Studies on the Environment – serie
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8 produkter
Global Warming
Apocalypse or Hot Air?
Häftad, 1994
106 kr
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In this study the authors examine the so-called scientific 'consensus' about global warming. They argue climate change is a problem of great complexity, and such analysis as has been made by no means supports the view that climate change would place intolerable burdens on future generations.
Political Economy of Land Degradation
Pressure Groups, Foreign Aid and the Myth of Man-made Deserts
Häftad, 1995
196 kr
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The root causes of land degradation are the actions of political entrepreneurs, aid agencies, and governments of developing countries who misuse 'aid' money. Only when individuals are permitted to own property, especially land and water, to engage in free trade, and to resolve disputes through …
Conservation and the Countryside
By Quango or Market?
Häftad, 1996
121 kr
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The author explains why government and bureaucratic attempts at environmental protection have failed and argues that to safeguard the countryside we need to restore private property rights.
Environmental Education
Av Benjamin Aldrich-Moodie, Jo Kwong
Häftad, 1997
196 kr
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This original piece of research examines the teaching of environmental issues in the UK and US. Looking at a variety of textbooks and how specific issues are taught, they find that the teaching of the environment is characterised by bad science, sloppy thinking and indoctrination.
Climate Change
Challenging the Conventional Wisdom
Häftad, 1997
232 kr
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The world's climate is in constant flux: on time-scales from days to millennia, global and regional temperature, wind and rainfall patterns are changing. Over periods of decades and centuries, the most significant factor affecting climate appears to be changes in the output of the sun. Man's …
Fishing for Solutions
Häftad, 1998
160 kr
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Stories of fisheries collapse frequently grab the spotlight in the popular press. Sometimes these claims are exaggerated, sometimes not. Some species of fish have undoubtedly suffered serious decline in some areas, for example the cod stocks off New England and the Atlantic coast of Canada are now …
Elephants and Ivory
Lessons from the Trade Ban
Häftad, 1994
138 kr
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The authors examine the example of elephants in this exposition of the arguments favouring 'sustainable utilisation'. This approach ensures species survival by employing a framework based upon property rights, enforcement of those rights and local community involvement.
