Kategoria BISAC: Nature >> Ecosystems & Habitats - Forests & Rainforests

This is the story of a journey to the East by a young Englishman in the 60's and early 70's, a journey that was perhaps typical of that time, of a striving for escape from a materialistic way of life in a search for the meaning of life. Three attempts are made to reach India, the third being successful. Among many experiences and adventures are a perilous passage through Laos during the Vietnam War to Cambodia and a life-changing confrontation with the ancient world at an almost deserted Angkor; standing on the head of the Giant Buddha at Bamiyan in Afghanistan; living in a paradisiacal...

Deforestation in tropical rainforest countries is one of the largest contributors to human-induced climate change. Deforestation, especially in the tropics, contributes around 20 per cent of annual global greenhouse gas emissions, and, in the case of Indonesia, amounts to 85 per cent of its annual emissions from human activities. This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the emerging legal and policy frameworks for managing forests as a key means to address climate change.

The authors uniquely combine an assessment of the international rules for forestry governance with a...

"Young . . . brings the trained eye of an entomologist and an unabashed admiration for the beauty of nature to this engaging and informative account of his experiences during twenty-one years of fieldwork in Costa Rica's rainforests."--Publishers Weekly

"A splendid read. For newcomers to the moist tropics, and for any but the most sated old-timers, it can be commended for an entertaining account of a locality where life is lived to the full--by all species, including the human observer."--Norman Myers, New Scientist

The abundant insect life of the rainforests...

Mother Nature is full of extraordinary species, events, images and catastrophes. Many are not easy to spot, or to understand. In the profession of planetary detective, otherwise known as an ecologist, I perform missions akin to the CIA but without their generous budget. I work under deadlines, because global change requires us to hurry up and find answers. Throughout this detective work, the beauty, complexity and incredible machinery of machine dazzles my five senses. It fills me with never-ending wonder, and I relish getting my boots muddy

Cover Photo by: Rob Nelson