Africa and the Middle East : a continental overview of environmental issues

著者

• Hillstrom, Kevin
• Hillstrom, Laurie Collier

書誌事項

Africa and the Middle East : a continental overview of environmental issues

Kevin Hillstrom, Laurie Collier Hillstrom

（The world's environments）

ABC-CLIO, c2003

• :acid-free paper

タイトル別名

Africa & the Middle East

注記

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

A concise yet thorough overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing the continent of Africa and the Middle East. Examining both the rich biological heritage of the world's second largest continent and the very serious human threats to it, Africa and the Middle East explores the impact global pollution and a burgeoning population are having on landscape and wildlife alike. How is global warming responsible for the rapidly expanding Sahara Desert? Can local populations be recruited to preserve threatened species? Over 80 percent of Madagascar's species are endemic, the highest percentage of any major ecological region in the world, such as the highly endangered aye-aye which resembles a cross between a monkey, a bat, and a woodpecker, and the giraffe-necked weevil, a red rainforest insect with a neck like a fire truck rescue ladder. Readers will learn all about these fascinating species and much more.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA69276975
• ISBN:
  • 157607692X
• LCCN: 2003020747
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Santa Barbara, Calif.
• ページ数/冊数: xxvi, 277 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : GE160.A35
  • DC22 : 363.7/0096
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Africa -- Environmental conditions
  • LCSH : Environmental sciences -- Africa
  • LCSH : Middle East -- Environmental conditions
  • LCSH : Environmental sciences -- Middle East
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA63433593