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Postnormal Conservation : Botanic Gardens and the Reordering of Biodiversity Governance /

Since their inception in the sixteenth century, botanic gardens have been embroiled with matters of governance. In 'Postnormal Conservation', Katja Grötzner Neves reveals that, throughout its long history, the botanical garden institution has been both a product and an enabler of modernit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Neves, Katja Grötzner (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Botanical garden histories of governance
  • Botanical knowledge, power, and governance: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in the Longue Duree
  • Post-normal conservation at Espace pour la Vie
  • Communities in nature : multi-species care at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Bristol Zoo Gardens.