
Wild China
John MacKinnon(Author)
MIT Press
Published on 11. October 1996
Book
Hardback
296 pages
978-0-262-13329-6 (ISBN)
Description
with photographs by Nigel Hicks China is a country of incredible
diversity. Its widely varied habitats support a wealth of animals, birds, and plants
that make this country biologically one of the richest on our planet. Illustrated
with over 400 superb color photographs, Wild China surveys these treasures. It
explores reserves where the elusive Giant Panda is now protected, alpine meadows
that are a botanist's wonderland of floral species, wetlands that are home to a
million birds, turtle islands, and tigers' stalking grounds.Following a
scene-setting introduction, chapters focus on each of the country's major ecological
regions in turn, from the peaks of Qomolangma (Mount Everest) to the world's
second-lowest point in the Turpan Basin, from tropical rain forests in the south to
the permafrost of Manchuria and the cold dry desert of the northwest, from vast
grasslands and alpine meadows to the teeming yellow waters of the Yangtze River.A
human population of over one billion people has put enormous pressure on this
natural wealth. The need for economic development is balanced, however, by the
Chinese people's long-standing love and appreciation of natural beauty. China has
already established over 500 nature reserves, including some of the largest in the
world, and these are highlighted in Wild China.
diversity. Its widely varied habitats support a wealth of animals, birds, and plants
that make this country biologically one of the richest on our planet. Illustrated
with over 400 superb color photographs, Wild China surveys these treasures. It
explores reserves where the elusive Giant Panda is now protected, alpine meadows
that are a botanist's wonderland of floral species, wetlands that are home to a
million birds, turtle islands, and tigers' stalking grounds.Following a
scene-setting introduction, chapters focus on each of the country's major ecological
regions in turn, from the peaks of Qomolangma (Mount Everest) to the world's
second-lowest point in the Turpan Basin, from tropical rain forests in the south to
the permafrost of Manchuria and the cold dry desert of the northwest, from vast
grasslands and alpine meadows to the teeming yellow waters of the Yangtze River.A
human population of over one billion people has put enormous pressure on this
natural wealth. The need for economic development is balanced, however, by the
Chinese people's long-standing love and appreciation of natural beauty. China has
already established over 500 nature reserves, including some of the largest in the
world, and these are highlighted in Wild China.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
237
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 229 mm
Thickness: 0 mm
Weight
1361 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-13329-6 (9780262133296)
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