The Resource Dreaming in turtle : a journey through the passion, profit, and peril of our most coveted prehistoric creatures, Peter Laufer Ph. D. ; foreword by Richard Branson
Dreaming in turtle : a journey through the passion, profit, and peril of our most coveted prehistoric creatures, Peter Laufer Ph. D. ; foreword by Richard Branson
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The item Dreaming in turtle : a journey through the passion, profit, and peril of our most coveted prehistoric creatures, Peter Laufer Ph. D. ; foreword by Richard Branson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item Dreaming in turtle : a journey through the passion, profit, and peril of our most coveted prehistoric creatures, Peter Laufer Ph. D. ; foreword by Richard Branson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).
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- Summary
- Traces the ongoing challenges to endangered turtle populations, evaluating the global trade practices, limited supply, and increasing demand in high-population world regions that have compromised conservation efforts
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xi, 290 pages
- Contents
-
- Prologue: operating instructions for the journalist
- The majestic turtle
- The timeless allure
- The voracious consumers
- The tawdry marketplaces
- The prodigious farms
- The illicit hunts
- The wily smugglers
- The frustrated cops
- The pitiful casualties
- The conflicted public & the dedicated conservationists
- The imminent future
- Epilogue a call to action
- Isbn
- 9781250128096
- Label
- Dreaming in turtle : a journey through the passion, profit, and peril of our most coveted prehistoric creatures
- Title
- Dreaming in turtle
- Title remainder
- a journey through the passion, profit, and peril of our most coveted prehistoric creatures
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Laufer Ph. D. ; foreword by Richard Branson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Traces the ongoing challenges to endangered turtle populations, evaluating the global trade practices, limited supply, and increasing demand in high-population world regions that have compromised conservation efforts
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10741685
- Cataloging source
- PUL
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- 1950-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Laufer, Peter
- Dewey number
- 597.92
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- Text in English
- LC call number
- QL666.C5
- LC item number
- L38 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
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- Turtles
- Turtles
- Turtles
- Target audience
- adult
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- a journey through the passion, profit, and peril of our most coveted prehistoric creatures
- Label
- Dreaming in turtle : a journey through the passion, profit, and peril of our most coveted prehistoric creatures, Peter Laufer Ph. D. ; foreword by Richard Branson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 277) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: operating instructions for the journalist -- The majestic turtle -- The timeless allure -- The voracious consumers -- The tawdry marketplaces -- The prodigious farms -- The illicit hunts -- The wily smugglers -- The frustrated cops -- The pitiful casualties -- The conflicted public & the dedicated conservationists -- The imminent future -- Epilogue a call to action
- Control code
- on1040080673
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xi, 290 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250128096
- Lccn
- 2018026430
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40028762959
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1040080673
- Label
- Dreaming in turtle : a journey through the passion, profit, and peril of our most coveted prehistoric creatures, Peter Laufer Ph. D. ; foreword by Richard Branson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 277) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: operating instructions for the journalist -- The majestic turtle -- The timeless allure -- The voracious consumers -- The tawdry marketplaces -- The prodigious farms -- The illicit hunts -- The wily smugglers -- The frustrated cops -- The pitiful casualties -- The conflicted public & the dedicated conservationists -- The imminent future -- Epilogue a call to action
- Control code
- on1040080673
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xi, 290 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250128096
- Lccn
- 2018026430
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40028762959
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1040080673
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