Kennedy Warne is author of Roads Less Travelled and founding editor of New Zealand Geographic. His articles have appeared in National Geographic, Smithsonian, GEO, and other publications.
"Let Them Eat Shrimp lays bare the hidden consequences of everyday
consumption, showing how Americans' eating habits are changing
lives around the globe. Warne's narrative has staying power, but
the worlds he captures are disappearing in the blink of an
eye."--Wade Davis, author of "The Serpent and the Rainbow" and "One
River"
"Kennedy Warne tells it straight: mangroves are under threat. In
his passionate travelogue, he covers everything from vandal monkeys
to life on the shores of the Red Sea, chronicling the global fight
to save the rainforests of the sea. Let Them Eat Shrimp is a
cocktail worth savoring."--Raj Patel, author of "The Value of
Nothing"
"Based in New Zealand, Warne is a journalist and founding editor of
New Zealand Geographic. He offers an extended narrative describing
what he learned as he investigated the profound importance of
mangrove forests to the ecological balance of the areas near the
ocean where they are located, and to the people who depend on that
ecosystem. The story involves the impact of shrimp aquaculture and
massive coastal development--both of which devastate these
'rainforests of the sea' and disable their mitigation of climate
change through carbon storage as well as the protection they give
coastlines in the event of tsunamis."-- "Reference & Research Book
News"
"Kennedy Warne's effort to 'set the record straight' with respect
to mangroves comes at a critical time and at an appropriate level
to catch the attention of stakeholders, land use planners, and
policy makers around the world."
-- "Journal of Environmental Studies and Science"
"Rainforests of the land evoke a lot more international concern,
and Warne includes in the last chapter of his vivid and pithy book
a vignette of a scientist glooming about the undeservedly low
public profile of mangroves. Warne's book sets out to remedy this,
but it's far from mere lecturing. Warne, founding editor of New
Zealand Geographic, visits mangroves around the world and lets what
he sees and the people he meets make their own case. The book is a
travelog with attitude."-- "Science News"
"Kennedy Warne is a 21st century Lorax--he speaks not only for the
mangrove trees but also for the disenfranchised, disempowered, and
betrayed people who depend on mangrove forests for their lives and
their dignity. Let Them Eat Shrimp raises a clarion call to action
against those who continue to put profits before people and
consumption before reverence."--Aaron M. Ellison, Senior Ecologist
and Senior Research Fellow, Harvard University
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