Rainforest destruction
By: Ewan McLeish
Series: What if we do nothing?; What if we do nothing
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780749669669
Subjects: Deforestation; Rain forests; Rain forest conservation; Rain forest ecology; Juvenile literature
Description: Destruction of rainforest and impact of farmimg, grazing and fuel consumption - Logging forests for timber - Rainforests are a valuable resource - Lowland gorillas extinct in 2005 - Decline of oranh-utang - Impact of climate change - Impact on lifestyles of people lliving in the edges of rainforests - Efforts to stop the destruction of rainforests - Eco-tourism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.
Table of contents: title: Paradise lost; title: Rainforests in retreat; title: Timber!; title: A Valuable resource; title: The Climate shifts; title: A dwindling race?; title: Turning the tide; title: Value-added rainforests.