This tie-in companion to a gorgeously produced film about life
under water and the challenges facing marine ecosystems develops
and builds on social action themes presented in the film. Since
more than seventy five per cent of the globe is covered by ocean it
is sometimes difficult to understand why it is called Planet Earth
rather than Planet Ocean. Half the world''s human population lives
within a stone''s throw of an ocean coastline. The ocean''s health is
increasingly important. Rich with resources and potential for
energy, new drugs, drinking water, for years we have treated the
oceans as both infinite and undamageable. Yet threats from over
fishing, climate change, pollution, acidification and more have put
the world''s oceans at increased risk. Oceans, the book gathers some
of most insightful and intrepid ocean lovers - marine biologists,
politicians, environmentalists, fishermen, sportsmen, deep divers
and more - in a unique anthology. Together they explore the complex
relationship between humanity, its Ocean, and all the creatures
that live within it. They also present a number of strategies and
ideas as to how we might protect one of the world''s greatest
resources.
關於作者：
Writer and filmmaker Jon Bowermaster''s recently completed
high-def film - Terra Antarctica - documents a six-week long
exploration of the Antarctic Peninsula by sea kayak, and is a
finalist at the Blue Ocean Film Festival and winner of the "Ocean
Issues" category. A six-time grantee of the National Geographic
Expeditions Council, his 2007-2008 Antarctic expedition was the
final in his Oceans 8 project, which over the past decade has taken
him and his teams around the world by sea kayak. Author of ten
books his most recent, Descending the Dragon about his travels in
Vietnam was published in August by National Geographic Books
"Wildebeest in a Rainstorm" published by Menasha Ridge and
producer of a dozen documentary films, he also writes daily for his
blog "Notes from Sea Level." When not on the sea Bowermaster lives
in Stone Ridge, New York.
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