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Conservation politics : the last anti-colonial battle / David Johns.
By: Johns, David [author.]
.Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019Description: xvi, 381 pages : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781107199583; 9781316648933.Subject(s): Nature conservation -- Political aspects | Nature conservation -- Moral and ethical aspects | Anti-imperialist movements | Human ecology -- Political aspectsDDC classification: 333.9516
Contents:
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.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 333.9516 JOH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 017013 |
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.