Witness to extinction : how we failed to save the Yangtze River dolphin / / Samuel Turvey

• Autore: Turvey Sam
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xii, 234 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., map
• Disciplina: 333.95/95380951
• Soggetto topico: Chinese river dolphin; Extinct mammals
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2008.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-221) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Author's Note -- Prologue -- PART ONE: THE BEGINNING -- 1. The Goddess of the Yangtze -- 2. The Amazon of the East -- 3. The Aquatic Panda -- 4. East Meets West -- PART TWO: THE END -- 5. The Rarest Animal in the World -- 6. The Politics of Extinction -- 7. End Game -- 8. The Hunting of the Snark -- 9. The Golden Channel -- 10. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fishing -- 11. What Have We Learnt? Collected Fictions -- Epilogue: And Then There Was One -- Suggested Reading -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Witness to Extinction' tells the story of the plight of the Yangtze River dolphin. It is both a celebration of a remarkable animal that once graced China's greatest river, and a personal, eyewitness account of the failures of policy and the struggle to get funds that led to the tragic demise of a species.
• Titolo autorizzato: Witness to extinction
• ISBN: 1-383-04544-5; 1-282-34670-9; 9786612346705; 0-19-156359-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807087103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.