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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jonathan AdamsPublisher: Beacon Press Imprint: Beacon Press Dimensions: Width: 15.10cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.70cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9780807085370ISBN 10: 0807085375 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 15 February 2007 Audience: General/trade , General 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 ContentsReviewsGoing 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; Author InformationJonathan 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |