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Literature Beyond the Human : Post-Anthropocentric Brazil
How can Clarice Lispector’s writings help us make sense of the Anthropocene? How does race intersect with the treatment of animals in the works of Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis? What can Indigenous philosopher and leader Ailton Krenak teach us about the relationship between environmental degradation and the production of knowledge? Literature Beyond the Human is the first collection of essay…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-003-24399-1
- Collation
- 242 p
- Series Title
- Animals Husbandary
- Call Number
- 590.7 LIT
Life Cycle Engineering and Management of Products
This book presents the role of life cycle engineering and life cycle management of products and services and their contributions to corporate environmental sustainability and the circular economy. It addresses the main techniques, tools, systems and practices for improving the environmental performance of business products and services throughout their life cycles. The book covers the main t…
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- 1
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- 978-3-030-78044-9
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- xiv, 329p.:Ill
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- -
- Call Number
- 577 Lif
Carbon Labeling Practice
This book focuses on the behavioral interactions among possible stakeholders in carbon labeling practice, brings the attentions of stakeholders’ interests to explore the opportunities, and challenges related to carbon labeling practice, thus to provide insight into low-carbon consumption and production. It is essential reading for students, researchers, and policy makers as well as those with…
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- 1
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- 978-981-16-2583-1
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- viii, 190p.:ill
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- -
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- 577 Zha c
The Earth’s Human Carrying Capacity
This book focuses on the Earth’s carrying capacity to service the needs of its human populations as well as preserve the ecosystems that provide natural resources that sustain life and support human activities in 2020 and later in the century (2050 and beyond). It addresses the two principal factors that challenge the limits of the carrying capacity: growing populations/demographic moves and …
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- 1
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- 978-3-030-73476-3
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- xiii, 154p.:ill
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- -
- Call Number
- 577 Siie t
Creating Wellbeing and Building Resilience in the Veterinary Profession : A C…
A Call to Life aims to help veterinary caregivers increase self-efficacy, decrease unnecessary suffering, and increase sustainability in their mission to support animal health around the world. The veterinary profession is powered by dedicated, bright, and selfless individuals. Unfortunately, the long-standing and dysfunctional culture in classrooms and practices around the world expects veteri…
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- 1st
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- 978-0-367-81676-6
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- 228 p
- Series Title
- Animals Husbandary
- Call Number
- 590.92 Ols c
Learning Animals : Curriculum, Pedagogy and Becoming a Veterinarian
We are surrounded by thousands of animals, alive and dead. They are an intimate and ever-present part of our human lives. As a society, we privilege veterinarians as experts on these animals: they are our educators and teachers in what they say, what they do, and the decisions that they make. Yet, within the field of education, there is little research on the curriculum, pedagogy, and experienc…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-003-26998-4
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- 192 p
- Series Title
- Animals Husbandary
- Call Number
- 590.285 DOL l
Plant Systematics
This book is designed to introduce the fundamentals of systematics in a simple, concise and balanced manner. The book aims to equip the students with the basics of plant taxonomy and at the same time also update them with the most recent advances in the field of plant systematics. The book has been organized into 21 chapters that introduce and explain different concepts in a stimulating manner.…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-003-18346-4
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- 340 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 635.3 PLA a
Emerging Trends in Environmental Biotechnology
The environment is an all-encompassing component of the ecosystem of "Blue planet - the earth", made up of the hydrosphere, atmosphere and lithosphere. These three spheres have biotic and abiotic components which exhibit ecological homeostasis that provides the most appropriate survival chances for the members of biotic component and geochemical balance with abiotic components. This ecosystem i…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-003-18630-4
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- 314 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 660.63 EME
Routledge Handbook of Community Forestry
This handbook provides a comprehensive overview and cutting-edge assessment of community forestry. Containing contributions from academics, practitioners, and professionals, the Routledge Handbook of Community Forestry presents a truly global overview with case studies drawn from across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The Handbook begins with an overview of the chapters and a discuss…
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- 1st
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- 978-0-367-48871-0
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- 580 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 634.9 ROU
A Guide to Field Philosophy : Case Studies and Practical Strategies
Philosophers increasingly engage in practical work with other disciplines and the world at large. This volume draws together the lessons learned from this work—including philosophers’ contributions to scientific research projects, consultations on matters of policy, and expertise provided to government agencies and non-profits—on how to effectively practice philosophy. Its 22 case studies…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-351-16908-0
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- 396 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 144 AGU
Advances in breeding of dairy cattle
This collection reviews the latest research on dairy cattle genetics and advanced methods of genetic evaluation and selection. The book first assesses the degree of inbreeding and genetic diversity in modern dairy cattle as well as opportunities for crossbreeding. It then goes onto review research on targeting non-production traits such as fertility, feed conversion efficiency and methane emiss…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-0-429-27560-9
