Lands lost to desert may effectively be lost for ever, so desertification is humanity's most obvious despoliation to the planet. It is certainly one of the most serious environmental problems facing the world today. In this book the author describes what is happening and where. Although the problem is greatest in developing countries, it is by no means confined to them. Australia, Africa, the USA and India are all affected. In the 1970s an international Plan of Action was drawn up to bring the phenomenon under control, but it was never implemented. Now that the situation is more serious than ever before, this book urges new action and describes many of the myriad ways in which it is possible to arrest the progress of desertification. It describes, too, not just the failures, but the considerable successes that have been achieved. Originally published in 1990

Tropical rain forest is being cleared so rapidly and on such a scale that it is a major global environmental problem, threatening the survival of half of the world's plant and animal species and contributing to global climate change through the greenhouse effect. But, despite widespread concern for over twenty years, only limited progress has been made in controlling deforestation and improving forest management in the humid tropics. In this book Alan Grainger offers afresh analysis of the causes of deforestation and presents an integrated strategy for controlling it. His strategy embraces agriculture, forestry and conservation and stresses the need for changes in government policies if land use is to be made more sustainable and the underlying causes of the problem are to be addressed. Controlling Tropical Deforestation is essential reading for policy makers, agronomists, foresters, conservationists and development professionals. To general readers and students on introductory courses at schools and universities it also offers the first concise but comprehensive overview of the causes, scale and consequences of deforestation. Alan Grainger is a lecturer in geography at the University of Leeds. He is author of The Threatening Desert: Controlling Desertification, also published by Earthscan. Originally published in 1992

Sustainable development is capturing the attention of planners, politicians and business leaders. Within the academic sphere its study is increasingly breaching disciplinary boundaries to become a focus of attention for natural and social scientists alike. But in studying such a key concept, it is vital that there is a clear definition of what it means, how it is applied on the ground, and the influence it exerts upon people's perceptions of change in the physical environment, economic activity and society. Exploring Sustainable Development is a major new text which provides a multifaceted introduction to key areas of study in this field, examining sustainability at the full range of spatial scales from the local to the global. Building on existing theory it demonstrates the unique contributions that thinking geographically about space, place and human-environment relationships can bring to the analysis of sustainable development. This book explores different interpretations of sustainable development in both theory and practice, in developed and developing countries, and in rural and urban areas. It pays particular attention to the local, national and international politics of implementation, the future of climate and energy, the role of business, and different conceptions of agricultural sustainability. This wide-ranging text is ideal for undergraduates and postgraduates in geography, environmental science, development studies, and related social and political sciences.

Lands lost to desert may effectively be lost for ever, so desertification is humanity's most obvious despoliation to the planet. It is certainly one of the most serious environmental problems facing the world today. In this book the author describes what is happening and where. Although the problem is greatest in developing countries, it is by no means confined to them. Australia, Africa, the USA and India are all affected. In the 1970s an international Plan of Action was drawn up to bring the phenomenon under control, but it was never implemented. Now that the situation is more serious than ever before, this book urges new action and describes many of the myriad ways in which it is possible to arrest the progress of desertification. It describes, too, not just the failures, but the considerable successes that have been achieved. Originally published in 1990

Tropical rain forest is being cleared so rapidly and on such a scale that it is a major global environmental problem, threatening the survival of half of the world's plant and animal species and contributing to global climate change through the greenhouse effect. But, despite widespread concern for over twenty years, only limited progress has been made in controlling deforestation and improving forest management in the humid tropics. In this book Alan Grainger offers afresh analysis of the causes of deforestation and presents an integrated strategy for controlling it. His strategy embraces agriculture, forestry and conservation and stresses the need for changes in government policies if land use is to be made more sustainable and the underlying causes of the problem are to be addressed. Controlling Tropical Deforestation is essential reading for policy makers, agronomists, foresters, conservationists and development professionals. To general readers and students on introductory courses at schools and universities it also offers the first concise but comprehensive overview of the causes, scale and consequences of deforestation. Originally published in 1992

Sustainable development is capturing the attention of planners, politicians and business leaders. Within the academic sphere its study is increasingly breaching disciplinary boundaries to become a focus of attention for natural and social scientists alike. But in studying such a key concept, it is vital that there is a clear definition of what it means, how it is applied on the ground, and the influence it exerts upon people's perceptions of change in the physical environment, economic activity and society. Exploring Sustainable Development is a major new text which provides a multifaceted introduction to key areas of study in this field, examining sustainability at the full range of spatial scales from the local to the global. Building on existing theory it demonstrates the unique contributions that thinking geographically about space, place and human-environment relationships can bring to the analysis of sustainable development. This book explores different interpretations of sustainable development in both theory and practice, in developed and developing countries, and in rural and urban areas. It pays particular attention to the local, national and international politics of implementation, the future of climate and energy, the role of business, and different conceptions of agricultural sustainability. This wide-ranging text is ideal for undergraduates and postgraduates in geography, environmental science, development studies, and related social and political sciences.

