The Future of Conservation in America: A Chart for Rough Water

Machlis, Gary E.; Jarvis, Jonathan B.; Williams, Terry Tempest

ISBN 10: 022654205X / ISBN 13: 9780226542058

Published by University of Chicago Press (edition First Edition), 2018

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Synopsis:

This is a turbulent time for the conservation of America’s natural and cultural heritage. From the current assaults on environmental protection to the threats of climate change, biodiversity loss, and disparity of environmental justice, the challenges facing the conservation movement are both immediate and long term. In this time of uncertainty, we need a clear and compelling guide for the future of conservation in America, a declaration to inspire the next generation of conservation leaders. This is that guide—what the authors describe as “a chart for rough water.”

Written by the first scientist appointed as science advisor to the director of the National Park Service and the eighteenth director of the National Park Service, this is a candid, passionate, and ultimately hopeful book. The authors describe a unified vision of conservation that binds nature protection, historical preservation, sustainability, public health, civil rights and social justice, and science into common cause—and offer real-world strategies for progress. To be read, pondered, debated, and often revisited, The Future of Conservation in America is destined to be a touchstone for the conservation movement in the decades ahead.

About the Author: Gary E. Machlis is university professor of environmental sustainability at Clemson University and former science advisor to the director of the National Park Service. He is coeditor of Science, Conservation, and National Parks, also published by the University of Chicago Press. Jonathan B. Jarvis served for forty years with the National Park Service as ranger, biologist, superintendent, regional director, and was its eighteenth director from 2009 to 2017.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Future of Conservation in America: A ...
Publisher: University of Chicago Press (edition First Edition)
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
Edition: First Edition.