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- 480 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 636.514 ADV
Polluting Textiles : The Problem with Microfibres
his book examines the critical issue of environmental pollutants produced by the textiles industry. Comprised of contributions from environmental scientists and materials and textiles scientists, this edited volume addresses the environmental impact of microplastics, with a particular focus on microfibres released by textiles into marine and freshwater environments. The chapters in Part I of…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-003-16538-5
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- 314 p
- Series Title
- Animals Husbandary
- Call Number
- 639.809 POL
Microbial Biofilms : Applications and Control
Microbial biofilms have both positive and negative effects. This book considers new ways of controlling environmental microbial biofilm such as using phages, nanotechnology, and newly discovered microbial enzymes. A team of contributors shares current, relevant and original research to add weight and recognition to the book. Also, each chapter provides enlightening and relevant tabular informat…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-003-18494-2
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- 336 p
- Series Title
- Animals Husbandary
- Call Number
- 660.63 MIC
Territories, Environments, Politics :Explorations in Territoriology
This collection seeks to illustrate the state of the art in territoriological research, both empirical and theoretical. The volume gathers together a series of original, previously unpublished essays exploring the newly emerging territorial formations in culture, politics and society. While the globalisation debate of the 1990s largely pivoted around a ‘general deterritorialisation’ hypo…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-003-19636-5
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- 242 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 621.36 TER
Sacred Forests of Asia : Spiritual Ecology and the Politics of Nature Conserv…
Presenting a thorough examination of the sacred forests of Asia, this volume engages with dynamic new scholarly dialogues on the nature of sacred space, place, landscape, and ecology in the context of the sharply contested ideas of the Anthropocene. Given the vast geographic range of sacred groves in Asia, this volume discusses the diversity of associated cosmologies, ecologies, traditional …
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- 1st
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- 978-1-003-14368-0
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- 336 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 634.9 SAC s
How the Biosphere Works : Fresh Views Discovered While Growing Peppers
How the Biosphere Works: Fresh Views Discovered While Growing Peppers offers a simple and novel theoretical approach to understanding the history of the biosphere, including humanity’s place within it. It also helps to clarify what the possibilities and limitations are for future action. This is a subject of wide interest because today we are facing a great many environmental issues, many of …
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-003-27535-0
- Collation
- 274 p
- Series Title
- Animals Husbandary
- Call Number
- 635.6 SPI h
The Great Eagles : Their Evolution, Ecology and Conservation
This book examines the current literature and knowledge on the evolution and ecology of all the birds named as eagles, with particular emphasis on the larger species. It also examines the past and current relations between eagles and people, including habitat change and conservation issues. Eagle ecologies and conservation are currently seriously impacted by human activities such as industriali…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-315-27809-4
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- 624 p
- Series Title
- Animals Husbandary
- Call Number
- 598.9 CAM t
Sustainable Luxury and Jewelry
This book discusses the current trends in luxury and jewelry and presents how to make these sustainable for a better future. In the age of sustainability, we increasingly see how designers and consumers begin to think beyond a product's look&feel and operation, and are especially concerned about what has happened during its manufacturing process and what will happen once its useful life comes t…
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- 1
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- 978-981-16-2454-4
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- XI, 253p.:Ill
- Series Title
- Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes
- Call Number
- 577 Sus
The Biology of Sole
This book reviews up-to-date knowledge on the biology of sole (Solea senegalensis and S. solea). These flatfish species are increasingly important in Europe both from the ecological and production point of view. This book is divided into two sections: A. general fisheries, aquaculture and engineering overviews; B. physiological, developmental, rhythmic, welfare and genetic aspects which will be…
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- 978-1-315-12039-3
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- 404 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 507.7 THE t
Green Automation for Sustainable Environment
This book explores the concepts and role of green computing and its recent developments for making the environment sustainable. It focuses on green automation in disciplines such as computers, nanoscience, information technology, and biochemistry. This book is characterized through descriptions of sustainability, green computing, their relevance to the environment, society, and its applications…
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- 978-1-003-00079-2
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- 112 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 628 GRE e
Agricultural Landscapes ; Seeing Rural Through Design
Agricultural Landscapes: Seeing Rural Through Design follows on from the author’s previous books, Rural Design and Architecture and Agriculture, to encourage using design thinking to provide greater meaning and understanding of places where humans live and work with the rural landscape. Rural areas around the world are often viewed as special places with cultural, historical and natural signi…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-315-14286-9
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- 262 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 630.7 THO a
Fish Diseases and Medicine
Fish are critically important to the welfare of this planet and its occupants, the health of both wild and captive fish populations paramount to our survival. This book presents the gross pathology of the most commonly encountered diseases and syndromes of fish in an organ system-based approach.
