A Discussion on the results of the Royal Society Expedition to Aldabra 1967-68

Name: A Discussion on the results of the Royal Society Expedition to Aldabra 1967-68
Author: WESTOLL, T.S.; STODDART, D.R.

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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, Vol. 260. Aldabra is one of a scattered group of four atolls lying between the northern tip of Madagascar and Mombasa. During the 1960s this ecologically significant raised coral atoll came under threat of development from a proposed military airport and a BBC transmitter. This led to an international protest by scientists known as 'the Aldabra Affair'. This work provides detailed reports of a major scientific expedition to Aldabra, under the leadership of Prof. D.R. Stoddart. Over 40 international naturalists were engaged in conducting a study of the flora and fauna of the atoll. In addition to natural history, it also includes reports on geomorphology, climate, human settlement and development, and place names.

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654 pp., 33 plates (2 col), folding map, text figs, 4to, buckram, leather title-piece to spine, front wrapper retained. From the library of Prof. J. Green (1928-2016), with his name to titlepage. Fine.
[38434]

Author WESTOLL, T.S.; STODDART, D.R.

Date 1971

Publisher Royal Society: London

Condition Fine

Price: £95.00

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