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Global 200 : places that must survive / preface by Fulco Pratesi ; editorial coordination WWF-Italy, Simona Giordano; texts, Simona Giordano ... [et al.]

Contributor(s): Pratesi, Fulco | Giordano, Simona | World Wildlife Fund.
Publisher: Vercelli : White Star ; distributed in the U.S. by Rizzoli International Publications,], c2007Description: 304 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 35 cm.ISBN: 9788854403017 (hbk.); 8854403016 (hbk.).Other title: Global two hundred.Subject(s): Biodiversity conservation -- Pictorial works | Biotic communities -- Pictorial works | Ecosystem management -- Pictorial worksDDC classification: 333.9516
Contents:
A beautiful and diverse world. - Introduction. - A diverse earth. - The Fenno-Scandia alpine tundra and taiga. - The European mountains. - The Mediterranean Basin. - The Rift Valley Lakes. - The East African acacia savannas. - The Congo basin. - The Cape region. - The Madagascar forests and shrublands. - Maldives-Lakshadweep-Chagos Archipelago tropical moist forests. - The Terai-Duar savannas and grasslands. - The Sundarbans mangroves. - Borneo's peat swamp forests. - The Daurian steppe. - The East Siberian taiga. - The Bering Sea. - The northwestern Australian deserts. - The Great Barrier Reef. - New Caledonia's moist forests. - The Hawaiian forests. - Rapa Nui. - The Galápagos Islands. - The Northern prairie of North America. - The Chihuahuan Desert. - The Greater Antilles : Cuba. - The Llanos savannas of Colombia and Venezuela. - The Amazon River and flooded forests. - The Patagonian steppes. - The Antartic Peninsular and Weddell Sea.
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"Around the world with WWF to save nature"--T.p

Includes index.

A beautiful and diverse world. - Introduction. - A diverse earth. - The Fenno-Scandia alpine tundra and taiga. - The European mountains. - The Mediterranean Basin. - The Rift Valley Lakes. - The East African acacia savannas. - The Congo basin. - The Cape region. - The Madagascar forests and shrublands. - Maldives-Lakshadweep-Chagos Archipelago tropical moist forests. - The Terai-Duar savannas and grasslands. - The Sundarbans mangroves. - Borneo's peat swamp forests. - The Daurian steppe. - The East Siberian taiga. - The Bering Sea. - The northwestern Australian deserts. - The Great Barrier Reef. - New Caledonia's moist forests. - The Hawaiian forests. - Rapa Nui. - The Galápagos Islands. - The Northern prairie of North America. - The Chihuahuan Desert. - The Greater Antilles : Cuba. - The Llanos savannas of Colombia and Venezuela. - The Amazon River and flooded forests. - The Patagonian steppes. - The Antartic Peninsular and Weddell Sea.