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On the Edge: The State and Fate of the World´s Tropical Rainforests
Claude Martin
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Description for On the Edge: The State and Fate of the World´s Tropical Rainforests
Hardback. "[The author] brings together information from remote imaging, ecology, and economics to explain deforestation and forest health through the world"--Front jacket flap. Num Pages: 279 pages, 16 color photos, Maps, Charts, Tables. BIC Classification: 1QMT; RGBL; RNK; RNPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 730.
In 1972, The Limits to Growth introduced the idea that world resources are limited. Soon after, people became aware of the threats to the world's rainforests, the biggest terrestrial repositories of biodiversity and essential regulators of global air and water cycles. Since that time, new research and technological advances have greatly increased our knowledge of how rainforests are being affected by changing patterns of resource use. Increasing concern about climate change has made it more important than ever to understand the state of the world's tropical forests. This book provides an up-to-date picture of the health of the world's ... Read more
In 1972, The Limits to Growth introduced the idea that world resources are limited. Soon after, people became aware of the threats to the world's rainforests, the biggest terrestrial repositories of biodiversity and essential regulators of global air and water cycles. Since that time, new research and technological advances have greatly increased our knowledge of how rainforests are being affected by changing patterns of resource use. Increasing concern about climate change has made it more important than ever to understand the state of the world's tropical forests. This book provides an up-to-date picture of the health of the world's ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Greystone Books,Canada
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
730g
Number of Pages
279
Place of Publication
, Canada
ISBN
9781771641401
SKU
V9781771641401
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About Claude Martin
Claude Martin has been engaged in tropical rainforest conservation since the 1970s and served as director general of WWF International from 1993--2005 where he pioneered rainforest conservation partnerships in all tropical rainforest regions. He brings his wealth of experience as an ecologist, director of the WWF, and advisor to various conservation organizations to bear on the latest research from around ... Read more
Reviews for On the Edge: The State and Fate of the World´s Tropical Rainforests
"An impassioned argument backed by scientific data that is geared toward an educated general readership. Anyone interested in the fate of the rainforests
and the world
should check it out."
Publishers Weekly "On the Edge is the definitive assessment of the single most important factor in the future of Earth's biodiversity."
Edward O. Wilson, university research professor emeritus, Harvard University "In this ... Read more
and the world
should check it out."
Publishers Weekly "On the Edge is the definitive assessment of the single most important factor in the future of Earth's biodiversity."
Edward O. Wilson, university research professor emeritus, Harvard University "In this ... Read more