Tag: Global

Biological Invasions and Global Insect Decline


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by Rodríguez, Jonatan;Pysek, Petr;Novoa, Ana;

English | 2023 | ISBN: 0323999182 | 354 pages | True PDF EPUB | 4.23 MB
Biological Invasions and Global Insect Decline offers the most updated knowledge on how invasive alien species affect insect diversity worldwide. The book provides ongoing research and the most relevant information, covering the main aspects of the impact of biological invasions as well as future insights on mitigation and consequences. It discusses how the introduction of all kinds of organisms, from bacteria and plants to vertebrates, affect current declines in insect diversity. The latter portion of the book delves into existent and future monitoring and management programs, including citizen science and regenerative ecology as socio-ecological solutions to combat these threats.

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From Global to Local The Making of Things and the End of Globalization [Audiobook]


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English | September 19, 2017 | ASIN: B0753GNCB4 | MP3@64 kbps | 8h 8m | 217.24 MB
Author: Finbarr Livesey
Narrator: Jonathan Cowley

This brilliantly original book dismantles the underlying assumptions that drive the decisions made by companies and governments throughout the world, to show that our shared narrative of the global economy is deeply flawed. If left unexamined, they will lead corporations and countries astray, with dire consequences for us all.

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Colonialism A Global History [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0CCQK55J7 | 2023 | 8 hours and 54 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 242 MB
Author: Lorenzo Veracini
Narrator: Stewart Crank

Colonialism: A Global History interprets colonialism as an unequal relationship characterized by displacement and domination and reveals the ways in which this relationship has been constitutive of global modernity. The volume focuses on colonialism’s dynamism, adaptability, and resilience. It appraises a number of successive global colonial ‘waves’, each constituting a specific form of colonial domination, each different from the previous ones, each affecting different locales at different times, and each characterized by a particular method of exploiting colonized populations and territories.

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