In 1998, Princess Irene of The Netherlands bought Bergplaas, a 5000 hectare farm in the heart of the South African Karoo. And so began a highly personal, fifteenyear- long journey during which she embarked on the ambitious plan to return the land to its original pristine habitat and to enable people from around the world to rediscover their reconnection with nature.

Princess Irene writes from the heart, beautifully depicting the harsh climate and conditions of the Karoo's semi-desert while a...

The Pursuit of Complexity

What use is biodiversity, and does it matter if species die out?

These controversial questions arouse considerable debate.

Most people believe they represent a moral dilemma, but

The Pursuit of Complexity shows that it is possible to explore

them in a scientific way.

Author Gerard Jagers op Akkerhuis takes us back to the underlying

fundamental questions: What actually is usefulness, or utility?

What is evolution? What is life? What is biodiversity? And how

important ...

Het eerste naslagwerk over de zoet- en brakwater borstelwormen van Nederland en België. Biedt een schat aan ecologische en taxonomische achtergrondinformatie en bevat een nieuwe, gebruiksvriendelijke determinatiesleutel. Met meer dan 300 foto's en illustraties. Onmisbaar voor aquatisch ecologen en waterkwaliteitsbeheerders.

Borstelwormen, of oligochaeten, zijn een grote en gevarieerde groep van ongewervelden. Veruit de meeste oligochaeten in onze streken leven in zoet of brak water: maar lie...