| Description |
1 online resource (x, 230 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Bringing the empty quarter back to life : Arabian oryx -- Out of the red and into the black : black rhino -- Where they're talking turkey again : wild turkey -- The forest emperor returns : European bison -- The mermaid that's no longer a myth : Florida manatee -- A display of extravagance : houbara -- A breach in time for the ocean giant : humpack whale -- Burning a little brighter : Siberian tiger -- The scavengers set to return : India's vultures -- Coming out of the mist : mountain gorilla -- An elegant recovery : whooping crane -- The rabbit killer returns : Iberian lynx -- The enigma that's not all at sea : Zino's petrel -- No more singing the blues : large blue butterfly -- The bird that didn't follow the dodo : Mauritius kestrel |
| Summary |
'Back from the Brink' is an antidote to a world that seems full of stories of wildlife doom and gloom. Amongst all the loss of habitat and the animals and plants that are in spiralling decline, it's easy to forget that there are a huge number of positive stories too; animals threatened with extinction, such as the gigantic European Bison - extinct in the wild - having their fortunes reversed and their futures secured |
| Notes |
"Fauna & flora International"--Cover |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Rare animals.
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Endangered species.
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Wildlife conservation.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
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Endangered species
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Rare animals
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Wildlife conservation
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Bedrohte Tiere
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Artenschutz
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fauna & Flora International, issuing body.
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| ISBN |
9781849952163 |
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1849952167 |
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