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Let Them Eat Shrimp - The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea (Hardcover, 2nd None Ed.)
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Let Them Eat Shrimp - The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea (Hardcover, 2nd None Ed.)
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Discovery Miles 5 230
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What's the connection between a platter of jumbo shrimp at your
local restaurant and murdered fishermen in Honduras, impoverished
women in Ecuador, and disastrous hurricanes along America's Gulf
coast? Mangroves. Many people have never heard of these salt-water
forests, but for those who depend on their riches, mangroves are
indispensable. They are natural storm barriers, home to innumerable
exotic creatures--from crabeating vipers to man-eating tigers--and
provide food and livelihoods to millions of coastal dwellers. Now
they are being destroyed to make way for shrimp farming and other
coastal development. For those who stand in the way of these
industries, the consequences can be deadly.
In "Let Them Eat Shrimp," Kennedy Warne takes readers into the
muddy battle zone that is the mangrove forest. A tangle of snaking
roots and twisted trunks, mangroves are often dismissed as foul
wastelands. In fact, they are supermarkets of the sea, providing
shellfish, crabs, honey, timber, and charcoal to coastal
communities from Florida to South America to New Zealand.
Generations have built their lives around mangroves and consider
these swamps sacred.
To shrimp farmers and land developers, mangroves simply represent
a good investment. The tidal land on which they stand often has no
title, so with a nod and wink from a compliant official, it can be
turned from a public resource to a private possession. The forests
are bulldozed, their traditional users dispossessed.
The true price of shrimp farming and other coastal development has
gone largely unheralded in the U.S. media. A longtime journalist,
Warne now captures the insatiability of these industries and the
magic of the mangroves. His vivid account will make every reader
pause before ordering the shrimp.
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