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- 978-0-429-19525-9
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- 328 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 597.3 FIS f
Nanozymes for Environmental Engineering
This book reviews the latest developments and applications of nanozymes in environmental science. Protection of the environment is essential because pollution has become a global problem with many adverse effects on life and ecosystems. For that, remediation strategies and techniques have been designed, yet they are limited. Here, the recent development of nanotechnology opens a new vista for e…
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- 1
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- 978-3-030-68230-9
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- xv, 241p.:ill
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 660.6 Nan
The Call of the Crawfish Frog
Crawfish Frogs (Rana areolata) have been called the most secretive frog in North America, and it is unusual in the twenty-first century – in the most scientifically advanced country in the world – that basic discoveries can still be made on an animal that inhabits a quarter of the United States. This is not only a story of the biology of Crawfish Frogs, but a case study of discovery. This v…
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- 1st
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- 978-0-429-34327-8
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- 216 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 597.8 LAN t
Making a Stand for Animals
Engaging and thought-provoking, this book examines how humans see and treat other animals and argues that we should extend equal consideration and respect to all beings, human and nonhuman alike. Our world is plighted by ‘isms’ such as racism and sexism, but we may have overlooked a very important one: speciesism. Speciesism is a form of discrimination against those who don’t belong to…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-003-28592-2
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- 192 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 590.92 HAR m
Managing the Laboratory Animal Facility
New to the Third Edition Incorporating the latest developments in management theory and application, the edition contains approximately 100 pages of new and expanded material. This more detailed coverage: Discusses lean management concepts and practices and their application to laboratory animal science Adds information on many essential topics, especially in human resources management i…
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- 3rd
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-315-36905-1
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- 420 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 636.514. SIL m
Advances in Green Synthesis
This edited book focusses on green chemistry as the research community endeavours to create eco-friendly materials and technologies. It provides an in-depth overview of the fundamentals, key concepts and experimental techniques for eco-friendly synthesis of organic compounds and metal/metal oxide nanoparticles/nanomaterials. It also emphasizes the mechanisms, designing and industrial technologi…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-67884-5
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- vi, 301p.:ill
- Series Title
- Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation
- Call Number
- 577.14 Adv
Environmental Impacts of Mountaineering
This book investigates the consequences of mountaineering (hiking, trekking, climbing) on the natural environment. These consequences are divided into three groups: 1) transformations caused by the mountaineer’s, or other people’s, stay in a mountaineering region; 2) transformations caused by the mountaineer’s travel (movement) through a mountaineering region, with the consideration of th…
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- 1
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- 978-3-030-72667-6
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- xv, 63p.:ill
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
- Call Number
- 333.7 Apo e
Bio#Futures
This volume presents a timely recognition, warning and mapping of the fast approaching wave, or “bio-tsunami”, of global socio-technical transformation, built by a much wider spectrum of converging powers, including biotechnology, new agriculture, novel foods, health, quality of life, environment, energy, sustainability, education, knowledge management, and design of smart applications. The…
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- 1
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- Springer Cham
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- xiv, 644p.:ill
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- -
- Call Number
- 660.6 Bio
Developing animal feed products
The animal feed sector faces increasingly complex challenges. It needs to improve feed digestibility/efficiency whilst also promoting growth and enhancing both product quality and safety. At the same time, it has an increasingly important role in helping to promote animal health, welfare and the sustainability of farming. Developing animal feed products provides comprehensive coverage of advanc…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-003-18064-7
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- 300 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 571.9 PAR d
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