| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 297 pages) : maps |
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Bad news -- The extinction crisis -- The pleistocene-holocene event: forty thousand years of extinction -- The first wave -- The second and third waves -- Ecological wounds of North America : direct killing and habitat loss -- Ecological wounds of North America : fragmentation, loss of ecological processes, exotic species, pollution, and climate change -- Good news -- Conservation biology -- Rewilding North America -- Selecting and designing protected areas: the early days -- Selecting and designing protected areas: the past two decades -- The importance of wilderness areas -- Taking action -- Putting the pieces together: building a North American Wildlands network -- An ecological approach to wilderness area selection and design -- Land management reforms for implementing the North American Wildlands network -- Hope for the future |
| Summary |
"In Rewilding North America, Foreman takes on arguably the biggest ecological threat of our time: the global extinction crisis. He not only explains the problem in clear terms, but also offers a scientifically-credible, and practically achievable solutions."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-280) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Wilderness areas -- North America
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Biodiversity conservation -- North America
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Extinction (Biology) -- North America
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biological Diversity.
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NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife.
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Biodiversity conservation
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Extinction (Biology)
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Wilderness areas
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Biodiversität
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Renaturierung Ökologie
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North America
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Nordamerika
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1423767209 |
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9781423767206 |
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9781610911559 |
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1610911555 |
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