We alone :: how humans have conquered the planet and can also save it /
"This personal and thoughtful book by renowned Kenya conservationist David Western traces our global conquest from Maasai herders battling droughts in Africa to the technological frontiers of California. Western draws on a half century of research in the savannas and his own life's journey...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "This personal and thoughtful book by renowned Kenya conservationist David Western traces our global conquest from Maasai herders battling droughts in Africa to the technological frontiers of California. Western draws on a half century of research in the savannas and his own life's journey to argue that conservation is not a modern invention. The success of all societies past and present lies in conservation practices, breaking biological barriers and learning to live in large cooperative groups able to sustain a healthy environment. Our ecological emancipation from nature enabled us to expand our horizons from conserving food and water for survival to saving whales, elephants, and our cultural heritage. In the Anthropocene, our scientific knowledge and modern sensibilities offer hope for combating global warming and creating a planet able to sustain the wealth of life, but only if we use our unique cultural capacity of cooperation to plan our future"--Publisher's website |
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| contents | Introduction : Confronting the human age -- Survival in the savannas -- Consuming passions -- Conservation paradox -- Limits to growth : hope or despair? -- Lessons from disasters -- Why some succeed where others fail -- Icons of two worlds -- Altruistic species -- Breaking biological barriers -- Domesticating nature -- Ecological emancipation -- Global express -- Converging worlds -- Our novel age -- Modern conservation movement -- Unnatural reconnections -- New tools for a new age -- Cleaning our planetary nest -- Nature and human well-being -- Natural capital -- City and the planet -- Conclusion : From conservation philosophy to citizen action. |
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| spelling | Western, David, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84150031 We alone : how humans have conquered the planet and can also save it / David Western. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020] ©2020 1 online resource (x, 310 pages, x, 310 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations text txt rdacontent still image sti rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file nat Kenyans lcdgt Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : Confronting the human age -- Survival in the savannas -- Consuming passions -- Conservation paradox -- Limits to growth : hope or despair? -- Lessons from disasters -- Why some succeed where others fail -- Icons of two worlds -- Altruistic species -- Breaking biological barriers -- Domesticating nature -- Ecological emancipation -- Global express -- Converging worlds -- Our novel age -- Modern conservation movement -- Unnatural reconnections -- New tools for a new age -- Cleaning our planetary nest -- Nature and human well-being -- Natural capital -- City and the planet -- Conclusion : From conservation philosophy to citizen action. "This personal and thoughtful book by renowned Kenya conservationist David Western traces our global conquest from Maasai herders battling droughts in Africa to the technological frontiers of California. Western draws on a half century of research in the savannas and his own life's journey to argue that conservation is not a modern invention. The success of all societies past and present lies in conservation practices, breaking biological barriers and learning to live in large cooperative groups able to sustain a healthy environment. Our ecological emancipation from nature enabled us to expand our horizons from conserving food and water for survival to saving whales, elephants, and our cultural heritage. In the Anthropocene, our scientific knowledge and modern sensibilities offer hope for combating global warming and creating a planet able to sustain the wealth of life, but only if we use our unique cultural capacity of cooperation to plan our future"--Publisher's website David Western, a pioneer of community-based conservation, is a former director of the Kenya Wildlife Service and Wildlife Conservation Society International. He founded and chairs the African Conservation Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. His books include Conservation for the Twenty-First Century. Online resource, title from digital title page (viewed on April 29, 2021). Environmentalism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93004752 Environmental protection. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044203 Nature Effect of human beings on. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85080299 Climatology Effect of human beings on. Electronic books. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93007047 Environnementalisme. Environnement Protection. Êtres humains Influence sur la nature. Livres numériques. environmental protection. aat e-books. aat NATURE Environmental Conservation & Protection. bisacsh Environmental protection fast Environmentalism fast Nature Effect of human beings on fast has work: We alone (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGVjTGJb4BQgFVfGvJpCYq https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Western, David. We alone. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020] 9780300251166 (DLC) 2020935060 (OCoLC)1202532784 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2662040 Volltext CBO01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2662040 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Western, David We alone : how humans have conquered the planet and can also save it / Introduction : Confronting the human age -- Survival in the savannas -- Consuming passions -- Conservation paradox -- Limits to growth : hope or despair? -- Lessons from disasters -- Why some succeed where others fail -- Icons of two worlds -- Altruistic species -- Breaking biological barriers -- Domesticating nature -- Ecological emancipation -- Global express -- Converging worlds -- Our novel age -- Modern conservation movement -- Unnatural reconnections -- New tools for a new age -- Cleaning our planetary nest -- Nature and human well-being -- Natural capital -- City and the planet -- Conclusion : From conservation philosophy to citizen action. Environmentalism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93004752 Environmental protection. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044203 Nature Effect of human beings on. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85080299 Climatology Effect of human beings on. Electronic books. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93007047 Environnementalisme. Environnement Protection. Êtres humains Influence sur la nature. Livres numériques. environmental protection. aat e-books. aat NATURE Environmental Conservation & Protection. bisacsh Environmental protection fast Environmentalism fast Nature Effect of human beings on fast |
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| title | We alone : how humans have conquered the planet and can also save it / |
| title_alt | Introduction : Confronting the human age -- Survival in the savannas -- Consuming passions -- Conservation paradox -- Limits to growth : hope or despair? -- Lessons from disasters -- Why some succeed where others fail -- Icons of two worlds -- Altruistic species -- Breaking biological barriers -- Domesticating nature -- Ecological emancipation -- Global express -- Converging worlds -- Our novel age -- Modern conservation movement -- Unnatural reconnections -- New tools for a new age -- Cleaning our planetary nest -- Nature and human well-being -- Natural capital -- City and the planet -- Conclusion : From conservation philosophy to citizen action. |
| title_auth | We alone : how humans have conquered the planet and can also save it / |
| title_exact_search | We alone : how humans have conquered the planet and can also save it / |
| title_full | We alone : how humans have conquered the planet and can also save it / David Western. |
| title_fullStr | We alone : how humans have conquered the planet and can also save it / David Western. |
| title_full_unstemmed | We alone : how humans have conquered the planet and can also save it / David Western. |
| title_short | We alone : |
| title_sort | we alone how humans have conquered the planet and can also save it |
| title_sub | how humans have conquered the planet and can also save it / |
| topic | Environmentalism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93004752 Environmental protection. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044203 Nature Effect of human beings on. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85080299 Climatology Effect of human beings on. Electronic books. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93007047 Environnementalisme. Environnement Protection. Êtres humains Influence sur la nature. Livres numériques. environmental protection. aat e-books. aat NATURE Environmental Conservation & Protection. bisacsh Environmental protection fast Environmentalism fast Nature Effect of human beings on fast |
| topic_facet | Environmentalism. Environmental protection. Nature Effect of human beings on. Climatology Effect of human beings on. Electronic books. Environnementalisme. Environnement Protection. Êtres humains Influence sur la nature. Livres numériques. environmental protection. e-books. NATURE Environmental Conservation & Protection. Environmental protection Environmentalism Nature Effect of human beings on |
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