Gardeners of Eden : rediscovering our importance to nature / Dan Dagget ; with photography by Tom Bean.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Dagget, Dan, 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Nature--Effect of human beings on.
• Ecosystem health.
• Human ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages) : color illustrations, photographs

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Reno, Nevada : University of Nevada Press, 2017.

Summary:

Dan Dagget believes that humanity can have a positive effect on the land. He demonstrates case after case of positive human engagement in the environment and of managed ecosystems and restored areas that are richer, more diverse, and healthier than unmanaged ones.

Contents:

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Introduction - You Can't Have Your Cake unless You Eat It, Too
• Chapter One - Pink Panthers and Lost Tribes
• Chapter Two - Evidence of Gardeners in Eden
• Chapter Three - Echoes of Eden-Beyond Symbiosis to Synergy
• Chapter Four - Droughtbusters
• Chapter Five - Lub-Dub
• Chapter Six - Learning on the Fringe
• Chapter Seven - Return of the Natives
• Chapter Eight - Eden in Flames
• Chapter Nine - The Economics of Eden
• Chapter Ten - Building a New Economy for Eden
• Chapter Eleven - Becoming Native Again-Toward a New Environmentalism
• Epilogue
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author and Photographer.

Notes:

• Description based on print version record.
• Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-943859-36-1

OCLC:

999470291