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The Next Great Migration - The Story of Movement on a Changing Planet (Paperback) Price: R147
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The Next Great Migration - The Story of Movement on a Changing Planet (Paperback): Sonia Shah

The Next Great Migration - The Story of Movement on a Changing Planet (Paperback)

Sonia Shah

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We are surrounded by stories of people on the move. Wild species, too, are escaping warming seas and desiccated lands in a mass exodus. Politicians and the media present this upheaval of migration patterns as unprecedented, blaming it for the spread of disease and conflict, and spreading anxiety across the world as a result.

But the science and history of migration in animals, plants, and humans tell a different story. Far from being a disruptive behaviour, migration is an ancient and lifesaving response to environmental change, a biological imperative as necessary as breathing. Climate changes triggered the first human migrations out of Africa. Falling sea levels allowed our passage across the Bering Sea. Unhampered by borders, migration allowed our ancestors to people the planet, into the highest reaches of the Himalayan Mountains and the most remote islands of the Pacific, disseminating the biological, cultural and social diversity that ecosystems and societies depend upon.

In other words, migration is not the crisis – it is the solution.

Tracking the history of misinformation from the 18th century through to today's anti-immigration policies, The Next Great Migration makes the case for a future in which migration is not a source of fear, but of hope.

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Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: June 2021
Authors: Sonia Shah
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 978-1-5266-2922-7
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Social impact of environmental issues > General
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LSN: 1-5266-2922-4
Barcode: 9781526629227

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