About The Rain Forest
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In Search Of The Rain Forest
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Author : Candace Slater
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2004-03-22
In Search Of The Rain Forest written by Candace Slater and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03-22 with Science categories.
The essays collected here offer important new reflections on the multiple images of and rhetoric surrounding the rain forest. The slogan “Save the Rain Forest!”—emblazoned on glossy posters of tall trees wreathed in vines and studded with monkeys and parrots—promotes the popular image of a marvelously wild and vulnerable rain forest. Although representations like these have fueled laudable rescue efforts, in many ways they have done more harm than good, as these essays show. Such icons tend to conceal both the biological variety of rain forests and the diversity of their human inhabitants. They also frequently obscure the specific local and global interactions that are as much a part of today’s rain forests as are the array of plants and animals. In attending to these complexities, this volume focuses on specific portrayals of rain forests and the consequences of these characterizations for both forest inhabitants and outsiders. From diverse disciplines—history, archaeology, sociology, literature, law, and cultural anthropology—the contributors provide case studies from Latin America, Asia, and Africa. They point the way toward a search for a rain forest that is both a natural entity and a social history, an inhabited place and a shifting set of ideas. The essayists demonstrate how the single image of a wild and yet fragile forest became fixed in the popular mind in the late twentieth century, thereby influencing the policies of corporations, environmental groups, and governments. Such simplistic conceptions, In Search of the Rain Forest shows, might lead companies to tout their “green” technologies even as they try to downplay the dissenting voices of native populations. Or they might cause a government to create a tiger reserve that displaces peaceful peasants while opening the doors to poachers and bandits. By encouraging a nuanced understanding of distinctive, constantly evolving forests with different social and natural histories, this volume provides an important impetus for protection efforts that take into account the rain forest in all of its complexity. Contributors. Scott Fedick, Alex Greene, Paul Greenough, Nancy Peluso, Suzana Sawyer, Candace Slater, Charles Zerner
Tropical Rain Forests Of The Far East
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Author : Timothy Charles Whitmore
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1984
Tropical Rain Forests Of The Far East written by Timothy Charles Whitmore and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Business & Economics categories.
Rain forest ecology. Asia, Southeastern. Forests and forestry.
The Rainforest Book
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Author : Charlotte Milner
language : en
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Release Date : 2021-02-04
The Rainforest Book written by Charlotte Milner and has been published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-04 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Embark on a journey through the enchanting world of the rainforest in Charlotte Milner's beautifully illustrated The Rainforest Book. Sweep aside the liana vines, hop over the giant roots of the kapok tree, and follow the sound of the howler monkey as you venture into the tropical rainforest. Find out about some of the amazing animals that live there, learn about the enormous variety of life-giving plants, and discover why the Amazon rainforest is known as the 'lungs' of our Earth. In this beautiful ebook, Charlotte Milner continues to highlight the important ecological issues faced by our planet, following on from The Bee Book, The Sea Book, and The Bat Book. Did you know that over half of our planet's wildlife live in the rainforest? And that at least 2 metres of rain falls in the rainforest every year? The world's rainforests are packed with amazing animals and plants, from the deadly poison dart frog, to the stinky rafflesia flower - there is plenty to discover! As our planet's climate crisis becomes even more critical, The Rainforest Book is the perfect way to introduce little nature-lovers to this enchanting yet threatened world. This celebration of the rainforest shows children just how important it is, and reminds them that it is up to us to care for our planet and its wildlife.
About The Rain Forest
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Author : Heather Johanasen
language : en
Publisher: Treasure Bay, Inc.
Release Date : 2000
About The Rain Forest written by Heather Johanasen and has been published by Treasure Bay, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Rain forest animals categories.
Uses photographs and simple text to describe the plants, animals, and ecology of rain forests.
All About Rainforests
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Author : Christina Mia Gardeski
language : en
Publisher: Raintree
Release Date : 2018-08-09
All About Rainforests written by Christina Mia Gardeski and has been published by Raintree this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-09 with Habitat (Ecology) categories.
What can you find in a rainforest? From chattering birds and sleepy sloths, the tall trees of the rainforest are full of life!
Rainforest In A City
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Author : Ee Kiam Chua
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Rainforest In A City written by Ee Kiam Chua and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Rain forest conservation categories.
