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Author Terborgh, John, 1936-

Title Requiem for nature / John Terborgh.

Imprint Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©1999.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  333.72 T315R    Check Shelf
Description xii, 234 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-223).
Contents The making of a dissident -- Assessing the present -- Paradise fading -- The danger within -- Parks: the last bastions of nature -- Protecting biodiversity -- Preserving biodiversity for posterity -- Tropical forests: worth more dead than alive -- From wildlands to wasteland: land use and the mirage of sustainable development -- Why conservation in the tropics is failing: the need for a new paradigm -- Hard choices in the twenty-first century -- Nature, a global commons.
Summary Using Manu National Park in the rain forest of Peru as a standard, the author addresses the multiple threats of civilization to the precarious state of the tropics. He "makes a compelling case that nature can be saved only if good science and strong institutions can be thoughtfully combined."--Jacket.
Subject Nature conservation -- Tropics.
Protected areas -- Tropics.
Nature conservation. (OCoLC)fst01034632
Protected areas. (OCoLC)fst01079611
Tropics. (OCoLC)fst01240674
Artenreichtum (DE-588)4131912-6
Naturschutz (DE-588)4115348-0
Tropen (DE-588)4060997-2
Other Form: Online version: Terborgh, John, 1936- Requiem for nature. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©1999 (OCoLC)624973637
ISBN 1559635878 (alk. paper)
9781559635875 (alk. paper)
1559635886 (paperback)
9781559635882 (paperback)
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