Book ID: 43742
GRIFFITHS, Michael
Indonesian Eden. Aceb's Rainforest. 1990. numerous full colour plates. 111 p. 4to. Cloth.
Sumatra, the westernmost of the major islands of Indonesia, is just apart of what was once a great expanse of land extending southeast frompresent-day Malaysia and Indochina. Rainforests of extraordinaryrichness and diversity flourish in Sumatra, the product of over 100million years of natural development. Some areas of these forests are soremote that they have rarely been explored by man. In his sumptuous newbook, Michael Griffiths reveals the results of several years spentphotographing the wildlife of the island's rainforests.