Empire Of The Beetle
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Empire Of The Beetle
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Author : Andrew Nikiforuk
language : en
Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd
Release Date : 2011
Empire Of The Beetle written by Andrew Nikiforuk and has been published by Greystone Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Science categories.
Co-published by the David Suzuki Foundation.
Empire Of The Beetle
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Author : Andrew Nikiforuk
language : en
Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd
Release Date : 2011-07-22
Empire Of The Beetle written by Andrew Nikiforuk and has been published by Greystone Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-22 with Nature categories.
Beginning in the late 1980s, a series of improbable bark beetle outbreaks unsettled iconic forests and communities across western North America. An insect the size of a rice kernel eventually killed more than 30 billion pine and spruce trees from Alaska to New Mexico. Often appearing in masses larger than schools of killer whales, the beetles engineered one of the world's greatest forest die-offs since the deforestation of Europe by peasants between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. The beetle didn't act alone. Misguided science, out-of-control logging, bad public policy, and a hundred years of fire suppression created a volatile geography that released the world's oldest forest manager from all natural constraints. Like most human empires, the beetles exploded wildly and then crashed, leaving in their wake grieving landowners, humbled scientists, hungry animals, and altered watersheds. Although climate change triggered this complex event, human arrogance assuredly set the table. With little warning, an ancient insect pointedly exposed the frailty of seemingly stable manmade landscapes. Drawing on first-hand accounts from entomologists, botanists, foresters, and rural residents, award-winning journalist Andrew Nikiforuk, investigates this unprecedented beetle plague, its startling implications, and the lessons it holds.
Alien Empire
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Author : Christopher O'Toole
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date : 1995
Alien Empire written by Christopher O'Toole and has been published by HarperCollins Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Insects categories.
An exploration of the lives of insects.
Empire In Black And Gold
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Author : Adrian Tchaikovsky
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2008-07-25
Empire In Black And Gold written by Adrian Tchaikovsky and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-25 with Fiction categories.
Empire in Black and Gold is the first instalment in the critically-acclaimed epic fantasy series Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky. The days of peace are over . . . The Lowlands’ city states have lived in peace for decades, hailed as bastions of civilization. Yet that peace is about to end. A distant empire has been conquering neighbours with highly trained soldiers and sophisticated combat techniques. And the city states are its desirable new prize. Only the ageing Stenwold Maker – spymaster, artificer and statesman – foresees the threat, as the empires’ armies march ever closer. So it falls upon his shoulders to open the eyes of the cities’ leaders. He sees that war will sweep through their lands, destroying everything in its path. But to warn his people, he must stay alive. Empire in Black and Gold is followed by the second book in the Shadows of the Apt series, Dragonfly Falling.
Decision Making For A Sustainable Environment
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Author : Chris Maser
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2012-07-26
Decision Making For A Sustainable Environment written by Chris Maser and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-26 with Law categories.
Increasingly, environmental decision making is like playing a multidimensional game of chess. With interactions between the atmosphere, the litho-hydrosphere, and the biosphere, the game is at once a measure of complexity, uncertainty, interdisciplinary acuity, social-environmental sustainability, and social justice for all generations. As such, it demands a systemic point of view. Decision Making for a Sustainable Environment: A Systemic Approach gives readers the tools to replace the dysfunctional, symptomatic decision making that has plunged the world into environmental crises with a systemic approach that fosters social-environmental sustainability. A New Paradigm for Environmental Decision Making Based on the author’s more than 45 years of research and broad, international experience, this book guides policy makers and managers to work with—rather than within—theoretical and methodological frameworks to achieve multidimensional and multilayered policy decisions. It discusses systemic thinking as a rational, viable alternative to competitive, materialistic, and symptomatic decision making. Insights, Approaches, and Examples for Leadership Organized into three parts, the book begins by describing the inviolable biophysical principles that define the limitations of human choices. The second part examines in depth why the conventional command-and-control form of decision making tends to become dysfunctional and fails. It also explains how to break the cycle of such behavior. A case study by Jessica K. La Porte explores the challenges of creating a program of environmentally sustainable decision making. The third part of the book explores what it takes to be a psychologically mature decision maker. A Peaceful Path toward Social-Environmental Sustainability for All Generations Proposing new ways of thinking and problem solving, this book provides readers with the ideas, language, approaches, and examples to move toward genuine social-environmental sustainability. It offers counsel on how to be a psychologically mature trustee of planet Earth and leave a more viable legacy for future generations.
Tony And The Beetles
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Author : Philip K. Dick
language : en
Publisher: The Floating Press
Release Date : 2012-12-01
Tony And The Beetles written by Philip K. Dick and has been published by The Floating Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-01 with Fiction categories.
Far in the future, Earth's empire has grown to include dozens of different civilizations, many of which have been subjugated to serve humanity's growing need for cheap labor. In the short story "Tony and the Beetles," a young boy hatches an unlikely friendship with some of the insect-like creatures that are treated as slaves -- and sets off a firestorm of unintended consequences in the process.
Revenge Of The Beetle Queen
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Author : Maya Gabrielle Leonard
language : en
Publisher: Beetle Boy
Release Date : 2018
Revenge Of The Beetle Queen written by Maya Gabrielle Leonard and has been published by Beetle Boy this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
"The Empire Strikes Back" meets beetles in the chilling, darkly funny second book of a series about one amazing boy, his loyal friends, and some amazingly intelligent beetles.
The Constitution Of The Environmental Emergency
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Author : Jocelyn Stacey
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-04-19
The Constitution Of The Environmental Emergency written by Jocelyn Stacey and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-19 with Law categories.
This book argues for a reframing of environmental law. It starts from the premise that all environmental issues confront lawmakers as emergencies. Environmental issues pose a fundamental challenge to law because it is impossible to reliably predict which issues contain the possibility of an emergency and what to do in response to such an unforeseen event. These features undermine the conventional understanding of the rule of law. This book argues that approaching environmental issues from the emergency perspective leads us to an understanding of the rule of law that requires public justification. This requirement recentres the debates in environmental law around the question of why governance under the rule of law is something worth having in the environmental context. It elaborates what the rule of law requires of decision-makers in light of our ever-present vulnerability to catastrophic environmental harm. Controversial, compelling and above all timely, this book presents an important new perspective on environmental law.
Empire Of The Ants
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Author : Bernard Werber
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-12-31
Empire Of The Ants written by Bernard Werber and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-31 with Fiction categories.
Ants came to this planet long before man. Since then they have developed one of the most intricate civilizations imaginable – a civilization of great richness and technological brilliance. During the few seconds it takes you to read this sentence, some 700 milli0on ants will be born on earth... Edmond Wells had studied ants for years: he knew of the power which existed in their hidden world. On his death, he leaves his apartment to his nephew Jonathan with one proviso: that he must not descend beyond the cellar door. But when the family’s dog escapes down the cellar steps, Jonathan has little alternative but to follow. Innocently he enters the world of the ant, whose struggle for existence forces him to reassess man’s place in the cycle of nature. It is an experience that will alter his life for ever... Empire of the Ants is an extraordinary achievement. It takes you inside the ants’ universe and reveals it to be a highly organised world, as complex and relentless as human society and even more brutal.
Biosequestration And Ecological Diversity
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Author : Wayne A. White
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2012-10-18
Biosequestration And Ecological Diversity written by Wayne A. White and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-18 with Nature categories.
Increased throughput of carbon-based fossil energy, the destruction of Earth's forests, and other land use changes have resulted in ever higher levels of waste in the form of greenhouse gases-as well as a diminished capacity of the planet to absorb and store those wastes. This means that to avoid catastrophic global warming and maintain the habitab