Ecology of Indonesian Papua Part One

"[This book] brings together 76 authors, many of them globally recognized experts on the region, to catalog for the first time the many facets of Papua's environment. Designed for students of conservation, environmental workers, and academic researchers, it is a richly detailed text, dense with biogeographical data, historical reference, and fresh insight to raise awareness of Papua on a global as well as local scale, and to catalyze effective conservation of its most precious natural assets."--Back cover.