Title: Why are the rainforests being destroyed?
Description: "Looks at the threats to the world's rainforests from the logging and mining industries, power and oil companies, and from ranchers and farmers. In addition to a devastating effect on biodiversity, rainforest loss could trigger changes in global weather and put at risk the discovery of new, possibly life-saving drugs"--Back cover. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.
Subjects: Deforestation, Rain forests, Rain forest conservation, Juvenile literature, Rain forest ecology
Places: Tropics