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(0)Fred Pearce
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"Natural history and adventure travel collide in this powerful book about the decline and recovery of the world's forests-with a provocative argument for their survival. In A Trillion Trees, veteran environmental journalist Fred Pearce takes readers on a whirlwind journey through some of the most spectacular forests around the world. Along the way, he charts the extraordinary pace of forest destruction, and explores why some are beginning to recover....
2) Water Lands
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Where water meets land, life abounds. This is the story of the nature and people of the wetlands of the world.
From Wetlands International comes Water Lands, a beautifully illustrated book about this life-giving, global ecosystem.
From the peat bogs of Ireland to the bayous of Louisiana; from the flooded forests of Cambodia to the permafrost of Siberia; from the mangroves of the Ganges Delta to the 'everlasting swamps' of the Nile; and from the...
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[2015]
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xvi, 245 pages ; 24 cm.
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For a long time, veteran environmental journalist Fred Pearce thought in stark terms about invasive species: they were the evil interlopers spoiling pristine "natural" ecosystems. Most conservationists and environmentalists share this view. But what if the traditional view of ecology is wrong - what if true environmentalists should be applauding most of the invaders? Here Pearce goes on a journey across six continents to rediscover what conservation...