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The Implausible Rewilding of the Pyrenees

Author : Steve Cracknell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781291111798
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book The Implausible Rewilding of the Pyrenees written by Steve Cracknell and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The return of large predators might help to reinvigorate nature. But are wild animals like wolves and bears compatible with livestock farming? Will their arrival destroy mountain communities? Unable to decide on the issues, Steve Cracknell climbs up to the isolated summer pastures of the Pyrenees to talk with those most concerned: the shepherds. He also meets hunters and ecologists - and goes looking for bears. In a book of relevance to the rewilding debate in Britain, the author shows how attitudes to the wild are bound up with cultural perceptions. Nobody has a monopoly of the truth.

If You Only Walk Long Enough

Author : Steve Cracknell
Publisher : Lulu Enterprises Uk Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781409267560
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (675 download)

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Download or read book If You Only Walk Long Enough written by Steve Cracknell and published by Lulu Enterprises Uk Limited. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a sweeping panorama which takes in everything from hot pepper ice cream and slug sex to the legacy of the Romantic movement and the future of the European brown bear, If You Only Walk Long Enough is a fascinating portrait of the French Pyrenees as they move into the 21st century. It is also the story of a solitary walker and a long-distance footpath, the Pyrenean Way (GR10). When he set out from the Atlantic coast, Steve Cracknell thought he was heading for the Mediterranean on a trail which ambled through the foothills. He ended up with crampons and ice axe, crossing glaciers to tackle the highest peaks of the range. In a book which is by turns amusing and thoughtful he treads lightly across the landscape, concluding that the Pyrenees are changing rapidly. Now is the time to discover them.

Groundbreakers

Author : Chantal Lyons
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1399401629
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book Groundbreakers written by Chantal Lyons and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON CONSERVATION 'Full of joy, pathos, warmth, integrity and intrigue.' AMY-JANE BEER 'One of the most notable works of recent nature writing.' HELEN MACDONALD 'A thrilling expedition into a wild, unruly world.' LEE SCHOFIELD 'Gently thought-provoking and beautifully written.' LEIF BERSWEDEN 'The remarkable story of Britain's wild boar.' THE GUARDIAN 'A real page-turner.' STEPHEN MOSS After centuries of absence, wild boar are back in Britain. What does this mean for us – and them? Big, messy and mysterious – crossing paths with a wild boar can conjure fear and joy in equal measure. Driven to extinction seven hundred years ago, a combination of the species' own tenacity and illegal releases from the 1980s has seen several populations of this beast of myth begin to roam English and Scottish woods once more. With growing worry over the impacts on both people and the countryside, the boar's right to exist in Britain has been heavily debated. Their habitat-regenerating actions benefit a host of other wildlife, yet unlike beavers, these ecosystem engineers remain unloved by many. Why is there no clamour to reintroduce them across the land? And, with the few boar in England threatened by poaching and culling, why are we not doing more to prevent their re-extinction? In Groundbreakers, Chantal Lyons moves to the boar's stronghold of the Forest of Dean to get up close and personal with this complex, intelligent and quirky species, and she meets with people across Britain and beyond who celebrate their presence – or want them gone. From Toulouse and Barcelona where they are growing in number and boldness, to the woods of Kent and Sussex where they are fading away again, to Inverness-shire where rewilders welcome them, join Chantal on a journey of discovery as she reveals what it might take for us to coexist with wild boar.

Footprints on the Mountains... the News from the Pyrenees

Author : Steve Cracknell
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781530523450
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Footprints on the Mountains... the News from the Pyrenees written by Steve Cracknell and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-06 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pyrenees are by turns beautifully natural and bleakly austere; shaped by centuries of labour... and scarred by human suffering. In Footprints on the mountains, Steve Cracknell returns to them - on the Spanish high-level Senda - to see how they are changing. It is the story of an ageing hiker and a long and sometimes difficult walk. In the valleys he talks to locals and meets an eccentric cast of hikers. But on the heights he is alone with marmottes and sarrios. He listens to both sides of the argument over the reintroduction of bears. And goes searching for ibex imported as part of a rewilding programme. Bear festivals, witch trials, and refugees are as much part of the tale as the spectacular scenery; the World Heritage Ordesa canyon and the twisted waters of the Aigüestortes are part of the backdrop. More than just a footnote on the place of the ancient wild in the modern world, this is the book to read if ever you dream of escaping to the hills. Praise for Steve Cracknell's previous book If you only walk long enough 'A very humorous tale of adventure.' The French Paper Book of the Month. 'A superb and unique addition to books about the Pyrenees.' Strider Magazine. 'An original point of view, sometimes offbeat, never boring.' France 3 Television literary blog.

To Life!

Author : Linda Weintraub
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520273613
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book To Life! written by Linda Weintraub and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title documents the burgeoning eco art movement from A to Z, presenting a panorama of artistic responses to environmental concerns, from Ant Farms anti-consumer antics in the 1970s to Marina Zurkows 2007 animation that anticipates the havoc wreaked upon the planet by global warming.

