Future Nature - Couverture souple

Adams, W.M. M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1853839981 ISBN 13 : 9781853839986

Editeur : Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

The countryside is changing faster than ever. Fifty years ofconservation achievements in the UK are now being confronted by a newcomplexion of economic forces that are driving change in thecountryside. At the same time new ideas in conservation are alteringthe role that conservation is being asked to play in negotiating thetransition from past to future.

This revised edition of Bill Adams 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.

Concepts such 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.

The importance of conservation for the future is enormous. It holdsthe potential to create new spaces for nature, both in the landscapeand in our lives and imaginations. This factual, beautifully writtenand thought-provoking book offers a fundamental reassessment ofconservation, its importance, and how to achieve it.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Bill Adams is Reader in Conservation and Development at the University of Cambridge, an editor of Decolonizing Nature: strategies for conservation in a post-colonial era (Earthscan, 2002) and the author of Green Development: environment and sustainability in the Third World.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1853839981
• ISBN 13: 9781853839986
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 294
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