For those of you that enjoy (and can afford) traveling, Disappearing Destinations: 37 Places in Peril and What Can Be Done to Help Save Them might be just the travel guide for you. The book, written by Heather Hansen and Kimberly Lisagor, focus on a large handful of some of the most beautiful, yet endangered, travel destinations on the planet. From the publishing company Vintage, via ecolibris,

A beautiful and memorable look at some of the most gorgeous endangered places on the planet…Glacier National Park is a destination long known for the stunning beauty of its ice floes, but in our lifetimes it will have no glaciers due to global warming…In the biobays of Puerto Rico swimmers can float in a sea shimmering with bioluminescent life, but sediment being churned up by development is killing the dinoflagellates that produce the eerie and beautiful glow…

These places - along with many others across the globe - are changing as we speak due to global warming, environmental degradation, overuse, and natural causes. From the Boreal Forests in Finland to the Yangtze River Valley in China, 37 Places to See Before They Disappear is a treasure trove of geographic wonder, and a guide to these threatened destinations and what is being done to save them.

The authors approach visiting each destination in a sustainable, non-destructive way, as well as providing ways to help in the conservation of these sites. They’re definitely going a step beyond the “take only pictures, leave only footprints” mantra.

takepart to learn how to travel responsibly and become part of the ecotourism movement, and takepart here to read Kimberly Lisagor’s blog on amazon.com.