Forests for life
By: Edward Parker
Contributors: World Wide Fund for Nature; Forests for Life (Campaign)
Series: Protecting our Planet
Publisher: Wayland in association with WorldWide Fund for Nature and Forests for Life campaign
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Hove
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780750220040
Subjects: Forests and forestry; Juvenile literature; Forest conservation; Environmental aspects; Conservation of natural resources
Description: Unless we change our ways, by 2025 there will be no large areas of forest left . . . anywhere. The Amazon rain forest is now being cut down 34 per cent faster than in 1992. Forests can help to slow down global warming. Fish fingers are held together using wood pulp from trees. Forests are vital to all of us, and to the future of our planet, yet they are being destroyed faster than ever before. It isn't too late: if we act now, there is still time to save them.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The world's forests; title: Forests and the world environment; title: Forests and human life; title: Disappearing forests; title: What is being done?; title: Forests for the future; title: Glossary; title: Further information; title: Index