The Mediterranean (Greenpeace : the Seas of Europe)
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Manufacturer: Trafalgar Square
EAN (European Article Number): 9781855850118
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Trafalgar Square
Dewey Decimal Number: 363.70091822
Publication Date: 1992-12
Reading Level: 144
Description: Every year the Mediterranean attracts more than 100 million visitors, but relatively few of them stop to think of the environmental problems facing the area. The millions of tonnes of crude oil, chemicals and untreated sewage being discharged into the sea, form a toxic cocktail that is threatening the entire marine ecosystem. Drawing on the expertise of a multi-national team of writers and researchers, this book examines the geography and unique natural history of the Mediterranean, the threat to its immense natural resources, and the politics that shape the area's future. There are special features, accompanied by landscape and wildlife photography, on each of the 18 Mediterranean states, and the book ends with a look at what has already been achieved in environmental protection and at Greenpeace's own involvement.
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Review Summary: Everything you want to know about the Mediterranean Sea.
Date: 2004-12-11
Details: And yet another book from the Greenpeace stable with an emphasis on conservation - just as it should be! Anything and everything to do with the Mediterranean Sea is included here.
There is an old saying amongst British Scuba Divers which goes; "The Med' is Dead!" In reality the Mediterranean Sea is not dead at all - although it may well have become so were it not for the efforts of Greenpeace and others.
There is no point in anyone stepping over rocks on the shores of the River Po which have been turned bright orange through many years of toxic waste flowing over them - only to go either fishing or swimming a short distance away. Once that toxicity enters the water, it then becomes embedded in the river-bed. It will also travel and pollute the entire river and continue on into the sea. In short, that pollution is there to stay and this book explains it all in great detail - and does so far better than any other book I have read on the subject.
We all know Greenpeace for their daring acts of confrontation. Why else would their flagship have been blown up by a country's official (not-so) secret service? It is, however, those daring acts which make the headlines and not the day-to-day business of collecting samples of toxic waste from this river or that pipeline. Such mundane tasks, however, are just as dangerous as, for example, placing your inflatable boats in front of the harpoons of Whaling Ships. On either assignment you "can" get killed.
Elsewhere the book explains the problems associated with the disposal of human sewerage along those stretches of popular beaches which boast 45 high-rise hotels per kilometre (just over a half mile) of beach. There are times when tourists are packed onto those beaches like Sardines in a can and each one of them will bathe. Just a short distance offshore, all the effluent from their hotels is released into that same sea. It's a nice holiday for some.
The book is expertly laid out so that the reader is able to build on the knowledge gained from what has been read so far. It is all about what Greenpeace does best - isolate and identify those areas in need of urgent protection. Packed with information supported by outstanding colour photography and diagrams, this book brings home a message loud and clear and is one that should be read by anyone who either lives in the region or is just an occasional visitor - or simply by anyone who wants to support a worthy organisation.
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