Why conservation is failing and how it can regain ground / Eric T. Freyfogle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freyfogle, Eric T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservation of natural resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Critics of environmental laws complain that such rules often burden people unequally, restrict individual liberty, and undercut private property rights. In formulating responses to these criticisms, the conservation effort has stumbled badly, says Eric T. Freyfogle in this thought-provoking book. Conservationists and environmentalists haven't done their intellectual homework, he contends, and they have failed to offer an understandable, compelling vision of healthy lands and healthy human communities. Freyfogle explores why the conservation movement has responded ineffectually to the many cultural and economic criticisms leveled against it. He addresses the meaning of good land use, describes the many shortcomings of "sustainability," and outlines six key tasks that the cause must address. Among these is the crafting of an overall goal and a vision of responsible private ownership. The book concludes with a stirring message that situates conservation within America's story of itself and with an extensive annotated bibliography of conservation's most valuable voices and texts-important information for readers prepared to take conservation more seriously.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction

CHAPTER 1. The Four Faces of Resistance

CHAPTER 2. Five Paths and Their Values

CHAPTER 3. The Lure of the Garden

CHAPTER 4. Back to Sustainability

CHAPTER 5. What Is Good Land Use?

CHAPTER 6. Conservation's Core Tasks

A Conservation Message to the American People

Conservation's Central Readings

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-288) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-73146-3

9786611731465

0-300-13329-4

OCLC:

923587621