A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation
A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation by Michael Allaby is a comprehensive resource published by OUP Oxford on January 10, 2013. This second edition features 504 pages of thoroughly revised and updated content, offering over 9,000 alphabetically arranged entries that encompass both scientific and social aspects of the environment. The dictionary includes authoritative information on key thinkers, treaties, movements, organizations, concepts, and theories, making it a valuable reference for those interested in environmental topics.
Readers will find an extensive array of entries, including over 700 new additions such as “aerial plankton,” “cyclone collector,” and “supertramp.” The dictionary also contains useful appendices that provide sources of online data, international environment treaties, and other relevant information. Covering essential subjects like sustainable development, biodiversity, and environmental ethics, this edition serves as a state-of-the-art reference for environmental science and conservation studies, complete with line drawings to enhance understanding.
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Thoroughly revised and updated to include the latest research in the field, A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation provides over 9,000 alphabetically arranged entries on scientific and social aspects of the environment, including concise and authoritative information on key thinkers, treaties, movements, organizations, concepts, and theories. For the second edition, Allaby has added over 700 new entries, including “aerial plankton,” “cyclone collector,” “oasis,” and “supertramp.” The dictionary also features many useful appendices that provide sources of online data on the environment, international environment treaties, the Beaufort scale of wind strength, a geological time-scale, the chemical elements, and SI units. In addition, readers have access to recommended web links that are listed and regularly updated on a dedicated companion website. The book also includes line drawings to illustrate entries. Covering such key subjects as sustainable development, biodiversity, and environmental ethics, the dictionary provides state-of-the-art information for readers interested in environmental science, conservation studies, and related topics.
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