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Wild things, wild places: adventurous tales of wildlife and conservation on planet Earth.
Alexander, Jane.
New York: Knopf Publishing, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, A moving, inspiring, personal look at the vastly changing world of wildlife on planet earth as a result of human incursion, and the crucial work of animal and bird preservation across the globe being done by scientists, field biologists, zoologists, environmentalists, and conservationists..... More
The world's protected areas: status, values, and prospects in the Twenty-first century.
Chape, Stuart et al., editors.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. Illustrated with maps, colour photographs, and graphics, this reference offers a comprehensive status report on the world's 60,000 parks, nature reserves, and other land and marine areas designated as protected areas. It offers an overview of what these protected..... More
Wild Malaysia.
Davidson, Geoffrey, Junaidi Payne and Melvin Gumal.
Oxford: John Beaufoy Publishing, 2014. Quarto, dustwrappers, colour photographs, maps. Malaysia is a diverse country with an incredible number of land species and coastal waters that form part of the equally rich Coral Triangle. Written by a team of local experts, this book looks at the most important habitats within..... More
Spine of the continent: the race to save America's last, best wilderness.
Hannibal, Mary Ellen.
Guildford: Lyons Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, maps. As climate change encroaches, natural habitats are shifting while human development makes islands of even the largest nature reserves, stranding the biodiversity within them. "The Spine of the Continent" profiles the most ambitious conservation effort ever made: to create linked protected areas from..... More
Wild by nature: from Siberia to Australia, three years alone in the wilderness on foot.
Marquis, Sarah.
Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. From National Geographic's Explorer of the Year, 2014, Wild By Nature is the extraordinary story of Sarah Marquis' solo hike from Siberia to Australia. Relying on hunting and her own wits, Marquis made it across the Gobi Desert and..... More
America's great national forests, wildernesses and grasslands.
Miller, Char and Tim Palmer.
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2016. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. For more than a century, America's national forests have proved an environmental gift and cultural treasure. Under the management of the U.S. Forest Service, this system of public lands encompasses 193 million acres of mountains, prairies, rivers, and canyons-much of..... More
New Zealand's wilderness heritage.
Molloy, Les.
Nelson: Craig Potton Publishing, 2007. Quarto, in slipcase, colour photographs. New Zealand's wilderness heritage is destined to be one of the most significant conservation books published in New Zealand for many years. Written by Les Molloy, and photographed by Craig Potton with additional wildlife photography by Rod Morris, this book..... More
Highlands: Scotland's wild heart.
Moss, Stephen, and Laurie Campbell.
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. In the very north of Britain, far from the bustling cities and picturesque countryside to the south, lies Western Europe's greatest wilderness: the Scottish Highlands. This is a land shaped by the flow of ancient ice, where snow-capped mountains tower over ink-black..... More
Wild kingdom: bringing back Britain's wildlife.
Moss, Stephen.
London: Vintage, 2017. Octavo, paperback, Can Britain make room for wildlife? Stephen Moss believes it can. The newspaper headlines tell us that Britain's wildlife is in trouble. It's not just rare creatures that are vanishing, hares and hedgehogs, skylarks and water voles, even the humble house sparrow, are in freefall..... More
London: Vintage, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, Can Britain make room for wildlife? Stephen Moss believes it can. The newspaper headlines tell us that Britain's wildlife is in trouble. Wild creatures that have lived here for thousands of years are disappearing, because of pollution and persecution, competition with alien species, changing farming..... More
The new wild: why invasive species will be nature's salvation.
Pearce, Fred.
London: Icon Books, 2015. Octavo, dustwrapper, BRAND NEW. Veteran environmental journalist Fred Pearce used to think of invasive species as evil interlopers spoiling pristine 'natural' ecosystems. Most conservationists would agree with this, but what if traditional ecology is wrong, and true environmentalists should be applauding the invaders? In this book..... More
Nature's strongholds: the world's great wildlife reserves.
Riley, Laura and William Riley.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005. Small quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. Features over 600 of the best places for wildlife around the world. Covers the world's most impressive wildlife reserves including those in New Guinea, India, New Zealand and Antarctica. "A splendid book. Nature's Strongholds is one of the best..... More
Tibet wild: a naturalist's journeys on the roof of the world.
Schaller, George B.
Washington DC: Island Press, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. George Schaller has spent much of his life traversing wild and isolated places in his quest to understand and conserve threatened species - from mountain gorillas in the Virunga to snow leopards in the Himalaya. Throughout his career, Schaller has..... More
Wild island: a year in the Hebrides.
Smith, Jane.
Edinburgh: Birlinn General, 2016. Octavo, laminated boards, colour illustrations. This is a book for anyone interested in wildlife, for art lovers, for tourists wanting a memento of their holiday, for everyone who loves the west coast of Scotland. It depicts a year in the life of Oronsay, a remote island..... More
World's heritage: the definitive guide to all 1007 World Heritage Sites.
UNESCO.
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2015. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Bestselling guide to all 1,007 UNESCO World Heritage sites. Fully updated to include the latest sites added to the World Heritage List in June 2014. The List is managed by the World Heritage Committee and each site is judged under..... More
Protecting the wild: parks and wilderness, the foundation for conservation.
Wuerthner, George et al.
Washington DC: Island Press, 2015. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. A big, bold vision for protected areas and re-wilding the Earth, this book presents a spirited argument on the future of conservation. Protected natural areas have historically been the primary tool of conservationists to conserve land and wildlife. These parks and..... More