Rainforest
By: Sara Oldfield ; photography by Bruce Coleman Collection ; foreword by Mark Rose.
Publisher: New Holland
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Rain forests
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155) and index.
Table of contents: title: Rainforests around the world: Rainforest diversity; title: Human factor; title: Vanishing habitat; title: Future of rainforests; title: Managing the rainforests; title: Africa-Gorillas in the mist: Rainforests of West Africa; title: Rainforests of Central Africa; title: Rainforests of East Africa; title: Future for African forests; title: Madagascar-a world apart: Natural riches; title: Man in Madagascar; title: Protecting Madagascar's heritage; title: Lemurs in danger; title: Plants in peril; title: India and South East Asia-forest treasures of the east: Asian rainforests; title: India; title: Vietnam; title: Cambodia; title: Laos; title: Thailand; title: Malaysia; title: Indonesia and the Philippines-islands of glory: Indonesia; title: Wildlife under threat; title: Philippines; title: Central America-rainforest corridor: Mexico to Panama; title: Wealth of plants; title: Endangered animals; title: Eco-tourism; title: Caribbean-fragile fragments: Island forests; title: Montserrat and Dominica; title: Jamaica; title: Cuba; title: Amazon-the place and its people: Forest ecology; title: Man and the rainforests; title: Endangered species; title: Conservation measures; title: People of the forests; title: Brazil-Atlantic forests: Narrow belt; title: Too late for the trees?; title: Primates on the brink; title: Temperate rainforests-cathedrals of the natural world: Global picture - Tasmania; title: North America; title: Original rainforest areas of the world; title: Rainforest species of concern; title: Useful addresses; title: Further information.