Bill Freedman

A History of the Nature Conservancy of Canada

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Produktbeschreibung

The Nature Conservancy of Canada is the leading non-governmental land conservation organization, a private, not-for-profit organization that partners with corporate and individual landowners to protect natural lands. The NCC's work is supported by about 40,000 active donors and manages 2.2 million acres of ecologically important land nationwide. The NCC is by all accounts a rare good news environmental story.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780199004164
• ISBN-10: 0199004161
• Artikelnr.: 38148603

Autorenporträt

Bill Freedman is a professor in the Department of Biology at Dalhousie University and past chair of the Nature Conservancy of Canada's board of directors. He is the author of six books and five edited volumes, including Environmental Ecology: The Ecological Effects of Pollution, Disturbance, and Other Stresses and the Encyclopedia of Endangered Species. His academic awards include the Career Achievement Award from the Canadian Council of University Biology Chairs and the Canadian Environment Award, Gold Medal Level, in the category of Community Awards for Conservation from the Canadian Geographic Society. For over twenty years, Freedman has been a dedicated volunteer with the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgements
* Preface
* 1. Introduction
* 2. The Nature Conservancy of Canada
* 3. The Natural World
* 4. Threats to the Natural World
* 5. Conservation
* 6. Land Trusts and Conservation
* 7. The Beginning of the Nature Conservancy of Canada, 1962-71
* 8. A Freshening Breeze, 1972-80
* 9. Steady Progress, 1981-89
* 10. Working from Coast to Coast to Coast, 1990-97
* 11. A Campaign for Conservation, 1998-2005
* 12. A Force for Nature, 2006-11
* 13. The Nature Conservancy of Canada at Fifty
* 14. Further Down the Road
* 15. An Enduring Solution
* Glossary
* Appendix 1: Members of the National Board of Directors of the Nature
Conservancy of Canada
* Appendix 2: Chief Executive Officers of the Nature Conservancy of
Canada
* Notes
* Index