What has nature ever done for us? : how money really does grow on trees
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
What has nature ever done for us? : how money really does grow on trees
AUTHOR:
Juniper, Tony
ISBN:
9781846685606
PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : Profile Books, 2013
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xi, 324 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes index
ABSTRACT:
Money doesn't grow on trees. Or does it? From Indian vultures to Chinese bees, nature provides 'natural services', 24/7. This book offers impactful stories, containing both warnings (such as in the tale of India's vultures, killed off by drugs given to cattle, leading to an epidemic of rabies) and also the positive.
SUBJECT:
| Environmental responsibility |
| Environmentalism -- Philosophy |
| Sustainability -- Philosophy |
| Nature -- Effect of human beings on |
BIBSUMMARY:
Money doesn't grow on trees. Or does it? From Indian vultures to Chinese bees, nature provides 'natural services', 24/7. This book offers impactful stories, containing both warnings (such as in the tale of India's vultures, killed off by drugs given to cattle, leading to an epidemic of rabies) and also the positive.