British Wildlife is the leading natural history magazine in the UK, providing essential reading for both enthusiast and professional naturalists and wildlife conservationists. Published eight times a year, British Wildlife bridges the gap between popular writing and scientific literature through a combination of long-form articles, regular columns and reports, book reviews and letters.
Conservation Land Management (CLM) is a quarterly magazine that is widely regarded as essential reading for all who are involved in land management for nature conservation, across the British Isles. CLM includes long-form articles, events listings, publication reviews, new product information and updates, reports of conferences and letters.
A group of microbiologists from China, Germany, and additional European countries met in Beijing in September 2007 and held a conference entitled 'Microbes and the Environment'. The purpose of this conference was to evaluate how microbes (a) shape the planet and (b) might be harnessed to solve environmental problems.
This book provides an overview of many contributions made during this conference.