Conservationists assume a set of underlying values which guide
their decision-making and action. The safeguarding or promotion of
biodiversity, it is believed, is the means by which nature is best
protected. This book examines - and challenges - these general
conservation assumptions. While reinforcing the need to halt
extinction and value biodiversity, it shows that biodiversity needs
to be more clearly understood, perhaps being replaced by the notion
of 'wildness'. It examines how biodiversity is a holistic term, and
how individual species need to be assessed and their own
contribution to 'wildness' has to be recognized. The book proposes
a new way of conservation - one which makes more room for
neglected, rather than endangered or rare species. It also asserts
that 'wildness' is not incompatible with certain kinds of human
intervention.
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