Costa Rica : the forests of Eden / Kevin Schafer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schafer, Kevin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National parks and reserves--Costa Rica.

National parks and reserves.

Costa Rica.

Natural history--Costa Rica.

Natural history.

National parks and reserves--Costa Rica--Pictorial works.

Natural history--Costa Rica--Pictorial works.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

160 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Rizzoli International Publications, 1996.

Summary:

Costa Rica is recognized as a pioneer in the environmental movement. In the early 1970s the government set out to protect this rich natural heritage by creating one of the most important systems of national parks and reserves in the world. This network of protected areas now comprises more than 15 percent of the entire country, including samples of Costa Rica's many varied life zones from highland cloud forest to dry coastal scrub and offshore coral reefs. Kevin Schafer has been able to record much of this landscape and wildlife during five expeditions that took him to the rainforest of Corcovado on the Pacific coast, to the dry forest of the northwest, to the volcanoes, and to the mountains of the Talamanca Range. Through his vivid photographs and engaging text he creates a compelling portrait of an exotic tropical paradise.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 160).

ISBN:

0847819841

OCLC:

34690952