forest conservation

An exploration of all aspects of conservations looks closely at the conservation of plant life and examines the successes and failures in efforts to protect living natural resources.

Describes the ecological significance of forests and how they can be preserved.

Bookseller Claire Malloy, unsuccessful in her attempt to talk Emily Parchester down from the tree the retired teacher has camped out in to protest a developer's plan to clear cut the land, decides to investigate when the developer is murdered and his daughter, a teenager mother, is accused of the crime.

Contains the experiences of Julia Butterfly Hill, who lived in a giant redwood for two years to protest the deforestation of old growth forests.

A quest of exploration and adventure.

An ecologist chronicles one thousand years in the life of a forest in Oregon's Cascade Mountains, describing the plants and animals that inhabited it and the events and factors that shaped its development, year by year, from its formation in 987, up through 1988.

"Peregrine Smith books." An analysis of North America's threatened forest, and a call for its conservation and restoration.

Tells the story of Randy Borman, the son of American missionaries who chose to stay and make his life with the Cofan people who live in the jungles of Ecuador, and is now, as their leader, spearheading the fight to keep oil companies from invading and destroying the rainforest.

Discusses the adverse impact of development and other activities on the ecology of tropical forests, and considers the consequences of large-scale deforestation.

Text and illustrations provide an introduction to environmental problems affecting the quality of forests.