Films
- Biodiversity: an odyssey This film takes you to 10 countries in 300 days to search for biodiversity: the Amazon, the Arabian desert, the Andes and the Pacific Ocean.
- Seed: the Untold Story This film follows passionate seed-keepers protecting our 12,000 year-old food legacy. These farmers, scientists, lawyers and indigenous people are fighting a David and Goliath battle to defend the future of our food.
- More than honey A comprehensive look at the plight of endangered honeybees around the globe and the potential effects of their extinction. The film considers the scientific, environmental and economic implications of the honeybee epidemic while pushing for a profound understanding of bees on a deeper, oft forgotten level.
E-Books!
The Lives of Bees by
How the lives of wild honey bees offer vital lessons for saving the world's managed bee colonies The Lives of Bees is Thomas Seeley's captivating story of what scientists are learning about the behavior, social life, and survival strategies of honey bees living outside the beekeeper's hive--and how wild honey bees may hold the key to reversing the alarming die-off of the planet's managed honey bee populations.
Publication Date: 2019
- Global Biodiversity, Selected Countries in the Americas... This links to Vol 4 The Americas and Australia. Other volumes are Vol 1=Asia, Vol 2=Europe Vol 3=Africa
Biodiversity Hotspots by
Older but informative.s. This book written by international experts from different disciplines comprises general chapters on diversity and its measurement, human impacts on biodiversity hotspots on a global scale, human diversity itself and various geographic regions exhibiting high levels of diversity.
Publication Date: 2011
The Value of Species by
In this clear-spoken, passionate book, naturalist and philosopher Edward L. McCord explores urgent questions about the destruction of species and provides a new framework for appreciating and defending every form of life.
Publication Date: 2012
Wounded Planet by
"How declining biodiversity endangers health and how bioethics can help".E book version coming soon.
Publication Date: 2019
Databases for Research articles and more
- Agricultural and Environmental Science Database Focuses on environmental topics
- Web of Science Fast way to find articles from the main journals in every field.
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