by Jonathan S. Adams
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In The Future of the Wild, conservationist Jonathan S. Adams mixes fascinating case studies of species and landscapes with conservation science and history to explain why it's time to think big. Only by saving large tracts of land and the wildlife corridors that connect them can we hope to save the widest variety of species in any ecosystem. And only by saving whole ecosystems, including human communities, can we hope to make significant strides in conservation.
"An engaging, well-written book with a real feel for wildlife, wild places and the fascinating cast of characters—scientists, environmentalists and ranchers—whose idealism and dedication are contributing to a radically different kind of conservation."
—Paul Evans, BBC Wildlife
"Jonathan Adams lays out a bold road map for how to bind together the scattered remnants of this continent's wild places—and for knitting up the mingled fates of the wild and human communities that inhabit them, envisioning a better, more sustainable future for both."
—Scott Weidensaul, author of Return to Wild America
"Adams profiles ecologists and activists, as well as grassroots and national conservation organizations, in a seamless flow of readable prose to make his point that sustainable human activity and sustainable populations of wildlife must not be mutually exclusive."—Ted Levin, OnEarth
Jonathan S. Adams is a conservation biologist, writer, and program director with The Nature Conservancy. He is the coauthor of The Myth of Wild Africa: Conservation Without Illusion and the coeditor of Precious Heritage: The Status of Biodiversity in the United States. He lives with his wife and two children in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 This Approach Has Limits..., 2008-08-10
The approach described by this book has limits. Without legal requirements for endangered species preservation and restoration, private landowners will be reluctant to take steps that threaten the "bottom line" or maximum profit potential of their operations.
Ranching and other land use business is a BUSINESS. You can't expect a business to make an economic sacrifice for environmental reasons alone.
In the case of the Big Hole Watershed Committee, this once promising group closed ranks during the Bush II years. Because the group no longer had to worry about an Endangered Species Act listing under the anti-environmental Bush administration, the group talked about "restoring fluvial Arctic grayling" but in fact grayling populations plummeted ever close rtoward extinction under the Watershed Committee's water management. Without generous earmark appropriations from former (discredited) Senator Conrad Burns, the group would not even exist.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Finally, a soution that matches the magnitude of the problem, 2007-11-27
After reading dozens of nature conservation books, it's a pleasure to read one that stands above the rest. The Future of the Wild is not "more of the same". It prescribes a new direction in conservation -- one where the size of the solutions matches the size of the problems. Adams paints a compelling vision of how conservation can succeed, then provides real world examples of how these ideas can be implemented on the ground. It's an important message, eloquently delivered.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Tree Huggers Beware, 2006-07-04
This is the best book ever on conservation of natural resourses--should be read by all: those who believe in individual property rights, those who believe in preserving our natural resources, and those who know that tradeoffs have to be made, but do not know how to articulate their beliefs.
A 'must read' for any serious ecologist.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
 An important topic for everyone to understand better, 2006-05-15
This book presents the approaches and challenges of conservation efforts over the last few decades. I wish it had been more tightly edited -- it was repetitive and a bit tedious to read.
Essentially the points of the book are:
1) The best approaches for conserving species is more of a decision based on values than hard science. The complexity of understanding everything that affects a species is too much to expect science to "know all the answers".
2) Conservaton efforts based on today's isolated parks and reserves is inadequate because they're too small. Finding ways to expand their "effective boundaries" is important.
3) The influence of man and the interplay of nature in and around parks and reserves is important to understand well enough to make effective conservation choices.
4) It's imperative to include local communities in the discussion of the issues and obtaining committment to the solutions.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
A 'must' for any seriously concerned about the fate of wild animals on the planet, 2006-03-07
The conservation of isolated parks and reserves alone will fail, but there's an alternative option: one that The Future Of The Wild: Radical Conservation For A Crowded World covers. Conservationist Adams ranges across the U.S. in showing how to tie together scattered remnants of this continent's wild places. Stories about the species endangered and the possibilities of wildlife conservation corridors which can help connect and save them make for chapters which blend conservation history and biology with tales of successful partnerships among groups concerned with land and wildlife management. The Future Of The Wild: Radical Conservation For A Crowded World is a 'must' for any seriously concerned about the fate of wild animals on the planet.
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