WWF International

Use of and trade in wildlife is a fact of life for human society around the globe. Article IV of the CITES Convention requires that exporting countries restrict trade in Appendix II species to levels that are not detrimental either to species’ survival, or to their role within the ecosystems in which they occur (known as the “non-detriment finding”).

Forest loss and degradation carry a heavy human and environmental cost throughout tropical, temperate and boreal regions. In response, IUCN, WWF and various government and non-government partners have developed the Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) approach, which focuses on restoring the goods, services and ecological processes that forests can provide at the broader landscape level.

This international prizewinner distills the research of hundreds of scientists in this brilliant overview of the interconnectedness of life on Earth. Through breathtaking illustrations and lively narration, readers learn that every organism plays a role essential to the planet and, in surprising ways, to human economies and health. How can we protect these living things and hence our world? The authors weigh the ideas of science and world governments.