Description
Mention the Galapagos Islands to almost anyone, and the first things that spring to mind are iguanas, tortoises, volcanic beaches, and, of course, Charles Darwin. But there are people living there, too -- nearly 20,000 of them. A wild stew of nomads and grifters, dreamers and hermits, wealthy tour operators and desperately poor South American refugees, these inhabitants have brought crime, crowding, poaching, and pollution to the once-idyllic islands. In Plundering Paradise, Michael D'Orso explores the conflicts on land and at sea that now threaten to destroy this fabled "Eden of Evolution."
Détails du livre
Format
Kindle
Pages
368 pages
Langue
Anglais
Publié
août 7, 2007
Éditeur
Harpercollins
Éditions
2 éditions
ISBN-10
0061478636
ISBN-13
9780061478635