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Titre(s) : Keeping the wild [Texte électronique] : against the domestication of Earth / edited by George Wuerthner, Eileen Crist, Tom Butler
Publication : Washington (D.C.) : Island press ; San Francisco (Calif.) : Foundation for deep ecology,
2014
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
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Is it time to embrace the so-called “Anthropocene”—the age of human dominion—and to
abandon tried-and-true conservation tools such as parks and wilderness areas? Is the
future of Earth to be fully domesticated, an engineered global garden managed by technocrats
to serve humanity? The schism between advocates of rewilding and those who accept
and even celebrate a “post-wild” world is arguably the hottest intellectual battle
in contemporary conservation.In Keeping the Wild, a group of prominent scientists,
writers, and conservation activists responds to the Anthropocene-boosters who claim
that wild nature is no more (or in any case not much worth caring about), that human-caused
extinction is acceptable, and that “novel ecosystems” are an adequate replacement
for natural landscapes. With rhetorical fists swinging, the book's contributors argue
that these “new environmentalists” embody the hubris of the managerial mindset and
offer a conservation strategy that will fail to protect life in all its buzzing, blossoming
diversity.With essays from Eileen Crist, David Ehrenfeld, Dave Foreman, Lisi Krall,
Harvey Locke, Curt Meine, Kathleen Dean Moore, Michael Soulé, Terry Tempest Williams
and other leading thinkers, Keeping the Wild provides an introduction to this important
debate, a critique of the Anthropocene boosters' attack on traditional conservation,
and unapologetic advocacy for wild nature.
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Wuerthner, George (1952-....). Éditeur scientifique
Crist, Eileen (1961-....). Éditeur scientifique
Butler, Tom (1963-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Conservation des ressources naturelles
Anthropocène
Espaces protégés
Indice(s) Dewey :
333.72 (23e éd.) = Ressources naturelles et énergie - Conservation et protection
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781610915595
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44669521t
Notice n° :
FRBNF44669521
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