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DescriptionA Less Green and Pleasant Land: Our Threatened Wildlife Paperback – June 30, 2015 by Professor Norman Maclean (Author) {Bindaredundat}  Product Details Paperback: 300 pages Publisher: Cambridge University Press (June 30, 2015) Language: English ISBN-10: 1107673232 ISBN-13: 978-1107673236 Kindle: $35.00 Paperback: $31.14  Image of Earth from space Book Description This 'Domesday book' of the British and Irish countryside provides a definitive and up-to-date survey of the state of our wildlife today. An accessible and timely study revealing just how rapidly our countryside and its wildlife are changing, why we should be concerned, and what we can do about it. Disentangling the facts from the hype, this 'Domesday book' of the British and Irish countryside offers a definitive and up-to-date survey of the state of our wildlife today. Norman Maclean, editor of the bestselling Silent Summer, examines the latest findings of Britain and Ireland's top wildlife experts and interprets them for a wider audience. Each chapter provides reliable estimates of animal populations, showing which species are thriving and which are in decline. The book also considers the effects of climate change on our wildlife and how human population growth is influencing its development. Beautifully illustrated with colour plates and wood engravings throughout, this accessible and timely study reveals just how rapidly our countryside and its wildlife are changing, why we should be concerned, and what we can do about it.  Plate 9 Arctic char: populations of this species have disappeared in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland.  Plate 8 Male western green lizard displaying defensive posture. Native only to Jersey, it has been introduced to southern England. Review 'I hope that you will read, consider, mull and mould all [the book's] ideas in your minds and then feel empowered and motivated to help move wildlife conservation in the UK into a new era ... before it's too late' Chris Packham, Naturalist, Wildlife Photographer and TV Presenter, from the Foreword  Plate 15 Plastic debris littering the strandline, providing an unsightly environment and a hazard to marine and terrestrial wildlife, as well as a danger to the public. (Photograph by Dr R. C. Thompson.)  Plate 16 Young gannet entangled in nylon ropes from discarded fishing tackle. (Reproduced by kind permission of James Fair.)  Sharing Widget |