Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World

by Emma Marris

Book Overview

"Remarkable . . . Emma Marris explores a paradox that is increasingly vexing the science of ecology, namely that the only way to have a pristine wilderness is to manage it intensively." -The Wall Street Journal

A paradigm shift is roiling the environmental world. For decades people have unquestioningly accepted the idea that our goal is to preserve nature in its pristine, pre-human state. But many scientists have come to see...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 160819454X
• ISBN13: 9781608194544
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"