Este livro tem como objetivo apresentar os conceitos fundamentais do geoprocessamento, abordando as suas principais ferramentas e discutindo possíveis aplicações de suas tecnologias nos estudos geogr

A Editora Foco tem o prazer e a satisfaço de apresentar o mais novo trabalho de direito ambiental do consagrado Professor Marcelo Abelha Rodrigues. Nesta obra o autor se debruça sobre toda a legislaço da flora (florestas e demais formas de vegetaço) no Brasil em seus aspectos constitucionais, civis, administrativos, penais e ate processuais. Alem de penetrar num estudo historico impar da formaço da legislaço da flora brasileira e de trazer a compreenso do leitor uma serie de conceitos tecnicos de ecologia, sem os quais no seria possivel entender a sua tutela juridica, este livro tambem percorre, começando pelo texto constitucional, todas as normas gerais, especificas e setoriais (ai incluindo decretos e resoluçes) de proteço da vegetaço brasileira. Temos aqui, a rigor, um verdadeiro Tratado da Flora Brasileira, porque cuida de modo minudente e profundo, de todos os aspectos juridicos relevantes acerca do tema no Brasil. E, como se ja no bastasse o seu denso conteudo, tambem proporciona uma leitura leve, agradavel e de facil compreenso, que alias e uma marca muito caracteristica do autor. Certamente, e unico livro publicado no pais que enfrenta o tema de forma sistematica, didatica, profunda e com a mencionada amplitude, sendo, por isso mesmo, de consulta e leituras obrigatorias para os que pretendem estudar o tema. Marcelo Abelha Rodrigues

In the stories which follow I hope that the rivers will speak to you.Flowing from source to sea, our rivers are the life-blood of Ireland. They have shaped the landscape, history, folkore and mythology of the island. And have inspired legends, tales, songs and poetry.Beginning with the Liffey in the east and travelling clockwise around the country to end with the Boyne, Where the Waters Flow tells the histories, tales and legends of fifteen of Irelands best-known rivers.Richly illustrated with historic engravings, wildlife drawings and photographs, old and new.

Fascinating and lyrical . . . A beautifully written celebration of a lifelong passion Stephen Venables The relationship of people with hills and mountains has been complex, rich and varied from awe and wonder to fear and loathing, from spiritual longing to peaceful acceptance. As he explores our high places, Ian Crofton conjures up those who have been there before: Neolithic axe-makers, mass trespassers, shepherds, quarrymen, botanists, poets and pioneering cragsmen and women among them. At the same time, he is ever attuned to the present moment a flash of bright moss in a bog, the swoop of an eagle above a skyline, a winter sun sinking into a sea of cloud. Following an arc from the gentle Downs of southern England to the wild peaks of Scotlands far north, Upland combines personal experiences with a keen curiosity about the history and nature of mountain landscapes, and the people who once worked and wandered among them. The result is a meditation on the enduring yet ever-changing hills, on the transience of human experience, and on the shifts and twists of time itself. Locations included: Chilterns (following The Ridgeway) Malverns Snowdon Peak District Pennines Lake District Ben Nevis The Cuillin, Skye Assynt (Suilven) Cairngorms

