The new wild : why invasive species will be nature's salvation / Fred Pearce.
Pearce, Fred, author.
2015
QH353 .P43 2015 (Mapit)
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Title The new wild : why invasive species will be nature's salvation / Fred Pearce.
Author Pearce, Fred, author.
ISBN 9780807033685 hardcover alkaline paper
0807033685 hardcover alkaline paper
Published Boston : Beacon Press, [2015]
Copyright ©2015
Language English
Description xvi, 245 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number QH353 .P43 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification 578.6/2
Summary In an era of climate change and widespread ecological damage, it is absolutely crucial that we find ways to help nature regenerate. Embracing the new ecology, Pearce shows us, is our best chance. To be an environmentalist in the twenty-first century means celebrating nature's wildness and capacity for change.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-229) and index.
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Part One. Alien empires. On Green Mountain ; New worlds ; All at sea ; Welcome to America ; Britain : a nation tied in knot weed
Part Two. Myths and demons. Ecological cleansing ; Myths of the aliens ; Myths of the pristine ; Nativism in the Garden of Eden
Part Three. The new wild. Novel ecosystems ; Rebooting conservation in the urban badlands ; Call of the new wild
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