| Description |
32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
World heritage |
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Gallagher, Brendan.
World heritage
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World heritage.
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| Contents |
World heritage -- Protecting threatened animals -- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda : protecting the endangered mountain gorilla -- Central-Sikhote-Alin, Russian Federation : protecting the endangered Amur tiger -- Everglades National Park, United States : protecting the critically endangered Florida panther -- Galápogas Islands, Ecuador : protecting the vulerable Galápagos giant tortoise -- Iguagçu National Park, Brazil : protecting the endangered giant otter -- Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras : protecting the endangered Central American tapir -- Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal : protecting the critically endangered gharial (crocodile) -- Shark Bay, Western Australia, Australia : protecting the vulnerable Rufous hare-wallaby -- Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries-Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains, China : protecting the endangered giant panda -- The Sundarbans/Sundarbans National Park, Bangladesh/India : protecting the endangered Ganges River dolphin -- Tasmanian Wilderness, Australia : protecting the endangered Tasmanian devil -- Te Wahipounamu-South West New Zealand, New Zealand : protecting the vulnerable kea (alpine parrot) -- Ujung Kulon National Park, Indonesia : protecting the critically endangered Javan rhinoceros |
| Summary |
In this book you can find out about World Heritage sites that protect animals that the International Union for the Conservation of Nature considers vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered. These sites include: Everglades National Park (U.S.A), Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries (China) and Te Wahipounamu (New Zealand). Ages 8-12 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Audience |
For primary school age |
| Subject |
Endangered species -- Juvenile literature.
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Habitat conservation -- Juvenile literature.
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Natural areas -- Juvenile literature.
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Wildlife conservation -- Juvenile literature.
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World Heritage areas -- Juvenile literature.
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| Author |
Gallagher, Debbie, 1969-
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| ISBN |
9781420273878 (hbk.) |
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9781420279252 (paperback) |
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