Publicado em 17 países, o best-seller Como ler uma árvore, de Tristan Gooley, é um convite para decifrar a linguagem oculta das árvores. Cada árvore pode revelar segredos infinitos sobre sua vida e a paisagem em que se encontra. As pistas permanecem invisiveis para a maioria das pessoas, mas no e dificil identifica-las em galhos, folhas ou raizes, na casca ou no broto, quando voce sabe o que procura.Em Como ler uma arvore, o autor conduz a narrativa como se estivesse em campo, observando o que conta aos leitores. Nesses passeios cientificos, voce descobrira, a partir de principios e dicas simples e surpreendentes, como interpretar as formas e padres de cada arvore, seja em uma cidade, em um descampado ou em um ambiente mais selvagem. E uma vez que aprenda a ver esses sinais, voce nunca olhara para uma arvore da mesma forma.Voce esta preparado para interpretar os sinais mais sutis da natureza? Combinando habilidades praticas com uma profunda capacidade de apreciar o meio ambiente e os detalhes de seu funcionamento. Tristan Gooley ensina os leitores a reconhecer o que nos dizem galhos, folhas, casca e ate mesmo no tronco das arvores, decifrando mensagens que indicam a saude da arvore e as condiçes ambientais de seu entorno. Por exemplo, folhas com uma faixa central palida podem indicar a proximidade de agua, enquanto galhos baixos e jovens podem sugerir que a arvore esta enfrentando dificuldades.Ao compreender essas pistas, os leitores aprendem a apreciar a individualidade de cada arvore e as ricas narrativas que elas abrigam, adquirindo uma conexo mais profunda com o mundo natural.

Esta obra habla sobre los aspectos históricos, demográficos, biológicos y climáticos de los desiertos de Chihuahua y Sonora; desde su formación geológica hasta sus primeros habitantes humanos, así como su flora y fauna actuales. Tambien toca el tema del comercio clandestino de cactaceas y animales propios del desierto y la manera en que esto afecta la fragil biodiversidad de los ecosistemas.

Today, mountains are spaces for adventure: treasured places for people to connect with nature, encounter the sublime and challenge themselves, whether it be skiing in the Italian Alps or scaling the heights of the Matterhorn in Switzerland. Some regard our love of mountains as relatively new, claiming that before modern mountaineers planted flags upon the peaks, the average European was more likely to revile and avoid a mountainous landscape than to admire it.Mountains Before Mountaineering tells a different narrative. It reveals the way mountains inspired curiosity and fascination and how they were enjoyed in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe. It gives voice to the early modern travellers who climbed peaks and passes with fear and delight; to the real mountaineers who lived and died upon the mountain slopes; and to the scientists who used mountains to try to understand the origins of the world.This book invites you on a journey through the mountains, long before Everest was discovered as the highest mountain in the world or before the first recorded ascent of Mont Blanc. It is the story of how our love of the mountains has been a part of us from the very beginning.

Este libro es una invitación a conocer, estudiar, adentrarse en lageografía de Colombia. Lejos de ser una suma de conocimientosque agotaría la tan compleja geografía del territorio nacional, estelibro recoge los trabajos de mas de 30 autores, quienes, cada unodesde su experiencia, proponen sus lecturas del territorio nacionalo de territorios de escala local o intermedia. Mediante esta polifonia,el lector va dilucidando los trazos fundamentales de la dinamicaterritorial actual de Colombia.En tanto producto de un proyecto de investigacion del Departamentode Geografia de la Universidad Nacional, en asocio con la Universidaddel Tolima y con la colaboracion del Instituto de Estudios Regionalesde la Universidad de Antioquia, es un reflejo de la geografiauniversitaria colombiana contemporanea: una geografia abierta yactualizada que se interesa por territorios multiples, multiescalares,multidimensionales y temporalmente situados.El libro articula capitulos con un enfoque tematico, centrados en elanalisis de diferentes dimensiones del territorio nacional (historica,politica, demografica, ambiental, cultural, economica y social) ycapitulos con un enfoque territorial, que desarrollan estudios de casosproblematizados analizados a escala local o regional.

