A journey into the Heart of Borneo Hanbury-Tenison, Robin creator author. text enk 2025 2025 monographic eng

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xviii, 269 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 20 cm "Fifty years ago the interior of Borneo was a pristine, virgin rainforest inhabited by uncontacted indigenous tribes and naive, virtually tame, wildlife. It was into this 'Garden of Eden' that Robin Hanbury-Tenison led one of the largest ever Royal Geographical Society expeditions, an extraordinary undertaking which triggered the global rainforest movement and illuminated, for the first time, how vital rainforests are to our planet. For 15 months, Hanbury-Tenison and a team of some of the greatest scientists in the world immersed themselves in a place and a way of life that is on the cusp of extinction. Much of what was once a wildlife paradise is now a monocultural desert, devastated by logging and the forced settlement of nomadic tribes, where traditional ways of life and unimaginably rich and diverse species are slowly being driven to extinction. This is a story for our time, one that reminds us of the fragility of our planet and of the urgent need to preserve the last untamed places of the world"--Publisher description. Robin Hanbury-Tenison. Includes index. Hanbury-Tenison, Robin Travel Borneo Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) Scientific expeditions Borneo Rain forests Borneo Borneo Description and travel 915.983 ROB 9780755650637 MBIP 260113 20260113091300.0 300131360 eng