Mountain People

Author : Gordon Wilson
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1398484849
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (984 download)

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Download or read book Mountain People written by Gordon Wilson and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-04-26 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “You have to love the mountains to live here.” Nevertheless, at seventeen Salva left, returning many years later with Àngels to the family farm. Now it’s a holiday centre. “I was sleeping in the tent. The bear was eating a sheep fifty metres away,” says Mustà, a shepherd who moved to the Pyrenees from Morocco. “Born here... without doctors, without anything.” Josep has never left his mountain village. Once a secretary in Barcelona, his wife María is now the farmer in the family. Five in-depth life stories from the fifteen in Mountain People. Stories of hope in the face of adversity, reflecting our common humanity. Stories that, like the surrounding mountains, will ignite your imagination.

Hoofprints on the Land

Author : Ilse Köhler-Rollefson
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1645021521
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Hoofprints on the Land written by Ilse Köhler-Rollefson and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-05 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of English Pastoral and Wilding, Hoofprints on the Land shows that herding cultures are not a thing of the past but a regenerative model for our future. Hoofprints on the Land is a fascinating and lyrical book exploring the deep and ancient working partnerships between people and animals. UN advocate and camel conservationist Ilse Köhler-Rollefson writes a passionate rallying cry for those invisible and forgotten herding cultures that exist all over the world, and how by embracing these traditional nomadic practises, we can help restore and regenerate the Earth. Ilse has spent the last 30 years living with and studying the Raika camel herders in Rajasthan, India, and she shows how pastoralists can address many of the problems humanity faces. Whether it be sheep, cattle, reindeer, camels, alpacas, goats or yaks – this ancient and natural means of keeping livestock challenges the myth that animal-free agriculture is the only way forward for a healthy planet. From the need to produce food more sustainably and equitably to the consequences of climate change, land degradation and loss of biodiversity, we can learn from pastoralists to help repair the human relationship with livestock to return to a model of intelligent cooperation rather than dominance. As Ilse writes: ‘Herding is therapy, not just for the planet, but also for our souls.’

The Journey in Between

Author : Keith Foskett
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781480176393
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (763 download)

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Download or read book The Journey in Between written by Keith Foskett and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-10-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes, the best adventures happen by chance. El Camino de Santiago, also known as The Way, is the fabled path that weaves through French and Spanish countryside to its hallowed destination at Santiago de Compostella. Thousands attempt to hike its entirety each year: some succeed, many fail. One man struggling at a crossroads in life meets a stranger in a Greek bar who points him in the right direction. A week later, he finds himself starting El Camino, a 1000-mile hike that will change him. From the pain of blisters and extremes of temperature to encountering kleptomaniacs, fake faith healers and being threatened with arrest in Spain for 'not sleeping', his hike was far from normal. This is the story of one man's walk, but it speaks to all who see life itself as a journey and are alive to the revelations that an escape to nature can bring. Written with insight, observation and a healthy dose of humour. As this book shows, it is rarely the start and the finish that count, but the journey in between. Reviews 'A thoroughly entertaining modern take on a well-worn Spanish Trail.' - Spencer Vignes (The Observer). 'Not only does he have astute observations about the people, places and scenery around him, he is adept at translating those observations into words, often making me laugh or nod in understanding. This is a rare talent. Few authors can bring you to this level of understanding of life on the trail.' - Teresa Dicentra Black (Author - 'One Pan Wonders') 'An engaging, vivid and very personal account by a likeable author of a journey and an achievement that readers will find both enviable and inspiring.' - Ingrid Cranfield (Author - 'At Last Michael Reeves')

Zooarchaeology and Modern Human Origins

Author : Jamie L. Clark
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400767668
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Zooarchaeology and Modern Human Origins written by Jamie L. Clark and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-07-11 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent genetic data showing that Neanderthals interbred with modern humans have made it clear that deeper insight into the behavioral differences between these populations will be critical to understanding the rapid spread of modern humans and the demise of the Neanderthals. This volume, which brings together scholars who have worked with faunal assemblages from Europe, the Near East, and Africa, makes an important contribution to our broader understanding of Neanderthal extinction and modern human origins through its focus on variability in human hunting behavior between 70-25,000 years ago—a critical period in the later evolution of our species.

The Hairy Hikers

Author : David Le Vay
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0857656805
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (576 download)

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Download or read book The Hairy Hikers written by David Le Vay and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-04-02 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fuelled by a mid-life crisis and the need to escape modern life, David and Rob set out to walk from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. This humorous and often poignant account of their coast-to-coast trek along the French Pyrenees, reveals the history and geography along the way and will appeal to all walkers and admirers of human endeavour.

