A.J. Hansen – författare

In view of the massive change in the area of distribution of many world biota across classical biogeographical realms, and of the drastic restructuring of the biotic components of numerous ecosystems, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) decided at its general Assembly in Ottawa, Canada, in 1982 to launch a project on the 'Ecology of Biological Invasions'. Several regional meetings were subsequently organized within the framework of SCOPE, in order to single out the peculiarities of the invasions that took place in each region, the behaviour of their invasive species and the invasibility of their ecosystems. Most noteworthy among such workshops were one in Australia in August 1984, one concerning North America and Hawaii in October 1984, and one dealing with southern Africa in November 1985. A leitmotiv of these workshops was that most of the invasive species to those regions were emanating from Europe and the Mediterranean Basin, inadvertently or intentionally introduced by man. It was therefore considered as a timely endeavour to organize the next regional meeting in relation to this region. The workshop on 'Biological Invasions in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin' was held in Montpellier, France, 21 to 23 May 1986, thanks to the financial support of SCOPE and of the A.W. Mellon Foundation, and the logistic facilities of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N .R.S.).

Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 53 held in Boulder, Colorado, 21-26 August 1972

Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 53 held in Boulder, Colorado, 21-26 August 1972

Vinden viskar över fälten i Habo. Den bär på hemligheter – och på det som ingen vill se.

När en kvinna hittas brutalt mördad på ett vindkraftverk, och hennes femåriga dotter spårlöst försvinner, sveps hela det lilla samhället in i ett mörker där ingen längre vågar lita på någon. Snart följer fler dödsfall, och kriminalinspektör Simone Torp inser att någon har börjat skipa sin egen form av rättvisa.

Samtidigt fortsätter vardagen. På förskolan försöker Nora fånga upp barn som lärt sig att tystnad är det enda sättet att överleva. Inom vården väcker blåmärken och rädda blickar frågor ingen riktigt vill släppa. Orosanmälningar skrivs. Samtal hålls. Professionella försöker agera. Men någonstans mellan sekretess, byråkrati och system som inte når hela vägen fortsätter barn att falla.

Och någon har fått nog.

I takt med att polisutredningen fördjupas börjar en fasansfull sanning träda fram. Offren verkar ha en sak gemensamt: barn som ingen lyckades skydda.

Vad händer när någon bestämmer sig för att straffa de vuxna som svikit sina barn?

I skuggan av vinden är en mörk och psykologiskt intensiv thriller om barns utsatthet, skuld, arv och konsekvenserna av att inte agera i tid. En berättelse där varje viskning kan vara ett rop på hjälp – och där tystnaden kan kosta liv.

In view of the massive change in the area of distribution of many world biota across classical biogeographical realms, and of the drastic restructuring of the biotic components of numerous ecosystems, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) decided at its general Assembly in Ottawa, Canada, in 1982 to launch a project on the ''Ecology of Biological Invasions''. Several regional meetings were subsequently organized within the framework of SCOPE, in order to single out the peculiarities of the invasions that took place in each region, the behaviour of their invasive species and the invasibility of their ecosystems. Most noteworthy among such workshops were one in Australia in August 1984, one concerning North America and Hawaii in October 1984, and one dealing with southern Africa in November 1985. A leitmotiv of these workshops was that most of the invasive species to those regions were emanating from Europe and the Mediterranean Basin, inadvertently or intentionally introduced by man. It was therefore considered as a timely endeavour to organize the next regional meeting in relation to this region. The workshop on ''Biological Invasions in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin'' was held in Montpellier, France, 21 to 23 May 1986, thanks to the financial support of SCOPE and of the A.W. Mellon Foundation, and the logistic facilities of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N .R.S.).