This book is the outcome of a 4 year-long project supported by the Bale Mountains National Park, the Ethiopian Government, the Frankfurt Zoological Society and many other partners from Ethiopia, France and the USA. The book has a double goal: to reveal the beauty of these magnificent mountains, and to put forward the work of those who are striving to protect the Bale Mountains' natural diversity. Through photography, poetic prose and scientific text, prepare yourself to discover an outstanding biodiversity hotspot, and one of the most unexplored areas of our planet. (2009, 168 pp, publisher: Berger)

Prefaces by Mr Girma Wolde Giorgis, President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and by Ms Cristina Mittermeier, director of the International League of Conservation Photographers.