general books
Natural History & Ecology
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Berry (H.) et. al. text & van Schalkwyk (P.) et. al. photo.
ETOSHA 100,
celebrating a hundred years of conservation
177 pp., 4to., maps, b/w & colour illus., paperback,
Windhoek,
2007.
R275
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Traces the geological evolution, history and development of Etosha National Park in Namibia.
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Bond (P.), Dada (R.) & Erion (G.) eds.
CLIMATE CHANGE, CARBON TRADING AND CIVIL SOCIETY ,
negative returns on South African investments
192 pp., paperback,
Pietermaritzburg,
2007.
R160
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Contributions include "Dirty Politics: South African Energy" & "Oil Companies and African Wealth Depletion" by Patrick Bond,
Interrogating Nuclear and Renewable Energy" by Muna Lakhani & Vanessa Black,
"World Bank Carbon Colonies" by Daphne Wysham,
"Climate Fraud and Carbon Colonialism" by Heidi Bachram, and more.
Patrick Bond is director of the Centre for Civil Society and profesor of Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Rehana Dada is an environmental journalist. Graham Erion is based at York University School of Law and Faculty of Environmental Studies in Toronto and is a TNI Carbon Trade Watch research associate.
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Büttiker-Otto (W.)
MEMORIES OF A SCIENTIST,
the Carp Expedition to the Save River in Zimbabwe and Mozambique
70 pp., map, b/w & colour illus, paperback, DVD,
Basel,
2008.
R155
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In 1950 Swiss parasitologist William Bütticker-Otto participated in a scientific expedition to remote parts of Rhodesia and Mozambique to survey plant and animal life for museums and botanical gardens. In this memoir he brings together his recollections, a selection of his materials and a short DVD of the expedition. Also includes reminiscences on family life in Harare between 1949 and 1952 by his wife Sonya.
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Carruthers (V.)
THE MAGALIESBERG,
388 pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., hardback ,
Pretoria,
2007.
R310
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Vincent Carruthers describes the fauna and flora of the Magaliesberg, a mountain range north of Pretoria, and outlines the history of the area.
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Cock (J.)
THE WAR AGAINST OURSELVES,
nature, power and justice
245 pp., paperback,
Johannesburg,
2007.
R190
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Jacklyn Cock "demonstrates the need for an inclusive politics which brings together peace, social and environmental justice activists who believe that another world is both possible and necessary".
Jacklyn Cock is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand. She is the author of "Maids and Madams" and co-author, together with A.Bernstein, of "Melting Pots and Rainbow Nations".
