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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
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
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.
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Alan Grainger
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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.
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