Conservation in the Anthropocene - Reshaping Interaction With Nature

This book provides a critical assessment of conservation in the Anthropocene and is of value to students and scholars of biodiversity conservation and environmental science seeking a new way of looking at the nurture of nature in the Anthropocene.

List of contents

1. Confessions from the Beartooths 2. The Present Age: The Onset of the Anthropocene 3. The Ecology of the Anthropocene 4. Geology in the Anthropocene 5. Climate Change: The Signature of the Anthropocene 6. Conservation and the Novel Ecosystem 7. Conservation in the Urban Ecosystem 8. Indigenous Peoples and Conservation 9. Protected Areas, Parks, and Wilderness 10.Conservation Interventions – Saving Species Like We Mean It 11.Values to Guide the Anthropocene

About the author

Fred Van Dyke is an independent consultant providing guidance in conservation research and education, professional development, writing for publication, and organizational leadership. Previously he was Executive Director of the Au Sable Institute and Professor of Biology at Wheaton College, USA. He has also worked as a wildlife biologist for the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, a contract biologist for the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the US Forest Service, and as a consultant to the US National Park Service and private industry. He is the co-author of Conservation Biology: Foundations, Concepts, Applications, 3rd edition (2020).

Summary

This book provides a critical assessment of conservation in the Anthropocene and is of value to students and scholars of biodiversity conservation and environmental science seeking a new way of looking at the nurture of nature in the Anthropocene.

Product details

• Authors: Fred Van Dyke
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032511078
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3251107-8
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Routledge Studies in Conservation and the Environment
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; NATURE / General, NATURE / Natural Resources, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE / Ecology, Biodiversity, Environmental Management, Conservation of the environment, Social impact of environmental issues, Botany & plant sciences, Human Geography, Botany and plant sciences