Download or read book The Plants of Lebialem Highlands Bechati Fosimondi Besali Cameroon written by Yvette Harvey and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Plants of Lebialem Highlands Bechati Fosimondi Besali Cameroon written by Yvette Harvey and published by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. This book was released on 2010 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a flora of the Lebialem Highlands area, Cameroon. Introductory chapters cover the vegetation, geology, soil types, climate, threats, invasive and alien plants, ethnobotany and history of botanical exploration in the area. A Red Data chapter contains the results of assessing the status of all the species covered, accompanied by colour photographs of the most threatened species.
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon written by Mark Dike DeLancey and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 831 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cameroon is a land of much promise, but a land of unfulfilled promises. It has the potential to be an economically developed and democratic society but the struggle to live up to its potential has not gone well. Since independence there have been only two presidents of Cameroon; the current one has been in office since 1982. Endowed with a variety of climates and agricultural environments, numerous minerals and substantial forests, and a dynamic population, this is a country that should be a leader of Africa. Instead, we find a country almost paralyzed by corruption and poor management, a country with a low life expectancy and serious health problems, and a country from which the most talented and highly educated members of the population are emigrating in large numbers. To all of this is recently added a serious terrorism problem, Boko Haram, in the north, a separatist movement in the Anglophone west, refugee influxes in the north and east, and bandits from the Central African Republic attacking eastern villages. This fifth edition of Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Republic of Cameroon.
Download or read book Red Data Book of the Flowering Plants of Cameroon written by Jean-Michel Onana and published by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is tropical Africa's first Red Data book for plants. Cameroon contains tropical Africa's most species-diverse hotspots for plants; many are rare and threatened with extinction. In the book 815 species are documented as being threatened using IUCN global assessments, most being assessed for the first time. Short species descriptions to aid identification in the field are given, as well as notes on habitats and threats, together with distribution maps and management suggestions to assist better conservation.
Download or read book Clean Energy Nation written by Gerald McNerney and published by AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn. This book was released on 2012 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans are already feeling the pressures of the current energy situation, and many of us are ready to make a change. Clean Energy Nation is a timely and hopeful look at an issue we can't afford to ignore. --Book Jacket.
Download or read book Trees of New Guinea written by Timothy M. A. Utteridge and published by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. This book was released on 2022-04-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The island of New Guinea is the most floristically diverse island in the world with an extremely rich tree flora of up to 5,000 species. Trees of New Guinea details each of the 693 plant genera with arborescent members found in New Guinea. The entire New Guinea region is covered, including the West Papua and Papua Provinces of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the surrounding islands such as New Britain, New Ireland and Bougainville. The book follows contemporary classifications and is richly illustrated with line drawings and photographs throughout. Each group has a family description and key to the New Guinea tree genera, followed by a description of each genus, with notes on taxonomy, distribution, ecology and diagnostic characters.Trees of New Guinea is the essential companion to anyone studying or working in the region, including botanists, conservation workers, ecologists and zoologists.
Download or read book Fused Glass Mosaics written by Martin Cheek and published by Schiffer Craft. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mosaic artist Martin Cheek provides a practical mental tool kit to assist the reader in making fused glass mosaics. Growing out of 5-day master glass, this book begins by exploring creative influences and the development of a design and continues through the execution, with an in-depth exploration of the uses of color and texture in glass mosaic art. Illustrated with more than 300 color images and driven by an engaging text, each chapter offers techniques and examples, and concludes with a challenge designed to expand the reader's artistic and practical abilities, like making a subtle mosaic using analogous colors or making a piece inspired by a favorite artist, and learning the techniques for using a glass fusing kiln. While written for seasoned mosaicist, there is something for glass artisans at all skill levels. A gallery of the authors works provides ideas for the reader's own creations.
Download or read book The Plants of Bali Ngemba Forest Reserve Cameroon written by Yvette Harvey and published by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Initially thought of as aseriously degraded forest area,the Bali Ngemba Forestreserve has harboured manyplants of special scientificinterest and at least 25 undescribed taxa. Coversvegetation, geology, ethnobotany, exploration, birds ofthe region, a comprehensive checklist of plantsgrowing in the region and numerous illustrationsincluding eight pages of photographs.
Download or read book The Plants of Mount Oku and the Ijim Ridge Cameroon written by Martin Cheek and published by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. This book was released on 2000 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oku-Ijim in the Bamenda Highlands, is a region where 96.5% of the original vegetation has been lost. A Red Data chapter assesses the status of 56 threatened taxa in detail. Chapters on the history of botanical exploration, ethnobotany, geology and soils, climate and vegetation are included.
Download or read book Plant Conservation in the Tropics written by Mike Maunder and published by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. This book was released on 2002 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plant Conservation in the Tropics presents a set of case studies reviewing some of the most pertinent plant conservation being carried out by experts at the tropical biodiversity frontline.
Download or read book Flora of Tropical Africa written by Daniel Oliver and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Plants of the World written by Maarten J. M. Christenhusz and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-11-13 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolution of land plant -- Plants and human culture -- Naming plants -- Classification and the angiosperm phylogeny group
Download or read book The IUCN Plant Red Data Book written by Hugh Synge and published by IUCN. This book was released on 1978 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information on 250 selected plants on a world scale.
Download or read book Kew s Big Trees written by Christina Harrison and published by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To some, trees are green monuments; emerald cathedrals that augment our landscape and bewitch us with their folklore; to others they are vital for survival, providing shade, food, fuel and medicine. Indeed, Britain's own history is entangled with the oak, yew, ash, and other trees that clothe our countryside and it was not so long ago that we used them for everything from weapons to water carriers. The world of trees is an immensely diverse and vitally important one.Kew holds over 14,000 trees in its 132 hectares, a unique mix of the rare, ancient, useful and beautiful. In Kew's Big Trees you can discover how one of the world's best tree collections came to be and learn the stories behind 20 of its most intriguing trees including the oak, yew, ginkgo and pagoda tree. The book is extensively illustrated with over 90 colour photographs, full colour maps and seasonal trails, to guide visitors around the best places to see trees at Kew.
Download or read book The Extraordinary Story of the Apple written by Barry Juniper and published by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a new edition of the book published under the title Story of the apple, 2006"--Title page verso.
Download or read book The Florilegium written by Colleen Morris and published by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Florilegium Society at The Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney was formed in 2005 to create a unique collection of contemporary botanical paintings of significant plants that represent the history of the living collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust.This beautifully produced book is a celebration of 200 years of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney,showcasing the botanical richness of these Gardens through the eyes of 64 exceptional Australianand international botanical artists. The stunning botanical paintings are presented chronologicallyaccording to the date of each species' introduction to the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney and its BlueMountains Garden, Mt Tomah and the Australian Garden, Mt Annan. With paintings of indigenousAustralian plants as well as more exotic species from Asia, the Americas, Africa and Europe, TheFlorilegium truly reflects the diversity of the three Gardens.Each painting is accompanied by a botanical description written by Louisa Murray and a historicoverview by Colleen Morris detailing the discovery of the featured species, its historic and culturalsignificance and introduction to the Gardens. With a foreword by Dr Shirley Sherwood OBE, prefaceby Dr Brett Summerell, RBG Sydney Director of Science and Conservation, and an introductory essayby Beverly Allen.The accompanying exhibition of the same name runs from February - August 2018 in the ShirleySherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.'The standard of the plant portraits is so high and the text so illuminating that this will make amemorable book.'Dr Shirley Sherwood OBE
Download or read book Wild Plants for a Sustainable Future written by Tiziana Ulian and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
