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Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > Conservation of wildlife & habitats > Endangered species & extinction of species
This book focuses on the use of molecular tools to study small
populations of rare and endangered mammals, and presents case
studies that apply an evolutionary framework to address innovative
questions in the emerging field of mammalian conservation genomics
using a highly diverse set of novel molecular tools. Novel and more
precise molecular technologies now allow experts in the field of
mammology to interpret data in a more contextual and empirical
fashion and to better describe the evolutionary and ecological
processes that are responsible for the patterns they observe. The
book also demonstrates how recent advances in genetic/genomic
technologies have been applied to assess the impact of
environmental/anthropogenic changes on the health of small
populations of mammals. It examines a range of issues in the field
of mammalian conservation genomics, such as the role that the
genetic diversity of the immune system plays in disease protection
and local adaptation; the use of noninvasive techniques and genomic
banks as a resource for monitoring and restoring populations; the
structuring of population by physical barriers; and genetic
diversity. Further, by integrating research from a variety of areas
- including population genetics, molecular ecology, systematics,
and evolutionary and conservation biology - it enables readers to
gain a deeper understanding of the conservation biology of mammals
that are at increasing risk of extinction at local, regional and
global scales. As such, it offers a unique resource for a broad
readership interested in the conservation biology of mammals and
conservation management strategies to better preserve biodiversity.
In Producing Predators Michael D. Wise argues that contestations
between Native and non-Native people over hunting, labor, and the
livestock industry drove the development of predator eradication
programs in Montana and Alberta from the 1880s onward. The history
of these antipredator programs was significant not only for their
ecological effects but also for their enduring cultural legacies of
colonialism in the Northern Rockies. By targeting wolves and other
wild carnivores for extermination, cattle ranchers disavowed the
predatory labor of raising domestic animals for slaughter,
representing it instead as productive work. Meanwhile, federal
agencies sought to purge the Blackfoot, Salish-Kootenai, and other
indigenous peoples of their so-called predatory behaviors through
campaigns of assimilation and citizenship that forcefully
privatized tribal land and criminalized hunting and its related
ritual practices. Despite these colonial pressures, Native
communities resisted and negotiated the terms of their
dispossession by representing their own patterns of work, food, and
livelihood as productive. By exploring predation and production as
fluid cultural logics for valuing labor rather than just a set of
biological processes, Producing Predators offers a new perspective
on the history of the American West and the modern history of
colonialism more broadly.
The book offers a comprehensive review of the advances in
conservation and the reintroduction of rare and endangered plants
in China. It systematically discusses plant diversity, in situ and
ex situ protection and plant reintroduction in China, including the
reintroduction species list and orchid plant reintroduction up to
November 2019. A useful reference resource for students,
instructors and scientific researchers in the field of wild plant
protection, botany, biodiversity protection, and natural land
protection and management, the book also provides valuable insights
for government departments involved in plant management.
The story that captured the imagination of the world... In 1969
Harrods department store in London sold a three month old lion cub
to two young Australians, John Rendall and Anthony (Ace) Bourke.
They called him Christian. For a year Christian lived happily and
safely with John and Ace and his human 'pride', initially in the
World's End on the King's Road in Chelsea, where Derek Cattani
first began photographing him. When Christian outgrew his London
environment he moved first to the home of Bill Travers in Surrey.
He was then entrusted to the care of George Adamson in Kenya, who
with his wife Joy, had successfully rehabilitated their lioness
Elsa, the subject of Joy's Book Born Free. A year after Christian
had been living in the wild John and Ace returned to Kenya to try
and find him. The film clip of their emotional reunion has now been
viewed by over 100 million people on YouTube. In 1973 Christian
disappeared into the wild forever. George Adamson had uniquely
rehabilitated a 5th generation zoo-bred lion. John and Ace's first
book about Christian was a million seller in the 1970s, and enjoyed
a huge resurgence of interest after their YouTube clip went viral
in 2006. This brand new book from Bradt, collects Derek Cattani's
never-before-seen pictures of Christian and updates the story to
the present day, including the story of their YouTube sensation and
a chapter on the murder of George Adamson. When John and Ace took
Christian to Kenya in 1970 there were an estimated 300,00 lions in
Africa. Today there are fewer than 25,000.
Lose yourself in the beauty of nature this winter... A ROYAL
GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 For readers of George
Monbiot, Isabella Tree and Robert Macfarlane - an urgent and
lyrical account of endangered places around the globe and the
people fighting to save them. 'Powerful, timely, beautifully
written and wonderfully hopeful' Rob Cowen, author of Common Ground
All across the world, irreplaceable habitats are under threat.
Unique ecosystems of plants and animals are being destroyed by
human intervention. From the tiny to the vast, from marshland to
meadow, and from Kent to Glasgow to India to America, they are
disappearing. Irreplaceable is a love letter to the haunting beauty
of these landscapes and their wild species. Exploring coral reefs
and remote mountains, tropical jungle, ancient woodland and urban
allotments, it traces the stories of threatened places through
local communities, grassroots campaigners, ecologists and
academics. Julian Hoffman's rigorous, impassioned account is a
timely reminder of the vital connections between humans and nature
- and all that we stand to lose. It is a powerful call to arms in
the face of unconscionable natural destruction. ***** 'A terrific
book, prescient, serious and urgent' Amy Liptrot, author of The
Outrun 'Unforgettable. At a time when the Earth often seems broken
beyond repair, this courageous and hopeful book offers
life-changing encounters with the more-than-human world' Nancy
Campbell, author of The Library of Ice 'Wonderful, tender and
subtle, beautifully written and filled with a calm authority' Adam
Nicolson, author of The Seabird's Cry *Highly Commended Finalist
for the Wainwright Prize for Writing on Global Conservation 2020*
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