Wild hope:on the front lines of conservation success
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The University of Chicago Press,
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Publisher Address: | Chicago, Ill. London, U.K. |
Publication Dates: | 2012. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | 255 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780226035970 (cloth : alkaline paper) 0226035972 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
Index Number: | Q16 |
CLC: | Q16 |
Call Number: | Q16/B194 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-246) and index. The glass half empty -- Guarding the unicorn: conservation at the sharp end -- Ending the woodpecker wars -- Problem plants, politics, and poverty -- Rewilding goes Dutch -- Seeing the good from the trees -- The greening of a giant -- Fishing for a future -- The glass half full. "Offers stories of successful conservation around the world, introducing the heroes and foot soldiers, and sharing the new ideas they are generating about how to make conservation work"--Provided by publisher. |