Win-Win Ecology How the Earth's Species Can Survive in the Midst of Human Enterprise

Name: Win-Win Ecology How the Earth's Species Can Survive in the Midst of Human Enterprise
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ISBN: 9780195156041

ISBN-10: 0195156048

ISBN-13: 9780195156041

Edition: 2003

Authors: Michael L. Rosenzweig, Michael Rosenzweig

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As humanity presses down inexorably on the natural world, people debate the extent to which we can save the Earth's millions of different species without sacrificing human economic welfare. But is this argument wise? Must the human and natural worlds be adversaries? In this book, ecologist Michael Rosenzweig finds that ecological science actually rejects such polarization. Instead it suggests that, to be successful, conservation must discover how we can blend a rich natural world into the world of economic activity. This revolutionary, common ground between development and conservation is called reconciliation ecology: creating and maintaining species-friendly habitats in the very places…

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/24/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 9.49" wide x 6.42" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Preamble



Reconciliation Ecology



Landscape Architecture for the Third Millennium



Prometheus in the Pinelands



Making Money



Hidden Costs


A Personal Witness



Hard-Core Reconciliation



Happy Accidents



The Tyranny of Space



Falling Down the Time Shaft: The Case of the Incredible Shrinking Planet



Fighting for Crumbs: The Traditional Forms of Biological Conservation



Extinction Happens



Clearing Hurdles


Notes


Acknowledgments


Illustration Sources


Index