Future nature : a vision for conservation
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Future nature : a vision for conservation
Earthscan, 2003
Rev. ed
- : pbk
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"BANC, challenging conservation"
Bbliography: p. 211-263
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This revised edition of Bill Adams's classic work FutureNature tackles the new challenges in the countryside and wildlifeconservation head-on through a new Introduction and Postscript withupdated arguments about naturalness and our social engagement withnature, and complemented by a new Foreword by Adrian Phillips. Conceptssuch as biodiversity and sustainability, and changes in ourunderstanding, appreciation and concern for nature, offer unprecedentedopportunities. Bill Adams explores the scientific, cultural andeconomic significance of conservation. He argues that conservation mustmove beyond the boundaries of parks and reserves to embrace the wholecountryside.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements * Foreword: Future Nature Revisited * Introduction to the Revised Edition * Finding Nature * Constructing Conservation * Nature Lost * Conservation and the Global Village * Culture and the Countryside * Making Nature * Nature and the Wild * The Conservation Landscape * Nature, Landscapes, Lives * Releasing the Wild * Postscript * Notes and References * Further Reading * List of Abbreviations * Index
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