Shepherding nature : the challenge of conservation reliance /
Scott, J. Michael,
Shepherding nature : the challenge of conservation reliance / J. Michael Scott, John A. Wiens, Beatrice Van Horne, Dale D. Goble. - UK Cambridge University Press 2020 - 383 pages
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Extinction and the challenge of conservation reliance -- The conservation spectrum -- The genesis of conservation reliance and the language of conservation -- What are the threats? -- Emerging threats in a rapidly changing world -- The role of policy and law -- What's in the conservationist's toolbox : species-centered approaches -- Expanding the conservationist's toolbox : going beyond species -- Conservation reliance is a human issue -- Making tough decisions : prioritizing species for conservation -- Being a good shepherd.
"This is a book about conservation reliance-the need of many declining and imperiled species for ongoing, long-term conservation and management. It is also about shepherding nature-the need for a broad acceptance of the responsibility of humans to act as good shepherds. These are things that the four of us have spent much of our careers thinking about"--
9781108421829 9781108434331
Wildlife conservation--Case studies.
Nature--Case studies.
Wildlife conservation
Human ecology
333.95416 / SCO.S
Shepherding nature : the challenge of conservation reliance / J. Michael Scott, John A. Wiens, Beatrice Van Horne, Dale D. Goble. - UK Cambridge University Press 2020 - 383 pages
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Extinction and the challenge of conservation reliance -- The conservation spectrum -- The genesis of conservation reliance and the language of conservation -- What are the threats? -- Emerging threats in a rapidly changing world -- The role of policy and law -- What's in the conservationist's toolbox : species-centered approaches -- Expanding the conservationist's toolbox : going beyond species -- Conservation reliance is a human issue -- Making tough decisions : prioritizing species for conservation -- Being a good shepherd.
"This is a book about conservation reliance-the need of many declining and imperiled species for ongoing, long-term conservation and management. It is also about shepherding nature-the need for a broad acceptance of the responsibility of humans to act as good shepherds. These are things that the four of us have spent much of our careers thinking about"--
9781108421829 9781108434331
Wildlife conservation--Case studies.
Nature--Case studies.
Wildlife conservation
Human ecology
333.95416 / SCO.S