Matches in Harvard for { ?s ?p "Despite the billions in public funds spent each year on the administration of our nation's wildlands and the protection of endangered wildlife, plant and animal species continue to disappear at a staggering rate. While the reasons for this trend are not always quite so clear, obscured as they are in a tangled web of conflicting political agendas, ideological imperatives, and commercial interests, its ultimate consequences are all too clear - a seriously diminished way of life for our own species." "Where did we go wrong, and how must we reorient ourselves politically, scientifically, and ethically if we are to salvage what is left of our wild places before it's too late? In Reclaiming the Last Wild Places, leading environmentalist Roger DiSilvestro offers answers to these crucial questions and many more." "In tracing the history of conservation and federal land management in America from the nineteenth century to the present, DiSilvestro highlights the fundamental misconceptions, tactical errors, and fatal compromises that were made along the way. Foremost among these has been the historic practice of creating isolated pockets of wilderness, exposed on all sides to the dangerous influences of human "progress." Rather than creating wildlife sanctuaries, such places become ecological prisons affording animals far from sufficient room and resources within which to thrive. Add to this the time-honored philosophy of "most economic use" and the constant concessions made by Washington to the powerful logging, cattle, and mining lobbies, and it starts to become clear why traditional land management practices have consistently fallen far short of the mark.". }
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- catalog description ""Despite the billions in public funds spent each year on the administration of our nation's wildlands and the protection of endangered wildlife, plant and animal species continue to disappear at a staggering rate. While the reasons for this trend are not always quite so clear, obscured as they are in a tangled web of conflicting political agendas, ideological imperatives, and commercial interests, its ultimate consequences are all too clear - a seriously diminished way of life for our own species." "Where did we go wrong, and how must we reorient ourselves politically, scientifically, and ethically if we are to salvage what is left of our wild places before it's too late? In Reclaiming the Last Wild Places, leading environmentalist Roger DiSilvestro offers answers to these crucial questions and many more." "In tracing the history of conservation and federal land management in America from the nineteenth century to the present, DiSilvestro highlights the fundamental misconceptions, tactical errors, and fatal compromises that were made along the way. Foremost among these has been the historic practice of creating isolated pockets of wilderness, exposed on all sides to the dangerous influences of human "progress." Rather than creating wildlife sanctuaries, such places become ecological prisons affording animals far from sufficient room and resources within which to thrive. Add to this the time-honored philosophy of "most economic use" and the constant concessions made by Washington to the powerful logging, cattle, and mining lobbies, and it starts to become clear why traditional land management practices have consistently fallen far short of the mark."".