Book highlights the natural heritage found in the nature reserves of Bukit Timah and the Central Catchment. Accompanying CD contains the images and names of the flora and fauna mentioned in the book. Also contains worksheets on the rainforest for secondary school students, with statement that the "images enclosed in this CD may be used by students or teachers in educational, non-profit settings."
Tropical Rain Forests
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Author : Richard T. Corlett
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2011-03-03
Tropical Rain Forests written by Richard T. Corlett and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-03 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The first edition of Tropical Rain Forests: an Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison exploded the myth of ‘the rain forest’ as a single, uniform entity. In reality, the major tropical rain forest regions, in tropical America, Africa, Southeast Asia, Madagascar, and New Guinea, have as many differences as similarities, as a result of their isolation from each other during the evolution of their floras and faunas. This new edition reinforces this message with new examples from recent and on-going research. After an introduction to the environments and geological histories of the major rain forest regions, subsequent chapters focus on plants, primates, carnivores and plant-eaters, birds, fruit bats and gliding animals, and insects, with an emphasis on the ecological and biogeographical differences between regions. This is followed by a new chapter on the unique tropical rain forests of oceanic islands. The final chapter, which has been completely rewritten, deals with the impacts of people on tropical rain forests and discusses possible conservation strategies that take into account the differences highlighted in the previous chapters. This exciting and very readable book, illustrated throughout with color photographs, will be invaluable reading for undergraduate students in a wide range of courses as well as an authoritative reference for graduate and professional ecologists, conservationists, and interested amateurs.
101 Facts About Rain Forests
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Author : J. Lou Barnes
language : en
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Release Date : 2003-07-03
101 Facts About Rain Forests written by J. Lou Barnes and has been published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07-03 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Describes the importance of rain forests, types of plant and animal life that live there, and the current threat to rain forests from deforestation and pollution.
The Tropical Rain Forest
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Author : Marius Jacobs
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
The Tropical Rain Forest written by Marius Jacobs and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Technology & Engineering categories.
In recent years, tropical forests have received more attention and have been the subject of greater environmental concern than any other kind of vegetation. There is an increasing public awareness of the importance of these forests, not only as a diminishing source of countless products used by mankind, nor for their effects on soil stabilization and climate, but as unrivalled sources of what today we call biodiversity. Threats to the continued existence of the forests represent threats to tens of thousands of species of organisms, both plants and animals. It is all the more surprising, therefore, that there have been no major scientific accounts published in recent years since the classic handbook by Paul W. Richards, The Tropical Rain Forest in 1952. Some excellent popular accounts of tropical rain forests have been published including Paul Richard's The Life of the Jungle, and Catherine Caulfield's In the Rainforest and Jungles, edited by Edward Ayensu. There have been numerous, often conflicting, assessments of the rate of conversion of tropical forests to other uses and explanations of the underlying causes, and in 1978 UNESCO/UNEPI FAO published a massive report, The Tropical Rain Forest, which, although full of useful information, is highly selective and does not fully survey the enormous diversity of the forests.
Rainforest
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Author : Tony Juniper
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-09-19
Rainforest written by Tony Juniper and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-19 with Nature categories.
Rainforests have long been recognized as hotspots of biodiversity--but they are crucial for our planet in other surprising ways. Not only do these fascinating ecosystems thrive in rainy regions, they create rain themselves, and this moisture is spread around the globe. Rainforests across the world have a powerful and concrete impact, reaching as far as America's Great Plains and central Europe. In Rainforest: Dispatches from Earth's Most Vital Frontlines, a prominent conservationist provides a comprehensive view of the crucial roles rainforests serve, the state of the world's rainforests today, and the inspirational efforts underway to save them. In Rainforest, Tony Juniper draws upon decades of work in rainforest conservation. He brings readers along on his journeys, from the thriving forests of Costa Rica to Indonesia, where palm oil plantations have supplanted much of the former rainforest. Despite many ominous trends, Juniper sees hope for rainforests and those who rely upon them, thanks to developments like new international agreements, corporate deforestation policies, and movements from local and Indigenous communities. As climate change intensifies, we have already begun to see the effects of rainforest destruction on the planet at large. Rainforest provides a detailed and wide-ranging look at the health and future of these vital ecosystems. Throughout this evocative book, Juniper argues that in saving rainforests, we save ourselves, too.