The Atlas of Endangered Species

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The Atlas of Endangered Species

(Astigan.com) — Human activity has seriously damaged nature. Due to unconscious exploiting of natural resources including excessive hunting and deforestation, many animal and plant species have been annihilated.

The Atlas of Endangered Species, superbly illustrated and thoughtfully written, serves as a guide for the general public in our world’s serious ecological problems. It may also be an initiation in general ecology and environment protection.

Scientists point out that by 2030, more that 20 per cent of species may go extinct. The book vividly shows the reasons for extinction, how ecosystems deteriorate naturally and, most common, due to human influence, it also describes the endangered members of the fauna and flora.

Our world is the home to an estimate of 10 million species from which only 3 million have been researched and named. However, pollution brought hundreds, if not thousands, of species to extinction before they could be named by scientists.

Author Richard Mackay follows the signs of climate change and the impact of human activity on the environment and informs the reader on global warming and the consequences it already has on nature. He meticulously examines each major threat that may ruin the natural habitat of critically endangered species such as the Panda and offers the latest information on birds, reptiles, invertebrates, mammals and fish species that are close to extinction.

‘The Atlas of Endangered Species’ offers valuable statistics enforced with extraordinary images that put in numbers the total endangered species of each country, the protected ecosystems and biodiversity. A book that everybody should read.

Title: The Atlas of Endangered Species, Third Edition