Wild Earth -- Earth's Last Eden

Author: National Geographic Society
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Publication Date: 2006-03-01
Features: Only by following the tracks of wildlife can one find the purest landscapes on Earth. Although the marks of human civilization have spread across most regions of our planet, there are still millions of square kilometers of land in a primitive state, preserving their vitality. Like a song sung to nature, National Geographic's Wild Earth: Earth's Last Paradise spans seven continents, combining rare and exotic wildlife with remote natural landscapes, presenting readers with a rich and detailed picture of the wonders of wildlife and wild places. Like a beautiful song sung to the magnificence of nature, Wild Earth: Earth's Last Paradise by National Geographic introduces some of the most remote regions on Earth, unfolding a grand picture of areas that are basically untouched by humans. Although the marks of human civilization have spread across most regions of our planet, there are still millions of square kilometers of land in a primitive, wild state, preserving their vitality. Six knowledgeable authors and our top wildlife and landscape photographers explore more than 30 paradises that have retained their original natural beauty, each with its own unique and interesting plant and animal communities, and each with breathtakingly beautiful scenery. Follow their lenses and pens, and you will trek across the Serengeti plains in Africa, where lions, zebras, and elephants share this tropical grassland, and you will meet nomadic Berbers in the Sahara Desert in Niger; you will dive into the Asian jungles of Borneo, where the world's largest flowers bloom; you will gaze in awe at Lake Baikal in Siberia, the oldest and deepest lake on Earth; you will discover in Australia the paintings left by indigenous cultures with a 50,000-year history in their ancient golden age; you will wander along the steep coastlines of New Zealand's Fiordland National Park; you will explore from the Canadian Arctic, where countless North American reindeer roam the tundra wilderness, to the Okefenokee Swamp, where alligators doze boredly between floating islands, covering the entire North America; you will see the "green paradise" of the Amazon River to the Andes Mountains, and the glacial caps that shimmer with the cold, as South America reveals itself before your eyes; you will also discover that even in densely populated Europe, areas such as the protected 500-year-old mysterious forests of the Cairngorm Mountains in Scotland and Poland must be set aside as precious reserves. And all of these places are just a few destinations on this extraordinary adventure. In addition, the book includes more than 200 stunning full-color photos, detailed maps, supplementary features ranging from penguin introductions to plate tectonic theory, and descriptions of dozens of lesser-known but nature-dominated regions. Through detailed descriptions, the book records the fragile balance of complex ecosystems and the astonishing beauty of Earth's last paradises in these isolated parts of the planet.