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Established over a century ago, Fauna & Flora International
(FFI) was the world's first international conservation
organisation. The pioneering work of its founders in Africa led to
the creation of numerous protected areas, including Kruger and
Serengeti National Parks. For the first time, the story of FFI's
history is told in its entirety. Throughout its history, FFI has
repeatedly broken new ground. It is renowned for its innovative,
landmark programmes, many of which have come to be regarded as
classic examples of conservation practice: the eleventh-hour rescue
of the Arabian oryx in 1962; the multifaceted Mountain Gorilla
Project launched in 1978; Tunnels for Toads in 1987, one of
countless campaigns on behalf of the UK's neglected amphibians,
reptiles and bats; a 1994 botanical initiative in Turkey that
anticipated the Important Plant Area concept; and, in 2000, the
first programme to put biodiversity firmly on the agenda of
blue-chip companies. It has been instrumental in creating much of
today's global conservation infrastructure, including such
well-known institutions as IUCN - The World Conservation Union, the
Worldwide Fund for Nature, CITES (the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) and TRAFFIC,
the wildlife trade monitoring network. To this day, FFI continues
to blaze a trail for others to follow, and this beautifully
illustrated volume showcases its illustrious history. With a
Foreword by Sir David Attenborough, FFI's Vice-President, the book
is filled with stunning photography throughout, making it the
perfect gift for nature and wildlife enthusiasts.
Through a series of vivid case studies, Authors in Court charts the
300-year-long dance between authorship and copyright that has
shaped each institution's response to changing social norms of
identity, privacy, and celebrity. "A literary historian by
training, Rose is completely at home in the world of law, as well
as the history of photography and art. This is the work of an
interdisciplinary scholar at the height of his powers. The
arguments are sophisticated and the elegant text is a work of real
craftsmanship. It is superb." -Lionel Bently, University of
Cambridge "Authors in Court is well-written, erudite, informative,
and engaging throughout. As the chapters go along, we see the way
that personalities inflect the supposedly impartial law; we see the
role of gender in authorial self-fashioning; we see some of the
fault lines which produce litigation; and we get a nice history of
the evolution of the fair use doctrine. This is a book that should
at least be on reserve for any IP-related course. Going forward, no
one writing about any of the cases Rose discusses can afford to
ignore his contribution." -Lewis Hyde, Kenyon College
There has been much written about teams with an ongoing debate
about the primacy of environment or dynamics as the most important
element to effective teams. Yet the need for groups to be able to
consistently tap into the collective intelligence present in the
team is more and more important. This requires teams to move beyond
cooperation, goodwill and consensus and be able to challenge
individual and collective assumptions to see new alternatives. This
book provides a simple but elegant model to understand how teams
move past the mediocrity of consensus to innovative thinking that
comes with Collective Learning. Collective Learning occurs when
teams become aware of their assumptions and it challenges them to
create a new understanding of what is real and what is important.
When that happens, lasting change can come from within the team.
There are four distinct abilities that must be present to provide
the infrastructure for a group to learn collectively, and here is
the 'how to' to dramatically increase team effectiveness. This book
is focused on how a facilitator can help groups and the individuals
in those groups slow down the emotional and belief processes in
order to create opportunities to choose responses rather than being
on automatic pilot. The purpose of the facilitator's effort is to
move experiential learning beyond the traditional notion of
teambuilding. Teambuilding has become a catchall phrase for helping
a group get more comfortable with one another and develop trust. It
is our opinion that to unlock the power of these experiential
tools, facilitators must think about developing two Meta-skills -
Emotional Maturity and Critical Thinking. Using experiential
learning to develop the attitudes and skills to continually learn
provides a real hope for creating fundamental change in the way
people and groups interact.
What do Donald Trump, Wayne Dyer, Buddha, and Helen Keller have in
common? They all have said great things in an effort to teach us
how to live better lives. But how can you use that wisdom today? In
365 Inspirations: One Minute Insights for Love, Success, and
Happiness, Mark Rose takes the wisdom from inspirational leaders
from the past and the present and shows you how to apply that
wisdom to your life. His messages range from spiritual to practical
and are arranged in a one-a- day format. Start each morning by
reading a message. Then apply its wisdom to your life throughout
the day. By spending one minute a day reading the daily messages,
you can transform your life. Thousands of people read Mark Rose's
messages every day. Now you can too. It's time to take action.
Tomorrow can be brighter than today.
Book Description You might consider Scott as one of the most
unlikely to be an inventor. Scott was a geologist who had a knack
for tripping and falling on his very hard head. But Scott did have
an invention, one, just one. That invention almost cost Scott, his
family and his friends their lives. The energy companies were not
about to let the news of his invention get out. Even if they had to
eliminate Scott and anyone that might know what he was doing. The
one thing they didn't consider was Scott's friends and family. They
were ready and able to fight back, even if it meant leaving earth
to fight. And they did.
A fundamental assumption in most of the literature on leadership is
that a few will need to control the many. This assumption leads to
a search for power but with an either/or mindset: if I have power,
then others cannot have as much as me or they will be a threat.
Organizations, when anxious, experience limited ability to learn
and change. There is an alternative, paradoxical way to understand
leadership. A leader is most effective not by controlling others
but by defining himself/herself. It is critical for leaders to face
their fears, challenge their assumptions and thus be able to change
their self-perception. A Leadership Paradox outlines such an
alternative view of leadership and provides a model for achieving
differentiated leadership.
The notion of the author as the creator and therefore the first
owner of a work is deeply rooted both in our economic system and in
our concept of the individual. But this concept of authorship is
modern. Mark Rose traces the formation of copyright in
eighteenth-century Britain--and in the process highlights still
current issues of intellectual property. "Authors and Owners" is at
once a fascinating look at an important episode in legal history
and a significant contribution to literary and cultural
history.
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