9788181580276 - Strangely Like War: The Global Assault On Forests (1 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Foreword/Vandana Shiva. 1. Deforestation. 2. Forest dwellers. 3. Accountability. 4. Killing forests. 5. Pulping the world. 6. Bodyguard of lies. 7. A rigged system. 8. Corruption. 9. Globalization in the real world. 10. Consuming the world. 11. The failure of solutions. 12. Rejecting Gilgamesh. 13. Acknowledgements. 14. Resources for getting involved. Notes. Bibliography. About the authors. Index. Strangely Like War is a timely expose of the Global War on trees. The authors of this path breaking book highlight the horrifying consequences of industrial forestry which is supported by a corrupt and rigged system. The book unveils the many lies and much misinformation propagated by those who defend deforestation and profit from it. This book lays bare in stark terms the grave ecological crisis faced by each one of us and calls for an urgent return to a saner and more sustainable world by suggesting ways in which we could all save our fast depleting forests here and now. 187 pp.