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Product Description: WWF and IUCN have joined forces to outline a policy that will address the complexity of the oceans and coasts as well as our dependency on them. The challenge of protecting and sustainably managing marine natural resources, the last great source of wild-caught food on this planet, is a daunting one...read more

Product Description: West Federal Taxation's Corporations, Partnerships, Estates and Trusts, 2002 Edition continues the tradition of excellence with its coverage of tax legislation as it impacts Corporations, Partnerships, Estates, and Trusts. The authors provide comprehensive and authoritative coverage of relevant code and regulations, as well as all major developments in federal taxation...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Over the 10-year course of the recently completed Census of Marine Life, a global network of researchers in more than 80 nations has collaborated to improve our understanding of marine biodiversity - past, present, and future. Providing insight into this remarkable project, this book explains the rationale behind the Census and highlights some of its most important and dramatic findings, illustrated with full-color photographs throughout. It explores how new technologies and partnerships have contributed to greater knowledge of marine life, from unknown species and habitats, to migration routes and distribution patterns, and to a better appreciation of how the oceans are changing. Looking to the future, it identifies what needs to be done to close the remaining gaps in our knowledge and provide information that will enable us to better manage resources, conserve diversity, reverse habitat losses, and respond to global climate change.

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