On the Nature of Ecological Paradox

Author : Michael Charles Tobias
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030645266
Total Pages : 894 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book On the Nature of Ecological Paradox written by Michael Charles Tobias and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a large, powerfully illustrated interdisciplinary natural sciences volume, the first of its kind to examine the critically important nature of ecological paradox, through an abundance of lenses: the biological sciences, taxonomy, archaeology, geopolitical history, comparative ethics, literature, philosophy, the history of science, human geography, population ecology, epistemology, anthropology, demographics, and futurism. The ecological paradox suggests that the human biological–and from an insular perspective, successful–struggle to exist has come at the price of isolating H. sapiens from life-sustaining ecosystem services, and far too much of the biodiversity with which we find ourselves at crisis-level odds. It is a paradox dating back thousands of years, implicating millennia of human machinations that have been utterly ruinous to biological baselines. Those metrics are examined from numerous multidisciplinary approaches in this thoroughly original work, which aids readers, particularly natural history students, who aspire to grasp the far-reaching dimensions of the Anthropocene, as it affects every facet of human experience, past, present and future, and the rest of planetary sentience. With a Preface by Dr. Gerald Wayne Clough, former Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and President Emeritus of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Foreword by Robert Gillespie, President of the non-profit, Population Communication.

The Pyrenean Haute Route

Author : Ton Joosten
Publisher : Cicerone Press
ISBN 13 : 9781852845551
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book The Pyrenean Haute Route written by Ton Joosten and published by Cicerone Press. This book was released on 2010-09-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed guide to 800km trek along the Franco-Spanish border, from Hendaye to Banyuls-sur-Mer. The unwaymarked route is described in 45 days, with 500 GPS waymarks, information on villages, mountain huts, guesthouses, hotels and campsites and variant routes to avoid difficult sections. Also ascents of ten classic Pyrenean summits beside the route.

21 Things I Wish I Had Known about Stuttering

Author : Laurent Lagarde
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781977703729
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book 21 Things I Wish I Had Known about Stuttering written by Laurent Lagarde and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So you have decided to do something about your stuttering! Perhaps you have chosen a therapy or you are still looking for one. Whatever the case, this book is the indispensable guide you need to accompany your progress. If you feel alone, misunderstood or unable to see the way forward, it will give you hope and help you smile again. In it, you will find advice from people who have had the same fears, the same setbacks as you, and who explain how they overcame them. You will learn how to unburden yourself of the feelings of shame, guilt, fear, despair and isolation which have been holding you back. You will come away from reading this book full of optimism, ready to take on the challenge and with strategies to help you persevere. Of course, everyone is different but we have things in common too. We have all faced the same difficulties. Significantly, many of those who have succeeded in managing their stutter share a state of mind and a positive attitude. This practical 'user manual' will make you smile while saving you time. Laurent Lagarde started stuttering when he was six. After many years of frustration, he created his blog www.goodbye-begaiement.fr in 2009, looking for ways of freeing himself from stuttering. He also wanted to share the stories of the many people who stutter worldwide. Thanks to this initiative he has become a writer, translator and even a public speaker. He is married and has three children.

The GR10 Trail

Author : Brian Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781852847739
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book The GR10 Trail written by Brian Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guidebook to walking the GR10, the Sentier des Pyrenees, a 955km trek across the French Pyrenees from Hendaye on the Atlantic Coast to the Mediterranean coast at Banyuls-sur-Mer. The trek is split into 55 daily stages, with information on planning, transport, accommodation and facilities

Using Surveys to Value Public Goods

Author : Robert Cameron Mitchell
Publisher : Resources for the Future
ISBN 13 : 9780915707324
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Using Surveys to Value Public Goods written by Robert Cameron Mitchell and published by Resources for the Future. This book was released on 1989 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides decision makers, policy analysts, and social scientists, with a detailed discussion of a new techniques for the valuation of goods not traded in prevate markets.

Retracing the Aurochs

Author : Cis van Vuure
Publisher : Pensoft Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Retracing the Aurochs written by Cis van Vuure and published by Pensoft Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only now can Heck cattle be properly compared with the original aurochs prototype.

Wild Fell

Author : Lee Schofield
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473589835
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Wild Fell written by Lee Schofield and published by Random House. This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I found myself turning the pages with an inward leap of joy' - Isabella Tree *WINNER of the Richard Jefferies Award for Nature Writing* *Shortlisted for the James Cropper Wainwright Prize for Conservation* 'Exquisite' GUARDIAN It was a tragic day for the nation's wildlife when England's last and loneliest golden eagle died in an unmarked spot among the remote eastern fells of the Lake District. But the fight to restore the landscape had already begun. Lee Schofield, ecologist and site manager for RSPB Haweswater, is leading efforts to breathe life back into two hill farms and their thirty square kilometres of sprawling upland habitat. Informed by the land, its turbulent history and the people who have shaped it, Lee and his team are repairing damaged wetlands, meadows and woods. Each year, the landscape is becoming richer, wilder and better able to withstand the shocks of a changing climate. But in the contested landscape of the Lake District, change is not always welcomed, and success relies on finding a balance between rewilding and respecting cherished farming traditions. This is not only a story of an ecosystem in recovery, it is also the story of Lee's personal connection to place, and the highs and lows of working for nature amid fierce opposition.