Download or read book The Last Elephants written by Colin Bell and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Africa-wide Great Elephant Census of 2016 produced shocking findings: a decimated elephant population whose numbers were continuing to plummet. Elephants are killed, on average, every 15–20 minutes – a situation that will see the final demise of these intelligent, extraordinary animals in less than three decades. They are a species in crisis. This magnificent book offers chapters written by the most prominent people in the realm of conservation and wildlife, among them researchers, conservationists, film makers, criminologists, TV personalities and journalists. Photographs have been selected from among Africa’s best wildlife photographers, and the Foreword is provided by Prince William. It is hoped this book will create awareness of the devastating loss of elephant lives in Africa and stem the tide of poaching and hunting; that it will inspire the delegates to CITES to make informed decisions to ensure that all loopholes in the ivory trade are closed; and that countries receiving and using ivory (both legal and poached) – primarily China, Vietnam, Laos and Japan – ban and strenuously police its trade and use within their borders, actively pursuing and arresting syndicate leaders driving the cruel poaching tsunami. This book is also a tribute to the many people who work for the welfare of elephants, particularly those who risk their lives for wildlife each day, often for little or no pay – in particular the field rangers and the anti-poaching teams; and to the many communities around Africa that have elected to work with elephants and not against them. The Last Elephants – is the title prophetic? We hope not, but the signs are worrying.

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Download or read book The Polar and Tropical Worlds written by G. Hartwig and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-03-27 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

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Download or read book Travels on My Elephant written by Mark Shand and published by Eland Pub Limited. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memorable account of a journey across India on an elephant.

Download or read book Essential English Grade 6 eBook written by Ellen M. Dolan and published by Lorenz Educational Press. This book was released on 1998-09-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Milliken's Essential English series for grades 1-8 is designed to enable students to use the English language in both written and oral communications effectively and with ease and confidence. Grade 6 includes 55 pages with a variety of activities including lessons on abstract and concrete nouns, verb of action and being, adverbs of place and manner, exclamatory and interrogatory sentences, dictionary skills, using the Thesaurus, bibliography writing, outlines, poetry, using the Encyclopedia, and more. Answer keys are included.

Download or read book A Hundred Wonders of the Modern World and of the Three Kingdoms of Nature written by C. C. Clarke and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-02 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attributed to Sir Richard Phillips, this fascinating 1834 encyclopaedia contains articles on natural and man-made curiosities across the world.

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Download or read book Climbing the Equator written by Neville Shulman and published by Summersdale. This book was released on 2005-10-03 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creatures from another time, volcanic mountains five million years old, Indian tribes surviving from the pre-Inca period, jungles and rainforests: Ecuador has all this and more. Only in its Galapagos Islands did Charles Darwin discover such a variety of extraordinary fauna that on his return to England he wrote his groundbreaking On the Origin of Species. With a philosophical yet humourous approach, Neville Shulman provides an in-depth background to Ecuador and its diverse peoples and tells intriguing stories of spectacular creatures and exotic flora, many not found anywhere else in the world.

Download or read book Gone is Gone written by Isabelle Groc and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do species become endangered? How are scientists learning about endangered wildlife? What are people doing to conserve species and how can young people help? This book is richly illustrated with unique photos that Isabelle has taken over many years of observing endangered species in the field alongside the people who work to conserve them. Throughout, the author shares enchanting encounters and personal field stories: watching narwhals socialize in the Canadian Arctic, getting close to a Laysan albatross raising chicks on a remote Hawaiian island, spotting a rhinoceros on safari and even swimming with sea lions in the Galápagos Islands. Gone is Gone will inform, intrigue and inspire readers to take small steps toward big changes for endangered species around the world.

Download or read book The Hundred Wonders of the World and of the Three Kingdoms of Nature Described According to the Best and Latest Authorities and Illustrated by Engravings written by Rev. C. C. CLARKE (pseud. [i.e. Sir Richard Phillips?]) and published by . This book was released on 1818 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Everything on Earth written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-01-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together the best of the DK Guides series, Everything on Earth is an absorbing survey of our planet and its wildlife, with an emphasis on the extreme-from hurricanes to coral reefs, glaciers to crocodiles. Providing just enough detail to fascinate children without confusing or overloading them, each section supplies a solid grounding in its subject, picks out the most awe-inspiring details, and inspires readers to explore further.

Download or read book The Arbornaut written by Meg Lowman and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An eye-opening and enchanting book by one of our major scientist-explorers.” —Diane Ackerman, author of The Zookeeper’s Wife Nicknamed the “Real-Life Lorax” by National Geographic, the biologist, botanist, and conservationist Meg Lowman—aka “CanopyMeg”—takes us on an adventure into the “eighth continent” of the world's treetops, along her journey as a tree scientist, and into climate action Welcome to the eighth continent! As a graduate student exploring the rain forests of Australia, Meg Lowman realized that she couldn’t monitor her beloved leaves using any of the usual methods. So she put together a climbing kit: she sewed a harness from an old seat belt, gathered hundreds of feet of rope, and found a tool belt for her pencils and rulers. Up she went, into the trees. Forty years later, Lowman remains one of the world’s foremost arbornauts, known as the “real-life Lorax.” She planned one of the first treetop walkways and helps create more of these bridges through the eighth continent all over the world. With a voice as infectious in its enthusiasm as it is practical in its optimism, The Arbornaut chronicles Lowman’s irresistible story. From climbing solo hundreds of feet into the air in Australia’s rainforests to measuring tree growth in the northeastern United States, from searching the redwoods of the Pacific coast for new life to studying leaf eaters in Scotland’s Highlands, from conducting a BioBlitz in Malaysia to conservation planning in India and collaborating with priests to save Ethiopia’s last forests, Lowman launches us into the life and work of a field scientist, ecologist, and conservationist. She offers hope, specific plans, and recommendations for action; despite devastation across the world, through trees, we can still make an immediate and lasting impact against climate change. A blend of memoir and fieldwork account, The Arbornaut gives us the chance to live among scientists and travel the world—even in a hot-air balloon! It is the engrossing, uplifting story of a nerdy tree climber—the only girl at the science fair—who becomes a giant inspiration, a groundbreaking, ground-defying field biologist, and a hero for trees everywhere. Includes black-and-white illustrations

Download or read book Amazing Asia written by Rashmi Sirdeshpande and published by . This book was released on 2024-10 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awe-inspiring encyclopaedia celebrating the diverse history, cultures, religions, lifestyles, and landscapes of the epic continent of Asia