Este libro es una invitación a conocer, estudiar, adentrarse en lageografía de Colombia. Lejos de ser una suma de conocimientosque agotaría la tan compleja geografía del territorio nacional, estelibro recoge los trabajos de mas de 30 autores, quienes, cada unodesde su experiencia, proponen sus lecturas del territorio nacionalo de territorios de escala local o intermedia. Mediante esta polifonia,el lector va dilucidando los trazos fundamentales de la dinamicaterritorial actual de Colombia.En tanto producto de un proyecto de investigacion del Departamentode Geografia de la Universidad Nacional, en asocio con la Universidaddel Tolima y con la colaboracion del Instituto de Estudios Regionalesde la Universidad de Antioquia, es un reflejo de la geografiauniversitaria colombiana contemporanea: una geografia abierta yactualizada que se interesa por territorios multiples, multiescalares,multidimensionales y temporalmente situados.El libro articula capitulos con un enfoque tematico, centrados en elanalisis de diferentes dimensiones del territorio nacional (historica,politica, demografica, ambiental, cultural, economica y social) ycapitulos con un enfoque territorial, que desarrollan estudios de casosproblematizados analizados a escala local o regional.

Esta obra pretende brindar de manera sintética y atractiva la amplia riqueza paisajística de Cuba. Su estructura conformada en cuatro secciones recorre los más notables sitios, complementado con curiosidades geograficas, geologicas, climaticas, atmosfericas y arqueologicas en el entorno marino y terrestre. Este texto responde a traves de preguntas en los diferentes temas: ¿Por que es importante conocer la geografia de tu pais? La belleza de sus paisajes, playas y curiosidades producto de los caprichos de la naturaleza la hacen lucir mas atractiva para todo el que la visite, y la convierten en una isla de ensueño con la exposicion de los colores naturales que la caracterizan.

Rivers and streams sculpt our landscape, and have connected our communities throughout history, from mountain to estuary and to the wide sea beyond. They give us water and food, trade and transport yet they have a life-force all of their own.In this collection of traditional folk tales from wild rivers, lakes, and streams, Lisa Schneidau retells old stories of danger and transformation, of river goddesses, ghosts and the mysterious creatures that dwell in the watery arteries of Britain and Ireland.

Scotland is renowned for its dramatic, fierce landscapes, but many people dont realise that some of the countrys most exhilarating scenery rests on its coastline. The Beaches of Scotland by Stacey McGowan Holloway is a guide to over 150 hand-picked beaches around Scotlands coast, stretching from the mainland to the Outer Hebrides before sweeping north to Orkney and Shetland. These beaches offer something for everyone, from gentle sands which feel almost tropical to rugged coves which can only be accessed by kayak. The selected beaches have not been chosen for purely aesthetic reasons: these locations offer some amazing opportunities for adventure. From surfing to snorkelling, kayaking, camping and cold-water swimming, this book travels from Kilmory Beach, with its views over the Paps of Jura, along single-track roads to Singing Sands on the Ardnamurchan peninsula. It takes you from Portabello on the edge of Edinburghs bustling streets to Kervaig Beach in the far north-west, where the lucky visitor may spot seals or puffins. Experience Scotland at its wildest and most stunning at Achnahaird Bay, bask in the otherworldly sense that these remote beaches can inspire at Balnakeil, gaze in awe at the scenery you cant quite believe is real on Bernerays West Beach, or blow the cobwebs away as you wander along the sand of Dornoch in the far north-east. Whether youre after a thrilling day getting salt in your hair or a peaceful escape from responsibilities and worries, Scotlands coast has it all. Featuring information on the facilities, access and activities that can be enjoyed at each beach, as well as custom mapping and stunning photography, The Beaches of Scotland is the perfect companion to your exploration of Scotlands stunning coastline.

A obra O Círculo Polar Ártico: questão geopolítica ou objeto de cooperação internacional?, de Laura Luzzi, trata da questão das disputas geopolíticas e de cooperação na região do Círculo Polar Ártico

A few tools and a wide range of skills can achieve many things If youve ever wanted to make your own bow and arrows, learn to create fire using friction, or mix up glue and dyes from the natural resources that surround us, then this is the book for you. John Rhyder has taught traditional woodcraft skills for several decades and can now teach you in this no-nonsense, amusing and easy-to-follow guide.Woodcraft will take you on a practical learning journey from the safe use of tools and sustainable harvesting of wood to the subsequent uses for roots, bark and timber. This step-by-step account is suitable for the student of woodcraft, the naturalist and the practitioner of bushcraft skills.

