Environmental Science & Ecosystems, Forest & Desert Ecology, Forestry - General & Miscellaneous, Forests & Trees, Ecosystems
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Overview
The 21st Century Debates series looks at the impact human development is having on the planet and how this could affect our future. At the dawn of a new millennium, we are consuming more energy and producing more waste than ever before. What are the effects of our consumption on the natural world and how long can it last? This series examines the difficult decisions faced by governments and organizations concerned with these issues and asks what we as individuals can do to help.What are rain forests and why are they important? From their unique plants and animals to their valuable resources of timber and minerals, Rain Forests looks at this fragile ecosystem and its destruction over the last fifty years. Can there be a balance between people's needs and the well-being of the forests themselves? Do rain forests have a future or is it that within fifty years time, they will only exist as isolated, specially protected areas and parks?
Editorials
Children's Literature
The biodiversity that exists in the world's rain forests is simply amazing. The various plant species, types of trees, insects and other wildlife that live within the rain forests stagger the imagination. Yet, as you are reading these words people in countries like Brazil, Madagascar, Costa Rica and other lands are slashing and burning vast acreage of what once was rain forest. In this selection from the "21st Century Debates" series, subtitled "Our Impact on the Planet," readers are confronted with the complex issues that have led to the progressive destruction of the rain forests. For impoverished people who are faced with either starvation or deforestation the choice to clear-cut sections of previously pristine rain forest hinges on survival. In other instances, selfish business interests, often funded by larger corporations in the developed world, engage in destructive logging, mining or livestock grazing in ways that hamper rain forest areas that scientists refer to as "the lungs of the world." In this book author Ewan McLeish provides a balanced account of the conflicting imperatives that push toward the preservation or destruction of these vast and complex ecosystems. Readers of this fine illustrated work will come away with a sense of the issues related to rain forest preservation that, hopefully, will be resolved by future generations. 2002, Raintree Steck-Vaughn, $27.12. Ages 10 to 14. Reviewer: Greg M. Romaneck AGES: 10 11 12 13 14Book Details
Published
September 1, 2001
Publisher
Austin : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 2001.
Pages
64
Format
Binding
ISBN
9780739831793