Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Introduction.- Part I: Society and environment: Social science perspectives.- 1. 1. The Anthropocene and its implications for people and environment.- 2. Challenging cultural relativism and deconstructing dichotomies: 'Wilderness' or wilderness.- 3. Ethical approaches to conservation: Debates and ideologies.- 4. Conservation as practice: Definitions and debates. Part II: Integrating social and ecological domains.- 5. Traditional Environmental Knowledge (TEK) and industrialization.- 6. Environmental behaviour: theory and practice.- 7. Integrating social and ecological justice.- 8. People in parks, parks for people and people for parks.- Part III: Conservation: Biology and ecology perspectives.- 9. The science of survival and extinction.- 10. Compassionate conservation.- 11. Protected areas: Fortress conservation vs. community based conservation debate.- 12. Rewilding.