Green matters [ Brazil gardens

Within the heart of this famed, bustling city is a tranquil oasis. It is the Rio De Janeiro botanical garden. It is also a vital link to brazil's most threatened ecosystem, the Atlantic rainforest. For over 500 years the rainforest has been eroded, largely for sugarcane and coffee. Now, a total...

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Main Authors: Drane, Margaret (Author), Drane, Paul (Author), Farrow, Nick (Author), Holmes, Abe (Author)
Corporate Author: World Wide Entertainment
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Greelong,Australia : World Wide Entertainment , 2010
Series:Green and sustainable technology series
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Summary:Within the heart of this famed, bustling city is a tranquil oasis. It is the Rio De Janeiro botanical garden. It is also a vital link to brazil's most threatened ecosystem, the Atlantic rainforest. For over 500 years the rainforest has been eroded, largely for sugarcane and coffee. Now, a total of only around 7% remains in scattered fragments. Yet within this area is the greatest diversity of plant and animal species on our planet.
Physical Description:1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Production Credits:Writer/producer, Margaret Drane ; co-producer, Paul Drane ; executive producer, Nick Farrow ; music, Margaret Drane ; post production, The Edit Shop
ISBN:1585436540305