Overview
- Editors:
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George Wuerthner
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Foundation for Deep Ecology, Livingston, USA
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Eileen Crist
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Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA
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Tom Butler
- This volume is a timely addition to the current debate about how best to manage land for conservation -The book includes case studies from around the world -The publisher is the Foundation for Deep Ecology, a leading advocate of wild nature
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xxvii
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Bold Thinking about Protecting the Wild
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- Reed F. Noss, Andrew P. Dobson, Robert Baldwin, Paul Beier, Cory R. Davis, Dominick A. Dellasala et al.
Pages 16-20
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- Daniel F. Doak, Victoria J. Bakker, Bruce Evan Goldstein, Benjamin Hale
Pages 27-35
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Rewilding Earth, Rewilding Ourselves
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- Harvey Locke, Karsten Heuer
Pages 120-130
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About this book
Protected natural areas have historically been the primary tool of conservationists to conserve land and wildlife. These parks and reserves are set apart to forever remain in contrast to those places where human activities, technologies, and developments prevail. But even as the biodiversity crisis accelerates, a growing number of voices are suggesting that protected areas are passé. Conservation, they argue, should instead focus on lands managed for human use—working landscapes—and abandon the goal of preventing human-caused extinctions in favor of maintaining ecosystem services to support people. If such arguments take hold, we risk losing support for the unique qualities and values of wild, undeveloped nature. Protecting the Wild offers a spirited argument for the robust protection of the natural world. In it, experts from five continents reaffirm that parks, wilderness areas, and other reserves are an indispensable—albeit insufficient—means to sustain species, subspecies, key habitats, ecological processes, and evolutionary potential. A companion volume to Keeping the Wild: Against the Domestication of Earth, Protecting the Wild provides a necessary addition to the conversation about the future of conservation in the so-called Anthropocene, one that will be useful for academics, policymakers, and conservation practitioners at all levels, from local land trusts to international NGOs.
Editors and Affiliations
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Foundation for Deep Ecology, Livingston, USA
George Wuerthner
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Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA
Eileen Crist