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  • Vulnerability and Adaptation to Drought on the Canadian Prairies

    by Margot Hurlbert, Jose Armando Boninsegna, Barrie Bonsal, Darrell Corkal, Amber Fletcher, Monica Hadarits, Tom Harrison, Samantha Kerr0, Erin Knuttila1, Suren Kulshreshta2, Gregory Marchildon3, Elma Montana4, Bruce Morito5, Jeremy Pittman6, Alejandro Rojas7, David Sauchyn8, Paula Santibanez9, A. Unvoas0, Johanna Wandel1, James Warren2, Virginia Whittrock3, Elaine Wheaton4 ...
    Although there is considerable historical literature describing the social and economic impact of drought on the prairies in the 1930s, little has been written about the challenges presented by drought in more contemporary times. The drought of 2001-02 was, for example, the most recent large-area, intense, and prolonged drought in Canada and one of Canada's most costly natural disasters in a ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

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  • A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes – Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Irish History

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  • Soda Politics

    Taking on Big Soda (And Winning)

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  • A Taste of Molecules

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    by Diane Fresquez ...
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    Growing a Healthy, Sustainable Food System for All

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  • The Vandana Shiva Reader

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    In 1975, Nanny was declared the first, and is so far the only female National Hero in Jamaica. This was seen as a breakthrough in acknowledging the historical dimension of her people, the Maroons, as freedom fighters. The Maroons are, to this day, viewed in some quarters as a self-styled military elite who abandoned their fellow Africans on the plantations once they had procured their own freedom ... Read more

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