Melville's Mistake : Essays in Defense of the Natural World.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bean, Michael J.

Series:

Gideon Lincecum Nature and Environment Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Endangered Species Act of 1973.

United States.

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (United States).

Wildlife conservation--Law and legislation.

Green movement.

Biodiversity conservation--Government policy.

Wildlife conservation--Law and legislation--United States.

Wildlife conservation.

Biodiversity conservation--Government policy--United States.

Biodiversity conservation.

Genre:

Essais.

Essays.

Essays

essays.

Essay

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"In 1977, Michael J. Bean introduced the concept of "wildlife law" as a distinct new component of environmental law. Known fittingly thereafter as the "dean of wildlife law" Bean has since written scores of articles shaping the policies that impact the natural world. Survival and Recovery: Essays in Defense of the Natural World is built around a collection of those writings, both previously published and unpublished, with a principal focus on the Endangered Species Act-the legislative cornerstone of conservation and recovery efforts for imperiled wild plants and animals in the United States. The background to that pioneering law, many of the conflicts and controversies associated with it-some widely familiar and others not-and the challenge of fashioning effective approaches to rare species conservation are all addressed here. So too are related topics, including administration of National Wildlife Refuges, plastic pollution, and climate change. The collection also highlights individuals who have made significant contributions to wildlife conservation. This collection not only chronicles the evolving history of wildlife law - and of Bean's views about it - but also helps those new to the field to understand the issues and their resolutions. As Carl Safina notes in the foreword, "Michael Bean is a student of what has worked and what has not, someone willing to explore new approaches to solving conservation challenges. That stance has something fundamental to teach anyone aspiring to be a great and influential practitioner, or professor, or both.""-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / by Carl Safina

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction. What Melville Got Wrong about Whales

In the Beginning: Two Fish Tales

A Brief History of Federal Wildlife Conservation Efforts

Biodiversity and Why It Matters

Rachel Carson, the Recognition of Pervasive Threats to Biodiversity, and the Birth of the Modern Environmental Movement

Wildlife Refuges: A Legacy of Theodore Roosevelt

Three Threats to Biodiversity in the Modern Age: Climate Change, Plastics, and Commerce

In Praise of Spineless Creatures

An Endangered Act?

The Endangered Species Act's Most Unexpected Ally

The Inconvenient Truth of Unintended Consequences

Looking to Aldo Leopold for Solutions

Turning Rare Species into Assets

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-64843-027-9

9781648430275

OCLC:

1268123251