Note: Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PART I. PROEMINENT PIONEERS OF NATURE CONSERVATION -- PART II. SOCIAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF CONSERVATION -- PART III. BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT -- PART IV. CONTRIBUTIONS TO CONSERVATION BIOLOGY -- PART V. CONSERVATION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT -- PART VI. NATURE CONSERVATION IN PRACTICE -- INDEX.

Note: Intro -- Dedication -- Introduction -- Part I: The River -- Synecdoche and the Trout -- Time and Tide on the Ocoee River -- Vortex -- Only Connect -- Grabbing the Loop -- Part II: The City -- The White Tigers of Cincinnati -- To Live and Die in L.A. -- Reaction Wood -- Superdove on 46th Street -- Before the Fall -- Part III: The Mountains -- Pinhead Secrets -- The Keys to Kingdom Come -- Karl's Sense of Snow -- The Trees Cry Out on Currawong Moor -- The Big Turn -- Eat of This Flesh -- Part IV: The Heart -- The Swallow That Hibernates Underwater -- Trinket from Aru -- Bagpipes for Ed -- Point of Attachment -- Voice Part for a Duet -- Love in the Age of Relativity -- Strawberries Under Ice -- 'The Tangled Tree' Teaser -- About David Quammen -- Notes and Provenance -- Bibliography -- Index -- Endnotes -- Copyright.

Note: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Worth Reading -- Worth Watching -- Part I: Heroes for Animals -- Do Not Kill - Buddha's Compassion for Animals -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- Saint Francis of Assisi - The Patron Saint of Animals -- Worth Reading -- Saint Francis of Paola - Humility and Non-violence -- Worth Reading -- Animals Are Back - The Ethics of Jeremy Bentham -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Pioneers of Animal Advocacy in the Nineteenth and the Early Twentieth Centuries -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Charles Darwin - Evolution and the Fall of Human Superiority -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- Reverence for Life - Albert Schweitzer's Biocentrism -- Worth Reading -- Worth Watching -- Cleveland Amory and the Fund for Animals -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- Spokesmen for Animals - Richard Ryder, Peter Singer, and Tom Regan -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- How Henry Spira Put Animal Liberation into Practice -- Worth Reading -- Worth Watching -- Ingrid Newkirk, Alex Pacheco, and PETA -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- Talking Apes - Ambassadors of the Animal Kingdom in the Human World -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- Parrots, Dolphins, Seals - And What They Have Taught Us -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- In the Front Line of Animal Advocacy - From Brigitte Bardot to Lek Chailert -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- Part II: Heroes for Nature -- Beginnings of the Conservation Movement -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- Aldo Leopold and the Land Ethic -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- Under the Banner of the Giant Panda -- Worth Browsing -- Arne Naess and the Deep Ecology Movement. , Worth Reading -- Worth Watching -- Living with Big Cats - The Story of Joy and George Adamson -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- The Modern Noah - Gerald Durrell's Mission to Save Endangered Animals -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- Farley Mowat Never Cried Wolf -- Worth Reading -- Worth Watching -- Jane Goodall - A Lifelong Optimist -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- No One Loved Gorillas More - The Life and Legacy of Dian Fossey -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- Biruté Galdikas and the People of the Forest -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- Jacques-Yves Cousteau - In Awe of the Oceans -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- Mike Pandey - Using the Power of Motion Picture -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- David Attenborough - The Grand Old Man of Natural History Filmmaking -- Worth Reading -- Worth Watching -- Paul Watson - The Daredevil of Conservation -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- Part III: Heroes for the Environment -- The Environmental Movement Is Born - Rachel Carson and Silent Spring -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- Environmentalism Gaining Momentum - Denis Hayes and Earth Day -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- The Greenpeace-Story -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- Chico Mendes - A Martyr for the Rainforest -- Worth Reading -- Worth Watching -- Missing in Action - The Story of Bruno Manser -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- Oil Is Blood - The Fight of Ken Saro-Wiwa -- Worth Reading -- Worth Watching -- A Passion for Trees - Wangari Maathai and the Green Belt Movement -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- Vandana Shiva - Defending Traditional Agriculture -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing. , Worth Watching -- Tree Huggers and Hunger Strikers - Environmental Leadership in India -- Worth Reading -- Worth Watching -- The Sacrifice of Berta Cáceres -- Worth Reading -- Worth Watching -- Don't Waste It! - Rossano Ercolini, Bea Johnson, and Ian Kiernan -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- Al Gore - The Climate Crusader -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- Arnold Schwarzenegger - The Strong Man of Environmentalism -- Worth Reading -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- Greening Hollywood - The Activism of Leonardo DiCaprio -- Worth Browsing -- Worth Watching -- Epilogue.

