Ever since Gilgamesh cut down the ancient cedar forests of Mesopotamia, civilizations and empires have foundered and collapsed in the wake of widespread deforestation. Today, with three-quarters of the world's original forests gone and the pace of cutting, clearing, processing, and pulping ever accelerating, Jensen and Draffan lay bare the stark scenario we face unless deforestation is slowed and stopped a scenario which will affect not only people, but the non-human fabric of life itself. Strangely like War is a story of corruption and killing: the genocide of indigenous peoples and the systematic destruction of our ecosystem. It is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the relationship between deforestation and the current ecological crisis we face, and a valuable source of information for forest and anti-globalisation adtivists.
- ISBN10 1931498458
- ISBN13 9781931498456
- Publish Date 1 October 2003
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 23 July 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Chelsea Green Publishing Company
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 160
- Language English