This book is both a visual celebration of the world's rainforests and an impeccable scientific summary of how they operate. Put together by an impressive team of international experts and photographers, it captures the extraordinary beauty and complexity of the rainforests and at the same time contains the most up-to-date information about them. Each chapter begins with an overview, and then examines a strand in the intricate web of life of which the forests are composed: plants, insects, reptiles, birds, and mammals. A final chapter discusses the people who live in the forests and are witnessing the consequences of our disregard for their most fundamental principle: that you do not destroy the environment on which you depend.
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Some 225 images shot by international photographers are accompanied by essays from scientists and others in a consciousness-raising book about rain forests worldwide.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The Living Earth Foundation is an organization committed to conservation and environmental education as the main focus of its work. The Foundation's projects enable local communities in developing countries to understand and value the rainforests and to manage their resources for the future. Royalties from the sale of this book will be used to support the Living Earth Foundation's work in tropical rainforests.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Highly recommended; as beautiful as it is informative,
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This review is from: The Rainforests: A Celebration (Paperback)
The photographs in this book have the power to transport you to the very lands it depicts; the rainforests come alive. These visual reminders only heighten the impact of the horrible statistics that detail the daily destruction of the world's rainforests
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Extraordinary photography--concise information,
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This review is from: The Rainforests: A Celebration (Paperback)
I am a teacher building an Ecology unit around Rainforests--I have checked out 32 library books to aid my students in their research. This title is definately the stand out!!!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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This book is both an artistic and a literary masterpiece.,
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This review is from: The Rainforests: A Celebration (Paperback)
Not only will the astounding photographs enchant the reader but the text will also provide him with a collection of important information. The pictures will captivate the reader and further serve to impact oneself upon learning of the daily destruction of the animals and plants behind the images. The information of the text is well delivered and insightful and the photographs are a must see.
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