REWILDING THE WORLD - Couverture souple

FRASER, CAROLINE

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 031265541X ISBN 13 : 9780312655419

Editeur : Picador, 2010

Synopsis

A Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year

A gripping account of the environmental crusade to save the world's most endangered species and landscapes--the last best hope for preserving our natural home

Scientists worldwide are warning of the looming extinction of thousands of species, from tigers and polar bears to rare flowers, birds, and insects. If the destruction continues, a third of all plants and animals could disappear by 2050--and with them earth's life-support ecosystems that provide our food, water, medicine, and natural defenses against climate change.

Now Caroline Fraser offers the first definitive account of a visionary campaign to confront this crisis: rewilding. Breathtaking in scope and ambition, rewilding aims to save species by restoring habitats, reviving migration corridors, and brokering peace between people and predators. Traveling with wildlife biologists and conservationists, Fraser reports on the vast projects that are turning Europe's former Iron Curtain into a greenbelt, creating trans-frontier Peace Parks to renew elephant routes throughout Africa, and linking protected areas from the Yukon to Mexico and beyond.

An inspiring story of scientific discovery and grassroots action, Rewilding the World offers hope for a richer, wilder future.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Caroline Fraser is the author of Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Plutarch Award, and the Heartland Prize. Her writing has appeared in The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, the Los Angeles Times, and the London Review of Books, among other publications. She lives in New Mexico.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Picador
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 031265541X
• ISBN 13: 9780312655419
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 420
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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