Rainforest. Dispatches from Earth's Most Vital Frontlines. First Printing. Signed by the Author

Juniper, Tony

ISBN 10: 1781256365 / ISBN 13: 9781781256367

Published by London. Profile Books, 2018

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London. Profile Books. 2018. First Edition/First Printing (full number line including 1 to copyright page). Hard Cover. Medium 8vo. 6.5 x 9.3 . ([16.5cm x 23.5cm] approx. 424 pp. Royal dark blue boards with bold silver titles to the spine. Beautiful coloured endpapers with photographs of parrots. The rest of the text is lavishly illustrated in colour with photographs taken by Thomas Marent. Dust wrapper illustrated to both wraps. Flat signed by the author without dedication to the title page. Rainforests are the lungs of our planet - regulators of the earth's temperature and weather. They are also home to 50 per cent of the world's animals and plants - which for centuries have been the source of many of our key medicines. And yet we've all heard of their systematic destruction; the raising of trees to make way for plantations of oil palms or cattle, the disenfranchisement of indigenous peoples, and the corruption that leads to illegal logging and pollution. But this is the full story you've never heard: an in depth, wide-ranging, first-hand narrative that not only looks at the state of the world's tropical rainforests today and the implications arising from their continuing decline, but also at what is being done, and can be done in future, to protect the forests and the 1.6 billion people that depend upon them. It is inspirational, too, in its descriptions of the rainforest's remarkable birds and plants . and its indigenous people. Rainforest is a personal story, drawing on the author's many years' experience at the frontline of the fight to save the rainforests, explaining the science and history of the campaigns, and what it has felt like to be there, amid the conflicts and dilemmas. Scarce in signed state and condition. The dust jacket will be protected with a new inert archival quality acetate sleeve which is removable. Please contact us if you would like any more information or additional photographs. Postage price quoted outside the UK is for a book up to 1kg using UPS. For books sent within the UK, there will be no extra charge for books up to 2kg which are sent by Royal Mail. Postage quoted in the UK is the actual cost (£3.45). All books are sent in protective packing and custom book box. If your book is intended as a gift, please let us know and we will gift wrap it free of charge with a card and any message.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rainforest. Dispatches from Earth's Most Vital Frontlines. First Printing. Signed by the Author
• Publisher: London. Profile Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1781256365
• ISBN 13: 9781781256367
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • ecology, geography, science, memoir, signed

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Synopsis

Drawing on decades of campaigning and first-hand experiences, this illustrated book explains the importance of rainforests and how their decline must be managed in the face of the demands of a growing population and the drive for economic development. Spanning the Americas, Africa and Asia, it examines threats including logging and cattle-ranching and uses scientific evidence and local knowledge to set out the measures needed to save what remains of these vital ecosystems.

About the Author

Dr. Tony Juniper is Britain's best known environmental campaigner. He has published several successful and award-winning books including the Sunday Times bestseller What Has Nature ever done for us? and Saving Planet Earth. He has worked on efforts to conserve tropical forests for more than thirty years, including with BirdLife International, Friends of the Earth (where he served as director) and as an Advisor to The Prince's Rainforests Project. Find him on Twitter @TonyJuniper | www.tonyjuniper.com