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Lost Worlds by Bruce M. Beehler Publisher Comments Perhaps it is not possible to experience all the mysterious sounds, the unfamiliar smells, and the spectacular sights of a tropical rainforest without ever visiting one. But this exhilarating and honest book comes wondrously close to taking the reader on... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $15.09 Google eBooks - Electronic 
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The Cutting Edge: Conserving Wildlife in Logged Tropical Forest by Robert A. Fimbel Publisher Comments Recent decades have seen unprecedented growth in the scale and intensity of industrial forestry. Directly and indirectly, it has degraded the wildlife and ecological integrity of these tropical forests, prompting a need to evaluate the impact of current... (read more) Your price: $59.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Insatiable Bark Beetle by Dr. Reese Halter Publisher Comments In our ever-warming world, trillions of indigenous bark beetles are killing billions of mature conifers throughout the forests of western North America and around the world, as they embark on their largest and most destructive feeding frenzy in modern... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $15.04 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes: Struggle for Justice in the Amazon by Gomercindo Rodrigues Publisher Comments A close associate of Chico Mendes, Gomercindo Rodrigues witnessed the struggle between Brazil's rubber tappers and local ranchers—a struggle that led to the murder of Mendes. Rodrigues's memoir of his years with Mendes has never before been translated... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $20.37 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Tropical Forest Conservation: An Economic Assessment of the Alternatives in Latin America by Douglas DeWitt Southgate Publisher Comments Attempts to halt the destruction of rain forests and other natural habitats in the tropics have met with little success. In particular, national parks, like those found in wealthy nations, have proven difficult to establish in Africa, Asia, and South and... (read more) List Price $100.00 Your price: $92.50 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Tropical Rainforests: Latin American Nature and Society in Transition by Susan E. Place Publisher Comments Like the first edition, this revised and updated edition of Tropical Rainforests: Latin American Nature and Society in Transition provides a variety of perspectives on the complex relationship between society and nature on the rainforest frontiers of... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $26.90 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Forests: A Naturalist's Guide to Woodland Trees by Laurence C. Walker Publisher Comments First published in 1990, Forests explores the ecological, economic, and human influences on over thirty significant types of woodlands. Laurence Walker focuses especially on the effects of site factors--climate, physiography, biology, and soils--upon the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $22.14 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Jungle of the Maya by Douglas Goodell Publisher Comments "This enchanted land, steeped in history and sheathed in forest, is so exquisitely photographed and engagingly described in Jungle of the Maya you can almost hear the bellow of howler monkeys above and the rustle of army ants below as you turn the pages.... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $31.02 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Tropical Deforestation by Sharon L. Spray Publisher Comments This book introduces readers to the important concepts for understanding the environmental challenges and consequences of deforestation. Contributions from scientists and academics in the social sciences and humanities provide readers with an initial... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $28.83 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Forest Products Annual Market Review 2005-2006 by United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe Publisher Comments The UNECE/FAO Forest Products Annual Market Review, 2004-2005 provides general and statistical information on forest products markets and related policies in the UN Economic Commission for Europe region (Europe, North America and the Commonwealth of... (read more) List Price $17.50 Your price: $15.53 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Transnational Environmental Governance: The Emergence and Effects of the Certification of Forests and Fisheries by Lars H. Gulbrandsen Publisher Comments `This book provides a timely contribution to both academic and policy debates by examining the processes and mechanisms of the emergence and proliferation of non-state governance schemes, specifically comparing forest and fisheries certification. The... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $38.50 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Tropical Forests and the Human Spirit by Roger D. Stone Publisher Comments An overview of the international events which in the last thirty years have caused the rapid destruction of the world's tropical forests and an argument for the case that the best way to conserve remaining forests is through the management of the land by... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $23.92 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World: Ecology and Conservation by Dominick DellaSala Publisher Comments While tropical rainforests have received much conservation attention and support for their protection, temperate and boreal rainforests have been largely overlooked. Yet these ecosystems are also unique, supporting rainforest communities rich in plants... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $38.50 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Among the Ancients: Adventures in the Eastern Old-Growth Forests by Joan Maloof Publisher Comments A natural history primer packed with travel ideas, this tour of 26 old-growth forests-one in each state east of the Mississippi River and all open to the public-aims to dispel the misconception that these forests are located only on the west coast. With... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $12.38 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The World of Northern Evergreens by E. C. Pielou Publisher Comments Praise for the first edition- "This book is guaranteed to enrich the reader's next forest visit."-Library Journal "Pielou's book brings forest ecology to naturalists, bird lovers, hikers, cyclists, canoeists, skiers, mountaineers, and back-country... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $17.71 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature by David George Haskell Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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National Capacity in Forestry Research by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Capacity in Forestry Research List Price $29.50 Your price: $26.18 Google eBooks - Electronic
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