Historical Dictionary of Cambodia (Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East)

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Chronicling this country's evolution from absolute monarchy in the pre-colonial era up to the semi-democracy of today, this dictionary focuses on the personalities, constitutional dynamics, and major economic developments of the recent Sihanouk, Lon Nol, Pol Pot and Hun Sen administrations.

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joking?.......2003-09-16

This certainly can't be a book about Cambodia authored by everyone's favorite cheerleader for genocide, Cambodian-style, Laura Summers? Not the same Dr. Summers who spent her formative years cranking out agitprop for Pol Pot, Ieng Sary, and the gang at the Tuol Sleng slaughterhouse? The same Summers who denied profusely the existence of killing fields, firing squads, concentration camps, or mass starvation?

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The author highlights the essential elements, presenting significant persons (military and political), battles and confrontations, weapons, places and events. The chronology traces the long course of the war and the introduction discusses the issues that have been and still are in dispute among historians. Also contains a bibliography, an index of names, and an index of operations.

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Joy Of Science: EXCELLENCE AND ITS REWARDS
CARL J. SINDERMANN
Manufacturer: Plenum Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 030642035X

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The Joy of Science Excellence and Its Rewards
Carl J. Sindermann
Manufacturer: Plenum Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000J12DSW

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Many environmental problems cross national boundaries and can be addressed only through international cooperation. In this book Robert Darst examines transnational efforts to promote environmental protection in the USSR and in five of its successor states--Russia, Ukraine, and the Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania--from the late 1960s to the present. The core of the book is a comparative study of three key issues: nuclear power safety, transboundary air pollution, and Baltic Sea pollution.

Although expectations were high that the end of the Cold War and the breakup of the Soviet Union would lead to increased East-West environmental cooperation, the opposite has been true. Russia and the other successor states have generally agreed to address such problems only when paid to do so. Darst finds that post-Cold War environmental cooperation has been most successful when there is an overlap between the environmental and economic interests of the successor states and those of their Western neighbors, and when the foundation for cooperation was laid during the Cold War period.

The book is based on extensive original field research, including interviews with diplomats, government officials, scientists, and environmental activists in the successor states and Western Europe. Its findings underscore the importance of the domestic and international political context in which international environmental policy making occurs. It also deepens our understanding of the opportunities and dangers of positive inducements as a tool of international environmental policy.

Global Marine Biological Diversity: A Strategy For Building Conservation Into Decision Making

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This is THE Book to have on a topic of global importance!

Global Marine Biological Diversity: A Strategy For Building Conservation Into Decision Making

Manufacturer: Island Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1559632569

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Global Marine Biological Diversity presents the most up-to-date information and view on the challenge of conserving the living sea and how that challenge can be met.

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This is THE Book to have on a topic of global importance!.......2003-02-21

This book sublimely inspired me as few others have done. In my own personal collection of greatest books on the environment, I'd put Silent Spring, Wilderness and the American Mind, Sand County Almanac, works of A. Lovins--and precious few others; I'd personally rank this book among these very best.

What this book does beautifully is to range across marine disciplines in a way that's at once understandable, quite managable, and also scientifically persuasive. We all presume to know know something of the environment from day to day living--but what we haven't been exposed to is the existence (and great importance of) global marine biological diversity in all it's facets. (Especially the wondrous curious biodiversity of deep seas). This book has opened my eyes to new ways of seeing how the sea around us works, and drawn me with great interest to the address the compelling biodiversity that Dr. Norse describes.

I consider this book "A Must read" for any academic courses on the topic, and highly recommend it to both practitioners and anyone interested in the diverse ways of the sea. In my own 20 year career in marine biodiversity, I can think of no more seminal book than this one: it insightfully and brilliantly opens the marine realm to readers as a timeless classic.

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This theoretical and empirical study examines the influence of global institutions on the generation of scientific knowledge. Virginia Walsh's approach reverses the traditional focus of international relations literature -- which most often deals with how scientific knowledge influences institutions -- and offers an original way to look at international environmental governance. After proposing a theory of institutional mechanisms by which global institutions shape the generation of knowledge, the book turns to detailed case studies of two institutions in the under- studied but vital area of marine science, the Scripps Institute of Oceanography and the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, to illustrate these mechanisms.

In part 1, "Theory," the book identifies three specific mechanisms or "fixes" that provide the means by which institutions shape the generation and use of knowledge. With the positional fix, key individuals use their social roles or positions in an institution to influence the beliefs of members or fix the direction of research. The statutory fix occurs when beliefs gain acceptance as a consequence of being embedded in rules or treaties. The committee fix is illustrated in the regularized practices through which social groups accept statements as group beliefs. Part 2, "Evidence," shows these mechanisms at work in the two case studies. The Scripps Institution, for example, illustrates the positional fix, as successive directors used their position to frame research. The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, on the other hand, exemplifies both the statutory fix and the committee fix in its regulatory actions.

