Wild India: Wildlife and Scenery of India and Nepal (Wild Places of the World)

by Gerald Cubitt (Author), Guy Mountfort (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1998

  $7.24

  This work forms part of a series comprising natural history studies of countries which are biologically rich and have a diverse natural heritage. The series also looks at natural environments under pressure from the encroachment of industry and agriculture, and considers the conservation and ecological issues.;This volume surveys India's wild places and wildernesses. It provides an account of India's ecological history as it has been affected by geography, climate and human history, and describes the region's diversity of plant and animal life. The focus is upon the current pressure on India's natural heritage which still threatens endangered species.;The photographs portray the natural history of India's major regions, and the text, written in an accessible style by an expert, provides information on species and their status, deforestation rates, population size, and conservation development during the 1990s.

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  Hardcover
  1991

  $10.59

  Published in association with the World Wide Fund, Wild India seeks to record the diversity and to capture the atmosphere of the sub-continent's wild places and wilderness areas, while at the same time confronting the key conservation issues affecting the continued existence of the region's wildlife.;In his text, Guy Mountfort provides an overview of the animal and plant life of the area, and an account of the ecological damage wrought by deforestation and human pressures. Gerald Cubitt's 400 photographs prove, however, that despite the threats to their natural heritage, India and Nepal are still rich in scenic beauty and in their wealth of flora and fauna.