Johns, David, 1951-

Conservation politics : the last anti-colonial battle / David Johns. - xvi, 381 pages : illustrations (black and white)

The tragedy of political failure -- Like it or not, politics is the solution -- Ten questions for conservation politics -- Adapting society to the wild -- Striking at the roots: the burgeoning human footprint -- Domination and the intractability of energy problems -- Turning the tide: lessons from other movements and conservation history -- Lessons from large scale conservation -- Doing large-scale restoration -- The other connectivity: reaching beyond the choir -- The special challenge of marine conservation -- The biological sciences and conservation -- Conservation, George Orwell and language -- Restoring story and myth -- Conservation moral imperative: the human obligation to the wild -- Conclusion.

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Nature conservation--Political aspects.
Nature conservation--Moral and ethical aspects.
Anti-imperialist movements.
Human ecology--Political aspects.

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