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Decolonizing Nature

Strategies for Conservation in a Post-colonial Era

By: William (Bill) Adams,Martin Mulligan

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Decolonizing Nature

Strategies for Conservation in a Post-colonial Era

By: William (Bill) Adams,Martin Mulligan

British imperialism was almost unparalleled in its historical and geographical reach, leaving a legacy of entrenched social transformation in nations and cultures in every part of the globe. Colonial annexation and government were based on an all-encompassing system that integrated and controlled political, economic, social and ethnic relations, and required a similar annexation and control of natural resources and nature itself. Colonial ideologies were expressed not only in the progressive exploitation of nature but also in the emerging discourses of conservation. At the start of the 21st century, the conservation of nature is of undiminished importance in post-colonial societies, yet the legacy of colonial thinking endures. What should conservation look like today, and what (indeed, whose) ideas should it be based upon? Decolonizing Nature explores the influence of the colonial legacy on contemporary conservation and on ideas about the relationships between people, polities and nature in countries and cultures that were once part of the British Empire. It locates the historical development of the theory and practice of conservation - at both the periphery and the centre - firmly within the context of this legacy, and considers its significance today. It highlights the present and future challenges to conservationists of contemporary global neo-colonialism The contributors to this volume include both academics and conservation practitioners. They provide wide-ranging and insightful perspectives on the need for, and practical ways to achieve new forms of informed ethical engagement between people and nature.

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1136568611

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9781136568619

A Day in the Life

By: William T. Wilhite

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A Day in the Life

By: William T. Wilhite

A Day in the Life is the story of a half-human little girl who has a day of all days. The story begins in a jungle far, far from her home planet of Hetrae on the planet Saduje. Elbib, her brother Yloh, and her twin ten-year-old brother and her sister were in the southern region of the planet, much like the Amazon on earth. Cifus, the Karrponian, attacks the children and takes Yloh prisoner after he allows her and the twins to escape. This starts a day that keeps getting worse. Soon her parents, grandparents, uncle, and cousin were caught up in the terrible day. The quest for the Glencarin Crystal begins, and there are many helping the family, including a group of intergalactic warriors known as Defenders, Eedeed from Sky City; Teetee the Sky Elf; Lem, Asil, and Tirips from the village of Dynas; and the Landosian family, Chas, Jade, Eisus, and Ettenot. In one day, Elbib fights for her life, as well as her twin siblings and Yloh many times. Finally, after a day, the crystal is secured by the coalition, but something unexpected happened when Mada and Eve touched the crystal together. Thus begins the next adventureThe Crystal and the Gem: The Fight between Light and Darkness.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1524565598

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British Immigration to the United States, 1776–1914, Volume 2

By: William E van Vugt

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British Immigration to the United States, 1776–1914, Volume 2

By: William E van Vugt

This four-volume reset edition collects immigrants' letters, immigration guides, newspaper articles, county history biographies, and promotional and advisory pamphlets published by immigrants and travellers, land and railroad companies.

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1351222406

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Genealogies of Virginia Families

From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine

By: William and Mary College Quarterly Staff

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Genealogies of Virginia Families

From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine

By: William and Mary College Quarterly Staff

From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806309555

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9780806309552

Information and Meaning in Evolutionary Processes

By: William F. Harms

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Information and Meaning in Evolutionary Processes

By: William F. Harms

This book is intended to help transform epistemology - the traditional study of knowledge - into a rigorous discipline by removing conceptual roadblocks and developing formal tools required for a fully naturalized epistemology. The evolutionary approach which Harms favours begins with the common observation that if our senses and reasoning were not reliable, then natural selection would have eliminated them long ago. The challenge for some time has been how to transform these informal musings about evolutionary epistemology into a rigorous theoretical discipline capable of complementing current scientific studies of the evolution of cognition with a philosophically defensible account of meaning and justification.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139451626

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British Immigration to the United States, 1776–1914, Volume 3

By: William E van Vugt

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British Immigration to the United States, 1776–1914, Volume 3

By: William E van Vugt

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1351222376

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Strange Natures

Conservation in the Era of Synthetic Biology

By: Kent H. Redford,William M. Adams

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Strange Natures

Conservation in the Era of Synthetic Biology

By: Kent H. Redford,William M. Adams

A groundbreaking examination of the implications of synthetic biology for biodiversity conservation Nature almost everywhere survives on human terms. The distinction between what is natural and what is human-made, which has informed conservation for centuries, has become blurred. When scientists can reshape genes more or less at will, what does it mean to conserve nature? The tools of synthetic biology are changing the way we answer that question. Gene editing technology is already transforming the agriculture and biotechnology industries. What happens if synthetic biology is also used in conservation to control invasive species, fight wildlife disease, or even bring extinct species back from the dead? Conservation scientist Kent Redford and geographer Bill Adams turn to synthetic biology, ecological restoration, political ecology, and de-extinction studies and propose a thoroughly innovative vision for protecting nature.

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Yale University Press

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0300230974

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9780300230970

Book's by William Wicken

Decolonizing Nature

Decolonizing Nature

A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life

British Immigration to the United States, 1776–1914, Volume 2

British Immigration to the United States, 1776–1914, Volume 2

Genealogies of Virginia Families

Genealogies of Virginia Families

Information and Meaning in Evolutionary Processes

Information and Meaning in Evolutionary Processes

British Immigration to the United States, 1776–1914, Volume 3

British Immigration to the United States, 1776–1914, Volume 3

Strange Natures

Strange Natures

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