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Book SynopsisOur beautiful planet is in danger: the warning signs are there, year after year – from vast forest fires across Australia to coral bleaching in the Pacific and the rapid break up of polar ice and the consequent rise in sea levels, threatening low-lying coastal communities everywhere. Arranged by continent, Endangered Places introduces the reader to many of the most stunning natural locations from the around the world that are currently under threat.
Learn about the magnificent Bornean rainforest, home to threatened species such as orangutans, probiscis monkeys and the Sumatran rhinoceros; marvel at the beauty of the Great Barrier Reef, stretching 2,300 kilometres along Australia’s east coast and built by billions of tiny organisms, known as coral polyps; explore the Aral Sea, formerly the fourth largest lake in the world and today less than 10 per cent of it’s original size after the rivers that fed it were diverted by Soviet irrigation projects; and understand the process of desertification, which has led to the huge expansion of the Sahara Desert and the dramatic shrinkage of Lake Chad.
Illustrated with more than 180 photographs of more than 100 threatened locations, Endangered Places celebrates the beauty of our planet while reminding us of how easily this can be lost through human behaviour and climate change.
Trade Review"the book's 180 vibrant photographs feel at once like a call to travel and a call to action, inspiring readers to seek out these astonishing destinations and take steps to help conserve them before it's too late."
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Table of ContentsContents:
Introduction
EUROPE:
Bittern, Reedbed, Suffolk
Hurst Castle, Hampshire, England
Thornham Marshes, Norfolk, England
Bennerley Viaduct, Derbyshire– Nottinghamshire, England
Canning and Salthouse Docks, Liverpool, England
St-Émilion Vineyards, Nouvelle- Aquitaine, France
St-Jorioz Reedbed, Lake Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France
Gironde Estuary, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Couvent de Récollets, Nivelles, Wallonia, Belgium
De Duivelskuil Nature, Limburg, Netherlands
Wadden Sea Salt Marsh, Netherlands
Simbach-am-Inn, Bavaria, Germany
Sylt Island, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Historic Centre of Vienna, Austria Venice, Italy
Civita di Bagnoregio, Lazio, Italy
Lake Balaton, Veszprém, Hungary
Zahara de la Sierra, Cádiz, Spain
Orleans-Bourbon Palace, Sanlucar de Barrameda, Cádiz, Spain
Neptune Baths, Baile Herculane, Romania
Danube Delta, Tulcea, Romania
Black Sea, Ukraine–Russia
St Stephen, Nesebar, Bulgaria
Patriarchate of Pec Monastery, Peja, Kosovo
Big Kemeri Bog, Latvia
Yelnya Reserve, Belarus
AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST:
Municipal Hall, Benghazi, Cyrenaica, Libya
Atiq Mosque, Benghazi, Cyrenaica, Libya
Ghadamès, Tripolitania, Libya
Tadrart Acacus, Ghat, Libya
Leptis Magna, Tripolitania, Libya
Telouet, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco
Lake Burullus, Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt
Osireion, Abydos, Sohag, Egypt
Temple of Ramesses II, Abydos, Sohag, Egypt
Pyramids of Giza, Greater Cairo, Egypt
Nuri, Northern State, Sudan
Kasubi Tombs, Kampala, Uganda
Timbuktu, Mali
Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali
Nabiyotum Crater, Lake Turkana, Kenya
Ngorongoro Crater, Arusha, Tanzania
Great Mosque of Kilwa Kisiwani, Lindi, Tanzania
Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Cape of Caotinha, Benguela, Angola
Table Mountain National Park, Western Cape, South Africa
Etosha National Park, Kunene, Namibia
Congo Basin Rainforest, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Garamba National Park, Haut-Uélé, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo
Batammariba Home, Koutammakou, Togo
Comoé National Park, Côte d’Ivoire
Ashanti Shrine, Ashanti, Ghana
Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Arlit, Niger
Adrar Plateau, Mauritania Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal
Hebron Old Town, West Bank
Petra, Ma’an, Jordan
Dead Sea, Jordan–Israel–West Bank
Beirut Central District, Lebanon
Damascus, Syria
Citadel of Aleppo, Syria
Zabid, Al Hudaydah, Yemen
ASIA, PACIFIC & the POLES
Sea Ice, Svalbard, Arctic Ocean
Aral Sea, Kazakhstan–Uzbekistan
Minaret of Jam, Ghor, Afghanistan
Bamyan Valley, Afghanistan
Shakhrisabz, Qashqadaryo, Uzbekistan
Shahdara Bagh, Lahore, Pakistan
Taj Mahal, Agra, India
Chand Baori, Abhaneri, India
Western Ghats, Karnataka, India
Hawksbill Turtle, Maldives, Indian Ocean
Panam Nagar, Narayanganj, Bangladesh
Horton Plains National Park, Central Province, Sri Lanka
Yongtai Fortress, Gansu, China
Zhuangzhai, Fujian, China
Choijin Lama Temple, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Kaathe Swayambhu Shree Gha Chaitya, Kathmandu, Nepal
Bunong Village, Mondulkiri, Cambodia
Preah Khan, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Sea Pong Lai Waterfall, Bolaven Plateau, Laos
Inle Lake, Myanmar
Huai Mae Khamin Waterfall, Khuean Srinagarindra National Park, Thailand
Rainforest of Borneo, Indonesia– Malaysia–Brunei
Mt Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Barrington Tops National Park, New South Wales, Australia
Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
Yarra Ranges National Park, Victoria, Australia
Cassowary Falls, Daintree, Queensland, Australia
Stirling Range National Park, Western Australia
Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia
Nan Madol, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
Coastal Dunes, New Zealand
Cape Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica
Juhyo, Mt Zao, Yamagata, Japan
NORTH AMERICA
North Shore Alvar Preserve, Kelleys Island, Lake Erie, USA
Herschel Island–Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park, Yukon, Canada
Athabasca Glacier, Canada
Bull Kelp, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, USA
Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, USA
Boston Harbor, Massachussetts, USA Cachuma Lake, California, USA
Everglades, Florida, USA
Logan Pass, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA
North Sixshooter Peak, Bear Ears Monument, Utah, USA
Fallen Roof Ruin, Bears Ears Monument, Utah, USA
SOUTH AMERICA
Hotel Oloffson, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Gulf of California, Baja California, Mexico
Old Town, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Barrier Reef, San Pedro, Belize
Temple I, Tikal, Guatemala
Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
La Mosquitia, Honduras
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Riviera Maya, Mexico
Fortifications of Portobelo and San Lorenzo, Colón, Panama
Tepuis, Venezuela
Madidi National Park, Beni, Bolivia
Salar de Uyuni, Potosí, Bolivia
Potosí, Tomás Frías, Bolivia
Machu Picchu, Cusco, Peru
Chan Chan, La Libertad, Peru
Huaquis, Nor Yauyos Cochas Reserve, Lima, Peru
Monte Alegre State Park, Pará, Brazil
Amazon Rain Forest, South America
Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works, Iquique, Chile
Grey Glacier, Southern Patagonian Ice Field, Chile
Floreana Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Moai, Easter Island, Chile
