National Geographic's Last Wild Places

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"As a professional conservationist I have long worked to save natural areas [and] thanks in part to this book I now see opportunities for global preservation that can benefit people everywhere. I have been deeply moved by the scope and beauty of undeveloped areas -remaining around the world as seen in these... Tovább

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S>i)i/th y^mericai
X.
he clearest i^an^ ihtó the ?dhJi/erse is thróí^^h a t^/ilaierhess.
—John Muir

t^his celebration of unspoiled nature is "^^m *
kH^^^P an astonishing journey through more than 30 _
pristine realms, many of which are threatened ~ m ^ ?„i by human depredation. With more than 200 ^
evocative photographs, National Geographic's '^yJ'^^.ff- Last Wild Places explores all seven continents to
- create a panoramic portrait of our planet, capturing
a spectacular array of magnificent landscapes teeming with exotic plants and extraordinary animals^— an illuminating adventure that reveals the breathtaking beauty of nature tA all its glorious diversity.


"As a professional conservationist I have long worked to save natural areas [and] thanks in part to this book I now see opportunities for global preservation that can benefit people everywhere. I have been deeply moved by the scope and beauty of undeveloped areas -remaining around the world as seen in these pages."
—Patrick F.Noonan Chairman, The Conservation Fund

A stunning celeliration of natural splendor, National Geographic's Last Wild Places spans all seven continents and visits some of the earth's remotest regions to reveal a magnificent panorama of worlds largely untamed by humankind. For although civilization has claimed much of our planet, millions of square miles of pristine wilderness still flourish, from steamy equatorial rain forests to the windswept glacicrs of the polar regions.
Six highly knowledgeable authors and some of our foremost wildlife and landscape photographers explore more than 30 unspoiled Edens, each with its own uniquely fascinating flora and fauna, each boasting breathtaking vistas.Trek through Africa's Screngeti, where lions, wildebeests, and elephants share the vast savanna, and meet the Tuareg nomads of Niger's Sahara. Plunge into the Asian jungles of Borneo, where the world's biggest flower blooms, and gaze across Siberia's Baikal, the oldest and deepest lake on earth. Discover the ancient Dreamtime painting of Australia's 50,000-year-old Aboriginal culture, and cruise the precipitous shores of New Zealand's Fiordland. Survey North America from the Canadian Arctic, where countless caribou roam the frozen wastes, to the primeval wetlands of Okefcnokee, where alligators laze among floating islands. South America unfolds from the Amazon's "green hell" to the Andean Cordillera; the polar ice caps sparkle with chilly majest)'; and even densely populated Europe yields priceless preserves from Scotland's Cairngorm Mountains to Poland's mysterious forests, protected for more than 500 years. And these are just a few of the destinations in this extraordinary oclysscy.
Featuring more than 200 arresting full-color photographs, detailed maps, and sidebars on ever>thing from penguins to plate tectonics, and scores of shorter profdes of other little-known locations where nature reigns, this comprehensive portrait captures both the delicate balance of complex eco.systems and the stunning beauty of the Last Wild Places on this island earth. Vissza