Author : Mary Lou Goodwin
Publisher :
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 33,47 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Bird watching
ISBN : 9788487334481
A completely revised and up-dated edition of the acclaimed Audubon Guide. Includes all you need to know about visiting the main Venezuelan locations for observing birds, including how to get to the sites, lodging, list of species in the area and maps.
Author : Xavier Bonnefoy
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 25,74 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9289071885
The second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century witnessed important changes in ecology, climate and human behaviour that favoured the development of urban pests. Most alarmingly, urban planners now face the dramatic expansion of urban sprawl, in which city suburbs are growing into the natural habitats of ticks, rodents and other pests. Also, many city managers now erroneously assume that pest-borne diseases are relics of the past. All these changes make timely a new analysis of the direct and indirect effects of present-day urban pests on health. Such an analysis should lead to the development of strategies to manage them and reduce the risk of exposure. To this end, WHO invited international experts in various fields - pests, pest-related diseases and pest management - to provide evidence on which to base policies. These experts identified the public health risk posed by various pests and appropriate measures to prevent and control them. This book presents their conclusions and formulates policy options for all levels of decision-making to manage pests and pest-related diseases in the future. [Ed.]
Author : Rosemary Thorp
Publisher : IDB
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 14,85 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781886938359
A comprehensive Statistical Appendix provides regional and country-by-country data in such areas as GDP, manufacturing, sector productivity, prices, trade, income distribution and living standards."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Ernest Hemingway, Ernest
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 19,43 MB
Release : 2018-01-17
Category :
ISBN : 9781983811326
Death in the Afternoon is a non-fiction book written by Ernest Hemingway about the ceremony and traditions of Spanish bullfighting, published in 1932. The book provides a look at the history and what Hemingway considers the magnificence of bullfighting. It also contains a deeper contemplation on the nature of fear and courage. While essentially a guide book, there are three main sections: Hemingway's work, pictures, and a glossary of terms.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1536 pages
File Size : 46,79 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Travel
ISBN :
Author : R. Murray Schafer
Publisher : Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 50,48 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780812211092
Author : Harold Wallace Ross
Publisher :
Page : 1730 pages
File Size : 27,36 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Literature
ISBN :
Author : David Ascanio
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 1893 pages
File Size : 18,6 MB
Release : 2021-01-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1472990323
A brand new, comprehensive and fully illustrated field guide to the birds of Venezuela, covering all 1,400 species. Covering the sixth largest avifauna in the world, this important new guide is essential for anyone exploring the diverse habitats of this beautiful South American country as well as Guyana, northern Brazil and west Suriname. Birds of Venezuela - complete with authoritative text and superb colour plates - ensures that this top birding destination is accessible to all. This field guide has 248 colour plates illustrating more than 1,400 species, covering racial, sexual and seasonal plumage variations. Accompanying text is placed on facing pages for easy reference providing key information, voice and status of all species and subspecies found in the region, including Venezuela's 45 endemic species. Detailed colour distribution maps are provided for every species.
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 40,34 MB
Release : 2019-03-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9251312702
The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture presents the first global assessment of biodiversity for food and agriculture worldwide. Biodiversity for food and agriculture is the diversity of plants, animals and micro-organisms at genetic, species and ecosystem levels, present in and around crop, livestock, forest and aquatic production systems. It is essential to the structure, functions and processes of these systems, to livelihoods and food security, and to the supply of a wide range of ecosystem services. It has been managed or influenced by farmers, livestock keepers, forest dwellers, fish farmers and fisherfolk for hundreds of generations. Prepared through a participatory, country-driven process, the report draws on information from 91 country reports to provide a description of the roles and importance of biodiversity for food and agriculture, the drivers of change affecting it and its current status and trends. It describes the state of efforts to promote the sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity for food and agriculture, including through the development of supporting policies, legal frameworks, institutions and capacities. It concludes with a discussion of needs and challenges in the future management of biodiversity for food and agriculture. The report complements other global assessments prepared under the auspices of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, which have focused on the state of genetic resources within particular sectors of food and agriculture.
Author : Eugene M. McCarthy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 50,19 MB
Release : 2006-02-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 0198040415
With more than 5,000 works cited, Handbook of Avian Hybrids of the World is the greatest compendium of information ever published on hybridization in birds. Worldwide in scope, it provides information on all reported avian crosses, not only those occurring in captivity, but also in a natural setting (approximately 4,000 crosses are covered). This book is a basic reference, intended both for the serious birder and the professional biologist. McCarthy's work fills a need for reference material that takes into account the last half century of data. It will be of interest to workers in a wide variety of fields, ranging from animal behavior to genetics, ecology, zoology, and systematics. In fact, it will make fascinating reading for anyone interested in birds and the natural world.