This book of Alan Grainger's photographs of convention-defying eccentrics illustrate that these people are not 'freaks' but non-conforming, creative, and self-determined. Featuring unique individuals like Lydia (the Vampire), Tom (the Leopard man), and impersonators of Clint Eastwood and King Arthur.

Billy Orange, pugnacious little Irishman, five foot nothing and afraid of nobody, rescues a young man from a beating in a back alley in Seattle and finds himself caught up in the Great Gold Rush to the Klondike. Arctic midwinter conditions, unscrupulous tricksters, romance, and death, test him but nothing can stop him.

When a solicitor who specialises in finding lost heirs turns up looking for Charlie Cassidy, a professional writer of fiction, and finds he'd died four years earlier, he tells Max and Millie, Cassidy's son and daughter, he has information which might connect them, through their late father, to an unclaimed legacy. Millie's husband, who is a solicitor, thinks they should reject the heir hunter's expensive offer, saying he'll process their claim if they trawl through their father's things and come across anything pointing to an obscure family connection of which they had no previous knowledge. The hunt upon which they embark uncovers many of their late father's secrets and leads them to conclude he wasn't the man they'd believed him to have been. This is the third book in the Templederry Trilogy. The first is The Learning Curves, the second is Father Unknown

The body of a young woman newspaper columnist is found part buried under the snow, and Detective Chief Inspector 'Foxy' Reynard is called in. As his investigation into her death proceeds, it becomes increasingly apparent there was more to Rosaleen Sommerton than met the eye

A myopic look at eighty five years of my life, with a glance at my antecedents, an introduction to a few of my more unforgettable acquaintances, and some recollections of rambling around the world.

When a young girl's quest to find the father she has never met becomes entangled in a police investigation into a series of seemingly unconnected murders, she has no idea that the information she digs up will ultimately lead to the uncovering of the last bit of the jigsaw the police are struggling to put together. Detective Chief Inspector 'Foxy' Reynard, who makes his first appearance in this murder/mystery story, leads the team from Sussex CID who ultimately solve the mystery and the crimes.

Two brothers fall out after a family secret is revealed and when the dispute turns to violence one of them ends up in prison. On his release, he digs into his background in the hope of resolving some of the issues which have been troubling him. His research takes him to Ireland, where he finds, not only the answers he seeks, but a route to a new life free of conflict. This is the second book in the Templederry Trilogy. The Learning Curves is the first; The Legacy is the last.

Divided from his father and frozen out of his home in Ireland by his new stepmother, sixteen year old Jimmy O'Callaghan runs away resolving never to return. With no one to guide and support him, he finds himself with little option but to learn about life and love as best he can. He's aided in his quest for enlightenment, success and happiness, by an unlikely collection of worldly people, the sort of people he would never have encountered, let alone befriend, at home in Templederry. Starting off with the few pounds he'd stolen from the till in his father's pub the night before he left, and with little appreciation of how big a risk he was taking, he has only his personality and determination to make sure nothing is ever beyond his reach. This book is the first of The Templederry Trilogy, and is partly set in the rural Irish town of Templederry, County Tipperary. It is followed by Father Unknown and The Legacy

A chatty autobiographical account of the unlikely adventures of an Old Age Pensioner and his wife who nearly bit off more than they could chew in Peru.

When Nelson Deep, wealthy tea merchant, is found dead in his study in bizarre circumstances and Detective Chief Inspector 'Foxy' Reynard is called in, a solution seems inevitable. Such an assumption however, makes little allowance for the dysfunctional and self-centred attitudes the D.C.I. quickly uncovers as he attempts to unravel the strange relationships prevalent within the Deep family.

Two young men, once close as brothers, fall out over a girl when they are in their twenties and go their separate ways. Their vow 'never to meet again', is forgotten though, when they find themselves face to face in the course of an attempted royal assassination.