Protecting the wild : parks and wilderness, the foundation for conservation /

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Protected natural areas have historically been the primary tool of conservationists to conserve land and wildlife. These parks and reserves are set apart to forever remain in contrast to those places where human activities, technologies, and developments prevail. But even as the biodiversity crisis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Wuerthner, George (Editor ), Crist, Eileen, 1961- (Editor ), Butler, Tom, 1963- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Francisco, CA : Washington, DC : Foundation for Deep Ecology ; Island Press, [2015]
Temas:
Protected areas.
Nature conservation.
Wilderness areas.
National parks and reserves.
Aires protégées.
Nature > Conservation.
Réserves de la vie sauvage.
Parcs nationaux.
protected areas.
wilderness areas.
national parks.
Conservation of the environment.
Nature > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
National parks and reserves
Nature conservation
Protected areas
Wilderness areas
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Deducation
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • INTRODUCTION
  • [ONE]: BOLD THINKING ABOUT PROTECTING THE WILD
  • Nature Needs (at least) Half: A Necessary New Agenda for Protected Areas
  • The first global conservation targets for protected areas: 10 or 12 percent
  • A global target emerges from the Convention on Biological Diversity
  • What scientific analysis suggests protected area targets ought to be
  • The meaning of protected area
  • Protecting half of the Earth's lands and waters
  • Connectivity among protected areas
  • Nature on the other half.
  • Self-censorship in the conservation community when it comes to targets
  • Protecting at least half of the Earth is a viable goal
  • A philosophical moment for the protected areas movement
  • Bolder Thinking for Conservation
  • Set targets designed to achieve goals
  • Protect at least 50 percent globally
  • Maintain or restore connectivity across large landscapes
  • Focus attention on the greatest threat
  • Demonstrate the value of nature to humans
  • Popularize the idea that conservation can be achieved
  • Reasonable targets
  • Caring for People and Valuing Forests in Africa.
  • What Is the Future of Conservation?
  • Shaking up the motives and practices of conservation
  • Central premises of the NCS argument
  • What's wrong with these claims and remedies?
  • Conclusions
  • Fool's Gold in the Catskill Mountains: Thinking Critically about the Ecosystem Services Paradigm
  • Parks, People, and Perspectives: Historicizing Conservation in Latin America
  • An academic context for challenging conservation
  • Examples from below
  • Conclusions
  • The Fight for Wilderness Preservation in the Pacific Northwest.
  • Of Tigers and Humans:The Question of Democratic Deliberation and Biodiversity Conservation
  • Tiger conservation
  • Efficacy of conservation
  • Environmental justice
  • Democracy and ethics
  • Conclusion
  • Protected Areas Are Necessary for Conservation
  • [TWO]: REWILDING EARTH, REWILDING OURSELVES
  • I Walk in the World to Love It
  • Rewilding Europe
  • From wilderness to plantation
  • Green power and conserved cultivation
  • Biodiversity as justification for conserved cultivation
  • The return toward wilderness
  • Bottom-up
  • Top-down
  • Why wild?
  • The British Thermopylae and the Return of the Lynx
  • Letting It Be on a Continental Scale: Some Thoughts on Rewilding
  • Unbuild it, and they will come
  • Yellowstone to Yukon: Global Conservation Innovations Through the Years
  • Pioneering conservation
  • Conservation near people
  • Conservation biology shifts the scale
  • The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
  • Inspiring hope for conservation around the world
  • Yellowstone as Model for the World
  • Critique of the Yellowstone model
  • Locals almost always oppose parks
  • Human-free zones?
  • The human influence.

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