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A hard cover copy with with blue boards, white lettering and unclipped, illustrated dust cover. There is a previous owner’s blue ink inscription on the inside front page. There is some slight toning throughout but the text and colour illustration s are clear and legible. Now in a clear, removable cover to protect from damage.
Publisher: Reader’s Digest (Australia) Pty Ltd, Surry Hills
Publication Date: 1990
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A lament for the lost mammals of Australia. of the world. Flannery catalogues over 20 mammal species that have become extinct over the past 200 years and others that are in danger of following them into oblivion.
An internationally acclaimed scientist, explorer and conservationist, he has published more than 130 peer-reviewed scientific papers and many books. His books include the landmark works The Future Eaters and The Weather Makers, which has been translated into more than 20 languages and in 2006 won the NSW Premiers Literary Prizes for Best Critical Writing and Book of the Year.
He received a Centenary of Federation Medal for his services to Australian science and in 2002 delivered the Australia Day address. In 2005 he was named Australian Humanist of the Year, and in 2007 honoured as Australian of the Year.
He spent a year teaching at Harvard, and is a founding member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, a director of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, and the National Geographic Society’s representative in Australasia. He serves on the board of WWF International (London and Gland) and on the sustainability advisory councils of Siemens (Munich) and Tata Power (Mumbai).
In 2007 he co-founded and was appointed Chair of the Copenhagen Climate Council, a coalition of community, business, and political leaders who came together to confront climate change.
| Weight | 1.450 kg |
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