Rainforest: Dispatches from Earth's Most Vital Frontlines (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781642830729)

Rainforests have long been recognized as hotspots of biodiversity--but they are crucial for our planet in other surprising ways. Not only do these fascinating ecosystems thrive in rainy regions, they create rain themselves, and this moisture is spread around the globe. Rainforests across the world have a powerful and concrete impact, reaching as far as America's Great Plains and central Europe. In Rainforest: Dispatches from Earth's Most Vital Frontlines, a prominent conservationist provides a comprehensive view of the crucial roles rainforests serve, the state of the world's rainforests today, and the inspirational efforts underway to save them.

In Rainforest, Tony Juniper draws upon decades of work in rainforest conservation. He brings readers along on his journeys, from the thriving forests of Costa Rica to Indonesia, where palm oil plantations have supplanted much of the former rainforest. Despite many ominous trends, Juniper sees hope for rainforests and those who rely upon them, thanks to developments like new international agreements, corporate deforestation policies, and movements from local and Indigenous communities.

As climate change intensifies, we have already begun to see the effects of rainforest destruction on the planet at large. Rainforest provides a detailed and wide-ranging look at the health and future of these vital ecosystems. Throughout this evocative book, Juniper argues that in saving rainforests, we save ourselves, too.

Author: Tony Juniper
ISBN-10: 1642830720
ISBN-13: 9781642830729
Publisher: Island Press
Language: English
Published: 09/19/2019
Pages: 456
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2019
Library Journal 08/02/2019 pg. 1
Booklist 08/01/2019 pg. 11
Choice 12/01/2019