Author: International Committee for Bird Preservation. British SectionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Vols. for 1939/40 include Annual report of the Polish Section of the International Committee.
Annual Report - International Committee for Bird Preservation, British Section
Author: International Committee for Bird Preservation. British SectionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Vols. for 1939/40 include Annual report of the Polish Section of the International Committee.
Annual Report - International Council for Bird Preservation, British Section
Author: International Council for Bird Preservation. British SectionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Handbook; Annual Report
Author: Society for the Promotion of Nature ReservesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
The Annual Report of the Wildfowl Trust
Author: Wildfowl TrustPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Nature's Diplomats
Author: Raf De BontPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822988062
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Nature’s Diplomats explores the development of science-based and internationally conceived nature protection in its foundational years before the 1960s, the decade when it launched from obscurity onto the global stage. Raf De Bont studies a movement while it was still in the making and its groups were still rather small, revealing the geographies of the early international preservationist groups, their social composition, self-perception, ethos, and predilections, their ideals and strategies, and the natures they sought to preserve. By examining international efforts to protect migratory birds, the threatened European bison, and the mountain gorilla in the interior of the Belgian Congo, Nature’s Diplomats sheds new light on the launch of major international organizations for nature protection in the aftermath of World War II. Additionally, it covers how the rise of ecological science, the advent of the Cold War, and looming decolonization forced a rethinking of approach and rhetoric; and how old ideas and practices lingered on. It provides much-needed historical context for present-day convictions about and approaches to the preservation of species and the conservation of natural resources, the involvement of local communities in conservation projects, the fate of extinct species and vanished habitats, and the management of global nature.
Special Scientific Report--wildlife
Author: Woodcock Status Report, 1965
Author: William H. GoudyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bird banding
Languages : en
Pages : 1194
Book Description
Singing-ground surveys of the American woodcock indicate that breeding populations have increased gradually over the past 7 years while production, as indicated by wing-collection surveys, has remained relatively stable. The woodcock harvest, meanwhile, has probably more than doubled during the past decade. This suggests that while woodcock are probably becoming more important to North American sportsmen, hunting mortality is still relatively unimportant.
Peacock
Author: Christine E. JacksonPublisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1861894961
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Breathtakingly beautiful and exotic, the peacock inspires devotion among both artists and bird lovers. Its iridescent plumage, when fully displayed, is a delight to behold. The bird itself, as Christine E. Jackson notes in Peacock, appears to enjoy its audience, preening and strutting about within a few feet of humans. It is not surprising, then, that these vain birds and their distinctive feathers have been the prized possessions of kings for nearly three thousand years. Jackson here explores the peacock’s beauty—and its apparent attitude—through fairy tales, fables, and superstitions in both Eastern and Western cultures. Peacock takes stock of the bird as it appears within art, from the earliest mosaics to medieval illuminated manuscripts to modern graphics, with a special emphasis on the peacock’s symbolic value in the nineteenth-century arts and crafts and art nouveau movements. Jackson further details the peacock’s colorful presence in hats, clothing, and even sports equipment. A sweeping combination of social and natural history, Peacock is the first book to bring together all the shimmering, colorful facets of these magnificent birds.
Wildlife Abstracts
Author: Wildlife Review
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wildlife conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description