ISBN: 9781682193457 - canopy of titans: the life and times of the great north american temperate rainforest (9 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Trees are crucial in preserving a liveable future. Canopy of Titans makes an eloquent plea for saving one of North America's last great forests.? Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History In Canopy of Titans, Paul Koberstein and Jessica Applegate examine the global importance of the Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest that stretches from Northern California to Alaska. Their urgent and authoritative account sets out the threats facing a vital environmental resource, and celebrates the beauty and complexity of one of the world?s great forests.  Drawing on years of on-the-ground reporting, Koberstein and Applegate pull back the curtain on policies of governmental bodies that have seriously diminished the rainforest?s capacity to store carbon, and uncover industry practices that have led to the destruction of swaths of a major ecological resource. Additionally, using an environmental justice perspective, Canopy of Titans shines a light on the Indigenous communities that have lived in the rainforest for millennia, and the impact forest policies have had on their lives.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 235 pages. 7.00x5.00x0.81 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 235 pages. 7.00x5.00x0.81 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - - The success of Richard Power'sOverstory(9780393356687) is indicative of the enduring interest in the literary community for the old growth forests- Already endorsed by renowned environmentalists Bill McKibben and Elizabeth Kolbert. Further endorsements are expected from leading environmental writer/activists.- Authors won the award for environmental reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California chapter, for an article they wrote forEarth Island Journalentitled 'Carbon Conundrum'. The article, which evolved into a chapter in the book, has also won an award forinvestigative journalism, given by the San Francisco Press Club.…

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnPaul Koberstein co-founded Cascadia Times in 1995 and has been its editor ever since. Paul, a journalist for 40 years, was a staff writer for The Oregonian and Willamette Week.