Product Description: Book by Inskipp, Inskipp, Carol

How do waste chemicals from farming affect Arctic polar bears? How does climate change affect the seas? Why are the world's fish stocks in decline? This title answers these questions and others. From fishing to ecotourism, it looks at the issues surrounding the health of the world's seas and the people and animals that depend on the sea.

Product Description: Discusses the impacts of human activity on the environment, and how tourism and leisure activities can be managed more sustainably to have less of an impact on the environment.

Product Description: What is a cetacean? Why are killer whales often called orcas? How do orcas find and hunt their prey? Killer Whale answers these questions and many others. Discover where killer whales live and how fast they can swim. Find out what a killer whale does when

Product Description: ''Presents a global look at the positive and negative effects of travel and tourism, including economic benefits and environmental concerns''--Provided by publisher.Title: Travel and TourismAuthor: Inskipp, CarolPublisher: Black Rabbit BooksPublication Date: 2008/08/01Number of Pages: 46Binding Type: LIBRARYLibrary of Congress: 200704206...read more

Explains the importance of fresh water to life on Earth, describes threats to fresh water and the water cycle, and discusses actions that can help reduce these threats and alternative methods of producing fresh water.

Discusses various ways to reuse and recycle materials that are polluting our environment.

Ages 10+.

Product Description: Why do koalas sleep so much? Which predator is the biggest threat to koalas? What happens in a koala hospital? In Koala, you will find the answers to these questions and more as you learn about an animal that is not as cuddly as it looks...read more

From the streets of Kathmandu to the breathtaking Himalayas, Nepal is an extraordinary destination for ecotourists. This field guide provides an unrivaled introduction to the diverse birdlife of the region. Featuring more than 100 color plates by eminent bird illustrators from Europe and India, the guide depicts all the known species that occur regularly in Nepal as well as vagrants. The succinct text on the facing pages covers identification, voice, and distribution. This compact field guide is the one volume that every adventurous traveler to Nepal must have. Covers all 760 species in Nepal, including variation by age, sex, and subspecies 110 color plates with text on facing pages for at-a-glance identification Concise text covering identification, voice, habitat, altitudinal range, distribution, and status Introduction covering habitats, birding areas, local organizations, and conservation

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Product Description: This book describes the ornithological work of the remarkable naturalist, scholar and administrator, Brian Houghton Hodgson. Born in 1800, Hodgson was for many years British Resident in Katmandu, where he described or collected over 120 species of birds new to science...read more

Written by an acknowledged expert on Nepalese birds, this guide is designed to provide the travelling birdwatcher with the information he or she needs to make the most of a birdwatching holiday or tour. It comes in a pocket-size format.