Conservation for the twenty-first century
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Conservation for the twenty-first century
Oxford University Press, 1989
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Conservation for the 21st century
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"Wildlife Conservation International, New York Zoological Society."
Based on the conference "Conservation 2100" held in New York, Oct. 20-23, 1986
Bibliography: p. 325-353
Includes index
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ISBN 9780195054743
Description
In the 20th century, for the first time in Earth's history, a living species - man - has become a global force capable of affecting the fate of all other species, of evolution itself, and even the global climate and the movement of ice and land masses. In this book, an international group of experts working in fields as diverse as genetics, philosophy, species ecology, zoo management, national park planning and television broadcasting, use their hands-on experience to provide informed speculation on what the future holds for wildlife and wildlands in relation to human needs. Concerned with the conservation of life, they discuss changes in human activity in the coming decades, the biological basis of sustaining nature, the tools and techniques for saving species and ecosystems, and what it will take to secure public support for these endeavours. The book's point of view is based in the biological realm, and is thus deliberately at variance with many other visions of the future. The recurring theme is that wildlife can only survive burgeoning human activity if we can identify the threats to nature soon enough to generate awareness.
The book will interest anyone concerned with the biology, management or politics of natural resources around the world: biologists, botanists, zoologists, conservation specialists, government agencies, media representatives.
Table of Contents
- K. O. Wilson: Conservation: the next hundred years
- David Western: Population, resources and environment in the 21st century
- Tarzie Vittachi: Demographics and socioeconomics: the people factor
- David Western: Conservation biology
- Jared Diamond: Overview of recent extinctions
- Norman Myers: A major extinction spasm: predictable and inevitable?
- Storrs Olson: Extinction on islands: man as a catastrophe
- Ian Atkinson: Introduced animals and extinctions
- David Woodruff: The problems of conserving genes and species
- Robert C. Vrijenhoek: Population genetics and conservation
- John Eisenberg & Larry Harris: Conservation: a consideration of evolution, population and life history
- Sam McNaughton: Ecosystems and conservation in 2100
- Brian Walker: Diversity and stability in ecosystems conservation
- David Western: Why manage nature?
- David Hales: Changing concepts of national parks
- Alvaro Ugalde: An optimal parks system
- Jeffrey McNeely: Protected areas and human ecology: how national parks can contribute to sustaining societies of the 21st century
- David Western: Conservation without parks: wildlife in the rural landscape
- Larry Harris & John Eisenberg: Enhanced linkage: necessary stops for success in conservation of faunal diversity
- Bryn Green: Conservation in man-made landscapes
- William G. Conway: The prospects for sustaining species and their evolution
- Mark Stanley Price: Reconstructing ecosystems
- Mary Pearl: the human side of conservation
- Eugene Hargrove: Conservation and human values
- Holmes Rolston: Biology without conservation: an environmental misfit and contradiction in terms
- Bryan Norton: The cultural approach to conservation biology
- David Ehrenfeld: Hard times for diversity
- Perez Olindo: A planner's perspective
- Arturo Tarak: A national perspective
- Reuben Olembo: International perspectives in conservation planning
- Michael Bean: Conservation legislation in the century ahead
- Mary Pearl: How the developed world can promote conservation in emerging nations
- James Lee: Conservation in a world in search of a future
- Lester Crystal: American broadcast journalism: its coverage of conservation crises
- Michael Soule: Conservation biology in the 21st century: summary and outlook
- David Western, Mary Pearl, Stuart L. Pimm, Brian Walker, Ian Atkinson, & David Woodruff: An agenda for conservation action.
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: pbk. ISBN 9780195077193
Description
In this stimulating overview, international experts offer vital information for anticipating and meeting the environmental and ecological challenges of the next century. Representing a diverse range of specialties, the contributors examine such key topics as species extinction, ecosystem conservation and management, strategies for national parks, planning and management programmes, legislative initiatives, and conservation in the developing world. Thoughtful and provocative, the book provides a much-needed basis for planning realistic action. It will be read with interest by conservationists, government decision-makers, wildlife resource managers, and all those concerned about the issues of ecology and preservation.
Table of Contents
- K.O. Wilson: Conservation: the next hundred years
- David Western: Population, resources and environment in the 21st century
- Tarzie Vittachi: Demographics and socioeconomics: the people factor
- David Western: Conservation biology
- Jared Diamond: Overview of recent extinctions
- Norman Myers: A major extinction spasm: predictable and inevitable?
- Storrs Olson: Extinction on islands: man as a catastrophe
- Ian Atkinson: Introduced animals and extinctions
- David Woodruff: The problems of conserving genes and species
- Robert C. Vrijenhoek: Population genetics and conservation
- John Eisenberg & Larry Harris: Conservation: a consideration of evolution, population and life history
- Sam McNaughton: Ecosystems and conservation in 2100
- Brian Walker: Diversity and stability in ecosystems conservation
- David Western: Why manage nature?
- David Hales: Changing concepts of national parks
- Alvaro Ugalde: An optimal parks system
- Jeffrey McNeely: Protected areas and human ecology: how national parks can contribute to sustaining societies of the 21st century
- David Western: Conservation without parks: wildlife in the rural landscape
- Larry Harris & John Eisenberg: Enhanced linkage: necessary stops for success in conservation of faunal diversity
- Bryn Green: Conservation in man-made landscapes
- William G. Conway: The prospects for sustaining species and their evolution
- Mark Stanley Price: Reconstructing ecosystems
- Mary Pearl: the human side of conservation
- Eugene Hargrove: Conservation and human values
- Holmes Rolston: Biology without conservation: an environmental misfit and contradiction in terms
- Bryan Norton: The cultural approach to conservation biology
- David Ehrenfeld: Hard times for diversity
- Perez Olindo: A planner's perspective
- Arturo Tarak: A national perspective
- Reuben Olembo: International perspectives in conservation planning
- Michael Bean: Conservation legislation in the century ahead
- Mary Pearl: How the developed world can promote conservation in emerging nations
- James Lee: Conservation in a world in search of a future
- Lester Crystal: American broadcast journalism: its coverage of conservation crises
- Michael Soule: Conservation biology in the 21st century.
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