A New Approach to Conservation
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A New Approach to Conservation

The Importance of the Individual through Wildlife Rehabilitation

  1. 218 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A New Approach to Conservation

The Importance of the Individual through Wildlife Rehabilitation

About this book

Conservationists assume a set of underlying values which guide their decision-making and action. The safeguarding or promotion of biodiversity, it is believed, is the means by which nature is best protected. This book examines - and challenges - these general conservation assumptions. While reinforcing the need to halt extinction and value biodiversity, it shows that biodiversity needs to be more clearly understood, perhaps being replaced by the notion of 'wildness'. It examines how biodiversity is a holistic term, and how individual species need to be assessed and their own contribution to 'wildness' has to be recognized. The book proposes a new way of conservation - one which makes more room for neglected, rather than endangered or rare species. It also asserts that 'wildness' is not incompatible with certain kinds of human intervention.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781138618701
eBook ISBN
9781351163545

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. PART I: EXPLORING CONSERVATION'S BASIC ASSUMPTIONS
  10. PART II: THE CONSERVATIONIST'S ROLE REDEFINED
  11. PART III: A NEW EMPHASIS IN CONSERVATION
  12. PART IV: THE UPSHOT; IMPLICATIONS FOR ACTION
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index