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Little Big Bend : common, uncommon, and rare plants of Big Bend National Park
Morey, Roy.Lubbock : Texas Tech University Press, c2008.Available as paperback (978-0-89672-613-0).Plant life in Big Bend National Park is incredibly diverse. The wide range of habitats within the park - desert, foothills, mountains and moist woodlands, river canyons and floodplain - as well as the Big Bends three major blooming seasons of spring, summer, and fall - guarantee a stunning show of botanical variety throughout the year. "Little Big Bend" is not a traditional guide to the areas common plants. Although it features many species that are characteristic of the Chihuahuan Desert environment, species such as orchids are also included precisely because they are uncommon or rare and therefore a special thrill to find. Plants not seen in other wildflower guides, or those with a limited geographic range that the reader will less likely encounter elsewhere, are pictured here. This guide describes 109 species found in the United States only in Trans-Pecos Texas; 62 of these occur only in the Big Bend portion of the Trans-Pecos, and 24 of them only within Big Bend National Park. Of the 252 featured species, 71 are considered sensitive plants; in Texas, 28 are classified as critically imperiled, 18 as imperiled, and 25 as vulnerable. The emphasis of this book is on the little in the Big Bend, the overlooked small plants or inconspicuous tiny flowers of larger plants that so often go unnoticed. In a landscape so immense, these plants may be right before our eyes but seldom seen, or they may be tucked away and quite difficult to find. Here, in glowing photographs and insightful text, Roy Morey has brought them to light.
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The United Nations at work in Asia : an envoy's account of development in China, Vietnam, Thailand and the South Pacific
Morey, Roy D.Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]"This book acquaints the reader with evolving political, economic and social conditions in these countries and the role played by UN organizations. The book also reveals a hidden side of the United Nations, the role played by more than 30 UN agencies, funds and programs in providing development and humanitarian assistance"--The groundwork for the Asian economic miracle was established in the last quarter century-the time period covered in this book. China and Vietnam started substituting pragmatism for communist ideology and Thailand started on a path toward greater democracy. The timing was perfect for an American United Nations representative to arrive in the two communist countries because for the first time, both placed a premium on improving relations with the US and both were moving toward a market economy. This book acquaints the reader with evolving political, economic and social conditions in these countries and the role played by UN organisations in promoting reform. A chapter on the South Pacific is included to apprise the reader of a little-known part of the world and the challenges of providing useful development assistance in small isolated countries. The book also reveals a hidden side of the United Nations which is the role played by more than thirty UN agencies, funds and programmes in providing development and humanitarian assistance-a role rarely covered in the popular press. The past quarter century was also a period of great upheaval and challenge in Asia. There were enormous events and developments involving the United Nations which are analysed in the book. These include the Tiananmen crisis in China; 300,000 Cambodian refugees escaping the killing fields of the Khmer Rouge camped along the Thai border; more than two decades of effort to rid the Golden Triangle of opium production; the sensitive diplomacy required in fostering economic cooperation among North Korea, South Korea, China and Mongolia; and a firsthand account of negotiating the international agreement creating the Mekong River Commission. The book is intended for the general reader.
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The United Nations at work in Asia : an envoy's account of development in China, Vietnam, Thailand and the South Pacific
Morey, Roy D.Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]"This book acquaints the reader with evolving political, economic and social conditions in these countries and the role played by UN organizations. The book also reveals a hidden side of the United Nations, the role played by more than 30 UN agencies, funds and programs in providing development and humanitarian assistance"--
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