Van de bijna 10.000 soorten vogels in de wereld komen er meer dan 3.600 voor in landbouwgebieden. Veel van die soorten gaan achteruit, maar in steeds meer gebieden wordt actie ondernomen om ze te redden. Dit beeld komt naar voren in het boek 'Farmland Birds across the World', da…
Using international case studies on such topics as ozone layer protection and development assistance, this book examines the relationship between economic competitiveness and environmental protection in European Union policy.
"Archaeological data now show that relatively intense human adaptations to coastal environments developed much earlier than once believed - more than 125,000 years ago. With our oceans and marine fisheries currently in a state of crisis, coastal archaeological sites contain a we…
Very earliest representation of the flags of all nations, written by a Spanish Franciscan in the mid-14th century.
