Publication: Natura Maxima / Understanding Better to Protect Better: Using photography as a powerful visual tool, *Natura Maxima* is a wonderful educational book dedicated to biodiversity!

OVERVIEW

From the Andean peaks to the Amazon rainforest and on to the Galápagos, Ecuador—a region of exceptional global biodiversity—is home to flora and fauna found nowhere else in the world. The exceptional photographs featured in this book bear witness to this: candid shots of a condor or an Andean tapir, a fox climbing the snow-covered slope of a volcano, a marine iguana on the beach, or an orchid in the cloud forest are all magical moments captured at the heart of these ecosystems.

Faced with the striking beauty of these images, the reader—guided by accessible text grounded in deep scientific knowledge—gains a better understanding of the reasons behind such diversity and the multitude of interactions that drive ecosystem function. Better understanding leads to better protection: by using photography as a powerful visual lure, *Natura Maxima* is a remarkable educational book in the service of biodiversity!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part 1 - The Andes, a Source of Biodiversity

Part 2 - Ecuador: Land of Megadiversity

Part 3 - The Struggle for Life

Part 4 - Why Preserve Biodiversity?

Part 5 - Commitments

SPECIFICATIONS

Publisher: IRD Editions

Authors: Olivier Dangles, François Nowicki, Belen Mena