The Rain Forests of Home
Subtitle: Profile Of A North American Bioregion
Contributors: Patricia Marchak (Foreword); Jerry F. Franklin (Foreword); Peter Schoonmaker (Editor); Bettina Von Hagen (Editor); Edward C. Wolf (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: January 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9781559634793
Subjects: Biogeography; Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions; Forests, rainforests; Northwest Coast of North Ameri; Environmental Science; Agriculture - Forestry; Rain Forest Ecology; Environmental Studies; Science; Nature/Ecology; North America; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Forests & Forestry; Life Sciences - Ecology - Forest Ecology; Technology / Agriculture / Forestry; Northwest Coast of North America; Rain forests; Congresses
First sentence: The eastern North Pacific Ocean is part of a vast and continuous expanse of water that forms the oceans of the world.
Description: The book brings together a diverse array of thinkers--conservationists, community organizers, botanists, anthropologists, zoologists, Native Americans, ecologists, and others--to present a multilayered, multidimensional portrait of the coastal temperate rain forest and its people. Joining natural and social science perspectives, the book provides readers with a valuable understanding of the region's natural and human history, along with a vision of its future and strategies for realising that vision. It offers for the first time a unified description of the characteristics, history, culture, economy, and ecology of the coastal temperate rain forest. It is essential reading for anyone who lives in or cares about the region.