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Rewilding North America : A Vision for Conservation in the 21St Century by Dave Foreman (2004, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherIsland Press
ISBN-101559630612
ISBN-139781559630610
eBay Product ID (ePID)30462653
Product Key Features
Number of Pages312 Pages
Publication NameRewilding North America : a Vision for Conservation in the 21st Century
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEcosystems & Habitats / Wilderness, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Animals / Wildlife, Life Sciences / Biology
Publication Year2004
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaNature, Science
AuthorDave Foreman
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2004-002132
ReviewsIf Rewilding North America can't stop the rising tide of extinction, then nothing will. Realistic in its assessment of the causes of extinction and the challenges ahead, Foreman's ethically leavened and scientifically grounded arguments for rewilding pro|9781559630610|, You know that proverbial squirrel that could walk halfway across the continent without ever leaving a tree? Dave Foreman is plotting to make sure it happens again--a long time in the future, doubtless, but if we get behind his efforts it will be a real|9781559630610|, Foreman somehow manages to be comprehensive, historically informed, accurate, and succinct. This makes the book surprisingly well suited to serve as a text for introductory courses in ecology or conservation biology. The book's provocative vision will certainly spark interest and lively discussion., Foreman has created a masterful blend of history, science, and vision. Rewilding North America takes the reader through the often gloomy history of conservation and destruction in North America during the last century, paints an inspired but achievable f|9781559630610|
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal333.95/16/097
Table Of ContentList of MapsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction PART I. Bad News Chapter 1. The Extinction CrisisChapter 2. The Pleistocene-Holocene Event: Forty Thousand Years of ExtinctionChapter 3. The First WaveChapter 4. The Second and Third WavesChapter 5. Ecological Wounds of North America 1: Direct Killing and Habitat LossChapter 6. Ecological Wounds of North America 2: Fragmentation, Loss of Ecological Processes, Exotic Species, Pollution, and Climate Change PART II. Good NewsChapter 7. Conservation BiologyChapter 8. Rewilding North AmericaChapter 9. Selecting and Designing Protected Areas: The Early DaysChapter 10. Selecting and Designing Protected Areas: The Past Two DecadesChapter 11. The Importance of Wilderness Areas PART III. Taking ActionChapter 12. Putting the Pieces Together: Building a North American Wildlands NetworkChapter 13. An Ecological Approach to Wilderness Area Selection and DesignChapter 14. Land Management Reforms for Implementing the North American Wildlands NetworkChapter 15. Hope for the Future For More InformationNotesIndexAbout the Author
SynopsisDave Foreman is one of North America's most creative and effective conservation leaders, an outspoken proponent of protecting and restoring the earth's wildness, and a visionary thinker. Over the past 30 years, he has helped set direction for some of our most influential conservation organizations, served as editor and publisher of key ......, In Rewilding North America , Dave Foreman takes on arguably the biggest ecological threat of our time: the global extinction crisis. He not only explains the problem in clear and powerful terms, but also offers a bold, hopeful, scientifically credible, and practically achievable solution. Foreman begins by setting out the specific evidence that a mass extinction is happening and analyzes how humans are causing it. Adapting Aldo Leopold's idea of ecological wounds, he details human impacts on species survival in seven categories, including direct killing, habitat loss and fragmentation, exotic species, and climate change. Foreman describes recent discoveries in conservation biology that call for wildlands networks instead of isolated protected areas, and, reviewing the history of protected areas, shows how wildlands networks are a logical next step for the conservation movement. The final section describes specific approaches for designing such networks (based on the work of the Wildlands Project, an organization Foreman helped to found) and offers concrete and workable reforms for establishing them. The author closes with an inspiring and empowering call to action for scientists and activists alike. Rewilding North America offers both a vision and a strategy for reconnecting, restoring, and rewilding the North American continent, and is an essential guidebook for anyone concerned with the future of life on earth., Dave Foreman is one of North America's most creative and effective conservation leaders, an outspoken proponent of protecting and restoring the earth's wildness, and a visionary thinker. Over the past 30 years, he has helped set direction for some of our most influential conservation organizations, served as editor and publisher of key conservation journals, and shared with readers his unique style and outlook in widely acclaimed books including The Big Outside and Confessions of an Eco-Warrior. In Rewilding North America, Dave Foreman takes on arguably the biggest ecological threat of our time: the global extinction crisis. He not only explains the problem in clear and powerful terms, but also offers a bold, hopeful, scientifically credible, and practically achievable solution. Foreman begins by setting out the specific evidence that a mass extinction is happening and analyzes how humans are causing it. Adapting Aldo Leopold's idea of ecological wounds, he details human impacts on species survival in seven categories, including direct killing, habitat loss and fragmentation, exotic species, and climate change. Foreman describes recent discoveries in conservation biology that call for wildlands networks instead of isolated protected areas, and, reviewing the history of protected areas, shows how wildlands networks are a logical next step for the conservation movement. The final section describes specific approaches for designing such networks (based on the work of the Wildlands Project, an organization Foreman helped to found) and offers concrete and workable reforms for establishing them. The author closes with an inspiring and empowering call to action for scientists and activists alike. Rewilding North America offers both a vision and a strategy for reconnecting, restoring, and rewilding the North American continent, and is an essential guidebook for anyone concerned with the future of life on earth., Dave Foreman is one of North America's most creative and effective conservation leaders, an outspoken proponent of protecting and restoring the earth's wildness, and a visionary thinker. Over the past thirty years, he has helped set direction for some of our most influential conservation organizations, served as editor and publisher of key conservation journals, and shared with readers his unique style and outlook in widely acclaimed books, including The Big Outside and Confessions of an Eco-Warrior. In Rewilding North America, Foreman takes on arguably the biggest ecological threat of our time: the global extinction crisis. He not only explains the problem in clear and powerful terms, but also offers a bold, hopeful, scientifically credible, and practically achievable solution. Foreman begins by setting out the specific evidence that a mass extinction is happening and analyzes how humans are causing it.
LC Classification NumberQH77.N56F66 2004
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