About this book
Our beautiful planet is in danger: the warning signs are there, year after year – from vast forest fires across Australia to coral bleaching in the Pacific and the rapid break up of polar ice and the consequent rise in sea levels, threatening low-lying coastal communities everywhere. Arranged by continent, Endangered Places introduces the reader to many of the most stunning natural locations from around the world that are currently under threat.
Learn about the magnificent Bornean rainforest, home to threatened species such as orangutans, proboscis monkeys and the Sumatran rhinoceros; marvel at the beauty of the Great Barrier Reef, stretching 2,300 kilometres along Australia's east coast and built by billions of tiny organisms, known as coral polyps; explore the Aral Sea, formerly the fourth largest lake in the world and today less than 10 per cent of its original size after the rivers that fed it were diverted by Soviet irrigation projects; and understand the process of desertification, which has led to the huge expansion of the Sahara Desert and the dramatic shrinkage of Lake Chad.
Illustrated with more than 180 photographs of more than 100 threatened locations, Endangered Places celebrates the beauty of our planet while reminding us of how easily this can be lost through human behaviour and climate change.
Contents
Introduction
EUROPE:
- Bittern, Reedbed, Suffolk
- Hurst Castle, Hampshire, England
- Thornham Marshes, Norfolk, England
- Bennerley Viaduct, Derbyshire- Nottinghamshire, England
- Canning and Salthouse Docks, Liverpool, England
- St-Emilion Vineyards, Nouvelle- Aquitaine, France
- St-Jorioz Reedbed, Lake Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France
- Gironde Estuary, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
- Couvent de Recollets, Nivelles, Wallonia, Belgium
- De Duivelskuil Nature, Limburg, Netherlands
- Wadden Sea Salt Marsh, Netherlands
- Simbach-am-Inn, Bavaria, Germany
- Sylt Island, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Historic Centre of Vienna, Austria Venice, Italy
- Civita di Bagnoregio, Lazio, Italy
- Lake Balaton, Veszprem, Hungary
- Zahara de la Sierra, Cadiz, Spain
- Orleans-Bourbon Palace, Sanlucar de Barrameda, Cadiz, Spain
- Neptune Baths, Baile Herculane, Romania
- Danube Delta, Tulcea, Romania
- Black Sea, Ukraine-Russia
- St Stephen, Nesebar, Bulgaria
- Patriarchate of Pec Monastery, Peja, Kosovo
- Big Kemeri Bog, Latvia
- Yelnya Reserve, Belarus
AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST:
- Municipal Hall, Benghazi, Cyrenaica, Libya
- Atiq Mosque, Benghazi, Cyrenaica, Libya
- Ghadames, Tripolitania, Libya
- Tadrart Acacus, Ghat, Libya
- Leptis Magna, Tripolitania, Libya
- Telouet, Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco
- Lake Burullus, Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt
- Osireion, Abydos, Sohag, Egypt
- Temple of Ramesses II, Abydos, Sohag, Egypt
- Pyramids of Giza, Greater Cairo, Egypt
- Nuri, Northern State, Sudan
- Kasubi Tombs, Kampala, Uganda
- Timbuktu, Mali
- Great Mosque of Djenne, Mali
- Nabiyotum Crater, Lake Turkana, Kenya
- Ngorongoro Crater, Arusha, Tanzania
- Great Mosque of Kilwa Kisiwani, Lindi, Tanzania
- Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
- Cape of Caotinha, Benguela, Angola
- Table Mountain National Park, Western Cape, South Africa
- Etosha National Park, Kunene, Namibia
- Congo Basin Rainforest, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Garamba National Park, Haut-Uele, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Batammariba Home, Koutammakou, Togo
- Comoe National Park, Cote d'Ivoire
- Ashanti Shrine, Ashanti, Ghana
- Air and Tenere Natural Reserves, Arlit, Niger
- Adrar Plateau, Mauritania Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal
- Hebron Old Town, West Bank
- Petra, Ma'an, Jordan
- Dead Sea, Jordan-Israel-West Bank
- Beirut Central District, Lebanon
- Damascus, Syria
- Citadel of Aleppo, Syria
- Zabid, Al Hudaydah, Yemen
ASIA, PACIFIC & the POLES
- Sea Ice, Svalbard, Arctic Ocean
- Aral Sea, Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan
- Minaret of Jam, Ghor, Afghanistan
- Bamyan Valley, Afghanistan
- Shakhrisabz, Qashqadaryo, Uzbekistan
- Shahdara Bagh, Lahore, Pakistan
- Taj Mahal, Agra, India
- Chand Baori, Abhaneri, India
- Western Ghats, Karnataka, India
- Hawksbill Turtle, Maldives, Indian Ocean
- Panam Nagar, Narayanganj, Bangladesh
- Horton Plains National Park, Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Yongtai Fortress, Gansu, China
- Zhuangzhai, Fujian, China
- Choijin Lama Temple, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Kaathe Swayambhu Shree Gha Chaitya, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Bunong Village, Mondulkiri, Cambodia
- Preah Khan, Siem Reap, Cambodia
- Sea Pong Lai Waterfall, Bolaven Plateau, Laos
- Inle Lake, Myanmar
- Huai Mae Khamin Waterfall, Khuean Srinagarindra National Park, Thailand
- Rainforest of Borneo, Indonesia- Malaysia-Brunei
- Mt Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
- Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
- Barrington Tops National Park, New South Wales, Australia
- Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
- Yarra Ranges National Park, Victoria, Australia
- Cassowary Falls, Daintree, Queensland, Australia
- Stirling Range National Park, Western Australia
- Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia
- Nan Madol, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
- Coastal Dunes, New Zealand
- Cape Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica
- Juhyo, Mt Zao, Yamagata, Japan
NORTH AMERICA
- North Shore Alvar Preserve, Kelleys Island, Lake Erie, USA
- Herschel Island-Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park, Yukon, Canada
- Athabasca Glacier, Canada
- Bull Kelp, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, USA
- Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, USA
- Boston Harbor, Massachussetts, USA Cachuma Lake, California, USA
- Everglades, Florida, USA
- Logan Pass, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA
- North Sixshooter Peak, Bear Ears Monument, Utah, USA
- Fallen Roof Ruin, Bears Ears Monument, Utah, USA
SOUTH AMERICA
- Hotel Oloffson, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- Gulf of California, Baja California, Mexico
- Old Town, Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Barrier Reef, San Pedro, Belize
- Temple I, Tikal, Guatemala
- Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica
- La Mosquitia, Honduras
- Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Riviera Maya, Mexico
- Fortifications of Portobelo and San Lorenzo, Colon, Panama
- Tepuis, Venezuela
- Madidi National Park, Beni, Bolivia
- Salar de Uyuni, Potosi, Bolivia
- Potosi, Tomas Frias, Bolivia
- Machu Picchu, Cusco, Peru
- Chan Chan, La Libertad, Peru
- Huaquis, Nor Yauyos Cochas Reserve, Lima, Peru
- Monte Alegre State Park, Para, Brazil
- Amazon Rain Forest, South America
- Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works, Iquique, Chile
- Grey Glacier, Southern Patagonian Ice Field, Chile
- Floreana Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
- Moai, Easter Island, Chile
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Biography
Claudia Martin is a travel writer who has contributed to many guidebooks and magazines. She is also the author of books on history, geography and culture for adults and young people.
