@article{1398923,
      author = {Wuerthner, George, and Crist, Eileen, and Butler, Tom,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1398923},
      title = {Protecting the wild : parks and wilderness, the foundation  for conservation /},
      abstract = {Protected natural areas have historically been the primary  tool of conservationists to conserve land and wildlife.  These parks and reserves are set apart to forever remain in  contrast to those places where human activities,  technologies, and developments prevail. But even as the  biodiversity crisis accelerates, a growing number of voices  are suggesting that protected areas are pass. Conservation,  they argue, should instead focus on lands managed for human  useworking landscapesand abandon the goal of preventing  human-caused extinctions in favor of maintaining ecosystem  services to support people. If such arguments take hold, we  risk losing support for the unique qualities and values of  wild, undeveloped nature. Protecting the Wild offers a  spirited argument for the robust protection of the natural  world. In it, experts from five continents reaffirm that  parks, wilderness areas, and other reserves are an  indispensablealbeit insufficientmeans to sustain species,  subspecies, key habitats, ecological processes, and  evolutionary potential. A companion volume to Keeping the  Wild: Against the Domestication of Earth, Protecting the  Wild provides a necessary addition to the conversation  about the future of conservation in the so-called  Anthropocene, one that will be useful for academics,  policymakers, and conservation practitioners at all levels,  from local land trusts to international NGOs.},
      recid = {1398923},
      pages = {1 online resource (xxvii, 362 pages) :},
}