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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Dave ForemanPublisher: Island Press Imprint: Island Press Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.431kg ISBN: 9781559630610ISBN 10: 1559630612 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 01 July 2004 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsForeman has created a masterful blend of history, science, and vision. Rewilding North America takes the reader through the often gloomy history of conservation and destruction in North America during the last century, paints an inspired but achievable future for wildlife and wildplaces, and asks each of us to take deliberate action to secure this vision. This book offers practical lessons from one who has long been speaking (and acting) for the preservation of wilderness. --Deborah B. Jensen You know that proverbial squirrel that could walk halfway across the continent without ever leaving a tree? Dave Foreman is plotting to make sure it happens again--a long time in the future, doubtless, but if we get behind his efforts it will be a real possibility. --Bill McKibben If Rewilding North America can't stop the rising tide of extinction, then nothing will. Realistic in its assessment of the causes of extinction and the challenges ahead, Foreman's ethically leavened and scientifically grounded arguments for rewilding promote hope. More than a 'book of the year, ' Rewilding North America makes clear the conservation and restoration agenda for the century. --Max Oelschlaeger Foreman has created a masterful blend of history, science, and vision. Rewilding North America takes the reader through the often gloomy history of conservation and destruction in North America during the last century, paints an inspired but achievable future for wildlife and wildplaces, and asks each of us to take deliberate action to secure this vision. This book offers practical lessons from one who has long been speaking (and acting) for the preservation of wilderness. --Deborah B. Jensen Author InformationDave Foreman is director of The Rewilding Institute, a non-profit conservation think tank based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which is dedicated to developing and promoting the Ideas, strategies, and vision of continentalscale conservation. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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