Wild By Design: The Rise Of Ecological Restoration Laura J Martin Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Science Biology And Biochemistry

An Environmental Historian Delves Into The History Science And Philosophy Of A Paradoxical Pursuit: Century-Old Quest To Design Natural Places Create Wild Species Restoration Is Global Pursuit Major Political Concern Governments Nonprofits Private Corporations Other Institutions Spend Billions Dollars Each Year Remove Invasive Build Wetlands Reintroduce Driven From Their Habitats But Has Not Always Been So Intensively Practiced It Began As Pastime Few Wildflower Enthusiasts First Practitioners New Scientific Discipline Ecology Touchstone Us Environmentalism Since Beginning Twentieth Century Diverging Popular Ideas About Preservation Which Romanticized Nature Eden Be Left Untouched By Human Hands Conservation Managed Use Resources Emerged “Third Way ” Restorationists Grappled With Deepest Puzzles Care For Life On Earth: How Intervene In Nature’s Own Sake? What Are Baselines That Humans Should Aim Restore? Possible Without Destroying Wildness? Laura J Martin Shows Over Time Amateur Professional Ecologists Interest Groups Government Agencies Coalesced Around Mode Management Sought Respect World-Making Even Decision-Making At Same Reshaped Material Environments Ways Powerfully Influenced We Understand Restoration’s Past Provides Vital Knowledge Climate Change Policy Also Offers Something More—A Meditation Means Call Ecological Socially Just Σελίδες: 336 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0607 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm