Contents

Contents : the tree of life -- animal worlds -- THE ARCTIC -- NORTH AMERICA -- The Prairie -- the great rockies -- the deserts -- Hawaii -- Everglades -- CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA -- Central america -- The Pampas -- The Andes -- Galapagos -- EUROPE -- woodlands -- Mediterranean -- the Alps -- Northern Confier Forests -- ASIA -- Siberia and Northern Asia -- deserts and steppe -- the himalayas -- the far east -- India -- south east asia -- AFRICA -- Savannah -- rainforests -- desert -- madagascar -- OCEANIA -- AUSTRALASIA -- rainforests and woods -- the outback -- New Zealand -- Tasmania -- ANTARCTICA -- Animals in crisis -- defending our world -- index -- references and extra reading.