The New Environmental Age

by Max Nicholson

Overview

The message of this book is that a concern for environmental issues no longer needs justification. Its aim is to put environmental conservation into perspective by looking at its achievements, failures and problems, and by examining the challenges and opportunities it faces.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521379922
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/28/1989
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.59(d)

Table of Contents

List of illustrations; Foreword HRH the Duke of Edinburgh; Preface; Preface to the paperback edition; 1. The context of the struggle; 2. The early years of environmental conservation; 3. Environmental conservation comes of age; 4. The growth of knowledge and the spread of ideas; 5. Organisation and resources of the movement; 6. Interactions; 7. Pioneers of conservation; 8. A critical appraisal of the movement to-day; 9. A forward view; Notes on sources; Acknowledgements; Index.