Endangered Peoples.Photographs by Art Wolfe Art Wolfe is an American photographer noted for his color photographs of wildlife and nature, and his advocacy of wildlife conservation. Photography career Wolfe's parents were both commercial artists in Seattle, Washington. and John Isaac John Edmund Valentine Isaac (14 February 1880 – 9 May 1915), DSO, was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsmen who played ten first-class matches in South Africa and England between 1906 and 1908. He was born at Powick Court, Worcestershire. San Francisco, Sierra Club Sierra Club, national organization in the United States dedicated to the preservation and expansion of the world's parks, wildlife, and wilderness areas. Founded (1892) in California by a group led by the Scottish-American conservationist John Muir, the Sierra Club Books, 1993 195 pp. $30. ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-87156-457-2 Brilliant pictures, many by John Isaac--the dean of UN photographers--and the humane text by Art Davidson illuminate the on-going tragedy described in Endangered Peoples. While the number of the world's indigenous people may be between 200 million and 250 million, some estimate that 200,000 are killed yearly. Approximately 90 per cent of humankind's 6,000 languages will probably vanish in the next century "Perhaps the most astonishing a·ston·ish tr.v. as·ton·ished, as·ton·ish·ing, as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. thing about this unprecedented loss of humanity is that so few people seem to notice", writes Mr. Davidson, who has worked with Native Alaskans for over 25 years. "I thought that 1993, the International Year for the World's indigenous People, might become a turning point in the struggle of these groups to survive." Instead, "we are just beginning to understand the extent of the problem". This exquisite book enlarges our understanding by allowing indigenous people to speak about their lives, ideas and commitment to self-determination. |
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