"Anthony Wall - The Eden Mission (2)" - читать интересную книгу автора (Wall Anthony)

Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Jonathan Shanklin, of the British
Antarctic Survey; Dr. Bernard Stonehouse, of the Scott Polar Research
Institute; Tim Inskipp, of the World Conservation Monitoring Centre; Amanda
Hillier, of the Fauna and Flora Preservation Society; Carol McKenna, of
Respect for Animals; marine engineer Keith Norledge.

I must also acknowledge invaluable help from staff of the following: the World
Wide Fund for Nature, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, the Environmental
Investigation Agency, BirdLife International, BBC Bristol, the Natural History
Museum, the Geological Museum, the Meteorological Office, the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, the University of East Anglia, the American Cetacean
Society, the Florida Department of Commerce, and Orlando's Sea World.
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FOREWORD
The world--and it's the only one we've got--is in a terrible mess from misuse
and neglect. Eco-terrorists and vested interests abound, polluting rivers,
lakes and seas, draining wetlands, destroying ancient forests and trading in
endangered species.

The Eden Mission, though a work of fiction, brings the real live world of
conservation and the fight to save the planet to a whole new audience.

It also proves that it is not too late for us all to do our bit to save the
Earth. David Bellamy The Conservation Foundation extension




PREFACE
Not so long ago, the term "greenhouse effect" meant little to most people.
Something to do with gardening ...? How different now! Now that the
environment is a matter of major concern, now that we are becoming
ecologically educated.

But how much has changed, really changed, in recent years? Certainly
politicians and scientists have made a start on trying to curb the worst
abuses to our world. And, happily, some of those mentioned in my novel are
declining. Others, though, are on the increase. So, far from being able to
relax, conservationists are busier than ever.

Underlying all this are enormous problems: the widening gap between rich and
poor, the fact that four-fifths of global resources are consumed by one-fifth
of the population, the arrival each second of three new mouths to feed.

What of the solutions? Perhaps the main hope, idealistic though it may seem,
is that humanity will see sense. The Earth, not money, is the only true
wealth. It's our collective home to be shared with our fellows and fellow