The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw: One Woman's Fight to Save the World's Most Beautiful Bird

摘要

This is an easy-to-read, well-edited book, and it was a page-turner for me. I recommend it to anyone interested in birds and, especially, anyone interested in Central America, energy development, politics, corruption, or environmental activism. It could be used in a beginning or advanced seminar course in conservation biology or as supplementary reading for courses in ornithology, biology, economics, or political science. I came away confident that Sharon Matola is a heroine, but frustrated by our lack of knowledge on the global population of the Scarlet Macaw or on the biodiversity of the Macal River. I am also dismayed by our lack of leadership or publicity in the United States on this issue; however, I am proud of the Natural Resources Defense Council and very skeptical of the Belize Audubon Society. I also wished this were not a true story, but I thank Bruce Barcott for taking the time to tell it.