Rambunctious Garden Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World

Name: Rambunctious Garden Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World
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ISBN: 9781608194544

ISBN-10: 160819454X

ISBN-13: 9781608194544

Edition: 2013

Authors: Emma Marris

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A paradigm shift is roiling the environmental world. For decades people have unquestioningly accepted the idea that our goal is to preserve nature in its pristine, pre-human state. But many scientists have come to see this as an outdated dream that thwarts bold new plans to save the environment and prevents us from having a fuller relationship with nature. Humans have changed the landscapes they inhabit since prehistory, and climate change means even the remotest places now bear the fingerprints of humanity. Emma Marris argues convincingly that it is time to look forward and create the "rambunctious garden," a hybrid of wild nature and human management.In this optimistic book, readers meet…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 8/20/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.57" wide x 8.14" long x 0.74" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Emma Marris grew up in Seattle, Washington. Since 2004, she has written for the world's foremost science journal, Nature, on ecology, conservation Biology and other topics. Her articles have also appeared in Wired, the Christian Science Monitor, and Conservation. She currently lives in Columbia, Missouri, with her husband and daughter.




Weeding the Jungle



The Yellowstone Model



The Forest Primeval



Radical Rewilding



Assisted Migration



Learning to Love Exotic Species



Novel Ecosystems



Designer Ecosystems



Conservation Everywhere



A Menu of New Goals


Acknowledgments


Notes


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Index