The Expendable Future

Author : Richard J. Tobin
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822310716
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Expendable Future written by Richard J. Tobin and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Species are disappearing from the earth at a rate of hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of times greater than every before witnessed. According to many scientists, this rapid destruction will lead to irreversible changes in the earth's ecosystem. The Expendable Future provides a comprehensive and critical evaluation of the politics of biological diversity in the United States and of state and federal policies on endangered species from the early 1960s to the present. Drawing on congressional hearing and debates, previously unpublished public opinion surveys, interviews with state officials and employees of the Department of the Interior, and internal documents from this and other government agencies, Tobin provides an in-depth analysis of the policies on endangered species and the policy relationships among the different units of government involved in implementation. He examines the resources that are available for the protection of endangered species and the way in which those resources are matched to the priorities. Tobin also discusses the processes by which species are classified as endangered, how these species' critical habitats are determined and protected, and the successes, and mostly failures, of current recovery programs.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Expendable Launch Vehicle Commercialization Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Don Chivers
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN 13 : 160976353X
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Expendable Man written by Don Chivers and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the cold war with the Soviet Union, an influential American in military intelligence rewarded Ian McGregor for saving his daughters. McGregor was enrolled in an exhausting training program to exploit his many attributes, and to further his benefactor's career to the status of "general." The Expendable Man is a taut thriller loaded with spies and political intrigue. Old hardliners in the Kremlin formed a clandestine group to oppose Gorbachev's politics as being premature. To prove their point, they schemed with a drug cartel and other criminal gangs to undermine the American economy and make President Reagan's idea of laying a protective canopy over America look like a ridiculous boast. McGregor frustrated their plans in the past, before becoming an agent for an elite organization named C.A.T. (Countries against Terrorism). He changed his name, occupation, and location to marry the woman he loved, only to be tracked by two killers intent on obeying a long-standing order to assassinate him. McGregor is forced to revert to his old identity and becomes an even more formidable adversary to settle scores with the mafia and to unmask a dangerous terrorist. Will he become The Expendable Man?

Author : James Alan Gardner
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497625246
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Expendable written by James Alan Gardner and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world where the marginalized of society are sent into space on suicide missions, one woman decides to fight back: “Riveting” (David Feintuch). In Expendable, the first volume of the League of Peoples, Festina Ramos is assigned to escort an unstable admiral to planet Melaquin. Little is known about Melaquin, for every explorer who’s landed there has disappeared. It’s come to be known as the “planet of no return,” and the High Council has made a habit of sending troublesome admirals there in an attempt to get rid of them. It’s clear that this is intended to be Ramos’s last mission, but she doesn’t plan on dying, no matter how expendable she may be.

Author : Sharon L. Spray
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742525672
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Loss of Biodiversity written by Sharon L. Spray and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loss of Biodiversity introduces readers to the important concepts for understanding the environmental challenges and consequences of the declining diversity of life on the planet. Contributions from scientists, and academics in the social sciences and humanities provide readers with an initial "tool kit" for understanding the concepts central to their disciplinary perspective and the multi-dimensional aspects of the loss of biodiversity.

Author : Michael Marien
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780930242435
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Future Survey Annual 1992 written by Michael Marien and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1993-01-30 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert C. Szaro
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195079586
Total Pages : 812 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biodiversity in Managed Landscapes written by Robert C. Szaro and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conservation of biodiversity has profound implications for managing natural resources with the need for scientific information as a foundation for management decisions increasing dramatically. The_ intent of this book is to look beyond the theory of biodiversity to_ the principles, practices, and policies needed for its conservation. Its objectives are to provide the scientific basis for understanding biodiversity, document case examples of theory and concepts applied at differing scales, and examine policies that affect its conservation.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 850 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Department of Defense Appropriations for ... written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science and the Sea written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Susan J. Buck
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610911172
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Environmental Administration and Law written by Susan J. Buck and published by Island Press. This book was released on 1991-12-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than any other field of public administration, environmental administration is defined by its legal content. Federal legislation has a direct and immediate impact on state and federal bureaucrats, and citizen groups must constantly adjust to changing standards for environmental protection and regulation. In Understanding Environmental Administration and Law, Susan J. Buck examines the use of environmental law by exploring the policy process through which such law is made, the political environment in which it is applied, and the statutory and case laws that are critical to working within the regulatory system. The book provides an analytic framework for the legal context of environmental administration and familiarizes readers with the development and implementation of the federal regulatory structure. First published in 1991, this revised and expanded edition includes new material on: the continuing evolution of environmentalism in the United States federalism and bureaucratic decision making within the context of the American legal system citizen suits, counter suits, and the increasingly restrictive perspective of the federal judiciary toward standing the property rights movement the impact of political changes on policy development Unlike most books that deal with environmental law, the focus of this volume is on understanding the law as a managerial tool and fitting it into the overall policy context. Anyone involved with the environment, from students to citizen activists to mid-level managers at the federal, state, and local level, will find it enormously valuable.