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  • Protecting natural capital and biodiversity in the agri-food sector

    by Prof Jill Atkins, Dr Kristina Jonäll, Prof Hannu Schadewitz, Prof Gunnar Rimmel, Dr Maizatulakma Abdullah, Dr Federica Doni, Dr Antonio Corvino, Dr Silvio Bianchi Martini, Ms Martina Macpherson, Dr Elisabetta A. V. Barone0, Dr Noa Simón Delso1, Mr Walter Haefeker2, Dr Scott Longing3, Dr Brendan Kelly4, Dr John Peirce5, Dr Yvette Lange6, Prof Warren Maroun7, Dr Wayne van Zijl8, Dr Dusan Ecim9, Ms Mira Lieberman0, Dr Jӧel Houdet1 ...
    Natural capital accounting provides techniques to value natural resources and the ecosystem services they deliver. These techniques are being increasingly used by governments, banks and other financial institutions to set conservation priorities, make ecologically-based investment decisions, and to improve the impact of agri-food businesses on the natural world.Protecting natural capital and ... Read more

    $175.49 USD

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  • Polluted Inheritance

    New Zealand’s Freshwater Crisis

    by Mike Joy ...
    Series Book 36 - BWB Texts
    The parlous state of our freshwater ecosystems is just one signal that we face a more widespread, and unprecedented, environmental crisis.New Zealand’s dairy industry is big business. But what are the hidden and not so hidden costs of intensive farming? Evidence presented here by ecologist Mike Joy demonstrates that intensive dairy farming has degraded our freshwater rivers, streams and lakes to ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Climate Action Handbook

    A Visual Guide to 100 Climate Solutions for Everyone

    by Heidi Roop ...
    “What can I do, personally, about the climate crisis? . . . Ask yourself, what are you passionate about? Using this passion may motivate you to help shape the future of your community.”**—The New York Times Climate Forward newsletterThis must-have book shows us WHY we need to take action now to combat climate change and then, critically, HOW, through easy-to-understand language and fascinating ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • ENVIRONMENT & FOOD

    by Colin Sage ...
    Series series Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environment and Society Texts
    This timely book provides a thorough introduction to the inter-relationship of food and the environment. Its primary purpose is to bring to our attention the multiplicity of linkages and interconnections between what we eat and how this impacts on the earth’s resources. Having a better idea of the consequences of our food choices might encourage us to develop more sustainable practices of ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Transition to Agro-Ecology

    For a Food Secure World

    by Jelleke de Nooy van Tol ...
    Our global agricultural and food system is broken and needs to transition to one that is more sustainable and beneficial to the worlds population. This seems hard in the face of the linked challenges of climate change, natural resource depletion, and worldwide economic and social upheaval. At the same time, farmer-led social movements are growing, and there is increasing recognition that ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Economics of Sustainable Food

    Smart Policies for Health and the Planet

    Edited by Nicoletta Batini ...
    Producing food industrially like we do today causes tremendous global economic losses in terms of malnutrition, diseases, and environmental degradation. But because the food industry does not bear those costs and the price tag for these losses does not show up at the grocery store, it is too often ignored by economists and policymakers.The Economics of Sustainable Food details the true cost of ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Plastic Unlimited

    How Corporations Are Fuelling the Ecological Crisis and What We Can Do About It

    by Alice Mah ...
    Despite the global movement to tackle plastic pollution, demand for plastics continues to rise. As the world transitions away from fossil fuels, plastics are set to be the biggest driver of oil demand. Single-use plastics – deemed essential in the fight against COVID-19 – have been given a new lease of life. In a world beset with crisis fatigue, what can we do to curb the escalating plastics ... Read more

    $16.00 USD

  • Sustainable Land Management: Challenges, Opportunities, And Trade-Offs

    by World Bank ...
    Land is the integrating component of all livelihoods depending on farm, forest, rangeland, or water (rivers, lakes, coastal marine) habitats. Due to varying political, social, and economic factors, the heavy use of natural resources to supply a rapidly growing global population and economy has resulted in the unintended mismanagement and degradation of land and ecosystems. Sustainable Land ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Bioenergy Crops for Ecosystem Health and Sustainability

    by Alex Baumber ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Bioenergy
    The growing of crops for bioenergy has been subject to much recent criticism, as taking away land which could be used for food production or biodiversity conservation. This book challenges some commonly-held ideas about biofuels, bioenergy and energy cropping, particularly that energy crops pose an inherent threat to ecosystems, which must be mitigated.The book recognises that certain energy crops ... Read more

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  • Water Accounting for Water Governance and Sustainable Development: White Paper

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    Interest in water accounting is based on the premise that 'We cannot plan and manage what we do not measure' – a statement that few would disagree with.Society needs more accurate information and answers to the key questions about water supply and demand. More data are needed but simply doing water measurements and assessments is not enough. Water accounting per se is of little use. But as a tool ... Read more

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  • Forest Products in the Global Bioeconomy: Enabling Substitution by Wood-Based Products and Contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    This report addresses the role of forest products in replacing fossil-based and GHG-intensive products. The overarching objective is to provide recommendations to strengthen the contribution of substitution by forest products to sustainable development. To that end, this report firstly provides an overview of the understanding of the bioeconomy and the role of forest products across the world. ... Read more

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  • Sustainable Textile and Fashion Value Chains

    Drivers, Concepts, Theories and Solutions

    Edited by André Matthes, Katja Beyer, Holger Cebulla, Marlen Gabriele Arnold, Anton Schumann ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book illustrates key sustainability issues in global textile and fashion value chains, by examining individual types of fibers either at a single step in or along the entire value chain. It approaches sustainability-related issues in the textile and fashion value chain from an interdisciplinary and holistic viewpoint, with each contribution linking questions on the textile and fashion value ... Read more

    $62.99 USD