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Restoring Farm Woodlands for Wildlife
Damian Michael, Mason Crane, Daniel Florance, Emma Burns, David Lindenmayer
Agriculture & related industries; Mathematics & Sciences; Applied ecology; Management of land & natural resources; Conservation of the environment; Sustainable agriculture
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Featuring best practice approaches to restoration based on 19 years of long-term research. [more]
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Boom and Bust: The rise and fall of the mining industry, greed and the impact...
Royce Kurmelovs
History; Economic history; Mining industry
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The bestselling author of THE DEATH OF HOLDEN turns his attention to another important Australian business: mining. BOOM AND... [more]
$32.99
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Adani and the War Over Coal
Quentin Beresford
Economics of industrial organisation; Mining industry; Mathematics & Sciences; Social impact of environmental issues
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Australian politicians have had a love affair with coal, which has helped lock its politics into the fossil fuel age. This... [more]
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Adani versus the Black-throated Finch
Tor Hundloe
Mining industry; Mathematics & Sciences; Environmentalist, conservationist & Green organizations
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On 3 April 2016 the Queensland government announced that it had granted coal leases to Adani. They are in Banjo Paterson country,... [more]
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The Pilbara: From the Deserts Profits Come
Bradon Ellem
History; Mining industry; Industrial relations; Arid zones, deserts; Soil & rock mechanics
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The Pilbara has become central to the Australian economy and imagination. With millions of tonnes of iron ore being shipped... [more]
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Adjudication on the Gold Fields in New South Wales and Victoria in the 19th...
John P. Hamilton
Australasian & Pacific history; Mining industry; Legal history; Civil procedure, litigation & dispute resolution
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Deals with the inception and development of adjudication systems on the gold fields in New South Wales and Victoria in the... [more]
$135.00
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The Looting Machine: Warlords, Tycoons, Smugglers and the Systematic Theft...
Tom Burgis
History; Mining industry; Petroleum & oil industries
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Overseas Press Club Award Winner 2016 A shocking investigative journey into the way the resource trade wreaks... [more]
$32.99
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Blood And Guts: Dispatches From The Whale Wars
Sam Vincent
Society & Social Sciences; Fisheries & related industries; Environmentalist, conservationist & Green organizations; Endangered species & extinction of species
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Confrontations between Japanese whalers and Sea Shepherd activists make for exciting news reports during the Australian summer.... [more]
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Field Guide to Victorian Produce
Ewan McEoin
Reference works; Agriculture & related industries; Food manufacturing & related industries; Cookery, food & drink
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This is the first practical field guide for Australian locavores - people who try to eat locally. This book tells the stories... [more]
$27.50 $2.00
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Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know (R)
Robert Paarlberg (Betty Freyhof Johnson Class of 1944 Professor of Political Science, Betty Freyhof Johnson Class of 1944 Professor of Political Science, Wellesley College)
Social issues & processes; Development economics; Agriculture & related industries; Mathematics & Sciences; Agriculture & farming
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In a lively and easy-to-navigate, question-and-answer format, Food Politics carefully examines and explains the most important... [more]
$26.95
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Breaking The Sheep's Back
Charles Massy
History; Industrialisation & industrial history; Political economy; Agriculture & related industries
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Tells the story of one of Australia's biggest business disasters, which involves government complicity, and is a political... [more]
$39.95
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Wood in Australia
Keith R. Bootle
Forestry & related industries
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A complete textbook and reference book that summarises the main aspects of wood utilisation for the student and the timber... [more]
$82.95
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Mandarins and Mavericks: Remembering Western Mining 1933 - 2005
Martin Summons
History; Mining industry
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Mandarins and Mavericks tells a great Australian story of drive and endeavour on the part of the people who built and sustained... [more]
The Fundamentals of Horticulture: Theory and Practice
Chris Bird
Primary industries; Horticulture; Gardening
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Essential reading for all those studying horticulture and keen gardeners. This clear introduction to the principles underlying... [more]
Stuffed And Starved: From Farm to Fork: The Hidden Battle For The World...
Raj Patel
Geopolitics; Agriculture & related industries
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A FULLY UPDATED AND REVISED NEW EDITION that reveals the hidden complexities and terrifying simplicities of a planet squeezing... [more]
Forest Governance and Management Across Time: Developing a New Forest Social...
Erland Marald (Umea University, Sweden), Camilla Sandstrom, Annika Nordin (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umea, Sweden), and Others
Forestry & related industries; Deforestation; Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques
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The influence of the past, and of the future on current-time tradeoffs in the forest arena are particularly relevant given... [more]
Fair Trade and Organic Initiatives in Asian Agriculture: The Hidden Realities...
Rie Makita (Gakushuin University, Japan), Tadasu Tsuruta (Kindai University, Japan)
Development economics; Environmental economics; Agriculture & related industries
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In addition to constituting an evolving area of inquiry within the social sciences, agricultural certification, and particularly... [more]
Smartcities, Resilient Landscapes and Eco-Warriors
Cj Lim (University College London UK), Ed Liu (Bartlett School of Planning University College London UK)
Environmentally-friendly architecture & design; City & town planning - architectural aspects; Agriculture & related industries; Urban & municipal planning; Gardens (descriptions, history etc)
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Following on from the success of the first edition, Smartcities + Eco-Warriors (2010), this book is the latest innovative... [more]
Agribusiness and the Neoliberal Food System in Brazil: Frontiers and Fissures...
Antonio Augusto Rossotto Ioris
Agriculture & related industries
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Due to new production areas and persistent productivity gains, Brazil has consolidated its position as a global leader and... [more]
Quality Auditing in Construction Projects: A Handbook
Abdul Razzak Rumane
Project management; Quality Assurance (QA) & Total Quality Management (TQM); Mining industry; Construction industry; Building construction & materials
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This book provides construction professionals, designers, contractors and quality auditors involved in construction projects... [more]
Nature's Matrix: Linking Agriculture, Biodiversity Conservation and Food...
Ivette Perfecto, John Vandermeer, Angus Wright
Agriculture & related industries; Biodiversity
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Revised edition of: Nature's matrix: linking agriculture, conservation and food sovereignty. 2009. [more]
Youth Technical Sessions Proceedings: VI Youth Forum of the World Petroleum...
Vladimir Litvinenko (Saint-Petersburg Mining University, St. Petersburg, Russia)
Mining industry; Petroleum & oil industries; Energy
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Over a decade ago the World Petroleum Council launched an initiative to hold an international professional youth forum. The... [more]
Mining goes Digital: Proceedings of the 39th International Symposium 'Application...
Christoph Mueller (MT-Silesia, Wrocklaw, Poland), Winfred Assibey-Bonsu (Gold Fields Ltd., Perth, Australia), Ernest Baafi (University of Wollongong, Australia), Christoph Dauber (Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola, Bochum, Germany), Chris Doran (Mitacom Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia)
Mining industry; Computer science
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The conferences on `Applications for Computers and Operations Research in the Minerals Industry' (APCOM) initially focused... [more]
Advanced Construction Mathematics
Surinder Virdi (South and City College Birmingham, UK)
Economics of industrial organisation; Mining industry; Construction industry; Maths for engineers
Paperback
Advanced Construction Mathematics covers the range of topics that a student must learn in order to achieve success in Level... [more]
African Artisanal Mining from the Inside Out: Access, norms and power in...
Sara Geenen (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
Anthropology; Armed conflict; Economics of industrial organisation; Mining industry
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Artisanal mining is commonly associated with violent conflict, rampant corruption and desperate poverty. Yet millions of people... [more]
