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N.PAG. 139 - BROSSURA - OTTIMO.

This little book is a useful tool for the rapid identification of the most common flowers in the Prealps. The plants have been photographed in their natural environment and are ordered on their time of flowering; the page dedicated to each species contains pictures of the flower, the whole plant, and the leaves, and includes a short text about the size, distribution, habitat and any unique traits or properties. This is a simple guide for hikers and for those new to the fascinating world of botany. Questo volumetto ? un agile strumento per l identificazione rapida dei fiori pi? comuni delle Prealpi. Le piante sono proposte per ambienti e in base all?epoca di fioritura; la scheda dedicata a ciascuna specie contiene le foto del fiore, della pianta intera, un particolare delle foglie e un breve testo descrittivo riguardante dimensioni, distribuzione, habitat e curiosit? Una guida snella e semplice per l?escursionista e per chi si avvicina all affascinante mondo della botanica. Verona. World Biodiversity Association. 96 pp., num. color photos, paperback [17 x 16.5 cm] [in Italian]. …

144 pp. + 4 color plates, br. gr. 8.

The UN declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity. In the same year, the World Biodiversity Association proposed a new certification standard to the world of agriculture based on the environmental, social, and economic sustainability of agrosystems: Biodiversity Friend. The Biodiversity Indices of soil, water, and air are the characterising elements of the standard for evaluating the impacts of human activities on agroecosystems. This field guide illustrates how to apply the Biodiversity Indices of the Biodiversity Friend standard through the survey of so-called bioindicators: biological communities of particular organisms. These indices provide useful indications of the degree of alteration of air, water, and soil ? the three fundamental components of the environment that surrounds us. Up to now, the Biodiversity Friend standard and the Biodiversity Indices have been applied in hundreds of farms in Italy, in Europe, and also in tropical environments, contributing to create in farmers, the true custodians of the territory, a new awareness of the importance of protecting biodiversity for the quality of products and for the perpetuation of life on earth. Many of the readers of this volume will have found themselves wondering about the environmental quality of a protected area, or a region with different degrees of anthropisation. Learning to ?read the signs of biodiversity? is one of the main objectives of this manual. From a perspective of active citizenship, the use of the Biodiversity Indices also allows one to understand how epiphytic lichens, aquatic macroinvertebrates, and soil fauna are useful in giving information on the quality of air, water, and soil of a territory: from the observation of their presence or absence, each of us can simply and autonomously evaluate the healthiness of the environment in which we live. Specifically, the analysis of lichen communities present on tree trunks, of aquatic macroinvertebrate communities present in surface watercourses, and of soil-dwelling invertebrate communities can provide very useful information to evaluate anthropogenic impact on natural, rural and urban environments. Moreover, the contents of this manual may represent an effective educational tool to teach young people careful observation of nature, to discover its wonderful forms and to understand the state of alteration of an environment. Verona. World Biodiversity Association. 160 pp., 153 illustrations, swiss brochure gr. 8 [15.2 x 21 cm].…