Protecting the Wild: Parks and Wilderness, the Foundation for Conservation

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Nature Needs (at least) Half: A Necessary New Agenda for Protected Areas....Pages 3-15
Bolder Thinking for Conservation....Pages 16-20
Caring for People and Valuing Forests in Africa....Pages 21-26
What Is the Future of Conservation?....Pages 27-35
Fool’s Gold in the Catskill Mountains: Thinking Critically about the Ecosystem Services Paradigm....Pages 36-40
Parks, People, and Perspectives: Historicizing Conservation in Latin America....Pages 41-52
The Fight for Wilderness Preservation in the Pacific Northwest....Pages 53-62
Of Tigers and Humans: The Question of Democratic Deliberation and Biodiversity Conservation....Pages 63-71
Protected Areas Are Necessary for Conservation....Pages 72-79
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
I Walk in the World to Love It....Pages 82-95
Rewilding Europe....Pages 96-104
The British Thermopylae and the Return of the Lynx....Pages 105-108
Letting It Be on a Continental Scale: Some Thoughts on Rewilding....Pages 109-119
Yellowstone to Yukon: Global Conservation Innovations Through the Years....Pages 120-130
Yellowstone as Model for the World....Pages 131-143
Rewilding Our Hearts: Making a Personal Commitment to Animals and Their Homes....Pages 144-153
The Humbling Power of Wilderness....Pages 154-161
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
Conservation in the African Anthropocene....Pages 164-169
The Silent Killer: Habitat Loss and the Role of African Protected Areas to Conserve Biodiversity....Pages 170-188
Another Inconvenient Truth: The Failure of Enforcement Systems to Save Charismatic Species....Pages 189-193
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
America Needs More National Parks....Pages 194-207
A New Era of Protected Areas for the Great Plains....Pages 208-214
Human Impact on Protected Areas of the Peruvian Amazon....Pages 215-225
Protected Areas in Chilean Patagonia....Pages 226-241
Rewilding the Carpathians: A Present-Day Opportunity....Pages 242-249
Protecting the Wild Nature and Biodiversity of the Altai-Sayan Ecoregion....Pages 250-256
The Crucial Importance of Protected Areas to Conserving Mongolia’s Natural Heritage....Pages 257-265
Parks: The Best Option for Wildlife Protection in Australia....Pages 266-275
Back Matter....Pages 277-362