Note: Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: After the Anthropocene -- 1 Wildlife: Companion Elephants and New Grounds for Multinatural Conservation -- 2 Nonhuman Charisma: Counting Corncrakes and Learning to Be Affected in Multispecies Worlds -- 3 Biodiversity as Biopolitics: Cutting Up Wildlife and Choreographing Conservation in the United Kingdom -- 4 Conservation as Composition: Securing Premodern Ecologies in the Hebrides -- 5 Wild Experiments: Rewilding Future Ecologies at the Oostvaardersplassen -- 6 Wildlife on Screen: The Affective Logics and Micropolitics of Elephant Imagery -- 7 Bringing Wildlife to Market: Flagship Species, Lively Capital, and the Commodification of Interspecies Encounters -- 8 Spaces for Wildlife: Alternative Topologies for Life in Novel Ecosystems -- Conclusion: Cosmopolitics for Wildlife -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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Note: Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: The Current Dilemma -- 1. A View from a Marsh: Myths and Facts About Nature -- 2. Why the Elephants Died: Breakdown in the Management of Living Resources -- 3. Moose in the Wilderness: The Instability of Populations -- 4. Oaks in New Jersey: Machine-Age Forests -- PART TWO: Background to Crisis -- 5. Mountain Lions and Mule Deer: Nature as Divine Order -- 6. Earth as a Fellow Creature: Organic Views of Nature -- 7. In Mill Hollow: Nature as the Great Machine -- PART THREE: Evolving Images -- 8. The Forest in the Computer: New Metaphors for Nature -- 9. Within the Moose's Stomach: Nature as the Biosphere -- PART FOUR: Resolutions for Our Time -- 10. Fire in the Forest: Managing Living Resources -- 11. Salmon in Wild Rivers and Grizzlies in Yellowstone: Managing Wildlife and Conserving Endangered Species -- 12. The Winds of Mauna Loa: Climate in a Changing World -- 13. Life on a Climate-Changing Planet -- 14. The Moon in the Nautilus Shell: Nature in the Twenty-First Century -- Postscript: A Guide to Action -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

Note: Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- CHAPTER NINE -- CHAPTER TEN -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.

Note: Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword - John Terborgh -- Introduction: Protected Areas and the Long Arc Toward Justice - Tom Butler -- Part One: Bold Thinking About Protecting the Wild -- Nature Needs (at least) Half: A Necessary New Agenda for Protected Areas - Harvey Locke -- Bolder Thinking for Conservation - Reed F. Noss, Andrew P. Dobson, Robert Baldwin, Paul Beier, Cory R. Davis, Dominick A. DellaSala, John Francis, Harvey Locke, Katarzyna Nowak, Roel Lopez, Conrad Reining, Stephen C. Trombulak, and Gary Tabor -- Caring for People and Valuing Forests in Africa - Jane Goodall -- What Is the Future of Conservation? - Daniel F. Doak, Victoria J. Bakker, Bruce Evan Goldstein, and Benjamin Hale -- Fool's Gold in the Catskill Mountains: Thinking Critically about the Ecosystem Services Paradigm - Douglas J. McCauley -- Parks, People, and Perspectives: Historicizing Conservation in Latin America - Emily Wakild -- The Fight for Wilderness Preservation in the Pacific Northwest - Brock Evans -- Of Tigers and Humans: The Question of Democratic Deliberation and Biodiversity Conservation - Helen Kopnina -- Protected Areas Are Necessary for Conservation - Anthony R. E. Sinclair -- Part Two: Rewilding Earth, Rewilding Ourselves -- I Walk in the World to Love It - Eileen Crist -- Rewilding Europe - Christof Schenck -- The British Thermopylae and the Return of the Lynx - George Monbiot -- Letting It Be on a Continental Scale: Some Thoughts on Rewilding - John Davis -- Yellowstone to Yukon: Global Conservation Innovations Through the Years - Harvey Locke and Karsten Heuer -- Yellowstone as Model for the World - George Wuerthner -- Rewilding Our Hearts: Making a Personal Commitment to Animals and Their Homes - Marc Bekoff -- The Humbling Power of Wilderness - Spencer R. Phillips. , Part Three: Protected Areas: The Foundation for Conservation -- Conservation in the African Anthropocene - Tim Caro -- The Silent Killer: Habitat Loss and the Role of African Protected Areas to Conserve Biodiversity - Kathleen H. Fitzgerald -- Another Inconvenient Truth: The Failure of Enforcement Systems to Save Charismatic Species - Elizabeth L. Bennett -- America Needs More National Parks - Michael J. Kellett -- A New Era of Protected Areas for the Great Plains - Curtis H. Freese -- Human Impact on Protected Areas of the Peruvian Amazon - Marc J. Dourojeanni -- Protected Areas in Chilean Patagonia - Carlos Cuevas -- Rewilding the Carpathians: A Present-Day Opportunity - Barbara and Christoph Promberger -- Protecting the Wild Nature and Biodiversity of the Altai-Sayan Ecoregion - Mikhail Paltsyn -- The Crucial Importance of Protected Areas to Conserving Mongolia's Natural Heritage - Richard P. Reading, Ganchimeg Wingard, Tuvdendorj Selenge, and Sukh Amgalanbaatar -- Parks: The Best Option for Wildlife Protection in Australia - Martin Taylor -- Afterword - Douglas R. Tompkins -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Notes -- Index -- About Island Press -- Board of Directors.