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How do we gauge the state of earth's wildlife, wildlands, and oceans? State of the Wild is a new annual series that brings together some of the world's most renowned conservationists and writers-George Schaller, Alan Rabinowitz, Sylvia Earle, Rick Bass, Bill McKibben, Tom Lovejoy, and many others-to assess wildlife and wilderness, and to provide insights into how humans can become better stewards of the wild.
This new annual publication will combine evocative writings with a fascinating tour of news highlights and vital statistics from around the world. One-third of each volume will focus on a topic of particular concern to conservationists working to protect wildlife and our last wild places. This 2006 edition explores the impacts of hunting and the wildlife trade through a range of essays: Ted Kerasote traces the history of hunting in North America; Carl Safina, Eric Gilman, and Wallace J. Nichols quantify the toll taken by commercial fishing on seabirds, turtles, and other marine species; James Compton and Samuel K. H. Lee explore the global reach of the wildlife trade for traditional Asian medicine.
Contributors also examine other pivotal conservation issues, from the reasons why one in eight of the world's birds are endangered, to the impacts of global climate change, to the complexity of conserving seals, flamingos, zebras, and other wide-ranging species. The book's closing essay, "The Relative Wild," considers what exactly it means for a place to be "wild," where even the most remote corners of the planet have been altered by human activities.
Uniquely structured with magazine-like features up front, conservation news in the middle, and essay contributionsfrom eminent authors and biologists throughout, this landmark series is an essential addition to any environmental bookshelf.
"The value of this overstuffed volume (the premier edition of a series) is twofold: One, it provides a no-bullshit roundup and analysis of the year's major environmental stories -- a regular physical for the planet. And two, it gives experts like Carl Safina and essayists like Rick Bass and Ted Kerasote ample room to explain why it all so desperately matters."
"A new annual publication from the Wildlife Conservation Society, this work has four goals: (1) analyzing global conservation issues, (2) highlighting global news on conservation and the wild, (3) promoting science-based solutions to conservation problems, and (4) influencing global public policy. To accomplish these goals, it incorporates essays and scientific works from over 40 contributors, ranging from policy specialists to wildlife biologists to science writers. Reports cover all continents and oceans. Issues range from the wildlife trade in bushmeat to the effects of war on protected areas in the Congo. The book includes black-and-white illustrations, color prints, maps, charts, an excellent index with cross-references, see also references, and scientific and common names of organisms. Offering thorough documentation of the impact of the human species on the globe, the contributors are hopeful but also realistic in their perspective. State of the Wild 2006 belongs in every public, school, academic, and government library. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels."
"The wild helps to define us as human, and our efforts to conserve the wild help to demonstrate how civilized we are. State of the Wild 2006 contains some alarming figures about the loss of the wild but balances these with aspiring stories of efforts to maintain the wilderness areas that inspire so many of us to conserve the diversity of our planet."—Jeffrey A. McNeely, chief scientist, IUCN-The World Conservation Union-Gland, Switzerland
"No one can remain complacent after reading this book; the problems are real and they threaten our very existence, but the stories of successful conservation efforts give hope that we can still preserve what remains. Future editions in this series are sure to be eagerly anticipated."
"The value of this overstuffed volume (the premier edition of a series) is twofold: One, it provides a no-bullshit roundup and analysis of the year's major environmental stories -- a regular physical for the planet. And two, it gives experts like Carl Safina and essayists like Rick Bass and Ted Kerasote ample room to explain why it all so desperately matters."
— Sharon Guynup
"A new annual publication from the Wildlife Conservation Society, this work has four goals: (1) analyzing global conservation issues, (2) highlighting global news on conservation and the wild, (3) promoting science-based solutions to conservation problems, and (4) influencing global public policy. To accomplish these goals, it incorporates essays and scientific works from over 40 contributors, ranging from policy specialists to wildlife biologists to science writers. Reports cover all continents and oceans. Issues range from the wildlife trade in bushmeat to the effects of war on protected areas in the Congo. The book includes black-and-white illustrations, color prints, maps, charts, an excellent index with cross-references, see also references, and scientific and common names of organisms. Offering thorough documentation of the impact of the human species on the globe, the contributors are hopeful but also realistic in their perspective. State of the Wild 2006 belongs in every public, school, academic, and government library. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels."
