General Rainforest Topics
An Introduction to Tropical Rain Forests
Accessibly written, and illustrated throughout with line-drawings and photographs, this is a great book for anyone who seeks to know more about the nature and importance of the world's tropical rain forests, including information on diverse animal and plant life forms, human impact and geologic and climatic history of rain forests.
Author: T.C. Whitmore
Price: £33.20
In Amazonia: A Natural History
This book shows how humans, animals, rivers, and forests all participate in the making of a region that remains today at the center of debates in environmental politics.
Author: Hugh Raffles
Price: £7.95
Rainforest: a photographic journey
This awe-inspiring collection of over 500 amazing photographs will open your eyes to the wonders of life under the canopy. The result of nature photographer, Thomas Marent's 16-year journey across five continents, "Rainforest" celebrates the fascinating behaviour and incredible variety of rainforest animals and plants - from resourceful leaf-cutter ants to the multi-hued clouds of butterflies and birds that flutter high in the tree tops. Incredibly, more is known about our universe than the millions of plant and animal species that teem inside these great hothouses of life. "Rainforest" takes you inside this mysterious realm, with breathtaking photographs and absorbing personal insight.
It has been published in association with the Rainforest Foundation, who receive a donation for every copy sold.
Author: Thomas Marent
Price: £25.00
The Rough Guide to Climate Change: The Symptoms, The Science, The Solutions
This book gives the complete picture of the biggest single issue facing our planet. It lays out the facts and assesses the options. The guide also includes lifestyle advice and tips for consumers who want to make a difference in tomorrow's climate.
Author: Robert Henson
Price: £6.59
Tropical Rainforest: Our Most Valuable and Endangered Habitat with a Blueprint for Its Survival into the Third Millennium
This landmark volume takes readers deep inside the "living cathedral" of the forest interior and examines the forces that threaten the biome's survival. It presents an action plan for the concerned individual and the whole of humanity to implement before the potentially bleak consequences of tropical deforestation become unavoidable. The book combines 300 stunning colour photographs with comprehensive fact-filled text and an extensive bibliography and tables.
Author: Arnold Newman
Price: £27.95 + 1.99 sourcing fee
You're History
With a foreword by Sir Bob Geldof, an essay by Rainforest Foundation Director Simon Counsell on how NOT to save the world's rainforests and appendices by Rainforest Foundation writer Rosemary Brown, You're History features contributions on sustainable development, world poverty, justice and related topics. Journalists, historians, activists and experts including Terry Waite, Bob Simpson, Richard Curtis and Kathi Zellweger challenge and inspire us to create a better world. All royalties go to the world's poorest people through the British Overseas Aid Group.
"...often brilliant, sometimes shocking, usually frightening and always thoughtful," Bob Geldof on You're History.
Author: Editors: Michelle P. Brown and Richard J. Kelly
Price: £6.59
