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Plundering Paradise: The Hand of Man on the Galapagos Islands

By Michael D'Orso

Book information

Year
2003
ISBN
0060955767, 9780060955762, 9780061478611
Open Library ID
OL24269629M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1074440 bytes)
Pages
368\373
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Mention the Gal?pagos 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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