— W.E. Drew Jr.
| By the numbers : hunted, traded, and eaten into extinction | ||
| Foreword : a brief history of state of the wild | ||
| Introduction : wildlife, wildlands, and oceans | 2 | |
| Gold or flowers : one view on the state of the wild | 6 | |
| Mapping the wild : the human footprint | 16 | |
| Discoveries | 18 | |
| New conservation methods and technologies | 20 | |
| Regulating the wild | 22 | |
| The rarest of the rare : some of the world's most endangered animals | 26 | |
| Africa | 36 | |
| Asia | 45 | |
| Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands | 52 | |
| Central and South America | 58 | |
| Europe | 65 | |
| Middle East and North Africa | 69 | |
| North America | 72 | |
| Oceans | 79 | |
| Polar regions | 87 | |
| Setting the scene | 95 | |
| A short history of hunting in North America | 99 | |
| Consuming wildlife in the tropics | 106 | |
| Wildlife trade within East Asia : supply and demand for traditional Oriental medicine | 114 | |
| Twine and the ancient mariners : albatrosses, sea turtles, and fishing gear encounters | 122 | |
| Ebola, SARS, and other diseases that imperil people and animals | 131 | |
| Hunting for conservation in the Amazon rain forests : lessons learned from Peru | 139 | |
| Let them eat cake? : some skeptical thoughts on conservation strategies in the bushmeat range states | 149 | |
| Biting the hand that feeds you : the consumption of nature and natural resources in the tropics | 153 | |
| Response to John Robinson : postindustrial conservation ideals and real-world politics | 157 | |
| Response to David Brown : the view from Versailles contrasts with local reality | 158 | |
| Comments on Brown vs. Robinson : bushmeat trade : thoughts from "the coast" | 159 | |
| Through the looking glass : the tragedy of depleting wildlife resources : a response to John Robinson and David Brown | 161 | |
| Let them eat LSD bushmeat : thoughts arising from Brown vs. Robinson | 163 | |
| Listening to the birds | 169 | |
| Species in focus : saving jaguars throughout their range : from theory to practice | 178 | |
| Climate change and the wild : into the great unknown | 186 | |
| The gathering wave of ocean extinctions | 195 | |
| Conservation strategies for colonial and social species | 202 | |
| The land the wilderness act forgot | 215 | |
| Marine protected areas : can we rebuild marine ecosystems by closing areas to fishing? | 222 | |
| Culturally determined wildlife populations : the problem of the designer ark | 233 | |
| Conservation and conflict : the importance of continuing conservation work during political upheaval and armed conflict | 243 | |
| Neither war nor peace : protected areas still at risk in DR Congo, 2005 | 250 | |
| The destruction of Iraq's wetlands and impacts on biodiversity | 254 | |
| Captive breeding : miracle under fire | 256 | |
| Can tropical forests be managed for timber production and wildlife protection? | 265 | |
| What falls through the cracks in conservation strategies? : interviews with Sylvia Earle and Thomas Lovejoy | 271 | |
| Afterword : the relative wild | 279 |
Overview
How do we gauge the state of earth's wildlife, wildlands, and oceans? State of the Wild is a new annual series that brings together some of the world's most renowned conservationists and writers-George Schaller, Alan Rabinowitz, Sylvia Earle, Rick Bass, Bill McKibben, Tom Lovejoy, and many others-to assess wildlife and wilderness, and to provide insights into how humans can become better stewards of the wild.
This new annual publication will combine evocative writings with a ...