*本书参入了鸟类学以及生物学的专家的合作以及知识，呈现我们地球现在的生态危机，以及鸟类在生物多样性上的重要地位

为什么巨嘴鸟消失后棕榈树会变小？海鸟和珊瑚礁有关系吗？为什么生物多样性对于人类生活（和生存）是必要的？

本书借助简短、有趣的故事和精彩的整版插图，探索并试图为这些问题提供答案。作者借鉴鸟类世界的例子，见解了大自然复杂的相互依存关系，从而使为仍然紧迫的辩论做出贡献。

关于作者：

Sarah Heuzeroth was born in 1988, studied illustration at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences and has been a freelance illustrator since 2016. Working under the heading of “green illustration,” she specializes in visual material relating to climate justice, ecology, and social change. Her clients include BUND, a German environmental NGO, Oxfam, and the Federal Environment Agency. THE WORLD IN AN EGGSHELL is her first book.