What happens if the rainforests disappear?
By: by Mary Colson
Series: Unstable Earth; Unstable Earth
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780750279291; 9780750283748
Subjects: Deforestation; Rain forests; Juvenile literature; Environmental geography; Rain forest ecology
Description: GEOGRAPHY & ENVIRONMENT. This book looks at the causes and effects of the destruction of the rainforests and asks what will happen to people, animals and the environment if they disappear. It imagines scenarios at varying stages in the future and examines whether and how disaster can be averted. Ages 9+
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Nature's paradise; title: Marvellous Madagascar; title: Lungs of the Earth; title: Slash and burn; title: Counting the carbon: 2050; title: People of the rainforest; title: Minering for minerals: the consequences; title: Black gold; title: Trading trees; title: Failing harvests: 2100; title: Hotting up: the problem of global warming; title: Climate change catastrophe: 2200; title: Paradise lost?