Against Extinction: The Story of Conservation

by William M. Adams

Book Overview

'Conservation in the 21st century needs to be different and this book is a good indicator of why' Bulletin of British Ecological Society. Against Extinction tells the history of wildlife conservation from its roots in the 19th century, through the foundation of the Society for the Preservation of the Wild Fauna of the Empire in London in 1903 to the huge and diverse international movement of the present day. It vividly portrays conservation's legacy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844070565
• ISBN13: 9781844070565
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"