James Hector Explorer Scientist Leader by Simon Nathan

$30.00 NZD

Category: Biography | Reading Level: near fine

2015 is the 150th anniversary of Hector's appointment as the first government scientist in New Zealand. Generously illustrated with historic images of New Zealand natural history. Describes the founding of several important New Zealand organisations.

Vanishing Nature : Facing New Zealand’s Biodiversity Crisis by Marie A Brown, R T Theo Stephens, Raewyn Peart, Bevis Fedder

$20.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: near fine

This full colour, soft cover publication is suitable for both a general and a technical audience with user friendly language and lots of images. New Zealand's remarkable indigenous biodiversity is fragile and it's in crisis. Our economic institutions promote biodiversity loss by not accounting for envir onmental costs and our laws and policies are unable to prevent the resulting ongoing losses. The design and implementation of policy and programmes that safeguard ecosystems require both an understanding of political, economic and social factors influencing biodiversity protection as well as being founded on established ecological principles. The book presents an exhaustive analysis of New Zealand's biodiversity loss and its conservation. The authors argue that the fundamental drivers of harm as well as the barriers to effective protection must be addressed if we are to halt the loss of our native species and ecosystems and maintain our natural capital. This will require novel economic institutions designed to bring private and public interests toward alignment. The book includes a comprehensive suite of strategic, tactical and practical solutions and finishes with a vision and action plan that EDS is committed to champion in the coming years. Biodiversity loss is not inevitable, it is a choice. The Environmental Defence Society sits at the interface of science and policy, working hard to influence politics and society to establish more effective systems of environmental governance. ...Show more

Pathways To Prosperity by Marie A. Brown

$15.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: near fine

New Zealand’s world-renowned natural heritage is in crisis, and efforts to safeguard it in a development context can be fraught. New Zealand relies on thriving biodiversity as it underpins our prosperity and substantial change is needed to turn the negative trends around. In the nea r term, much opportunity exists to enhance outcomes through improvements in existing policy and practice and other innovations. This report describes present approaches to managing development and proposes a range of policy and practice improvements to enhance environmental outcomes and regulatory efficiency. The full colour, soft cover publication is aimed at the development sector, ecological professionals, policy makers and planners. Its user-friendly format and plain language makes it accessible to a general audience as well.   ...Show more

Sustainable Seas : Managing the Marine Environment by Lucy Brake and Raewyn Peart

$45.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: near fine

This full colour, 400-page soft-cover publication, provides the first comprehensive guide to the management of New Zealand’s marine environment. New Zealand has jurisdiction over a very large, varied and productive marine environment. It is of enormous economic, social and cultural importance to New Zealanders. With increasing interest in using and developing marine resources it is critical that we manage this marine area well. The book demystifies a complex legislative framework by clearly describing how decisions affecting the marine environment are made and by whom. It identifies the potential environmental impacts of various activities and describes how best practice approaches can be applied in practice. It also outlines the application of emerging management tools including marine spatial planning. Sustainable Seas will be of particular interest to members of the fishing, aquaculture, shipping and mining sectors, iwi and hapū, marine tourism operators, marine developers, recreational users, conservationists, catchment and marine managers, scientists and students. The book is an invaluable resource for all those who have an interest in using, enjoying and/or protecting New Zealand’s marine environment.   ...Show more

Buller's Birds of New Zealand. A New Edition of Sir Walter Lawry Buller's A History of the Birds of New Zealand reproducing in six-colour offset the 48 stone-plate lithographs by J. G. Keulemans from the 2nd edition 1888 by Walter Lawry Buller; E. G. Turbott

$185.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: very good

Mana Pounamu: New Zealand Jade by Russell J. Beck and Maika mason

$40.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: near fine

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Adventures of a Young Naturalist: The Zoo Quest Expeditions by David Attenborough

$20.00 NZD

Category: Natural History

In 1954, a young television presenter was offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to travel the world finding rare and elusive animals for London Zoo's collection, and to film the expeditions for the BBC. His name was David Attenborough, and the programme,Zoo Quest, not only heralded the start of a rema rkable career in broadcasting, but changed the way we viewed the natural world forever. Written with his trademark wit and charm, Zoo Quest is not just the story of a remarkable adventure, but of the man who made us fall in love with the natural world, and who is still doing so today. ...Show more

The Physical Environment: A New Zealand Perspective by Andrew P. Sturman and Rachel Spronken-Smith

$65.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: near fine

This volume explores the unique and complex physical environment of New Zealand. The book is logically structured, beginning with a general introduction that places subsequent chapters into a global and regional context. Taking a systems approach to studying the biophysical environment, the text is divi ded into six major sections, covering the origins of New Zealand, the atmospheric environment, the hydrological environment, the geographical environment, the biological environment, and interactions and applications. ...Show more

Swamp Fever: A Golden Bay Memoir by Gerard Hindmarsh

$16.00 NZD

Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good

Swamp Fever is the fascinating tale of one man's life as an alternative lifestyler in Golden Bay, northwest of Nelson. As a nineteen-year-old, Gerard Hindmarsh quit his public servant job as a cartographic cadet for the Department of Lands and Survey and bought a block of scrub-covered, swampy land at T ukurua near Collingwood. Gerard was part of the homesteading movement of the 1970s, embracing the hippy ideals of getting back to the land to live a more self-sufficient and sustainable lifestyle. Much of his land was swamp, initially ear-marked for draining, but, after fortuitously discovering its vibrant ecology, Gerard fell in love with not only his swamp, but swamps in general. His wetland, with its birds, fish, and plants, becomes a metaphor throughout the book of Gerard's growing connection with the land, and he compares the diverse and thriving community in his swamp with the changing community in Golden Bay. Here the conservative farming establishment was forced to face and accept change in the community as alternative lifestylers, whose values were at odds with their own, made a big impact on their comfortable existence. First published November 2006. ...Show more

Ecological Context of Development: New Zealand Persectives by Majorie van Roon and Stephen Knight

$30.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: near fine

As an introduction to the principles of environmental planning, this book takes a pragmatic case study approach, providing the reader with an understanding of the structure of an ecosystem, and an appreciation of ecological principles in the planning process.

Environmental Planning & Management In Nz by P. Ali Memon and Harvey Perkins

$35.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: near fine

The Tongariro National Park New Zealand. Its Topography, Geology, Alpine and Volcanic features, History and Maori Folk-Lore by James Cowan

$30.00 NZD

Category: Natural History | Reading Level: good-very good