| Against Extinction: The Story of Conservation Contributor(s): Adams, William Bill (Author) |
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ISBN: 1844070565 ISBN-13: 9781844070565 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2004 Annotation: * From hunting to national parks, it asks and answers the big questions about why we have struggled, and continue to struggle, to conserve nature* Looks to the future and suggests a new course for conservation in the 21st century* Essential reading for conservationists, ecologists, park and natural resource managers, tourism practitioners, and students and scholars The story of conservation from its origins in 1903, when the Society for the Preservation of the Wild Fauna of the Empire was founded in London, to the present day in which it has become a huge international enterprise. Yet this book is not simply an account of what happened, but rather it is about why it happened. "Against Extinction" is, above all, about the big questions and ideas that have driven conservation for a century. How can the diversity of life be maintained as human demands on the earth expand seemingly without end? How can you reconcile preservation with human rights and the development needs of the poor? Is conservation something that needs to be imposed on people, or is it only something that emerges from people's free choice? These have never been easy questions and the answers, as Adams reveals, have been even more difficult. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Sustainable Development - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Nature | Ecology |
| Dewey: 333.72 |
| LCCN: 2003021888 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.06" W x 9.14" (1.07 lbs) 311 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 'Conservation in the 21st century needs to be different and this book is a good indicator of why' Bulletin of British Ecological Society. Against Extinction tells the history of wildlife conservation from its roots in the 19th century, through the foundation of the Society for the Preservation of the Wild Fauna of the Empire in London in 1903 to the huge and diverse international movement of the present day. It vividly portrays conservation's legacy of big game hunting, the battles for the establishment of national parks, the global importance of species conservation and debates over the sustainable use of and trade in wildlife. Bill Adams addresses the big questions and ideas that have driven conservation for the last 100 years: How can the diversity of life be maintained as human demands on the Earth expand seemingly without limit? How can preservation be reconciled with human rights and the development needs of the poor? Is conservation something that can be imposed by a knowledgeable elite, or is it something that should emerge naturally from people's free choices? These have never been easy questions, and they are as important in the 21st century as at any time in the past. The author takes us on a lively historical journey in search of the answers. |