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Ecosystems of the World. 2A. Dry Coastal Ecosystems: Polar Regions and Europe ED. EDDY VAN DER MAAREL xvi + 600 pp., 26.8 × 19.9 × 3.2 cm, ISBN 0 444 87348 1 (Vol. 2A), DFl 475.00 or US$293.25, Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, 1993. Ecosystems of the World. 2B. Dry Coastal Ecosystems: Africa, America, Asia and Oceania ED. EDDY VAN DER MAAREL xix + 616 pp., 26.8 × 19.9 × 3.3 cm, ISBN 0 444 87349 X (Vol. 2B), DFl 494.00 or US$305.00, Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, 1993. Ecosystems of the World. 2C. Dry Coastal Ecosystems: General ED. EDDY VAN DER MAAREL xxi + 713 pp., 2 loose maps, 26.8 × 19.9 × 4.6 cm, ISBN 0 444 82367 0 (Vol. 2C), DFl 585.00 or US$361.25, Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, 1997
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Tropical Forest Remnants: Ecology, Management and Conservation of Fragmented Communities ED. W.F LAURANCE AND R.O. BIERREGAARD, JR 616 pp., ISBN 0 226 46898 4 US$105.00/£83.95 (cloth); 0 226 46899 2 US$38.00/£30.50 (paper), Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, 1997
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Environmental Decision Making: an Information Technology Approach BY JAMES K. LEIN xi + 213 pp., 34 figs, 27 × 19 × 2 cm, ISBN 0 86542 466 7 hardback, £37.50, Malden, MA, USA: Blackwell Science, 1997
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Partnership with Nature in the Coastal Zone EDITED BY CHRISTIAN P. DE MEYER & ROGER H. CHARLIER 200 pp., 30 × 21 × 2.75 cm. ISBN pending paperback, US$ 18.00/Belgian F600.00, Drongen-Ghent, Belgium: Haecon Publications, 1997
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Global Climate Change and Agricultural Production. Direct and Indirect Effects of Changing Hydrological, Pedological and Plant Physiological Processes EDITED BY FAKHRI BAZZAZ AND WIM SOMBROEK xii + 345 pp., ISBN 0 471 95763 1 hardback, £50.00, ISBN 0 471 96927 3 paperback, no price given, Chicester, UK: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations and John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1996
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So Fruitful a Fish: Ecology, Conservation and Aquaculture of the Amazon's Tambaqui BY CARLOS ARAUJO-LIMA AND MICHAEL GOULDING xii + 191 pp., 77 figs, 26 × 16.5 × 1.7 cm, ISBN 0 231 10830 3 cloth, US$45.00, New York, USA: Columbia University Press, 1997
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The Work of Nature: How the Diversity of Life Sustains Us BY YVONNE BASKIN xix + 263 pp., illustr., 23.4 × 15.8 × 2.6 cm, ISBN 1 55963 519 3 hardback, price unknown, Washington, DC, USA: Island Press, 1997
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Evaluating Climate Change Action Plans. National Actions for International Commitment EDITED BY JAMES C. WHITE, WITH WENDY H. PETRY AND WILLIAM R. WAGNER Environmental Science Research, Volume 53, xi + 270 pp., ISBN 0 306 45219 7 hardback, US$ 89.50, New York, NY, USA: Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1996
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Perverse Subsidies BY NORMAN MYERS WITH JENNIFER KENT xxv + 230 pp., 23 × 15.5 cm, ISBN 1 895536 09 X paperback, Can$20.00, £10.00, Winnipeg, Canada: International Institute for Sustainable Development, 1998
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National Parks and Protected Areas: their Role in Environmental Protection ED. R. GERALD WRIGHT xvi + 470 pp., 25.4 × 17.2 × 2.7 cm, ISBN 0 86542 496 9 paperback, US$59.95, £45.00, Cambridge, MA, USA: Blackwell Science, 1996
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Dominion BY NILES ELDREDGE xvi + 190 pp., index, 20.75 × 13.75 × 1.25 cm, ISBN 0 520 20845 5 softbound, US$11.95, (hardcover published 1995), 2120 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94710, USA: University of California Press, 1997
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People and Tourism in Fragile Environments EDITED BY MARTIN F. PRICE xv + 238 pp., 23.5 × 15.7 × 1.8 cm, ISBN 0 471 96584 7 hardback, £35.00, Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, 1996
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Ecology, Climate and Empire. The Indian Legacy in Global Environmental History, 1400-1940 BY RICHARD H. GROVE xii + 237 pp., 14.5 × 22 × 2 cm, ISBN 0 19 564418 2 hardcover, Rs. 395, New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press, 1998
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Global Genetic Resources: Access, Ownership and Intellectual Property Rights. Beltsville Symposia in Agricultural Research 21 EDITED BY K. ELAINE HOAGLANDS & AMY Y. ROSSMAN xi + 347 pp., 15 × 23 × 2 cm, ISBN 0 942924 19 3 paperback, US$ 45.00, Washington DC, USA: Association of Systematics Associations, 1997
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Vegetation Processes in the Pelagic: a Model for Ecosystem Theory BY COLIN S. REYNOLDS xxvii + 371 pp., 71 figs, 11 tables, 24 × 16 × 2 cm, hardback, (Excellence in Ecology 9), Ecology Institute, D-21385 Oldendorf/Luhe, Germany, 1997
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International Environmental Policy: From the Twentieth to the Twenty-First Century BY LYNTON KEITH CALDWELL [3RD EDN] viii + 484 pp., 23.5 × 15.5 × 3.4 cm, ISBN 0 8223 1866 0 paperback, US$22.95, Durham, NC, USA: Duke University Press, 1996. Global Environmental Politics BY GARETH PORTER AND JANET WELSH BROWN [2ND EDN] xvi + 238 pp., 23 × 15 × 1.8 cm, ISBN 0 8133 2182 4 paperback, US$18.95, Boulder, CO, USA: Westview Press, 1996. Green Planet Blues: Environmental Politics from Stockholm to Rio ED. KEN CONCA, MICHAEL ALBERTY AND GEOFFREY D. DABELKO viii + 328 pp., 23.5 × 15.5 × 2.4 cm, ISBN 0 8133 2597 8 paperback, US$24.00, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995
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Environmental Taxes and Economic Welfare: Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions BY ANTONIA CORNWELL AND JOHN CREEDY xi + 152 pp., 40 tables, 24 × 16 × 2 cm, ISBN 1 85898 622 2 hardback, £39.95, US$60, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 1997. Taxing Automobile Emissions For Pollution Control BY MAUREEN SEVIGNY xiv + 115 pp., 10 figs, 56 tables, 24 × 16 × 2 cm, ISBN 1 85898 767 9 hardback, £35, US$55, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 1998
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