This book blends both words and pictures in a moving account of what the author’s call “the sixth mass extinction” of animals, specifically birds and mammals. Paul Ehrlich is an award-winning professor of Population Studies and the president of the Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford. Anne Ehrlich is a senior scientist emeritus at Stanford University (in California). He is professor at the Institute of Ecology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Ceballos is one of the world’s leading ecologists. The above quote (in italics) comes from the preface of this eye-opening and well-written book by Geraldo Ceballos and Anne & Paul Ehrlich. The purpose of this book is to shine a spotlight on this onslaught, focussing on losses of animals that are most familiar to people: birds and mammals. “Humanity has unleashed a massive and escalating assault on all living things on this planet. It is time that “we as a species dedicated ourselves to preserving-instead of destroying-nature” Only then will we have any hope of preventing the worst-case scenario of the sixth mass extinction. These outspoken scientists urge everyone who cares about nature to become personally connected to the victims of our inadequate conservation efforts and demand that restoration replace destruction. The Annihilation of Nature is a clarion call for engagement and action. Thousands of populations have already disappeared, other populations are dwindling daily, and soon our descendants may live in a world containing but a minuscule fraction of the birds and mammals we know today.
Despite the well-intentioned work of conservation organizations and governments, the authors warn us that not enough is being done and time is short for the most vulnerable of the world’s wild birds and mammals.
Nature is being annihilated, not only because of the human population explosion, but also as a result of massive commercial endeavors and public apathy. Ehrlich serve as witnesses in this trial of human neglect, where the charge is the massive and escalating assault on living things. These tragic tales, coupled with eighty-three color photographs from the world’s leading nature photographers, display the beauty and biodiversity that humans are squandering. In The Annihilation of Nature, three of today’s most distinguished conservationists tell the stories of the birds and mammals we have lost and those that are now on the road to extinction. This book shows us the face of Earth’s sixth great mass extinction, revealing that this century is a time of darkness for the world’s birds and mammals.
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