Vanishing Treasures of the Philippine Rain Forest

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"There are few places on Earth that are richer in biological wonderments, and more sorely beleaguered, than the Philippines. Heaney and Regalado's Vanishing Treasures shows us both sides of that conundrum—the wealth of species and ecosystems at stake, and the desperate human pressures that threaten them. It's a beguiling, wise, and very valuable book."
DAVID QU A MM EN, author of r/7e Song of
the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions
and Wild Thoughts from Wild Places
"The Philippines Is both a megadiversity country and one of the world's highest-priority hotspots. Indeed, its combination of high diversity, very high endemism, and extremely high levels of threat make it the "hottest of all hotspots" and the country that deserves maximum attention from the international community. This excellent bodk provides an outstanding introduction to the unique and spectacular fauna and flora of the Philippines, while at the same time calling attention to the fact that much... Tovább

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"There are few places on Earth that are richer in biological wonderments, and more sorely beleaguered, than the Philippines. Heaney and Regalado's Vanishing Treasures shows us both sides of that conundrum—the wealth of species and ecosystems at stake, and the desperate human pressures that threaten them. It's a beguiling, wise, and very valuable book."
DAVID QU A MM EN, author of r/7e Song of
the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions
and Wild Thoughts from Wild Places
"The Philippines Is both a megadiversity country and one of the world's highest-priority hotspots. Indeed, its combination of high diversity, very high endemism, and extremely high levels of threat make it the "hottest of all hotspots" and the country that deserves maximum attention from the international community. This excellent bodk provides an outstanding introduction to the unique and spectacular fauna and flora of the Philippines, while at the same time calling attention to the fact that much of what makes the Philippines so special could easily disappear if appropriate actions are not taken immediately. This book also highlights both the economic value the biodiversity resources of the country hold for the Philippine people and the profound economic and social problems that could result if the last remaining Philippine rain forest were to disappear forever. In short, this book is a must for anyone interested in biodiversity and rain-forest conservation, and provides a valuable introduction to one of the biologically wealthiest, and most threatened, nations on Earth."
RUSSELL A. MITTERMEIER, President Conservation International
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