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Wildlife heroes : 40 leading conservationists and the animals they are committed to saving
Title:
Wildlife heroes : 40 leading conservationists and the animals they are committed to saving

40 leading conservationists and the animals they are committed to saving

Forty leading conservationists and the animals they are committed to saving
ISBN:
9780762443192
Physical Description:
264 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Earth: working on the ground. Introduction / by Kuki Gallmann -- Gregory Rasmussen : African painted dog -- Belinda Low : Grevy's zebra -- Claudine André : bonobo -- Rogério Cunha de Paula : maned wolf -- John Lukas : okapi -- Luke Dollar : fossa -- Patrícia Medici : tapirs -- Raoul Du Toit : African rhinoceroses -- Leandro Silveira : jaguar -- Elena Bykova : saiga -- Claudia Feh : Przewalski's horse -- Eugene Rutagarama : mountain gorilla -- Shivani Bhalla : lion -- Claudio Sillero : Ethiopian wolf -- Nguyen Van Thai : Asian pangolins -- Laurie Marker : cheetah -- Iain Douglas-Hamilton : African elephants -- Water: working in the oceans and rivers. Introduction / by Ted Danson -- Brent Stewart : whale shark -- Gerald Kooyman : emperor penguin -- Vera da Silva : Amazon river dolphin -- Karen Eckert : sea turtles -- Amanda Vincent : seahorses -- David Wiley : great whales -- Diane McTurk : giant river otter -- Air: working the sky and canopy. Introduction / by Stefanie Powers -- Alison Jolly : lemurs -- Merlin Tuttle : bats -- Rosamira Guillen : cotton-top tamarin -- Felicity Arengo : South American flamingos -- Siew Te Wong : sun bear -- Deborah Tabart : koala -- George Archibald : cranes -- Marc Ancrenaz : Bornean orangutan -- Fire: working on the most critical wildlife issues. Introduction / by Jay Inslee -- Kassie Siegel : climate change -- Grace Ge Gabriel : wildlife consumption -- Judy St. Leger : wildlife disease -- Wangari Maathai : habitat loss -- Sylvia Earle : ocean degradation -- Edgardo Griffith : amphibian decline -- Steve Galster : wildlife trade -- May Berenbaum : pollinator decline -- How to help: working together to make a difference. Introduction / by Jack Hanna -- Doing your part -- Deeper commitment -- Support the work of the heroes.
Subject:
Conservationists.
Endangered species.
Wildlife conservation.