Preface: The Conservation World's Best-kept Secret -- 1. The Springs of Conservation -- 2. The Path to Union -- 3. The Union Established -- 4. A Time for Science -- 5. The New Ark Puts to Sea -- 6. The Environmental Explosion -- 7. A Strategy for World Conservation -- 8. After the Strategy -- 9. Conservation for Development -- 10. The Web Extends -- 11. Power to the Members -- 12. The Balance Sheet -- App. 1. Presidents, Secretary-Generals and Director-Generals of IUPN and IUCN
Summary
"Today, when the environment and conservation attract almost daily attention in the media, it is hard to believe that fifty years ago they were very much a minority interest. Much of the credit for the change in public attitude must go to a body that few people have ever heard of - IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, now known more simply as The World Conservation Union." "In The Green Web, Martin Holdgate (who was Director-General of IUCN between 1988 and 1994) gives us a history of half a century of work for conservation throughout the world. Drawing on archives and interviews, he reveals the often turbulent story behind the action and describes both triumphs and the near-disasters that several times have threatened to undermine them."--BOOK JACKET
Notes
"About what IUCN has done and how it has worked."--P. ix
