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Green Tech
Protecting Nature and Wildlife

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Hardback, 32 pages
Published
United Kingdom, 8 April 2021

The four-book series Green Tech is an upbeat guide exploring fascinating technology from the past, present and cutting-edge of futuristic development that has the potential to help solve major ecological issues facing Earth, from the climate crisis to plastic pollution and the ongoing loss of biodiversity around the world.Enough with the negative, it's time to look at all the ingenious inventors who are all about trying to use technology for good.The series offers a balanced view of this technology, considering the practicalities, affordability, sustainability and possibleunintended long-term consequences of various hi-tech solutions. It introduces the importance of behaviour change by people in richer countries, and includes technology that facilitates this. It also highlights the need for technologies thatbenefit people in the world's poorest areas, who have done the least to cause the climate crisis but are already feeling its effects the most acutely.Perfect for readers aged 8 and up.


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The four-book series Green Tech is an upbeat guide exploring fascinating technology from the past, present and cutting-edge of futuristic development that has the potential to help solve major ecological issues facing Earth, from the climate crisis to plastic pollution and the ongoing loss of biodiversity around the world.Enough with the negative, it's time to look at all the ingenious inventors who are all about trying to use technology for good.The series offers a balanced view of this technology, considering the practicalities, affordability, sustainability and possibleunintended long-term consequences of various hi-tech solutions. It introduces the importance of behaviour change by people in richer countries, and includes technology that facilitates this. It also highlights the need for technologies thatbenefit people in the world's poorest areas, who have done the least to cause the climate crisis but are already feeling its effects the most acutely.Perfect for readers aged 8 and up.

Product Details
EAN
9781526315212
ISBN
1526315211
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Dimensions
27 x 21.4 x 0.8 centimeters (0.32 kg)

Table of Contents

  • 1: Why do we need to protect nature and wildlife?
  • 1: Camera traps
  • 1: Acoustic monitoring
  • 1: Seed banks
  • 1: DNA barcoding
  • 1: Drones
  • 1: LIDAR remote sensing
  • 1: Citizen Science websites and apps
  • 1: Wildlife satellite tracking
  • 1: Wildlife crime detection
  • 1: 'Green’ cities
  • 1: Pheremone traps
  • 1: Indigenous land stewarding
  • 1: Glossary and further information
  • 1: Index

About the Author

Alice Harman is an experienced author and editor, specialising in children's non-fiction books. She has worked on a wide range of creative and highly acclaimed titles, including The Big Book of Bugs, Paper Zoo and This Book Thinks You're a Scientist.

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