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In 1989 the international community banned the international trade in ivory. This book seeks to unravel some of the misunderstandings surrounding this law, and attempts to determine if international law can be an effective tool for the conservation of wildlife.

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In his Ark of the Broken Covenant, Kunich showed that Earth's species are concentrated in 25 zones of ecological significance known as biodiversity hotspots, and maintained that we'd go a long way toward saving many species from extinction if we'd focus our protective laws and regulations on these zones.

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In 1854, when explorer John Rae returned from the Arctic with news that the final survivors of the Franklin expedition, while starving to death, had degenerated into cannibalism, Jane enlisted the celebrated Charles Dickens to repudiate him.

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Coastal management has been greatly influenced by the rise of environmentalism, with its greater emphasis on the preservation of natural processes and restoration of habitats.

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From the company that brought you Food, Inc. and Waiting for "Superman": This companion book to the documentary film explores the looming crises surrounding the world's most essential, most threatened, resource

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A concise yet thorough overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing Latin America and the Caribbean-from the tip of South America to the Windward Islands.

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Examines the causes and consequences of a major transformation in both domestic and international politics: the shift from dynastically legitimated monarchical sovereignty to popularly legitimated national sovereignty. This book analyzes the impact of Enlightenment discourse on politics in eighteenth-century Europe and the United States.

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An examination of the central role of water politics and engineering in Spain's modernization, illustrating water's part in forging, maintaining, and transforming social power.

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On September 4, 1957, after the Supreme Court struck down racial segregation in public schools, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus called up the National Guard to surround Little Rock Central High School, preventing black students from going in. This title offers a landmark of American history.

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This book follows environmental changesincluding those caused by human actions, as well as those resulting from natural circumstancesand provides a process to manage their impact on the future.

Whenever environmental damages are caused by natural or human-made events, there are long-term effects for people.

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An empirically rich analysis of the drivers and lived experiences of urban change in African peripheries with a focus on city-regions in Ethiopia, South Africa and Ghana. The book proposes five peripheral logics which frame the formation and character of urban peripheries and explores these on the ground through residents voices and narratives.

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How environmentalism can reinvent itself in a postnature age: a proposal for navigating between naive naturalism and technological arrogance.

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This book challenges the standard conception of the Middle Ages as a time of persecution for Jews. Jonathan Elukin traces the experience of Jews in Europe from late antiquity through the Renaissance and Reformation, revealing how the pluralism of medieval society allowed Jews to feel part of their local communities despite recurrent expressions of

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A consideration of the locking effect of urban land use policies on African Americans. Arguing that the locking effect leads to the disenfranchisement of African Americans, the author shows how wealth is channelled to the dominant group and African Americans' life choices are denuded.

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Also identified among the research needs are methods for improving the technology of waste disposal, waste reduction, and waste recycling.

Institutional changes necessary are the commitment to long-term, pro-active, prevention-oriented objectives;

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Also identified among the research needs are methods for improving the technology of waste disposal, waste reduction, and waste recycling.

Institutional changes necessary are the commitment to long-term, pro-active, prevention-oriented objectives;

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Introducing students to the key skills they will need in a planning career, this book draws on case studies and the advice of professionals from around the world to show students how to develop their skills for success in the workplace.