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The Pesticide Detox: Towards a More Sustainable Agriculture

Earthscan, 2005

This book seeks to address some of these difficulties and set out some new solutions. Pests, diseases and weeds eat, infiltrate and smother crops and grab their nutrients. If farmers stood back and let nature take its course, there would be insufficient food. They must do something. Pesticides are easy to use, although often costly for farmers. In...

The Organization of Global Negotiations: Constructing the Climate Change Regime

Earthscan, 2005

Global negotiations – negotiations that are open to all of the world’s nation states – have become an increasingly popular means of tackling pressing problems that cut across international boundaries. Environmental issues have been at the forefront of this trend, with global negotiations at the close of the last millennium...

International Investment for Sustainable Development: Balancing Rights and Rewards

Earthscan, 2004

This book is the culmination of the International Sustainable and Ethical Investment Rules Project, a collaboration of researchers from the following five non-governmental organization (NGO) think-tanks:

African Centre for Technology Studies, Nairobi, Kenya;

Fundacion ECOS, Punta del Este, Uruguay;

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Implementing the Climate Regime: International Compliance

Earthscan, 2005

Unlike most books on climate politics, this volume has a sharp focus on one particular aspect of the global climate regime – the system set up to improve compliance with commitments under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The design of a compliance system has been controversial ever since the adoption of the 1992 Framework Convention on Climate...

Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises: A World Handbook for Cetacean Habitat Conservation

Earthscan, 2004

This book is dedicated to those who work on behalf of cetaceans and marine ecosystems, and to those who cannot speak, write and argue for their place in the sea: the whales, dolphins and porpoises and other marine species

‘There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood leads on to...

The New Accountability: Environmental Responsibility across Borders

Earthscan, 2005

In contemporary debates about democratic governance, the concept of accountability is hard to avoid. At least from a European perspective, recent innovations in political and administrative decision-making have multiplied opportunities for citizens to hold to account those who exercise governmental authority. Or so we are told. Whether busy...

Digital Futures: Living in a dot.com World

Earthscan, 2001

Beyond the hype about dot-coms, WAP phones and dot-com entrepreneurs, what impacts will e-commerce have on society? How will it affect jobs and local communities? What will it mean for energy use, transport and the future shape of our cities? How can we ensure that everyone enjoys the benefits of the new digital technologies?

With...

How to Set Up Information Systems: A Non-Specialist's Guide to the Multiview Appproach

Earthscan, 2003

A spectacular dialogue of the deaf has been on-going for many years. Information systems are as misunderstood today as they have been for a decade. The designers who make them, the managers who commission them and the stakeholders who use them consistently fail to communicate with each other resulting in the inevitable plethora of systems failures...

Understanding Renewable Energy Systems

Earthscan, 2005

* Provides technical details on different renewable energy systems plus background information on climate change and related economics
* Contains free CD-ROM, including simulation software and figures from the book
* Ideal as a student text, including worked examples

Beginning with an overview of renewables (including biomass,...

SpeakOut: The Step-by-Step Guide to SpeakOuts and Community Workshops (Tools for Community Planning)

Earthscan, 2009

This new manual is the product of nearly two decades of successful practice by internationally acclaimed community planning specialists. It will enable both planning veterans and people with little or no experience in the field to conduct a wide variety of community engagement events with absolute confidence.

It introduces the...

Planning and Installing Bioenergy Systems: A Guide for Installers, Architects and Engineers

Earthscan, 2005

* Describes the key features of different bioenergy technologies and offers professionals expert guidance for installation; in full color throughout!
* Includes data on selected regional, national, and international renewable energy support programs
* Written by experts, offering practical insight into the application of this...

Renewable Electricity and the Grid: The Challenge of Variability

Earthscan, 2007

Can renewable energy provide reliable power? Will it need extensive backup?

The energy available from wind, waves, tides and the sun varies in ways that may not match variations in energy demand. Assimilating these fluctuations can affect the operation and economics of electricity networks. Is this a significant problem, or can these...

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