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Collins New Naturalist - Nature
Conservation by Peter Marren
Review This volume provides a comprehensive study of wildlife conservation in
Britain, concentrating on events in the last 30 years of the 20th
century. As our environment is subjected to increasing assault from
climatic changes and pollutants, conservation has become a growing
concern. The first chapter of this text considers the political and
institutional development of nature conservation and reviews the
physical and biological nature of Britain, its geology, climate and
wildlife habitats. Subsequent chapters cover the loss of habitats and
species, how these losses have been managed and the techniques used to
survey and monitor the integration of nature conservation policies in
industries from agriculture to forestry and fisheries. Marren continues
by discussing how nature conservation has emerged from the sidelines to
become a major concern. He addresses the role of the media, weighs up
the successes and failures of the conservation movement and looks to
what the future may hold. Click below for more information, or to buy from Amazon:
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