Caesar and Cleopatra Bernard Shaw - Caesar and Cleopatra is a play written in 1898 by George Bernard Shaw that depicts a fictionalized account of the relationship between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. It was first published with Captain Brassbounds Conversion and The Devils Disciple in Shaws 1901 collection Three Plays for Puritans. It was first performed in a single staged reading at Newcastle upon Tyne on 15 March 1899, to secure the copyright. The play was produced in New York in 1906 and in London at the Savoy Theatre in 1907

PORTO GRANDE – DO MATAPI AO ARAGUARI: PIONEIRISMO E ATUALIDADEEste livro apresenta ao público a Certidão de Nascimento de uma Cidade. Aqui você pode começar a desfrutar de informações básicas para co

Este leitura objetiva realizar um estudo da legislação no município de Imperatriz, acerca da Lei de Zoneamento e Parcelamento de Uso e Ocupação do Solo (Lei Complementar Municipal n°03/2004) e, cumul

La disponibilidad de agua para abastecimiento de actividades humanas disminuye constantemente debido al efecto negativo que tiene el desarrollo del hombre sobre la naturaleza, cuyas consecuencias ha logrado afectar el clima del planeta y la variabilidad de las componentes del ciclo hidrologico. Los paises con importantes riquezas hidricas estan localizados en la zona ecuatorial donde converge la humedad del planeta; algunos de estos paises con importantes reservas estimadas durante el siglo XX, observan una disminucion y contaminacion acelerada de sus aguas desde el inicio del siglo XXI. con pocas esperanzas de mejorar el panorama, a menos que el hombre pueda hacer cambios culturales y tecnicos importantes hacia la preservacion de sus recursos hidricos.La experiencia en investigacion del agua subterranea en zonas de montaña aporta criterios basicos para el uso de herramientas numericas y el empleo de trazadores como los isotopos estables; plantea sugerencias y protocolos que contribuyan al desarrollo exitoso de programas de muestreos de aguas y explica como realizar analisis adecuados de calidad de datos para ser utilizados en la validacion de hipotesis de flujos

He appeared, without a word, in the tents entrance, covered in ice. He looked like anyone would after spending over twenty-four hours in a hurricane at over 8,000 metres. In winter. In the Karakoram. He was so exhausted he couldnt speak.Of all the games mountaineers play on the worlds high mountains, the hardest and cruellest is climbing the fourteen peaks over 8,000 metres in the bitter cold of winter. Ferocious winds that can pick you up and throw you down, freezing temperatures that burn your lungs and numb your bones, weeks of psychological torment in dark isolation: these are adventures for those with an iron will and a ruthless determination.For the first time, award-winning author Bernadette McDonald tells the story of how Polands ice warriors made winter their own, perfecting what they dubbed the art of suffering as they fought their way to the summit of Everest in the winter of 1980 the first 8,000-metre peak they climbed this way but by no means their last. She reveals what it was that inspired the Poles to take up this brutal game, how increasing numbers of climbers from other nations were inspired to enter the arena, and how competition intensified as each remaining peak finally submitted to leave just one awaiting a winter ascent, the meanest of them all: K2.Winter 8000 is the story of true adventure at its most demanding.

Este libro narra sucesos reales. En diciembre del 2018, un grupo de voluntarios decide emprender una expedición hacia el interior de la selva amazónica. Siete millones de kilómetros cuadrados llenos de misterios, secretos y leyendas. Con no mas de una pluma y su libreta, el autor busca el significado de la existencia vislumbrando el escalofriante destino de un pueblo cuyos sueños unicamente seran leidos en estas hojas. En este diario se redacta la cronica julioverniana que promete el hallazgo de uno de los tesoros mas grandes del milenio. Encuentralo, resuelve el acertijo y sigue la aventura en este Viaje al Pulmon del Mundo #VPM