ISBN:
9781032511078
,
9781032519159
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
xviii, 265 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
Serie:
Routledge studies in conservation and the environment
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Conservation in the anthropocene
DDC:
304.2
Schlagwort(e):
Human ecology
;
Nature / Effect of human beings on
;
Nature conservation
;
Conservation biology
Kurzfassung:
"This book provides a critical assessment of conservation in the Anthropocene grounded in the personal, historical, and cultural development of human interaction with nature. This book argues that conservation can no longer be primarily about preserving nature but must adapt its efforts to promote changes through which humans create a landscape that is neither abandoned nor degraded but used well by humans and non-humans alike. Arranged in four parts, the first reviews the origin of ideas and conditions that have led to the concept and classification of the Anthropocene and explores how the author's own interactions with nature were shaped through his experience as a conservation biologist. Part Two explores how humans have come to be the primary drivers of ecological activity, geological events, and climate change. Chapters in part three focus on the need for new conservation thinking regarding novel ecosystems, urban conservation, the role of Indigenous Peoples in conservation, and the value of protected areas, parks, and wilderness. Part Four identifies strategies for effective conservation and argues for a new formulation of conservation values that redefine human relationships and interaction with nature. Chapters are enlivened by the personal experiences of the author and the first-person narratives of conservation activists and scientists who are learning to practice and succeed in conservation efforts under Anthropogenic conditions. Drawing on global examples, this book will be of great value to students and scholars of biodiversity conservation and environmental science ready to consider a new way of looking at the care and nurture of nature in the Anthropocene"--
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Confessions from the beartooths -- The present age : the onset of the anthropocene -- The ecology of the anthropocene -- Geology in the anthropocene -- Climate change : the signature of the anthropocene -- Conservation and the novel ecosystem -- Conservation in the urban ecosystem -- Indigenous peoples and conservation -- Protected areas, parks, and wilderness -- Conservation interventions : saving species like we mean it -- Values to guide the anthropocene.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
