LIBROS DEL AUTOR: ron gerlach

4 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: ron gerlach

  • Silhouette in the Ebbing Tide
    Ron Gerlach
    This is the story of how we, and our voluntary conservation organisation, spent fourteen years on the beautiful tropical island of Silhouette. It was a pleasure and a privilege to be involved in protecting the island’s species and habitats in the face of over-enthusiastic tourism development  ...
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    18,01 €

  • The Lost Giants
    Ron Gerlach
    In 1997 a tortoise was found that appeared to be one of the supposedly extinct giant tortoises of the Seychelles islands. A search for others in captivity found a handful of survivors which were brought together in a captive breeding programme. This book describes the highly successful efforts to save the specie; the lows of political obstacles and the highs of a new generation...
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    17,96 €

  • Footprints in Shifting Sand
    Gill Gerlach / Ron Gerlach
    An account of life in the Seychelles islands over 40 years from the late 1960s, as the islands moved from being an isolated colony, through the advent of tourism, to the establishment of an independent country and modern development. 3 ...
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    21,63 €

  • The Tortoise Who Thought He Was a Dodo
    Ron Gerlach
    This story for children covers the history of the giant tortoises of the Seychelles islands. Through the eyes of an ancient tortoise it describes their near extinction at the hands of human settlers and the conservation efforts on their behalf. ...
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    22,13 €