Facing Extinction：The world's rarest birds and the race to save them: 2nd edition

Almosttwohundredspeciesofbirdshavebecomeextinctinthepast400years,andasimilarnumbertodayareinimminentdangeroffollowingthem.Theworld'sconservationistsareleadingthefighttopreventthedemiseoftheseremainingcriticallyendangeredbirds,withafairdegreeofsuccess.Thisnewbookexaminestheprocessandissuesconcerningextinction-howandwhyithappensandwhatcanbedoneaboutit.Whilstmanistoblameformanyofthecauses,suchaspersecutionandhabitatloss,specieshavebecomeextinctonaregularbasissincelifebegan.Afterseveralthought-provokingintroductorychapters,thebookshowcasesabout20speciesonthebrinkofextinctionfromaroundtheworldanddescribestheworkthatisbeingundertakentosavethem.Somearesuccessstories,butafewarenot.Thisisasubjectclosetotheheartsofallbirdersandornithologistsandthisbook,writtenbyateamofleadingconservationists,willstrikeachordinmostofthem.