Title: Rainforests of the World, Second Edition
Subtitle: A Reference Handbook
First published: August 1, 2001
Description: This book is a primer for anyone interested in the complexity of rainforest ecology, the scientific evidence, and the people who use it to argue that preservation of the world's rainforests is vital to continuing life on Earth.Rainforests of the World covers everything from the basic biology and chemistry of rainforests and their geographic location to problems, controversies, and solutions. A section highlights people and events like Gifford Pinchot, Lester Brown, Anita Roddick, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and the Kyoto Protocol. The documents provided include the Declaration of Curitiba, the Indigenous People's Declaration, and the North American Free Trade Agreement. The book includes a chronology, charts, tables, and graphs on rainforest destruction; a list of groups working to protect rainforests; an extensive annotated bibliography; and other references.
Subjects: Current Events, Nonfiction, Science, Rain forest ecology, Rain forests, Rain forest conservation, Deforestation, Forest conservation, RAIN FOREST ECOLOGY, Écologie des forêts pluviales, Forêts pluviales, Conservation, Déboisement, Aspect de l'environnement, Rainforests, Environmental aspects, Regenwald, Ökologie, Biomes