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Description
'An honest, compelling and important account, and a critical plea for a fusion of farming, food and nature to provide global ecological security' CHRIS PACKHAM
Why are so many animals facing extinction?
Climate change and poaching are not the only culprits. The impact of consumer demand for cheap meat is equally devastating, and it is vital that we confront this problem if we are to stand a chance of reducing its effect on the world around us.
· We are falsely led to believe that squeezing animals into factory farms and cultivating crops in vast, chemical-soaked prairies is a necessary evil, an efficient means of providing for an ever-expanding global population while leaving land free for wildlife
· Our planet's resources are reaching breaking point: awareness is slowly building that the wellbeing of society depends on a thriving natural world
From the author of the internationally acclaimed Farmageddon, Dead Zone takes us on an eye-opening journey across the globe, focussing on a dozen iconic species - from elephants to bumblebees to penguins - and looking at the role that industrial farming is playing in their plight.
Product details
Published | 09 Mar 2017 |
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Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 384 |
ISBN | 9781408868270 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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An honest, compelling and important account and a critical plea for a fusion of farming, food and nature to provide global ecological security
Chris Packham
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A must-read for everyone who loves the wondrous wild creatures with whom we share our precious planet
Joanna Lumley OBE
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Dead Zone is a very important book … Conservationists, corporations and governments must find a way to end this devastation before it is too late
Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE
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This eye-opening book, urging a massive rethink of how we raise livestock and how we feed the world, deserves global recognition
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on Farmageddon
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A timely and important book
Tony Juniper, environmentalist, author and Special Adviser to the Prince of Wales's International Sustainability Unit
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Cheap, factory-farmed meat is killing us and killing the planet – in terms of its impact on our water, forest, soils and biodiversity. 'Dead Zone' lays bare those ecocidal connections
Jonathan Porritt, Founder and Director of Forum for the Future