The Last Rain Forests: A World Conservation Atlas - Hardcover

Collins, N.Mark

 
9780195208368: The Last Rain Forests: A World Conservation Atlas

Synopsis

Lists and illustrates over fifty of the world's rain forests, provides information on the problems facing them, and offers suggestions for their survival.

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About the Author


About the General Editor
Mark Collins is Head of the Habitats Data Unit at the World Conservation Monitoring Centre in Cambridge, England. Trained at Oxford University and Imperial College, London, Collins spent a decade living in the tropics of Asia, Latin America, and Africa, and has carried out ecological research in all the world's major rain forests.

The World Conservation Monitoring Centre is a joint venture of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).The World Conservation Union (IUCN) was founded in 1948 as the Internatioanl Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. It is an organization of governments, private organizations, research institutions, and conservation agencies in 120 countries.

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