Working with nature : saving and using the world's wild places
Purseglove, Jeremy2019
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Click and Collect for Working with nature : saving and using the world's wild placesFrom cocoa farming in Ghana to the orchards of Kent and the desert badlands of Pakistan, taking a practical approach to sustaining the landscape can mean the difference between prosperity and ruin. Working with Nature is the story of a lifetime of work, often in extreme environments, to harvest nature and protect it - in effect, gardening on a global scale. It is also a memoir of encounters with larger-than-life characters such as William Bunting, the gun-toting saviour of Yorkshire's peatlands and the aristocratic gardener Vita Sackville-West, examining their idiosyncratic approaches to conservation. Jeremy Purseglove explains clearly and convincingly why it's not a good idea to extract as many resources as possible, whether it's the demand for palm oil currently denuding the forests of Borneo, cottonfield irrigation draining the Aral Sea, or monocrops spreading across Britain. The pioneer of engineering projects to preserve nature and landscape, first in Britain and then around the world, he offers fresh insights and solutions at each step.
Main title:
Working with nature : saving and using the world's wild places / Jeremy Purseglove.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2019.
Collation:
271 pages : illustrations (black & white) ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Chapter 1. The Orchid Gardens -- Saving and using the forests of Indonesia -- South East Asia -- Chapter 2. The Green Cliffs Of Dover -- Conserving the Kentish countryside -- South East England -- Chapter 3. East Of Doncaster -- Peat and wheat: the end of British farming? -- Yorkshire and Eastern England -- Chapter 4. The Chocolate Forest -- Harvesting the habitat: forests of cocoa and wetlands of rice -- Trinidad, Belize and Bangladesh -- Chapter 5. Watering The Desert -- The use and misuse of water in Asia -- Middle East, Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent -- Chapter 6. The Red Roads Of Africa -- Poaching Africa's riches -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 7. Gardens Of Africa -- Shea nut, shambas and land grabs -- West, East and Southern Africa -- Chapter 8. Hurricanes And Hydropower -- Energy and climate change -- USA, UK, Caribbean, Central Asia and Middle East -- Chaper 9. Creative Resolutions -- Love and understanding -- England and Bulgaria.
ISBN:
9781788161596
Dewey class:
333.72092
Language:
English
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BRN:
377733
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Environment | 333.72092 PUR | Available |
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