Tigerland and Other Unintended Destinations
Island Press (Verlag)
978-1-59726-152-4 (ISBN)
Science at the World Wildlife Fund. We are there as the author renews his resolve after being swept downstream on an elephant's back, tracks snow leopards in the mountains of Kashmir with a remarkable housewife turned zoologist, and finds unexpected grit in a Manhattanite donor he guides into the wildest reaches of the Orinoco River. The book presents a cast of free-spirited characters uncommonly committed to-and remarkably successful at-preserving slices of the world's natural heritage.
Eric Dinerstein is Director of Biodiversity and Wildlife Solutions at RESOLVE. Previously, he was Lead Scientist and Vice President for Conservation Science at the World Wildlife Fund. Over the past forty years he has studied bears, rhinos, tigers, bats, and plants and many other creatures around the globe, and he remains active in the conservation of rare species. He has published over one hundred scientific papers and several books, including The Return of the Unicorns: The Natural History and Conservation of the Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros, Tigerland and Other Unintended Destinations, The Kingdom of Rarities, and What Elephants Know: A Novel. In 2007, Tigerland won the American Association for the Advancement of Science's award for science writing, the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.5.2007 |
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Verlagsort | Washington |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 153 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 411 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
Reisen ► Reiseführer ► Asien | |
Reisen ► Sport- / Aktivreisen ► Asien | |
ISBN-10 | 1-59726-152-1 / 1597261521 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-59726-152-4 / 9781597261524 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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