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.

Nature.

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:

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-943859-36-1

OCLC:

999470291