Our Vanishing Wilderness by Mary Louise Grossman, et al

Description: Description from goodreads.com: Like all forms of life that manage to survive, man has the capacity to adapt himself to the changing conditions of his environment: but man also has the ability to change, control, and adapt the environment to his needs. How wisely is he using that awesome power?The authors of this book—in a remarkable integration of magnificent photography, painstaking scholarship, and first-hand observation—explore some of the basic ecological questions of our time. Nothing in nature is certain except change—but natural change usually is slow and almost imperceptible. Modern industrial needs have led to the quick destruction of habitats evolved over immense periods of geologic time, each habitat in balance with others and with the whole of the natural world. On a global scale, there is an acceleration of change now taking place which has never been witnessed before. Nor are its consequences fully understood.With the human population on the rise, it is more than ever necessary for man to understand the natural world of which he is part. How do plants and animals interact? How do food chains form? How is man affected when some of the animals in the food chain become poisoned? Is it rational to exterminate predators when the result is overpopulation, disease, and starvation of the very game we seek to protect?It is through study of the ecology of man’s world that solutions to growing problems may be found—problems of future food shortages, and of managing the atmosphere, the waters, and the land with all of its manifold forms of life, including man.The authors spent four years in the preparation of Our Vanishing Wilderness. They traveled over 60,000 miles to record the majestic beauty of our landscapes and catch the rare close-ups of wildlife that are included here. Click on the 'Visit Store' link above to find many other interesting books, magazines, games and other items in It Was the Best of Times for a Book. If you purchase more than one item in a single transaction, eBay adds the shipping charges instead of calculating them. I do refund excess paid shipping. Thank you for looking.

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