Taking Care of Where We Live: Restoring Ecosystems

by Merrie-Ellen Wilcox

Healthy ecosystems are important to the more than eight million different species that live on Earth, including humans.

But over the centuries humans have damaged and changed the environment that we all depend on for our survival. We cut down forests, dam rivers, build cities and pollute the air, water and soil. That's where ecological restoration comes in. It aims to reverse the degradation of ecosystems, like grasslands,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1459835387
• ISBN13: 9781459835382
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7