Conservation books for the developing world!
02/09/10 07:44 Filed in: Grant
The British Ecological Society and the NHBS Environment Bookstore together are offering free ecology and conservation books to readers and professionals in developing nations. Please see further information at http://www.nhbs.com/Conservation/gratis-books and feel free to share with your colleagues.
The aim of this scheme is to provide ecology and conservation books to those
from outside Western Europe, North America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand
who would otherwise be unable to obtain them. The simple purpose of this
scheme is to spread ecological knowledge as widely as possible.
This scheme is a collaboration between the British Ecological Society (who
pay for the postage), the NHBS Environment Bookstore (who co-ordinate and
organise the distribution) and the publishers and authors of the books (who
provide the books for free). We plan to provide a number of books per year.
They will usually be distributed three months after the book has been
published. Individuals may request the book for themselves or suggest the
book for others. It is likely that some of these schemes will be
oversubscribed: all applications will be considered together and the
available copies will then be awarded to those considered most able to
benefit from them.
The first title to be distributed under the Gratis Books Scheme was William
J Sutherland's Conservation Handbook. Over 3000 copies have been donated.
The number of recipients per country can be viewed here.
We regret that gratis books are not available to students currently doing
degrees in Western Europe, North America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
They are also not available to those from Western Europe, North America,
Japan, Australia and New Zealand but currently working outside those areas.
Gratis Scheme Titles
Marine Mammal Ecology and Conservation - A handbook of techniques Marine
Mammal Ecology and Conservation A handbook of techniques.
Ian L Boyd, Don W Bowen and Sara J Iverson (Oxford University Press, 2010)
Remote Sensing for Ecology and Conservation - A handbook of techniques
Remote Sensing for Ecology and Conservation A handbook of techniques.
Ned Horning et al (Oxford University Press, 2010)
Conservation Biology for All Conservation Biology for All
Navjot S Sodhi and Paul R Erlich (Oxford University Press, 2010)
Insect Conservation - A handbook of approaches and methods Insect
Conservation A handbook of approaches and methods.
Michael J Samways, Melodie A Mcgeoch and Timothy R New (Oxford University
Press, 2009)
Invasive Species Management - A handbook of techniques Invasive Species
Management A handbook of techniques.
Edited by Michael Clout & Peter Williams (Oxford University Press, 2009)
Amphibian Ecology and Conservation - A handbook of techniques Amphibian
Ecology and Conservation A handbook of techniques.
Kenneth Dodd (Oxford University Press, 2009)
The first five titles above belong to the Techniques in Ecology and
Conservation series. Oxford University Press have undertaken to provide 200
copies (another 100 copies with each reprint) of each new volume in this
major series.
NHBS will provide certain books - e.g. Navjot Sodhi and Paul Erlich's new
Conservation Biology for All - free of charge to developing country readers.
This is achieved by authors not taking royalties.
Please send the link - <http://www.nhbs.com/Conservation/gratis-books.php> -
to your partners.
