cut Britain off from the rest of the Continent, the island's fauna was very different: most of the animals familiar to us today were not present, whilst others, now extinct, were abundant.

Parrots' colour and charisma, coupled with the fact that they mimic human speech, make them fascinating to many people.

We are in the midst of a worldwide waste epidemic, where the average person in the UK throws away their own body weight in rubbish every seven weeks.

Reduce your carbon footprint from day 1 - "e;Carbon Detox"e; explains the changes each of us can make at home, at work and in every aspect of our lives.

If the modern city is a monument to anything, it is a monument to man's inefficiency.

Addresses the complex issue and inter-relationship between farming practices and wildlife, post-Brexit.

This is a much-needed and authoritative account of Common Buzzards gained from extensive studies by the author over 60 years and also from enthusiasts in this country and across northern Europe.

The first book to describe all 13 species of otters, shows the beauty, ecology and fascination of otters in the world, also their plight in many countries.

Back from the Brink is an antidote to a world that seems full of stories of wildlife doom and gloom.

Illegal trade in wildlife is now recognized as one of the most significant criminal activities in the world, bringing billions of dollars in illicit profits to organized crime groups and networks, which are acknowledged to control much of this trafficking.

This is a much-needed update on a pioneering reintroduction project and its much-celebrated success.

An appealing book that rightfully raises the profile of the kestrel.

An alchemic blend of travel and nature writing that explores the primary dilemma of the 21st century - the conflict of modern lifestyles with the natural environment.

Life with Birds uncovers the fascinating story of our interdependence with birds.

The barn owl is a 'flagship' species, at the top of the food chain, and its presence or absence is a good indicator of the health of the countryside.

Running marathons back-to-back, sleeping by the side of the road, giving presentations to remote schools that had never been visited by their own kinsfolk - let alone a pair of gringos emerging barefoot from the forest spattered in brick-red Amazon mud and pulling a bright orange bamboo trailer, this is the remarkable story of personal endurance that gives an engrossing insight into the people and wildlife of South America

Many traditional approaches to rural land management are strictly sectoral, with a rigid introspective focus.

Complex carbohydrates such as high molecular weight polysaccharides like starch and cellulose, are well known for their importance in foodstuffs, paper and wood, but their importance extends far beyond that into the biopharmaceutical, healthcare, oil and printing industries.

The first emphasis of the volume is on developments in the social theory of environmental issues, the environment, and the environmental crisis.