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Conservation

    The Best Conservation Books of 2020, selected by Charlotte Smith

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    The Best Conservation Books of 2020 - Irreplaceable: The fight to save our wild places by Julian Hoffman

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    Irreplaceable: The fight to save our wild places
    by Julian Hoffman

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    The Best Conservation Books of 2020 - Life Changing: How Humans Are Altering Life on Earth by Helen Pilcher

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    Life Changing: How Humans Are Altering Life on Earth
    by Helen Pilcher

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    The Best Conservation Books of 2020 - Rebirding: Rewilding Britain and Its Birds by Benedict Macdonald

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    Rebirding: Rewilding Britain and Its Birds
    by Benedict Macdonald

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    The Best Conservation Books of 2020 - Sitopia: How Food Can Change the World by Carolyn Steel

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    Sitopia: How Food Can Change the World
    by Carolyn Steel

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    The Best Conservation Books of 2020 - What We Need To Do Now by Chris Goodall

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    What We Need To Do Now
    by Chris Goodall

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    The Best Conservation Books of 2020 - Working With Nature by Jeremy Purseglove

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    Working With Nature
    by Jeremy Purseglove

  • The Best Conservation Books of 2020 - Irreplaceable: The fight to save our wild places by Julian Hoffman
  • The Best Conservation Books of 2020 - Life Changing: How Humans Are Altering Life on Earth by Helen Pilcher
  • The Best Conservation Books of 2020 - Rebirding: Rewilding Britain and Its Birds by Benedict Macdonald
  • The Best Conservation Books of 2020 - Sitopia: How Food Can Change the World by Carolyn Steel
  • The Best Conservation Books of 2020 - What We Need To Do Now by Chris Goodall
  • The Best Conservation Books of 2020 - Working With Nature by Jeremy Purseglove

The Best Conservation Books of 2020, selected by Charlotte Smith

Conservation and the battle against climate change are two of the most pressing issues of our age. But books on the subject have to be readable and enjoyable too, says Charlotte Smith – BBC presenter and judge for the 2020 Wainwright Prize for books on global conservation. Here she highlights the six shortlisted titles that will enchant and inspire you.

The Best Conservation Books of 2020, selected by Charlotte Smith

    The best books on Conservation and Hippos, recommended by Karen Paolillo

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    The best books on Conservation and Hippos - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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    The Little Prince
    by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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    The best books on Conservation and Hippos - Born Free by Joy Adamson

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    Born Free
    by Joy Adamson

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    The best books on Conservation and Hippos - With My Soul Amongst Lions by Gareth Patterson

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    With My Soul Amongst Lions
    by Gareth Patterson

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    The best books on Conservation and Hippos - Woman in the Mists by Farley Mowat

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    Woman in the Mists
    by Farley Mowat

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    The best books on Conservation and Hippos - Hippos by Glenn Feldhake

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    Hippos
    by Glenn Feldhake

  • The best books on Conservation and Hippos - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  • The best books on Conservation and Hippos - Born Free by Joy Adamson
  • The best books on Conservation and Hippos - With My Soul Amongst Lions by Gareth Patterson
  • The best books on Conservation and Hippos - Woman in the Mists by Farley Mowat
  • The best books on Conservation and Hippos - Hippos by Glenn Feldhake

The best books on Conservation and Hippos, recommended by Karen Paolillo

Karen has been studying the hippos in Zimbabwe full-time since 1993. In this interview she talks sustainable conservation and selects five excellent books as further reading including Born Free and The Little Prince

The best books on Conservation and Hippos, recommended by Karen Paolillo

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