Deforestation books

280 books were found.

Introduction to Wildland Fire: Fire Management in the United States

Introduction to Wildland Fire: Fire Management in the...

Author: Stephen J. Pyne ,  Patricia L. Andrews
ISBN: 9780471549130
Format: Hardback
$924.00

This book covers the fundamental physics and chemistry of fire, fire behavior, wildland fuels, the interactions...  Read More >>

Eastern Old-Growth Forests: Prospects For Rediscovery And Recovery

Eastern Old-Growth Forests: Prospects For Rediscovery...

Author: Mary Byrd Davis ,  Steve Comers
ISBN: 9781559634090
Format: Paperback
$111.00

Eastern Old-Growth Forests is the first book devoted exclusively to old growth throughout the East. Authoritative...  Read More >>

Medicinal Resources of the Tropical Forest: Biodiversity and Its Importance to Human Health

Medicinal Resources of the Tropical Forest: Biodiversity...

Author: Michael Balick ,  Elaine Elisabetsky
ISBN: 9780231101714
Format: Paperback
$107.95

This book opens readers' eyes to the enormous resources of the Earth's rain forests and the potential impact of...  Read More >>

Medicinal Resources of the Tropical Forest: Biodiversity and Its Importance to Human Health

Medicinal Resources of the Tropical Forest: Biodiversity...

Author: Michael Balick ,  Elaine Elisabetsky
ISBN: 9780231101707
Format: Hardback
$248.95

This book opens readers' eyes to the enormous resources of the Earth's rain forests and the potential impact of...  Read More >>

Wanderings in the Great Forests of Borneo

Wanderings in the Great Forests of Borneo

Author: Odoardo Beccari
ISBN: 9780195889239
Format: Paperback
$23.95

Based on the author's notes and diaries, this account of travel in one of the world's last remaining great rain...  Read More >>

Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction (Fbp) System

Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction (Fbp) System...

Author: K. G Hirsch
ISBN: 9780660163895
Format: Paperback
$28.44

This CD-ROM uses video, audio, text, graphics, photographs and animation to teach the Forest Fire Behavior Prediction...  Read More >>

The Hymenoptera of Costa Rica

The Hymenoptera of Costa Rica

Author: Paul E. Hanson (, University of Costa Rica) ,  Ian D.I.D. Gauld (Department of Entomology, Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, London)
ISBN: 9780198549055
Format: Hardback
$312.95

A comprehensive study of the hymenopterous fauna of Costa Rica, which covers the classification, biology, morphology,...  Read More >>

Tropical Rainforests

Tropical Rainforests

Author: Alan Grainger
ISBN: 9780412612602
Format: Paperback
$111.95

This text provides a treatment of the causes, extent and consequences of deforestation in the humid tropics and...  Read More >>

Tropical Rainforests

Tropical Rainforests

Author: Alan Grainger
ISBN: 9780412612503
Format: Hardback
$224.95

This is a study of the causes, extent and consequences of deforestation in the humid tropics, and possible solutions...  Read More >>

Forest Politics in Surinam

Forest Politics in Surinam

Author: Marcus Colchester
ISBN: 9789062249756
Format: Paperback
$46.20

Desperate for cash, the government is selling off the forest and mineral resources to foreign companies, undermining...  Read More >>

Getting to Know Waiwai: An Amazonian Ethnography

Getting to Know Waiwai: An Amazonian Ethnography

Author: Alan Campbell
ISBN: 9780415125574
Format: Paperback
$73.00

An account of time spent with the Wayapi that looks forward to Wayapi survivors one hundred years from now and considers...  Read More >>

Getting to Know Waiwai: An Amazonian Ethnography

Getting to Know Waiwai: An Amazonian Ethnography

Author: Alan Campbell
ISBN: 9780415125567
Format: Hardback
$196.00

An account of time spent with the Wayapi that looks forward to Wayapi survivors one hundred years from now and considers...  Read More >>

Borneo Log: The Struggle for Sarawak's Forests

Borneo Log: The Struggle for Sarawak's Forests

Author: William W. Bevis
ISBN: 9780295974163
Format: Hardback
$34.95

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Bad Harvest: The Timber Trade and the Degradation of Global Forests

Bad Harvest: The Timber Trade and the Degradation of...

Author: Nigel Dudley ,  Jean-Paul Jeanrenaud
ISBN: 9781853831881
Format: Paperback
$59.95

The world's forests are disappearing at an alarming rate, and with disastrous consequences.This book presents an...  Read More >>

Rainforest Relations: Gender and Resource Use by the Mende of Gola, Sierra Leone

Rainforest Relations: Gender and Resource Use by the...

Author: Melissa Leach
ISBN: 9780748604937
Format: Hardback
$232.88

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La Selva: Ecology and Natural History of a Neotropical Rain Forest

La Selva: Ecology and Natural History of a Neotropical...

Author: Lucinda A. McDade ,  Kamaljit S. Bawa
ISBN: 9780226039527
Format: Paperback
$102.95

La Selva, a nature reserve and field station in Costa Rica, has been the focus of research on rainforest ecology...  Read More >>

La Selva: Ecology and Natural History of a Neotropical Rain Forest

La Selva: Ecology and Natural History of a Neotropical...

Author: Lucinda A. McDade ,  Kamaljit S. Bawa
ISBN: 9780226039503
Format: Hardback
$291.95

La Selva, a nature reserve and field station in Costa Rica, has been the focus of research on rainforest ecology...  Read More >>

Tropical Rainforests: Latin American Nature and Society in Transition (Jaguar Books on Latin America)

Tropical Rainforests: Latin American Nature and Society...

Author: Susan E. Place
ISBN: 9780842024235
Format: Hardback
$129.38

A work designed to clarify the many issues involved in saving Latin America's endangered rainforests. The 30 articles...  Read More >>

Neotropical Montane Forests: Biodiversity & Conservation -- Abstracts from a Symposium at the New York Botanical Garden, June 21-26, 1993

Neotropical Montane Forests: Biodiversity & Conservation...

Author: Henrik Balslev
ISBN: 9788787600408
Format: Paperback
$34.19

The lowland forests have been mentioned over and over again as examples of the genetic richness of the tropical...  Read More >>

Forestry Management for Sustainable Development

Forestry Management for Sustainable Development

Author: Emmanuel D'Silva ,  S. Appanah
ISBN: 9780821325971
Format: Paperback
$46.45

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Tropical Deforestation: Small Farmers and Land Clearing in the Ecudorian Amazon

Tropical Deforestation: Small Farmers and Land Clearing...

Author: Thomas Rudel ,  Leslie Sponsel
ISBN: 9780231080453
Format: Paperback
$82.95

Uses a case study of tropical deforestation in the upper reaches of the Amazonian basin, developed over two decades...  Read More >>

Tropical Deforestation: Small Farmers and Land Clearing in the Ecudorian Amazon

Tropical Deforestation: Small Farmers and Land Clearing...

Author: Thomas Rudel ,  Leslie Sponsel
ISBN: 9780231080446
Format: Hardback
$248.95

Using a case study of tropical deforestation in the upper reaches of the Amazon Basin, this study argues that small...  Read More >>

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