Descrizione
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."
Dettagli del libro
Formato
Kindle
Pagine
368 pagine
Lingua
Inglese
Pubblicato
ago 7, 2007
Editore
HarperCollins
Edizioni
2 edizioni
ISBN-10
0061478636
ISBN-13
9780061478635