whittled away : (Record no. 102206)
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003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
control field | IeDuRDS |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
control field | 20170718161851.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
fixed length control field | 170718s2017 ie ad||| |||| 001 0 eng d |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9781848893108 : (hbk) |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
Original cataloging agency | IeDuRDS |
Language of cataloging | eng |
Transcribing agency | IeDuRDS |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 354.334 |
Edition number | 23 |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | whittled away : |
Remainder of title | Ireland's vanishing nature / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | Pádraic Fogarty |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Cork : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | The Collins Press, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2017. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | vii, 183 p. : |
Other physical details | ill. ; |
Dimensions | 22 cm. |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical protection and index. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | 'Ireland's natural heritage is being steadily whittled away by human exploitation, pollution and other aspects of modern development. This could represent a serious loss to the nation.' Irish Government Report, 1969 This urgent call for intervention to prevent the loss of our natural heritage is taken from a government report published in June 1969. Since then, nature in Ireland has continued to disappear at an alarming rate. Overfishing, industrial-scale farming and pollution have decimated wildlife habitats and populations. In a single lifetime, vast shoals of herring, rivers bursting with salmon, and bogs alive with flocks of curlew and geese have all become folk memories. Coastal and rural communities are struggling to survive; the foundations of our tourism and agricultural sectors are being undermined. The lack of political engagement frequently sees the state in the European Court of Justice for breaches of environmental law. Pádraic Fogarty authoritatively charts how this grim failure to manage our natural resources has impoverished our country. But all is not lost: he also reveals the possibilities for the future, describing how we can fill our seas with fish, farm in tune with nature, and create forests that benefit both people and wildlife. He calls for the return of long-lost species like wild boar, cranes and wolves, showing how nature and wildlife can recover hand in hand. Prioritising the natural world will benefit our health, well-being and livelihoods. A provocative call to arms, Whittled Away presents an alternative path that could lead us all to a brighter future. |
Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="Provided by the Publisher">Provided by the Publisher</a> |
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Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
Koha item type | Loanable Book |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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Dewey Decimal Classification | Irish Collection | Library | Library | 18/07/2017 | 3 | 354.334 FOG | 000413234 | 03/09/2018 | 30/07/2018 | 18/07/2017 | Loanable Book |