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Global Marine Environment
Herman Prager
Manufacturer: University Press of America
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ASIN: 0819190179

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This study focuses on the state system and the problem of ocean degradation as practiced in the West, specifically the Western industrial market economies. The author locates the source of the ecological problem in the allocation of power and values in a society, the differing public policies in response to divergent appreciations on the nature of social challenges and appropriate responses. This book is a valuable contribution to the collective efforts to educate the public about the worsening global crisis. His approach combines biology, chemistry and political science in its discussion of the tragic destruction of our oceans. Contents: The Evolution of the Contemporary State System; Theoretical Aspects of the Current State System; The Physical State of the Ocean and the Pollution Crisis; The Contribution of Intergovernmental Organizations; INGOs and Cetacean Protection; Conclusions.

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Global Marine Pollution Bibliography
Michael A. Champ , and P. Kilho Park
Manufacturer: Springer
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Binding: Hardcover

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White Sea: Its Marine Environment and Ecosystem Dynamics Influenced by Global Change (Springer Praxis Books / Geophysical Sciences)

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White Sea: Its Marine Environment and Ecosystem Dynamics Influenced by Global Change (Springer Praxis Books / Geophysical Sciences)
Nikolai Filatov , Dmitry Pozdnyakov , Ola M. Johannessen , Lasse Pettersson , and Leonid P. Bobylev
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ASIN: 3540205411

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This unique book written by Russian and Norwegian scientists is an analysis of studies based on extensive data analysis and numerical modelling simulations of the White Sea and provides a quantitative assessment of vulnerability of the White Sea marine ecosystems of future anthropogenic and, to some extent, climate change forcing. The authors address a wide range of issues, including geographical position and the paleogeological background of the White Sea Basin. They provide the most recent data on the White Sea bathymetry, examine the White Sea ecosystem profile, and provide extensive historical marine and riverine data records. An integrated assessment of the state of the ecology, vulnerability and sustainability of the White Sea is presented. They look specifically at the applications of satellite Earth observation (remote sensing) oceanographic investigations into changes in regional physical oceanography and ecology, provide extensive coverage of the problems of multi-faceted data assimilation in ocean modelling and conclude with a look at the present state of the art and future developments in this area of nature conservation.

The Effects of [FE.sup.3+] on the Concentration of Atmospheric C[O.sub.2] Absorbed by Coccolithophora in a Simulated Marine Environment.(Brief Article): ... of the South Carolina Academy of Science

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The Effects of [FE.sup.3+] on the Concentration of Atmospheric C[O.sub.2] Absorbed by Coccolithophora in a Simulated Marine Environment.(Brief Article): ... of the South Carolina Academy of Science
Gabriel Warshauer-Baker
Manufacturer: South Carolina Academy of Science
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This digital document is an article from Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of Science, published by South Carolina Academy of Science on January 1, 2001. The length of the article is 320 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Effects of [FE.sup.3+] on the Concentration of Atmospheric C[O.sub.2] Absorbed by Coccolithophora in a Simulated Marine Environment.(Brief Article)
Author: Gabriel Warshauer-Baker
Publication: Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of Science (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2001
Publisher: South Carolina Academy of Science
Page: 54(1)

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Investigating the Arctic Marine Environment during a period of rapid change: development, accomplishments, and outlook for OAII.(Ocean-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions): ... from: Arctic Research of the United States

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Investigating the Arctic Marine Environment during a period of rapid change: development, accomplishments, and outlook for OAII.(Ocean-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions): ... from: Arctic Research of the United States

Manufacturer: U.S. National Science Foundation
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This digital document is an article from Arctic Research of the United States, published by U.S. National Science Foundation on March 22, 2003. The length of the article is 4907 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Investigating the Arctic Marine Environment during a period of rapid change: development, accomplishments, and outlook for OAII.(Ocean-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions)
Publication: Arctic Research of the United States (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2003
Publisher: U.S. National Science Foundation
Volume: 17 Page: 9

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Assessment of responses to climate variation in the marine environment of coastal regions of the United States (EPA/ERLN report)

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Assessment of responses to climate variation in the marine environment of coastal regions of the United States (EPA/ERLN report)
Fredric A Godshall
Manufacturer: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Global Change Research Program
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006QBXXG

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