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In this book, interpersonal communication forms the point of departure. The authors describe what diversity competence entails: which processes and skills are relevant in a 'superdiverse' world. They demonstrate how the TOPOI model offers an inclusive approach to analysing and addressing potential miscommunication.

This is a practical guide which general and specific practices in oil palm nurseries to produce healthy, vigorous and uniform plants ready for field planting. Oil palm is the world's top oil crop.

A hands-on training guide on biopesticides, to promote sustainable solutions for managing pests, such as microbials, botanicals, semiochemicals, predators and parasitoids.

This book unravels how ecosystems, societies and people cope with disturbance and adversity. Written for a general readership and based on the experiences of researchers, the fascinating stories reveal what resilience is, how it works in different kinds of systems, how it is expressed, and how it can be gained and lost.

A compact, full-colour encyclopedia that summarizes the key information about cut flowers and foliage plants - their history, cultivation, properties, uses, care and handling.

This revised edition is an indispensable reference guide for anyone interested in the botanical origin of food ingredients and flavours.

This book examines the evolution of the phenomenon and explores the genesis of overtourism and the system dynamics underlining it.

Based on the proceedings of a recent symposium, this book documents the significant developments that have been made in our understanding of the importance of the integument to poultry species. This book contains a broad range of studies including genetics, welfare, health, nutrition, and management.

This textbook introduces the basic concepts of mathematical modelling when applied to natural systems. It focuses on tackling real-world problems from a variety of fields including physics, ecology, geology and epidemiology.

This fully updated third edition is a source of information and ideas on how to think about oak forests as responsive ecosystems This book is intended for forest and wildlife managers, ecologists, silviculturists, environmentalists, and students of those fields.

Taken together the three books of Farm Business Management cover most aspects of the study of farm management, leaving the reader with a practical set of skills and knowledge: Farm Business Management: The Core Skills Farm Business Management: The Human Factor, 2nd Edition Farm Business Management: Analysis of Farming Systems

This book reveals many aspects of the practice of pilgrimage, including its nationalistic facets, effect on economic development, the impact of the internet, and pilgrimage as protest to pilgrimage as creative expression. Reviewing social justice in the context of pilgrimage, it features a diverse collection of interdisciplinary voices.

This book presents a new and controversial theory of how honeybees see the world from one of the world's most eminent neuroscientists. It also explores the fascinating history of this field of endeavour.

An authoritative update of forest tree biotechnology and genomics methodologies, this book discusses approaches for traditional breeding improvement of forest-tree species and production of forest-based products. It describes in detail the environmental, social, legal, and regulatory aspects of forest biotechnology, with an emphasis on biosafety.

This second edition covers IT applications in all sectors of the industry. Organised around the stages of the visitor journey, it covers how tourists are using technologies to support decision making.

Heritage is a growing area of both tourism and study, and this book reviews the important interrelations between the tourism industry, local communities and conservation work. It is the only authored work providing a consistent treatment of the subject, and includes case studies from around the world.

The underlying economic factors that effect primary production are frequently studied and written about - soil quality, animal health, climate, machinery. This book explores the psychology of successful farm business management and decision making.

Written by an author with 20 years' experience teaching adventure tourism courses and working within the industry, this book is written for those wishing to understand the key factors behind the operation of an adventure tourism company and how to deliver a profitable and sustainable product.

Divided into three sections, this book provides detailed information on the 32 global avian invasive species listed by the Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG). It also offers an assessment of avian invasions from a biogeographic perspective, and considers the ecological impacts of these invasive species.

This is the first book to discuss both religious tourism and the environment. Moving beyond the documentation of impacts, it examines intersections between the two areas, such as the environment as a resource or generator of religious tourism. Chapters discuss such important topics as disease, environmental responsibility and host perspectives.

From the ethics of slaughtering farmed livestock to the practical guidelines that must be put in place to maximise animal welfare, this book combines scientific evidence with down-to-earth practical advice for government and private industry managers, veterinarians and animal welfare practitioners.

Planetary Health - the idea that human health and the health of the environment are inextricably linked - promotes the preservation of natural systems for the benefit of human health. This book reviews the varied approaches to the subject, as well as providing case study chapters on the main links between human health and environmental change.

This book is a timely re-assessment of the increasing connections between management of diversity and religious tourism and secular spaces on a global stage. Including a range of contemporary case studies, it is a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners in tourism management, pilgrimage and religious tourism.

This is a hand-on practical guide to the use of Trichoderma as a biocontrol for Ganoderma disease in oil palm plantations. The manual provides background information on the benefits of Trichoderma fungi as well as on Ganoderma (Basal Stem Rot), the most devastating disease of oil palm in South East Asia.

This book is the first to address motivation for and management of religious and spiritual tourism within one volume. It also brings in new and exciting case study perspectives, from a range of international, cross-sectional contributors.

This new edition describes the silvicultural characteristics of trees common to the UK, including all important native species and a selection of the most significant exotics. With details of climatic zones, soils, productivity, pests and diseases, this book provides concise but detailed information on the establishment and management of forests.

Myths about biotechnology have prevented it from helping improve food security in the developing world. This book explores the theory, evidence and rhetoric of the impact of food production on the environment, and vice versa.