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Fuelling extinction /

Presents a series of articles about the palm oil industry, the destruction of rainforests in Asia and the threatened extinction of the orangutan, which demonstrate how to write a report in an explanatory style. Includes comprehension questions, and notes for planning and writing an informational exp...

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Main Authors: Delaney, Rachelle
Published: Pearson,
Publisher Address: Melbourne, Victoria :
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: MainSails 4
Subjects:
Readers > English language > Rhetoric
Readers > Exposition Rhetoric
Readers > Deforestation
Readers > Palm oil industry > Environmental aspects
English language > Rhetoric > Juvenile literature
Exposition Rhetoric > Juvenile literature
Deforestation > Juvenile literature
Palm oil industry > Environmental aspects > Juvenile literature
Summary: Presents a series of articles about the palm oil industry, the destruction of rainforests in Asia and the threatened extinction of the orangutan, which demonstrate how to write a report in an explanatory style. Includes comprehension questions, and notes for planning and writing an informational explanation.
Item Description: Cover title.
"Informational explanation"--Back cover.
Reader for children.
Includes index.
Carrier Form: 32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9781869706128
1869706129
CLC: TS225.1-49
Call Number: TS225.1-49/D337
Contents: Fuelling extinction -- Oil palm plantations -- Palm oil products -- Biodiesel -- How palm oil affects orangutans -- Man of the forest -- Habitat destruction -- On the brink of extinction -- Unwanted neighbours -- Peatland destruction -- Why the destruction continues -- Taking action.

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