Listed : dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act /

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A lot has changed since the 1970s, when the tiny snail darter went extinct on the Little Tennessee River. Joe Roman helps us understand why we should all be happy about the sweeping law that made these changes possible. "Listed "is an engaging tale of endangered species in the wild and the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roman, Joe, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Temas:
United States. > Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (United States)
Endangered species > United States.
Nature conservation > Government policy > United States > History.
Wildlife conservation > Government policy > United States > History.
Environmental protection > Economic aspects > United States.
Environmental policy > United States > History.
Endangered species > Law and legislation > Political aspects > United States.
Environmental law > Social aspects > United States > History.
Nature > Conservation > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Faune > Protection > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Environnement > Protection > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biological Diversity.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Endangered species
Environmental law > Social aspects
Environmental policy
Environmental protection > Economic aspects
Nature conservation > Government policy
Wildlife conservation > Government policy
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue : Boiling Spring
  • In the name of the darter
  • The Class of '67
  • Notes from the vortex
  • The Endangered Species Act
  • A handy handle
  • Natural capital
  • Magical thinking
  • Grand experiments
  • The panther's new genes
  • Safe harbor
  • Crying wolves
  • Skating over thin ice
  • Raising whales
  • Questing
  • The Hundred Acre Wood
  • In which we upset the ethnobotanists
  • Water wars
  • The most beautiful sound
  • The platinum blonde and the farm girl
  • Epilogue : Extinction's in the house.

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