Author: S. A. Bengtson
Publisher: Faroe University Press
ISBN: 9991865306
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Dorete--her Book
Author: S. A. Bengtson
Publisher: Faroe University Press
ISBN: 9991865306
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Publisher: Faroe University Press
ISBN: 9991865306
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
The Wake of the Whale
Author: Russell Fielding
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674989678
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Despite declining stocks worldwide and increasing health risks, artisanal whaling remains a cultural practice tied to nature’s rhythms. The Wake of the Whale presents the art, history, and challenge of whaling in the Caribbean and North Atlantic, based on a decade of award-winning fieldwork. Sightings of pilot whales in the frigid Nordic waters have drawn residents of the Faroe Islands to their boats and beaches for nearly a thousand years. Down in the tropics, around the islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, artisanal whaling is a younger trade, shaped by the legacies of slavery and colonialism but no less important to the local population. Each culture, Russell Fielding shows, has developed a distinct approach to whaling that preserves key traditions while adapting to threats of scarcity, the requirements of regulation, and a growing awareness of the humane treatment of animals. Yet these strategies struggle to account for the risks of regularly eating meat contaminated with methylmercury and other environmental pollutants introduced from abroad. Fielding considers how these and other factors may change whaling cultures forever, perhaps even bringing an end to this way of life. A rare mix of scientific and social insight, The Wake of the Whale raises compelling questions about the place of cultural traditions in the contemporary world and the sacrifices we must make for sustainability. Publication of this book was supported, in part, by a grant from Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674989678
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Despite declining stocks worldwide and increasing health risks, artisanal whaling remains a cultural practice tied to nature’s rhythms. The Wake of the Whale presents the art, history, and challenge of whaling in the Caribbean and North Atlantic, based on a decade of award-winning fieldwork. Sightings of pilot whales in the frigid Nordic waters have drawn residents of the Faroe Islands to their boats and beaches for nearly a thousand years. Down in the tropics, around the islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, artisanal whaling is a younger trade, shaped by the legacies of slavery and colonialism but no less important to the local population. Each culture, Russell Fielding shows, has developed a distinct approach to whaling that preserves key traditions while adapting to threats of scarcity, the requirements of regulation, and a growing awareness of the humane treatment of animals. Yet these strategies struggle to account for the risks of regularly eating meat contaminated with methylmercury and other environmental pollutants introduced from abroad. Fielding considers how these and other factors may change whaling cultures forever, perhaps even bringing an end to this way of life. A rare mix of scientific and social insight, The Wake of the Whale raises compelling questions about the place of cultural traditions in the contemporary world and the sacrifices we must make for sustainability. Publication of this book was supported, in part, by a grant from Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund.
Biogeography in the Sub-Arctic
Author: Eva Panagiotakopulu
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 111856135X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
There is no escaping the fact that the island biogeography of the North Atlantic Region is singularly peculiar. Sitting in the north of the Atlantic Ocean, these islands have been subjected to largescale shifts in climate over the last few million years, unlike the other island groups further south which were likely more buffered from the vicissitudes of Quaternary climate changes. Uniquely for a group of islands there is only one documented extinction in the North Atlantic (the Great Auk), and those in the insects are local events relating to species that are distributed throughout the Palaearctic region. Over half the insect species in Iceland and Greenland are introduced. The faunas, excluding Greenland, are predominantly of Palaearctic origin and have close affinities with the faunas of Scandinavia and the British Isles and. These unique physical and biological characteristics have interested biologists and biogeographers for centuries. The key debates concerning the biogeography of the North Atlantic islands still rumble on: Do the biota reflect cryptic refugia or otherwise, or tabula rasa and recolonization? How important were human communities in shaping the existing biota and biogeographical patterns? Throw into this mix current concerns over global warming, and we can now ask, how resilient is the biota to change, either natural or anthropogenic? This volume draws together a range of researchers with longstanding research interests in the region, from diverse academic backgrounds, to evaluate some of these questions.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 111856135X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
There is no escaping the fact that the island biogeography of the North Atlantic Region is singularly peculiar. Sitting in the north of the Atlantic Ocean, these islands have been subjected to largescale shifts in climate over the last few million years, unlike the other island groups further south which were likely more buffered from the vicissitudes of Quaternary climate changes. Uniquely for a group of islands there is only one documented extinction in the North Atlantic (the Great Auk), and those in the insects are local events relating to species that are distributed throughout the Palaearctic region. Over half the insect species in Iceland and Greenland are introduced. The faunas, excluding Greenland, are predominantly of Palaearctic origin and have close affinities with the faunas of Scandinavia and the British Isles and. These unique physical and biological characteristics have interested biologists and biogeographers for centuries. The key debates concerning the biogeography of the North Atlantic islands still rumble on: Do the biota reflect cryptic refugia or otherwise, or tabula rasa and recolonization? How important were human communities in shaping the existing biota and biogeographical patterns? Throw into this mix current concerns over global warming, and we can now ask, how resilient is the biota to change, either natural or anthropogenic? This volume draws together a range of researchers with longstanding research interests in the region, from diverse academic backgrounds, to evaluate some of these questions.
Ecosystem Dynamics
Author: Richard H. W. Bradshaw
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119970776
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Ecosystem Dynamics focuses on long-term terrestrial ecosystems and their changing relationships with human societies. The unique aspect of this text is the long-time scale under consideration as data and insights from the last 10,000 years are used to place present-day ecosystem status into a temporal perspective and to test models that generate forecasts of future conditions. Descriptions and assessments of some of the current modelling tools that are used, along with their uncertainties and assumptions, are an important feature of this book. An overarching theme explores the dynamic interactions between human societies and ecosystem functioning and services. This book is authoritative but accessible and provides a useful background for all students, practitioners, and researchers interested in the subject.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119970776
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Ecosystem Dynamics focuses on long-term terrestrial ecosystems and their changing relationships with human societies. The unique aspect of this text is the long-time scale under consideration as data and insights from the last 10,000 years are used to place present-day ecosystem status into a temporal perspective and to test models that generate forecasts of future conditions. Descriptions and assessments of some of the current modelling tools that are used, along with their uncertainties and assumptions, are an important feature of this book. An overarching theme explores the dynamic interactions between human societies and ecosystem functioning and services. This book is authoritative but accessible and provides a useful background for all students, practitioners, and researchers interested in the subject.
Studies on the Book of Genesis
Author: Berend Gemser
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004497870
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004497870
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The Remains of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
Author: Thomas Cranmer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
The Remains of Thomas Cranmer, D.D. Archbishop of Canterbury
Author: Thomas Cranmer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canon law
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canon law
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Answer to Rich. Smythe's preface
Author: Thomas Cranmer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Remains
Author: Thomas Cranmer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Smiley Grammar Book 3—World Talk (20k)
Author:
Publisher: 寂天文化
ISBN: 9789861840406
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Publisher: 寂天文化
ISBN: 9789861840406
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description