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967503
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b721873
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Foreman, Dave,1946-
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| Title & Author
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Rewilding North America : : a vision for conservation in the 21st century /\ Dave Foreman.
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| Publication Statement
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Washington :: Island Press,, ©2004.
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1 online resource (xiv, 297 pages) :: maps
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| ISBN
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1423767209
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: 1610911555
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: 9781423767206
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: 9781610911559
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1559630604
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1559630612
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9781559630603
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9781559630610
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-280) and index.
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| Contents
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Bad news -- The extinction crisis -- The pleistocene-holocene event: forty thousand years of extinction -- The first wave -- The second and third waves -- Ecological wounds of North America : direct killing and habitat loss -- Ecological wounds of North America : fragmentation, loss of ecological processes, exotic species, pollution, and climate change -- Good news -- Conservation biology -- Rewilding North America -- Selecting and designing protected areas: the early days -- Selecting and designing protected areas: the past two decades -- The importance of wilderness areas -- Taking action -- Putting the pieces together: building a North American Wildlands network -- An ecological approach to wilderness area selection and design -- Land management reforms for implementing the North American Wildlands network -- Hope for the future.
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"In Rewilding North America, Foreman takes on arguably the biggest ecological threat of our time: the global extinction crisis. He not only explains the problem in clear terms, but also offers a scientifically-credible, and practically achievable solutions."--Jacket.
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Biodiversity conservation-- North America.
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Extinction (Biology)-- North America.
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Wilderness areas-- North America.
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Biodiversité-- Conservation-- Amérique du Nord.
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Extinction (Biologie)-- Amérique du Nord.
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Réserves de la vie sauvage-- Amérique du Nord.
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Biodiversität
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Biodiversity conservation.
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Extinction (Biology)
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NATURE-- Animals-- Wildlife.
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Renaturierung
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SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Biological Diversity.
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Wilderness areas.
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Nordamerika
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North America.
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| Dewey Classification
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333.95/16/097
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| LC Classification
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QH77.N56F66 2004eb
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