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- Guardians of the trees : a journey of hope through healing the planet / by Webb, Kinari,author.;
"A "magnificent, empowering" (Bill McKibben) memoir about a woman spearheading a global initiative to heal the world's rainforests and the communities who depend on them When Kinari Webb first traveled to Indonesian Borneo at 21 to study orangutans, she was both awestruck by the beauty of her surroundings and heartbroken by the rainforest destruction she witnessed. As she got to know the local communities, she realized that their need to pay for expensive healthcare led directly to the rampant logging, which in turn imperiled their health and safety even further. Webb realized her true calling was at the intersection of medicine and conservation. After graduating with honors from the Yale School of Medicine, Webb returned to Borneo, listening to local communities about their solutions for how to both protect the rainforests and improve their lives. Founding two non-profits, Health in Harmony in the U.S. and ASRI in Indonesia, Webb and her local and international teams partnered with rainforest communities, building a clinic, developing regenerative economies, providing educational opportunities, and dramatically transforming the region. But just when everything was going right, Webb was stung by a deadly box jellyfish and would spend the next four years fighting for her life, a fight that would lead her to rethink everything. Was she ready to expand her work to a global scale and take climate change head on? Full of hope and optimism, Webb takes us on an exhilarating, galvanizing journey across the world, sharing her passion for the natural world and for humanity. In our current moment of crisis, Guardians of the Trees is an essential roadmap for moving forward and the inspiring story of one woman's quest to heal the world"--- Subjects: Webb, Kinari; Environmental health.; Forests and forestry; Human ecology.; Rain forests.;
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- Nowhere else on earth : standing tall for the Great Bear Rainforest / by Vernon, Caitlyn,1976-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 127) and index.LSC- Subjects: Rain forest conservation; Environmental protection; Rain forest ecology; Temperate rain forests;
- © c2011., Orca Book Publishers,
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- A voice for the spirit bears : how one boy inspired millions to save a rare animal / by Oliver, Carmen.; Dockrill, Katy.;
Based on the life of David Simon Jackson, this beautifully illustrated tale tells how Simon becomes a voice for the spirit bears and helps save them.LSC- Subjects: Jackson, Simon, 1982-; Kermode bear; Rain forest ecology;
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- The wasting of Borneo : dispatches from a vanishing world / by Shoumatoff, Alex,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.In his eleventh book, but his first in almost two decades, seasoned travel writer Alex Shoumatoff takes readers on a journey from the woods of rural New York to the rain forests of the Amazon and Borneo, documenting both the abundance of life and the threats to these vanishing Edens in a wide-ranging narrative.- Subjects: Shoumatoff, Alex; Shoumatoff, Alex; Voyages and travels.; Human ecology.; Ethnology.;
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- An American girl. [videorecording] / by Jones, Maggie Elizabeth.; Todd, Hallie.; Reid, Storm.; Tass, Nadia.; American Girl (Firm); Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm);
Maggie Elizabeth Jones, Hallie Todd, Storm Reid.Born for adventure, Lea Clark heads deep into the Brazilian rainforest, where her most exciting story awaits. When Lea's brother, Zac, goes missing while studying the ecology in South America--and she suspects he's fallen prey to a band of ruthless animal poachers - Lea convinces her mom to spring into action. From the minute their plane touches down, Lea's mom wants her to stay safe in the city, but Lea is determined to save both her brother and the endangered exotic animals she loves! Will Lea come to the rescue of her brother before it's too late?Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.- Subjects: Children's films.; Made-for-TV movies.; Girls; Missing persons; Brothers and sisters; Mothers and daughters; Rain forests;
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