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Poaceae 3

By: Australian Biological Resources Study,Australia. Department of the Environment and Heritage

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Poaceae 3

By: Australian Biological Resources Study,Australia. Department of the Environment and Heritage

This latest volume in the acclaimed Flora of Australia series covers the subfamilies Arundinoideae, Danthonioideae, Aristidoideae, Micrairoideae and Chloridoideae. It describes a mixture of tropical and temperate grasses and includes a number of economically and environmentally important groups, such as: * Triodia - iconic spinifex grasses of Australia's arid areas that are an important major habitat for a variety of species * Wallaby grasses - attractive grasses with distinctive purple and green heads that are a major structural component of endangered south-eastern grasslands * Aristida (kerosene grasses and three-awns) - a large tribe of grasses whose characteristic three long bristles are problematic for the agricultural industry as they can contaminate fleece * Mitchell grasses - of great economic importance for the pastoral industry in Queensland * Couch grass - one of the lawn grasses we take for granted * Parramatta grasses - well-known weeds on the eastern seaboard * Arundo and Phragmites - the reeds along our waterways The volume includes native and naturalized species, treating five subfamilies, 55 genera and over 450 species. Many of the species treated are endemic to Australia. It features over 90 pages of illustrations as well as the traditional tightly written authoritative descriptions, identification keys, bibliographic information, and notes on ecology and distribution. An essential reference for plant taxonomists, ecologists and grassland researchers.

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512

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CSIRO PUBLISHING

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ISBN 10

0643069615

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9780643069619

Sustaining Eden

Indigenous Community Wildlife Management in Australia

By: Jocelyn Davies,International Institute for Environment and Development

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Sustaining Eden

Indigenous Community Wildlife Management in Australia

By: Jocelyn Davies,International Institute for Environment and Development

The report focuses on Australian indigenous peoples' use and management of terrestrial vertebrates and some marine species.

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136

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IIED

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190403523X

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9781904035237

Keeping Patients Safe

Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on the Work Environment for Nurses and Patient Safety

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Keeping Patients Safe

Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Committee on the Work Environment for Nurses and Patient Safety

Building on the revolutionary Institute of Medicine reports To Err is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm, Keeping Patients Safe lays out guidelines for improving patient safety by changing nurses' working conditions and demands. Licensed nurses and unlicensed nursing assistants are critical participants in our national effort to protect patients from health care errors. The nature of the activities nurses typically perform â€" monitoring patients, educating home caretakers, performing treatments, and rescuing patients who are in crisis â€" provides an indispensable resource in detecting and remedying error-producing defects in the U.S. health care system. During the past two decades, substantial changes have been made in the organization and delivery of health care â€" and consequently in the job description and work environment of nurses. As patients are increasingly cared for as outpatients, nurses in hospitals and nursing homes deal with greater severity of illness. Problems in management practices, employee deployment, work and workspace design, and the basic safety culture of health care organizations place patients at further risk. This newest edition in the groundbreaking Institute of Medicine Quality Chasm series discusses the key aspects of the work environment for nurses and reviews the potential improvements in working conditions that are likely to have an impact on patient safety.

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National Academies Press

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0309187362

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9780309187367

Tracking Progress

Implementing Sustainable Consumption Policies : a Global Review of Implementation of the United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection (Section G: Promotion of Sustainable Consumption)

By: Matthew Bentley,United Nations Environment Programme

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Implementing Sustainable Consumption Policies : a Global Review of Implementation of the United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection (Section G: Promotion of Sustainable Consumption)

By: Matthew Bentley,United Nations Environment Programme

This report presents the findings of an UNEP and Consumers International global governmental survey of the status of implementation of the sustainable consumption section of the United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection. The Sustainable Consumption section was added to the Guidelines in 1999 and represents a framework for governments to use in formulating and strengthening consumer protection policies and legislation.

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UNEP/Earthprint

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9280724789

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9789280724783

Global Environment Outlook 3

Past, Present and Future Perspectives

By: United Nations Environment Programme

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Global Environment Outlook 3

Past, Present and Future Perspectives

By: United Nations Environment Programme

Integrating environment and development:1972-2002; State of the environment and policy retrospective: 1972-2002; Human vulnerability to environmental change; Outlook: 2002-32; Options for action.

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1853838454

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