There are places around the world that are important to all peoples. We call these places the world's heritage. The World Heritage series introduces 78 of these World Heritage sites.
Protecting Threatened Animals
Protecting Threatened Animals is about protecting rare and threatened species from the risk of extinction. In this book, you can find out about World Heritage sites that protect animals that the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) considers vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered.
These sites include:
Everglades National Park, United States - protecting between 80 and 100 critically endangered Florida panthers
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries, China - protecting 500 of the 1,600 endangered giant pandas still living in the wild
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda - protecting almost half of the world's endangered mountain gorillas
Te Wahipounamu, New Zealand - protecting the vulnerable Kea, intelligent alpine parrots
Special features include:
fact files
locator maps
timelines of key dates
"Did You Know?" amazing facts
labeled photographs
glossaries to explain key terms
There are places around the world that are important to all peoples. We call these places the world's heritage. The World Heritage series introduces 78 of these World Heritage sites.
Protecting Threatened Animals
Protecting Threatened Animals is about protecting rare and threatened species from the risk of extinction. In this book, you can find out about World Heritage sites that protect animals that the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) considers vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered.
These sites include:
Everglades National Park, United States - protecting between 80 and 100 critically endangered Florida panthers
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries, China - protecting 500 of the 1,600 endangered giant pandas still living in the wild
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda - protecting almost half of the world's endangered mountain gorillas
Te Wahipounamu, New Zealand - protecting the vulnerable Kea, intelligent alpine parrots
Special features include:
fact files
locator maps
timelines of key dates
"Did You Know?" amazing facts
labeled photographs
glossaries to explain key terms
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Protecting Threatened Animals
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781599205823 |
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Publisher: | Black Rabbit Books |
Publication date: | 01/01/2011 |
Series: | World Heritage Series |
Pages: | 32 |
Product dimensions: | 8.50(w) x 10.50(h) x 0.30(d) |
Age Range: | 9 - 12 Years |