The Future of the Wild: Radical Conservation for a Crowded World

Author:   Jonathan Adams
Publisher:   Beacon Press
ISBN:  

9780807085370


Pages:   296
Publication Date:   15 February 2007
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jonathan Adams
Publisher:   Beacon Press
Imprint:   Beacon Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.10cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.70cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780807085370


ISBN 10:   0807085375
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   15 February 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Going beyond the 'conserve it and they will come' mindset, Adams presents an optimistic approach to conservation . . . Visionary, optimistic, doable, and essential, Adam's approach is a pioneering 'guidebook to nature.' -Library Journal, starred review ""Fertile with fresh thinking, this book is an uncommonly eloquent call for urgent but thoughtful action."" -Publishers Weekly ""Adams profiles ecologists and activists, as well as grassroots and national conservation organizations, in a seamless flow of readable prose to make his point that sustainable human activity and sustainable populations of wildlife must not be mutually exclusive.""--Ted Levin, OnEarth


& quot; Going beyond the & #39; conserve it and they will come& #39; mindset, Adams presents an optimistic approach to conservation . . . Visionary, optimistic, doable, and essential, Adam& #39; s approach is a pioneering & #39; guidebook to nature.& #39;


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Jonathan S. Adams is a conservation biologist, writer, and program director with the Nature Conservancy. He is the coauthor of The Myth of Wild Africa- Conservation Without Illusion and the coeditor of Precious Heritage- The Status of Biodiversity in the United States. He lives with his wife and two children in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.

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