| Description |
48 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm. |
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age Children |
| Series |
Green alert!
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Green alert!
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| Contents |
Earth's forests -- Life cycle of a forest -- What is deforestation? -- Measuring deforestation -- Causes of deforestation: Agricultural activities -- Commercial logging -- Urbanization -- Natural causes -- Effects on plants and ecosystems: deforestation and ecosystems -- Case study: Cameroon's rainforests -- Deforestation and plants -- Case study: endangered giant so of the United States -- Effects on animals and people: Deforestation and animals -- Case study: European mink -- Deforestation and people -- Case study: Wanniyala-Aetto of Sri Lanka -- Protection and conservation -- World wildlife fun -- Tasmania's forest cycle -- Saving trees: India's Chipko movement -- What happens next? -- Glossy -- Further reading -- Index. |
| Summary |
Describes how the world's forests are being destroyed, some of the causes and consequences of this destruction, and some ways of preventing it. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 47). |
| Subject |
Deforestation -- Juvenile literature.
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Deforestation. |
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Science -- Juvenile literature.
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Science. |
| Genre/Form |
Children's literature.
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| ISBN |
0739870122 library binding hardcover |
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9780739870129 library binding hardcover |
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