In this text, you can find out what a Mbuti pygmy in the African Congo, a copper miner in Papua New Guinea and a medicinal plant researcher in the Brazilian Amazon have in common. living, as they do, in some of the world's rain forests. Discover the valuable resources the rain forests hold, from medicinal plants, minerals and rubber, to the most important resource of all, oxygen. Find out also how certain types of work are destroying this valuable resource, and the lives of its indigenous people. This book is part of a series which looks at how specific physical habitats affect people's lives and how people in turn affect their physical habitat. Each books look at key topics such as homes, work, transport and the environment.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Hachette Children's Group
ISBN-13
9780750220194
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94908956
Product Key Features
Author
Anna Lewington
Publication Name
People of the Rain Forests
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Geography & Geosciences
Publication Year
1998
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
48 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
10mm
Item Width
225mm
Volume
6
Item Weight
434g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Anna Lewington
Series Title
Wide World
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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