This book is on the author's long search for the Yeti, the mythical mountain man long thought to inhabit the Himalayas. It describes in detail the discovery that giant human-like footprints are made by a previously unknown subspecies of bear and then the even more ambitious project, the creation of two national parks around Mt Everest for the protection of the endangered bear.
This book is on the author's long search for the Yeti, the mythical mountain man long thought to inhabit the Himalayas. It describes in detail the discovery that giant human-like footprints are made by a previously unknown subspecies of bear and then the even more ambitious project, the creation of two national parks around Mt Everest for the protection of the endangered bear.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Daniel Taylor has been engaged in social change and conservation for four decades with a focus on building international cooperation to achieve ambitious projects. He founded the nine Future Generations organizations worldwide (including the accredited Future Generations Graduate School). He also founded and led The Mountain Institute and its worldwide programmes. In 1985, after providing the scientific explanation for the yeti, he led creating Nepal's Makalu-Barun National Park, then, in close partnership with the Tibet Autonomous Region, China's Qomolangma (Everest) National Nature Preserve and Four Great Rivers Nature Preserve protecting one-seventh of China's forest reserves. Taylor is one of the synthesizers of the SEED-SCALE method, an understanding of social change initiated by a UNICEF task force he co-chaired from 1992 to 1995.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Illustrations Introduction Chapter 1 - Arriving at the Yeti's Jungle Chapter 2 - In the Yeti's Jungle Chapter 3 - The Bear Mystery Chapter 4 - My First Yetis Chapter 5 - Yeti Expeditions Chapter 6 - Footprints Melting into Rivers Chapter 7 - Towards the Barun Jungles Chapter 8 - Our Evidence Meets Science Chapter 9 - Evidence Slipping Away Chapter 10 - From Whence Knowledge Chapter 11 - The King and His Zoo Chapter 12 - Back in the Barun Chapter 13 - Bears and Bioresilience Chapter 14 - Entrapping the Yeti Chapter 15 - Discovery Afterword About the Author
List of Illustrations Introduction Chapter 1 - Arriving at the Yeti's Jungle Chapter 2 - In the Yeti's Jungle Chapter 3 - The Bear Mystery Chapter 4 - My First Yetis Chapter 5 - Yeti Expeditions Chapter 6 - Footprints Melting into Rivers Chapter 7 - Towards the Barun Jungles Chapter 8 - Our Evidence Meets Science Chapter 9 - Evidence Slipping Away Chapter 10 - From Whence Knowledge Chapter 11 - The King and His Zoo Chapter 12 - Back in the Barun Chapter 13 - Bears and Bioresilience Chapter 14 - Entrapping the Yeti Chapter 15 - Discovery Afterword About the Author
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