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Plundering Paradise: The Hand of Man on the Galapagos Islands

By Michael D'Orso

Book information

Publisher
Harper Perennial
Year
2003
ISBN
9780060955762, 0060955767
Open Library ID
OL7285542M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1264377 bytes)
Pages
373\373
Topic
Biology
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 14:09:29

Description

Mention the GalГЎpagos 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.''

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