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  • At the Feet of Living Things

    Twenty-Five Years of Wildlife Research and Conservation in India

    by Aparajita Datta, Rohan Arthur, T.R. Shankar Raman ...
    Have you wondered what it is like to follow hornbills in a dense rainforest? Or felt the pain of a mountain shepherd losing his sheep to a leopard? Or how it feels when a child discovers birdwatching is more exciting than being glued to a screen? The world of nature conservation is full of adventure, but it is also hard, fraught with challenges and setbacks, made worthwhile by the privilege of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Endangered

    by Tim Flach ...
    The acclaimed wildlife photographer presents "a powerful visual record of threatened animals and ecosystems facing the harshest of challenges" ( The Guardian, UK).In Endangered, the result of an extraordinary multiyear project to document the lives of threatened species, acclaimed photographer Tim Flach explores one of the most pressing issues of our time. Traveling around the world—to settings ... Read more

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  • Metaphor Island

    Patterns for Survival from the Nilgiri Highlands

    by Godwin Vasanth Bosco ...
    The Ecological and social crises that engulf the planet are intensifying. As we deny the consequences of the disruptions we cause, and promote inadequate solutions, we lose grip on the extent of change needed globally. Perhaps we will only listen if a voice from nature speaks out explicitly.Based on seven years of in-depth research, Godwin Vasanth Bosco finds that a remarkable mountainous ... Read more

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  • Discovering Big Cat Country

    On the trail of tigers and snow leopards

    by Eric Dinerstein ...
    Series series Island Press E-ssentials
    With their elusive and solitary nature, tigers and snow leopards are a challenge for even the most seasoned field biologists to track and study. Yet scientist and conservation leader Eric Dinerstein began his career in the heart of Nepal’s tiger country and the perilous Himalayan slopes of the snow leopard, where he discovered the joys—and frustrations—of studying wildlife in some of the most ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • Tigers of the World

    The Science, Politics and Conservation of Panthera tigris

    Edited by Ronald Tilson, Philip J. Nyhus ...
    Series series Noyes Series in Animal Behavior, Ecology, Conservation, and Management
    Tigers of the World, Second Edition explores tiger biology, ecology, conservation, management, and the science and technology that make this possible. In 1988, when the first edition was published, tiger conservation was still in its infancy, and two decades later there has been a revolution not only in what is known, but how information about tigers is obtained and disseminated. In the fast ... Read more

    $96.29 USD

  • Islands In Flux

    The Andaman and Nicobar Story

    by Pankaj Sekhsaria ...
    Pankaj Sekhsaria is the most consistent chronicler of contemporary issues in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and one of the best known. His writings on the environment, wildlife conservation, development and indigenous communities have provided insights and perspective on the life of the islands for over two decades. Islands in Flux is a compilation of Sekhsaria's writings on key issues in the ... Read more

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  • Keoladeo National Park

    by Aditya Pundir & Aasheesh Mamgain ...
    Series series Natural World Heritage Series
    Keoladeo National Park or more popularly called as Bharatpur Bird Park is a World Heritage Site. It boasts of a total of 375 plus bird species, in addition to a healthy number of mammal, reptile and insect species, and all easily accessible in a 27 square kilometres walkable jungle.The park has a number of winged visitors in winter as it lies on the migratory highway. Thousands of birds rest, ... Read more

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  • The Kingdom of Rarities

    by Eric Dinerstein ...
    When you look out your window, why are you so much more likely to see a robin or a sparrow than a Kirtland's warbler or a California condor? Why are some animals naturally rare and others so abundant? The quest to find and study seldom-seen jaguars and flamboyant Andean cocks-of-the-rock is as alluring to naturalists as it is vitally important to science. From the Himalayan slopes of Bhutan to the ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Priests and Programmers

    Technologies of Power in the Engineered Landscape of Bali

    by J. Stephen Lansing ...
    For the Balinese, the whole of nature is a perpetual resource: through centuries of carefully directed labor, the engineered landscape of the island's rice terraces has taken shape. According to Stephen Lansing, the need for effective cooperation in water management links thousands of farmers together in hierarchies of productive relationships that span entire watersheds.Lansing describes the ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • Wildlife Heroes

    40 Leading Conservationists and the Animals They Are Committed to Saving

    by Julie Scardina, Jeff Flocken ...
    With one-third of known species being threatened with extinction, wildlife conservationists are some of the most important heroes on the planet, and Wildlife Heroes profiles the work of 40 of the leading conservationists and the animals and causes they are committed to saving, such as Belinda Low (zebras), Iain Douglas-Hamilton (elephants), Karen Eckert (sea turtles), S.T. Wong (sun bear), Steve ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Ethno-ornithology

    Birds, Indigenous Peoples, Culture and Society

    Edited by Andrew Gosler, Sonia Tidemann ...
    Indigenous knowledge that embraces ornithology takes in whole social dimensions that are inter-linked with environmental ethos, conservation and management for sustainability. In contrast, western approaches have tended to reduce knowledge to elemental and material references. This book looks at the significance of indigenous knowledge of birds and their cultural significance, and how these can ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Bushman Rock Art

    An Interpretive Guide

    by Tim Forssman, Lee Gutteridge ...
    The prehistoric record of southern Africa extends back some 2 million years. The oldest cultural artefacts are stone tools such as handaxes, cleavers and choppers. In more recent centuries, archaeologists have found an extensive repertoire of artefacts including not only stone tools, but tools of bone, wood and shell as well as beads, jewellery, grinding stones, clothing, fishing equipment, ... Read more

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