Our Big Blue Backyard

Janet Hunt (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

2014
Random House New Zealand Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-77553-654-3 (ISBN)

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A landmark book about New Zealand's marine reserves that connects readers to New Zealand waters. /b> his important book, written by award-winning natural history writer Janet Hunt, examines New Zealand's 38 marine reserves, and the need to protect and preserve our seas and foreshores in their natural state. Each chapter contains features about outstanding plants, birds, fish, mammals, invertebrates and crustaceans as well as interviews and items of interest about people associated with marine conservation divers, underwater camera operators, marine biologists, Experiencing Marine Reserves (EMR) people, including young folks who have had recent marine encounters. From New Zealand's most distant marine reserves (the Kermadecs and the Auckland Islands) to the Poor Knights, and from the five reserves of the Hauraki Marine Park to the ten reserves of Fiordland, this book also covers New Zealand's marine animals and their unique environments. It's a fascinating tale, with stories of conger eels prowl for sleeping fish, mass gatherings of fish, tropical turtles, the snatch-and-grab habits of gannets and much much more. Our Big Blue Backyard is based on a six-episode tele

Janet Hunt is an acclaimed writer, academic and graphic designer. In 2004, her study of New Zealand wildlife won Best in Non-Fiction and Book of the Year at the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, as well as the Elsie Locke Award at the LIANZA Children's Book Awards. In 2008, her Wetlands of New Zealand- A Bitter-Sweet Story won the Environment Award and the Montana Medal for Non-Fiction at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.10.2014
Verlagsort	Auckland
Sprache	englisch
Maße	195 x 251 mm
Gewicht	988 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10	1-77553-654-8 / 1775536548
ISBN-13	978-1-77553-654-3 / 9781775536543
Zustand	Neuware