Description:In 1984 Swiss shepherd Bruno Manser trekked through the virgin rainforests of Borneo to live among the jungle’s last nomads. In six years among the Penan people, Manser witnessed the wholesale destruction of one of the world’s most diverse ecosystems through rapid deforestation. He swore to do everything he could to stop it.Manser’s globetrotting campaign brought the world’s attention to tropical deforestation. It also made him an enemy of Asia’s timber barons. In 2000 he disappeared without a trace. Ruedi Suter’s engrossing biography – the first in English – charts Manser’s extraordinary journey from a young man who sought to escape civilization for the peace of the jungle to a campaigner who would stand up to oligarchs, lead protests around the globe, and, ultimately, give his life for the forests that he loved. Bruno Manser waged a passionate war to protect Borneo’s rainforests from loggers, [then] he mysteriously disappeared. --- Time Magazine, Asia EditionBruno Manser was ready to pay the highest price for the protection of the world’s rainforests – and the empowerment of those who live in them. --- Ruth Dreifuss, former President of SwitzerlandRuedi Suter was born in the Belgian Congo in 1951 and writes about the environment and human rights from Basel, Switzerland. He closely followed the work of Bruno Manser for many years, and was involved in one of the final searches for the missing campaigner.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Rainforest Hero: The Life and Death of Bruno Manser. To get started finding Rainforest Hero: The Life and Death of Bruno Manser, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
330
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Bergli Books
Release
2015
ISBN
3905252864
Rainforest Hero: The Life and Death of Bruno Manser
Description: In 1984 Swiss shepherd Bruno Manser trekked through the virgin rainforests of Borneo to live among the jungle’s last nomads. In six years among the Penan people, Manser witnessed the wholesale destruction of one of the world’s most diverse ecosystems through rapid deforestation. He swore to do everything he could to stop it.Manser’s globetrotting campaign brought the world’s attention to tropical deforestation. It also made him an enemy of Asia’s timber barons. In 2000 he disappeared without a trace. Ruedi Suter’s engrossing biography – the first in English – charts Manser’s extraordinary journey from a young man who sought to escape civilization for the peace of the jungle to a campaigner who would stand up to oligarchs, lead protests around the globe, and, ultimately, give his life for the forests that he loved. Bruno Manser waged a passionate war to protect Borneo’s rainforests from loggers, [then] he mysteriously disappeared. --- Time Magazine, Asia EditionBruno Manser was ready to pay the highest price for the protection of the world’s rainforests – and the empowerment of those who live in them. --- Ruth Dreifuss, former President of SwitzerlandRuedi Suter was born in the Belgian Congo in 1951 and writes about the environment and human rights from Basel, Switzerland. He closely followed the work of Bruno Manser for many years, and was involved in one of the final searches for the missing campaigner.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Rainforest Hero: The Life and Death of Bruno Manser. To get started finding Rainforest Hero: The Life and Death of Bruno Manser, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.