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Our once and future planet, restoring the world in the climate change century, Paddy Woodworth

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Our once and future planet, restoring the world in the climate change century, Paddy Woodworth

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [447]-499) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Our once and future planet

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

841558927

Responsibility statement

Paddy Woodworth

Sub title

restoring the world in the climate change century

Table Of Contents

Plots, five prairies, reflooding a delta -- The cranes are flying again -- From Necedah to St. Louis via Zaragoza : a restoration learning curve -- Greening the Rainbow Nation : saving the world on a single budget? -- Awkward questions from the Windy City : why restore? to what? for whom? -- Keeping nature out? : restoring the cultural landscape of the Cinque Terre -- The last of the woods laid low? : fragile green shoots in Irish forests -- Future shock : "novel ecosystems" and climate change shake restoration's foundations -- Dreamtime in Gondwanaland -- Restoration on a grand scale : finding a home for 350,000 species -- Killing for conservation : the grim precondition for restoration in New Zealand -- The Mayan men (and women) who can (re)make the rain forest -- Making the black deserts bloom : bog restoration on the brink of extinction -- Walk like a chameleon : three trends, one story -- Conclusions : why restore?

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