Kerry Turner: 3 books

Book cover of Wetlands: Market and Intervention Failures
by Kerry Turner, Tom Jones
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013

Wetlands are vital and valuable resources, both as rich and unique wildlife habitats, and for the functions they fulfil - providing flood and sediment control and coastal protection, as carbon sinks and pollution buffers, for their role in storing and recycling nutrients, as well as for their recreational...
Book cover of Valuing Ecosystem Services

Valuing Ecosystem Services

The Case of Multi-functional Wetlands

by Stavros Georgiou, R. Kerry Turner
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012

Ecosystem services can be broadly defined as the aspects of ecosystems that provide benefits to people. This book provides guidance on the valuation of ecosystem services, using the case of multifunctional wetlands to illustrate and make recommendations regarding the methods and techniques that can...
Book cover of Farm Workers in Western Canada

Farm Workers in Western Canada

Injustices and Activism

by Michael J. Broadway, Jill Bucklaschuk, Delna Contractor
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2017

Bill 6, the government of Alberta’s contentious farm workers’ safety legislation, sparked public debate as no other legislation has done in recent years. The Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act provides a right to work safely and a compensation system for those killed or injured...
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