State of the Wild is a biennial series that brings together international conservation experts and writers to discuss emerging issues in the conservation of wildlife and wild places.
Each volume in the series combines evocative writings with a fascinating tour of conservation news highlights and vital statistics from around the world. One-third of each volume focuses on a topic of particular concern to conservationists working to protect wildlife and our last wild places. This 20082009 edition considers the integration of wildlife health, ecosystem health, human health, and the health of domestic animals'a One WorldOne Healtha approach to disease and conservation.
This focus is complemented with essays clustered into sections that address other key issues'conservation of species; conservation of wild places; people, culture, and conservation; and the art and practice of conservation. Essays cover a broad range of topics, from restoring biodiversity on the prairies to mapping the state of the oceans to the conservation impacts of lawlessness and coca cultivation in Colombia. Essay contributions come from people directly involved in on-the-ground conservation efforts and offer a unique and valuable perspective on often-overlooked topics.
State of the Wild's accessible approach educates a wide range of audiences while at the same time presenting leading-edge scientific overviews of hot topics in conservation. Uniquely structured with magazine-like features up front, conservation news in the middle, and essays from eminent authors and experienced scientists throughout, this landmark series is an essential addition to any environmental bookshelf.
By the Numbers: Emerging Diseases and Conservation Foreword: The Value of Conservation Introduction Future States of the Wild
PART I. State of the Wild Chapter 1. Tipping Point: Perspective of a Climatologist Chapter 2. Discoveries Chapter 3. The Rarest of the Rare: Some of the World's Most Endangered Animals Chapter 4. Continuing to Consume Wildlife: An Update
PART II. Focus on the Wild Chapter 5. Emerging Diseases and Conservation: One World'One Health Chapter 6. Little Is Big, Many Is One: Zoonoses in the Twenty-first Century Chapter 7. Land-Use Change as a Driver of Disease Chapter 8. Transboundary Management of Natural Resources and the Importance of a ""One Health"" Approach: Perspectives on Southern Africa Chapter 9. An Ounce of Prevention: Lessons from the First Avian Influenza Scare Chapter 10. Why Wildlife Health Matters in North America Chapter 11. Warming Oceans, Increasing Disease: Mapping the Health Effects of Climate Change Chapter 12. Conservation Controversy, To Cull or Not to Cull?
PART III: Emerging Issues in the Wild Chapter 13. The Last of the Great Overland Migrations Chapter 14. Downward Spiral, Catastrophic Decline of South Asia's Vultures Chapter 15. Conserving Cold-Blooded Australians Chapter 16. Settling for Less, Disappearing Diadromous Fishes Chapter 17. Mapping the State of the Oceans Chapter 18. Africa's Last Wild Places, Why Conservation Can't Wait Chapter 19. The Deep Sea: Unknown and Under Threat Chapter 20. Climate Change in the Andes Chapter 21. Grazers and Grasslands: Restoring Biodiversity to the Prairies Chapter 22. Conservation and Human Displacement Chapter 23. Conservation Psychology: Who Cares about the Biodiversity Crisis? Chapter 24. Biogenetics and Conservation: Celebrate or Worry? Chapter 25. Conservation in Conflict: Illegal Drugs Versus Habitat in the Americas Chapter 26. Rewilding the Islands Chapter 27. Addressing AIDS: Conservation in Africa Chapter 28. Conservation as Diplomacy \ Steven E. Sanderson
Final Thoughts
""I can truly say that this is one of the more interesting and informative books that I have read concerning the state of our environment, the role of humans in that environment, and how individuals and groups are working to 'save' aspects of the wild and wilderness""
