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   Redeeming REDD

   Public and private initiatives for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) have been widely endorsed by policy-makers. This book presents a major critique of the aims and policies of REDD as currently structured, particularly in terms of their social feasibility.

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   A Changing Environment for Human Security

   This agenda-setting book provides readers with a clear understanding of why responses to issues such as climate change, land use change, and biodiversity loss matter to present generations, and which types of responses are likely to create an equitable and sustainable life for future generations. Fresh perspectives on global environmental change from an interdisciplinary group of international experts will inspire readers – whether students, policy makers, or practitioners – to think differently about environmental issues and sustainable development.

3. 

   Planning Sustainable Transport

   This book offers a cross-disciplinary overview of transportation systems and the ways in which they interact with urban and regional planning decisions and environmental issues. It offers a thoughtful critique of existing methodology and policy, raising issues, providing facts, explaining linkages and, particularly, stimulating debate.

4. 

   Wetland Management and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa

   In this book the authors argue for a paradigm shift in the way African wetlands are considered, arguing for an approach which is more people focused. The authors stress the need for Integrated Water Resource Management and landscape approaches. Drawing on nine empirical case studies, this book highlights the different ways in which sustainable use of wetlands has been sought, each case focusing on specific issues about wetlands, agriculture and livelihoods.

5. 

   Invasive and Introduced Plants and Animals - Now in Paperback

   This book addresses the broader context of invasive and exotic species, in terms of the perceived threats and environmental concerns which surround alien species and ecological invasions. It considers reactions and solutions in terms of environmental and climate change, sociology and ethics, globalization and politics, and argues that many decisions are based on values and perceptions rather than objective science.

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   Land and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

   In twenty-one chapters by twenty-five authors, this book considers experiences with, and approaches to, post-conflict land issues in seventeen countries and in varied social and geographic settings. Highlighting key concepts that are important for understanding how to address land rights in the wake of armed conflict, the book provides a theoretical and practical framework for policy makers, researchers, practitioners, and students

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   Diversifying Food and Diets

   This book aims to explore what the current state of knowledge is on the role of agricultural biodiversity in improving nutrition and food security. The book will examine and challenge some of the prevailing myths and assumptions to improving nutrition through agriculture mechanisms so as to identify the key research and implementation gaps.

8. 

   Water and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

   Edited by Erika Weinthal, Jessica J. Troell and Mikiyasu Nakayama

   As a basic human need, the provision of safe water is among the highest priorities of government and humanitarian interventions during post-conflict recovery and peacebuilding. In the aftermath of war, water, sanitation, and infrastructure play a critical role in the recovery of livelihoods and economic development. Moreover, shared waters have great potential for interstate cooperation, assisting to rebuild trust following conflict and to prevent a return to conflict. This volume draws on studies from around the world to create a framework for understanding how water resources decisions and activities can facilitate or undermine peacebuilding in a post-conflict setting.

9. 

   Bioenergy Production by Anaerobic Digestion

   Edited by Nicholas E. Korres, Padraig O'Kiely, John A.H. Benzie and Jonathan S. West

   Interest in anaerobic digestions, the process of energy production through production of biogas, has increased rapidly in recent years. This book is one of the first to provide a broad introduction to anaerobic digestion and its potential as a viable means to turn agricultural crops or crop residues, animal and other organic waste, into biomethane.

10. 

    Diversifying Food and Diets

    Edited by Jessica Fanzo, Danny Hunter, Teresa Borelli and Federico Mattei

    This book aims to explore what the current state of knowledge is on the role of agricultural biodiversity in improving nutrition and food security. The book will examine and challenge some of the prevailing myths and assumptions to improving nutrition through agriculture mechanisms so as to identify the key research and implementation gaps.

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