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Forest plants of Central Ontario / by Chambers, Brenda.; Legasy, Karen L.; Bentley, Cathy,1958-; La Belle-Beadman, Shayna.; Thurley, Emma.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Forest flora;
© c1996., Lone Pine Pub.,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Looking closely through the forest / by Serafini, Frank.;
Provides close-up pictures of forest animals and plants and challenges readers to figure out what they are looking at.LSC
Subjects: Forest plants; Forest animals; Forest ecology;
© c2008., Kids Can Press,
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A trillion trees : restoring our forests by trusting in nature / by Pearce, Fred,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In 'A Trillion Trees', veteran environmental journalist Fred Pearce takes readers on a whirlwind journey through some of the most spectacular forests around the world. Along the way, he charts the extraordinary pace of forest destruction, and explores why some are beginning to recover. Throughout the book, Pearce interviews the people who traditionally live in forests including Indigenous peoples in western Canada and the U.S. who are fighting to control their traditional forested lands and manage them according to their traditional practices.
Subjects: Environmental protection.; Forest conservation.; Forest management; Human-plant relationships.;
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Our green heart : the soul and science of forests / by Beresford-Kroeger, Diana,1944-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In this inspiring culmination of Diana Beresford-Kroeger's life's work as botanist, biochemist, biologist and poet of the global forest, she delivers a challenge to us all to dig deeper into the science of forests and the ways they will save us from climate breakdown -- and then do our part to plant and protect them. As the last child in Ireland to receive a full Druidic education, Diana Beresford-Kroeger has brought an unusual and ancient holistic attitude to the science of trees, which has led her to many fresh insights into how closely we are tied to one another and to the natural world. Her influential message is to pay rapt attention to trees, because they are the green heart of the living world. Forests are our lungs, our medicine, our oxygen and the renewal of our soil. Planting the right trees in the right places, protecting the last virgin forests and working to create new ones is our best means to ensure a future for our children and grandchildren on this burning earth. Each of the essays gathered in Our Green Heart show us a slice of the natural world through Diana's unique lens, illuminating the way our health, individually and as a species, is tied to the health of the forest -- a tie we ignore at our peril. She maps the science that still needs to be done -- there is so much we don't know about the ways trees and forests work -- but also, eloquently, shows us the path to survival that her own science has revealed, the "bioplan" or blueprint for the connectivity of life in nature. If we realize that even the flowerpot on our doorstep is a natural habitat, and plant it according to its bioplan, we will be aiding and abetting life rather than destroying it"--
Subjects: Climatic changes.; Forest conservation.; Forest ecology.; Forest health.; Forests and forestry; Human-plant relationships.;
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The arbornaut : a life discovering the eighth continent in the trees above us / by Lowman, Margaret,author.; Earle, Sylvia A.,1935-writer of foreword.;
"Biologist, botanist, and conservationist Meg Lowman-aka "CanopyMeg"-takes us on an adventure into the "eighth continent" of the world's treetops, along her journey as a tree scientist, and into climate action"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Lowman, Margaret.; Botanists; Forest canopy ecology; Plant ecologists; Rain forest ecology;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Jungle cruise [videorecording] / by Blunt, Emily,actor.; Collet-Serra, Jaume,1974-film director.; David, John,film producer.; Falcón, Veronica,actor.; Ficarra, Glenn,screenwriter.; Flynn, Beau,film producer.; Fox, John(Producer),film producer.; Garcia, Hiram,1976-film producer.; Green, Michael(Screenwriter),screenwriter.; Johnson, Dwayne,1972-film producer,actor.; Ramírez, Édgar,1977-actor.; Requa, John,screenwriter.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Walt Disney Pictures,production company.; Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),production company.;
Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Edgar Ramirez, Veronica Falcón, Paul Giamatti, Jack Whitehall, David Lengel, Sulem Calderon.Come along on a rollicking thrill-ride down the Amazon with wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff and intrepid researcher Dr. Lily Houghton. Lily travels from London, England to the Amazon jungle and enlists Frank's questionable services to guide her downriver on La Quila, his ramshackle-but-charming boat. Lily is determined to uncover an ancient tree with unparalleled healing abilities, possessing the power to change the future of medicine. Thrust on this epic quest together, the unlikely duo encounters innumerable dangers and supernatural forces, all lurking in the deceptive beauty of the lush rainforest. But as the secrets of the lost tree unfold, the stakes reach even higher for Lily and Frank, and their fate and mankind's hangs in the balance.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for sequences of adventure violence.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Boats and boating; Jungles; Man-woman relationships; Medicinal plants; Rain forests; River boats;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Blackwood / by Smith, Michael F.(Michael Farris),1970-author.;
"The town of Red Bluff, Mississippi, has seen better days. Once a peaceable town, it has devolved into a landscape of fear and ghosts--of regret and violence--transformed by the kudzu vines that have enveloped the hills around it, swallowing entire homes, cars, and rivers. Myer, the county's sardonic lawman, still thinks it can prove itself. When confronted by a strange family of drifters, he believes that the people of Red Bluff can be accepting, rational, even good. His faith is tested--first when townsfolk respond to the disappearance of two young boys, and then by the appearance of Colburn, a damaged artist who has recently returned to Red Bluff after fleeing as a teenager. Colburn, having fallen in love with the fiery local bar owner, does his best to make amends with his past, only to suffer a greater rupture when his beloved also disappears into the kudzu. His quest to find Celia as well as the boys brings him in direct conflict with the law, and with the dark heart that beats beneath the undergrowth of the forest. Blackwood is the haunting story of a people crippled by the weight of generations--at once nourished and entrapped by the vegabond heart of the Deep South."--Jacket flap.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Gothic fiction.; Cities and towns; Kudzu; Climbing plants; Forests and forestry; Missing persons; Sheriffs; Artists; Good and evil;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Temperate forests / by Benoit, Peter,1955-;
Introduces temperate forests, discusses the threats to them, and describes how the animals that live there survive.Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-45) and index.Forest features : what is a temperate forest? -- Forest life : what kinds of plants and animals live in temperate forests? -- Hard times : how do plants and animals live through cold winters? -- Forests in danger : what kinds of threats do temperate forests face? -- Conservation : what can we do to save temperate forests?
Subjects: Forest ecology; Forest ecology.; Temperate forests.;
© c2011., Children's Press,
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Rain forests in danger / by Morgan, Sally.;
Discusses what a rain forest is, where they grow, the plants and animals that live in them, how they are threatened, and what is being done to save them.
Subjects: Rain forests; Rain forest conservation;
© 2010., Sea-to-Sea,
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Seeds of hope : wisdom and wonder from the world of plants / by Goodall, Jane,1934-; Hudson, Gail E.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction / by Michael Pollan -- Part One. My Love for the Natural World -- A Childhood Rooted in Nature -- The Kingdom of the Plants -- Trees -- Forests -- Part Two. Hunting, Gathering, and Gardening -- The Plant Hunters -- Botanical Gardens -- Seeds -- Orchids -- Gardens and Gardening -- Part Three. Uses and Abuses of Plants -- Plants That Can Heal -- Plants That Can Harm -- Plantations -- Food Crops -- Genetically Modified Organisms -- Part Four. The Way Forward -- The Future of Agriculture -- Growing Our Own Food -- Saving Forests -- Hope for Nature -- The Will to Live -- Gratitude."Renowned naturalist and bestselling author Jane Goodall examines the critical role that trees and plants play in our world"--Provided by the publisher.
Subjects: Goodall, Jane, 1934-; Goodall, Jane, 1934-; Hope.; Human-plant relationships.; Philosophy of nature.; Plants.; Trees.;
© 2014., Grand Central Publishing,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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