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Author: Nigel Dudley
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Earthscan Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.630kg
ISBN: 9781844078356
ISBN 10: 1844078353
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 24 August 2011
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Dudley's book is ... similar to Simon Levin's Fragile Dominion (1999), E. O. Wilson's The Future of Life (2002) or Carolyn Merchant's Reinventing Eden (2003). An established environmental scientist, Dudley also uses his travels to bring colour to his writing, but his hypothesis comes from a thoughtful examination of various attempts to define 'natural' and 'wild' - by scientists, philosophers, managers, non-governmental organizations and policy-makers. Dudley demonstrates that there is neither coherence nor consensus as to what constitutes naturalness or wildness. He suggests that we focus instead on authenticity . - Shahid Naeem, Professor of Ecology, Columbia University, USA, in Nature (1 September 2011).
""Dudley’s book is ... similar to Simon Levin’s Fragile Dominion (1999), E. O. Wilson’s The Future of Life (2002) or Carolyn Merchant’s Reinventing Eden (2003). An established environmental scientist, Dudley also uses his travels to bring colour to his writing, but his hypothesis comes from a thoughtful examination of various attempts to define ‘natural’ and ‘wild’ — by scientists, philosophers, managers, non-governmental organizations and policy-makers. Dudley demonstrates that there is neither coherence nor consensus as to what constitutes naturalness or wildness. He suggests that we focus instead on ""authenticity"". - Shahid Naeem, Professor of Ecology, Columbia University, USA, in Nature (1 September 2011).
Dudley's book is ... similar to Simon Levin's Fragile Dominion (1999), E. O. Wilson's The Future of Life (2002) or Carolyn Merchant's Reinventing Eden (2003). An established environmental scientist, Dudley also uses his travels to bring colour to his writing, but his hypothesis comes from a thoughtful examination of various attempts to define 'natural' and 'wild' -- by scientists, philosophers, managers, non-governmental organizations and policy-makers. Dudley demonstrates that there is neither coherence nor consensus as to what constitutes naturalness or wildness. He suggests that we focus instead on authenticity . - Shahid Naeem, Professor of Ecology, Columbia University, USA, in Nature (1 September 2011).
Author Information
Nigel Dudley is an ecologist and consultant, based in Bristol, UK, working on issues relating to forest conservation, protected areas and broad scale approaches to conservation He is co-author of Forest Quality (2006) and co-editor with Sue Stolton of Partnerships for Protection (1999) and Arguments for Protected Areas (2010, all Earthscan).
