Disappearing Destinations 37 Places in Peril and What Can Be Done to Help Save Them

Name: Disappearing Destinations 37 Places in Peril and What Can Be Done to Help Save Them
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ISBN: 9780307277367

ISBN-10: 0307277364

ISBN-13: 9780307277367

Edition: 2008

Authors: Kimberly Lisagor, Heather Hansen

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A beautiful and memorable look at some of the most gorgeous endangered places on the planet. Machu Picchu is a mesmerizing, ancient Incan city tucked away in the mountains of Peru, but it is rapidly being worn down by the thousands of feet treading across its stones. Glacier National Park is a destination long known for the stunning beauty of its ice floes, but in our lifetimes it will have no glaciers due to global warming. In the biobays of Puerto Rico swimmers can float in a sea shimmering with bioluminescent life, but sediment being churned up by development is killing the dinoflagellates that produce the eerie and beautiful glow. And in the Congo Basin of Africa, where great apes roam…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/8/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.35" wide x 8.03" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Kimberly Lisagor, formerly Outside's adventure adviser, writes for Mother Jones, the Los Angeles Times, and Outside, among other publications.



Foreword



Introduction


North America


United States


Appalachia


Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska


The Cascades and Mount Rainier, Washington


Casco Bay, Maine


The Everglades, Florida


Glacier National Park, Montana


Great Smoky Mountains National Park


Inner and Outer Banks, North Carolina


Napa Valley, California


Oahu, Hawaii


The Rio Grande


Yellowstone National Park


Canada


Banks Island, Northwest Territories


Hudson Bay, Manitoba and Nunavut


Inside Passage, British Columbia


The Caribbean


Bioluminescent Bays, Puerto Rico


Roatan, Honduras


Turks and Caicos Islands


South America


Amazon Basin


Aysen, Patagonia, Chile


Chacaltaya, Bolivia


Galapagos, Ecuador


Machu Picchu, Peru


Europe & The Middle East


The Alps


Boreal Forest, Lapland, Finland


Canary Islands, Spain


Danube River and Delta


Dead Sea, Israel and Jordan


Venice, Italy


Africa


Congo Basin, Central Africa


Maasailand, Kenya


Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania


Timbuktu, Mali


Asia, Pacific Islands, and Australia


Everest National Park, Nepal


Tuvalu and Maldives


Yangtze River Valley, China


Great Barrier Reef, Australia


Acknowledgments


Illustration Credits



Responsible Travel Resources



Regional Advocacy Organizations