HUGE Book Wilderness Earth’s Last Wild Places Nature Photography 400Pics Science

Description: This listing is for the HUGE Coffee Table Book "Wilderness: Earth’s Last Wild Places. This book is in excellent condition. This huge book measures 14" x 11 7/8" 1 7/8" and weighs 11.75 pounds with 576 pages. There are 400+ photographs in this book. Money-back guarantee. Conservation International's Hotspots placed that organization at the forefront of global conservation efforts. Wilderness: Earth's Last Wild Places continues the efforts made in that previous volume, combining nearly 500 breathtaking images of untamed lands and rare glimpses of the people who inhabit them with the most current scientific analyses of their endangered ecosystems. To qualify as "wilderness," the areas included must have 70 percent or more of their original vegetation, cover at least 10,000 square kilometers, and have fewer than five people per square kilometer. Wilderness identifies 37 wilderness areas around the globeincluding tropical rain forests, wetlands, deserts, and arctic tundra, from Amazonia to the Congo Forests of Central Africa to the complex of North American desertsand presents the research of nearly 200 specialists carried out over two years by Conservation International's Center for Applied Biodiversity Science with support from its Global Conservation Fund. The result is a detailed document of the biological riches that can be found in each of the wilderness areas, with chapters that describe and illustrate them, highlight the human cultures unique to each area, and explain the threats to each region and the conservation measures in place. The result of a collaboration among CEMEX, Conservation International, and Agrupacin Sierra Madre, Wilderness will enjoy the same reputation as the earlier Conservation International booksa volume that presents vital information on the earth's biodiversity and a realistic program of conservation complemented by state-of-the-art photography. Quoted from the dust jacket: In this book we focus on the world's terrestrial wilderness areas building on the concept of major tropical wilderness areas. This volume is illustrated with over 400 beautiful photos by some of the world's most acclaimed nature photographers. In the introduction to this book, we review the history of the wilderness concept, describe the activities of a number of organizations involved in wilderness protection, and try to develop criteria for wilderness based mainly on intactness, size and human population density. In the individual areas that qualified for wilderness status, focusing on their biodiversity, their key flagship species, their human cultures, the threats to their survival, and what is being done to conserve them. Please feel free to ask any questions.

Price: 29.99 USD

Location: Charlottesville, Virginia

End Time: 2024-10-25T19:14:26.000Z

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