Rewilding North America : a vision for conservation in the 21st century / Dave Foreman.
Annotation 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.
Record details
- ISBN: 1559630604
- ISBN: 9781559630603
- ISBN: 1559630612
- ISBN: 9781559630610
- Physical Description: xiv, 297 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Washington : Island Press, ©2004.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-280) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Bad news -- The extinction crisis -- The pleistocene-holocene event: forty thousand years of extinction -- The first wave -- The second and third waves -- Ecological wounds of North America : direct killing and habitat loss -- Ecological wounds of North America : fragmentation, loss of ecological processes, exotic species, pollution, and climate change -- Good news -- Conservation biology -- Rewilding North America -- Selecting and designing protected areas: the early days -- Selecting and designing protected areas: the past two decades -- The importance of wilderness areas -- Taking action -- Putting the pieces together: building a North American Wildlands network -- An ecological approach to wilderness area selection and design -- Land management reforms for implementing the North American Wildlands network -- Hope for the future. |
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Subject: | Wilderness areas > North America. Biodiversity conservation > North America. Extinction (Biology) > North America. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | QH 77 .N56 F67 2004 | 30775305506421 | General Collection | Available | - |
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- Version of Resource: http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0414/2004002132.html
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