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9781851687145

Conservation A Beginner's Guide

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  • ISBN13:

    9781851687145

  • ISBN10:

    1851687149

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-03-01
  • Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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Summary

In this age of unparalleled environmental change, the need to preserve our fauna and flora has never been so urgent. Fortunately, the ceaseless erosion of nature is counterbalanced by the desire of people to do something about it.

Author Biography

Paul Jepson started his career in urban conservation before moving to Asia to set up conservation programmes. He is Senior Research Fellow in Conservation Practice at the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford. Richard Ladle spent 15 years teaching conservation and ecology at the University of Oxford and other UK universities. He now lives in Brazil and works as a science writer and conservation consultant.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgementsp. vii
Illustrationsp. ix
The scope of conservationp. 1
The conservation movementp. 11
Building influencep. 34
Science-based conservationp. 51
Taking actionp. 82
Financing conservationp. 113
Conservation's criticsp. 135
Twenty-first-century conservationp. 153
Further readingp. 175
Indexp. 183
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