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    SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE PRIZE 2022'A joyful collision of science, history and nature writing' Helen Gordon, author of Notes from Deep TimeAdam Sedgwick was a priest and scholar. Roderick Murchison was a retired soldier. Charles Lapworth was a schoolteacher. It was their personal and intellectual rivalry, pursued on treks through Wales, Scotland, Cornwall, Devon and parts of ... Leer más

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  • Ramsar Wetlands

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    Ramsar Wetlands: Values, Assessment, Management addresses the approaches, successes and limitations of the Ramsar Convention in a changing world, how recent approaches to wetland monitoring and management can contribute to improving wetland state, what the future holds for wetlands and their wise use, and what the Ramsar Convention needs to do to achieve future successes. The book presents a ... Leer más

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  • Tigers of the World

    The Science, Politics and Conservation of Panthera tigris

    Edición de Ronald Tilson, Philip J. Nyhus ...
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  • Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World

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  • Marine Conservation Biology

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  • Human-Nature Interactions

    Exploring Nature’s Values Across Landscapes

    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
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  • Conservation Biogeography

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