Tickets for the ark : from wasps to whales - how do we choose what to save?

Tickets for the ark From wasps to whales - how do we choose what to save?

Rebecca Nesbit

Book - 2022

"A popular science title about conservation. What should we conserve and why in this age of extinctions? Who should get tickets for the ark? Our planet hasn't seen the current rate of extinction since the demise of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, and global conservation efforts are failing to halt this. As a society, we face choices which will determine the fate of Earth's estimated 8.7 million species, including humans. As wildlife declines, conservation needs to make trade-offs. But what should we conserve and why? Are we wrong to love bees and hate wasps? Are native species more valuable than newcomers (aka invasives)? Should some animals be culled to protect others, and what do we want the 'natural world' to... look like? There are many surprising answers in Rebecca Nesbit's lively, stimulating book, which sows the seeds of a debate we urgently need to have"--Publisher's description.

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Subjects
Nature conservation.
Extinction (Biology) > Prevention.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology.
Published
London : Profile Books 2022.
Language
English
Main Author
Rebecca Nesbit (author)
Physical Description
255 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781788167079
  • Introduction Why Protect Nature?
  • Chapter 1. The Myth of Wild Nature
  • Bison vs Siberian larch (and human interventions from reefs to pigeons)
  • Chapter 2. The Beauties and the Beasts
  • Bees vs wasps (and the joys of parasites, microbes and marine sediment)
  • Chapter 3. New Arrivals
  • Nile Tilapia vs yabbies (and tales of tortoises, parakeets and other 'invasives')
  • Chapter 4. Noah's Ark
  • Ko'ko' birds vs the Guam Rail louse (and a look at seedbanks and modified chestnuts)
  • Chapter 5. Animal Welfare
  • Floreana mockingbird vs rats (and a debate on culling, rewilding and kangaroos)
  • Chapter 6. A Human Landscape
  • Yellowhammer vs Scottish crossbill (and setting aside half the planet for nature)
  • Chapter 7. Fortress Conservation
  • Oceanic whitetip sharks vs. Whitetip reef sharks (and the virtues of protected areas)
  • Chapter 8. Winners and Losers
  • Salmon vs seals (and tales of trophy kills, badgers and spotted owls)
  • Epilogue Shaping our Future
  • Reasons to be cheerful
  • Sources and endnotes
  • Photo credits
  • Thanks
  • Index

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