The New Wild: Why Invasive Species Will Be Nature's Salvation

by Fred Pearce

Book Overview

Named one of the best books of 2015 by The Economist

A provocative exploration of the "new ecology" and why most of what we think we know about alien species is wrong

For a long time, veteran environmental journalist Fred Pearce thought in stark terms about invasive species: they were the evil interlopers spoiling pristine "natural" ecosystems. Most conservationists and environmentalists share this view. But what if the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807039551
• ISBN13: 9780807039557
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.7"