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Conservation in the Anthropocene: Reshaping Interaction with Nature

Conservation in the Anthropocene: Reshaping Interaction with Nature

Van Dyke, Fred

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Series: Routledge Studies in Conservation and the Environment

Environmental Studies

ISBN10: 1032511079
ISBN13: 9781032511078
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Mar 6 2025
Pages: 266
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.85 Depth: 9.69
Language: English

This book provides a critical assessment of conservation in the Anthropocene grounded in the personal, historical, and cultural development of human interaction with nature.

The author argues that conservation can no longer be primarily about preserving nature but must adapt its efforts to promote changes through which humans create a landscape that is neither abandoned nor degraded but used well by humans and non-humans alike. The book first reviews the origin of ideas and conditions that have led to the concept and classification of the Anthropocene and explores how the author's own interactions with nature were shaped through his experience as a conservation biologist. Next, it considers how humans have come to be the primary drivers of ecological activity, geological events, and climate change. Chapters then focus on the need for new conservation thinking regarding novel ecosystems, urban conservation, the role of Indigenous Peoples in conservation, and the value of protected areas (PAs), parks, and wilderness. The book concludes by identifying strategies for effective conservation and argues for a new formulation of conservation values that redefine human relationships and interaction with nature. Chapters are enlivened by the personal experiences of the author and the first-person narratives of conservation activists and scientists throughout the world who are learning to practice and succeed in conservation efforts under Anthropogenic conditions.

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