Plundering Paradise
Subtitle: The Hand of Man on the Galapagos Islands
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: October 21, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9780060955762
Subjects: Human Ecology; Nature/Ecology; Galapagos Islands; Description And Travel; Nature; Human Geography; General; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Public Policy - Environmental Policy; Nature / General; Effect of human beings on; Ecuador; Environmental degradation; Environmental protection
First sentence: The midwinter sun has just begun to climb above the flat, blue Pacific, and already the cobbled pavers that form the streets of Puerto Ayora are warm to the touch.