Featuring over 450 species, this field guide is the first to focus solely on the birds of a remarkable region, encompassing residents, migrants, and vagrants. It serves as an essential resource for birdwatchers and a crucial tool for researchers and conservationists dedicated to studying and protecting local avifauna. The comprehensive nature of this guide makes it invaluable for both casual and serious bird enthusiasts.
In this international bestseller, currently available in more than a dozen countries, Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke describe the real and worsening global water crisis, and reveal the plans of transnational corporations to profit from it. The authors present both a compelling case and a practical plan for fighting back against the corporate takeover of this most precious natural resource.
In this “chilling, in-depth examination of a rapidly emerging global crisis” (In These Times), Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke, two of the most active opponents to the privatization of water show how, contrary to received wisdom, water mainly flows uphill to the wealthy. Our most basic resource may one day be limited: our consumption doubles every twenty years—twice the rate of population increase. At the same time, increasingly transnational corporations are plotting to control the world’s dwindling water supply. In England and France, where water has already been privatized, rates have soared, and water shortages have been severe. The major bottled-water producers—Perrier, Evian, Naya, and now Coca-Cola and PepsiCo—are part of one of the fastest-growing and least-regulated industries, buying up freshwater rights and drying up crucial supplies.A truly shocking exposé that is a call to arms to people around the world, Blue Gold shows in frightening detail why, as the vice president of the World Bank has pronounced, “The wars of the next century will be about water.”
The book presents a collection of writings that showcase the sardonic and reflective perspective of a retired schoolmaster from Hampshire. Through his unique lens, the author explores life's complexities with wit and a touch of cynicism, offering readers a thought-provoking commentary on various aspects of existence.
The narrative unfolds from the perspective of a pheasant, number 361, who arrives at a camp with other birds, believing they are en route to a blissful life at Paradise Farm. However, 361 quickly discovers the grim reality of their situation as they face the imminent threat of hunters. This poignant tale explores themes of innocence, deception, and the harsh truths of survival in a world where freedom is an illusion.
