Peter Friederici

Nature's Restoration (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Across America and around the world, people areworking to help nature heal itself. In Bermuda, a mansingle-handedly grows thousands of trees on a smallisland to restore nesting habitat for a rare seabird. InIllinois, legions of volunteers replant prairies in theshadows of freeways. In Virginia, a farmer works tobring back the mighty American chestnut.What drives these individuals? How did their passionscome about, and what are the implications forrestoring the environment? Nature"e;s Restoration: People and Places on theFront Lines of Conservation is a lyrical look at these and other examplesof ordinary citizens aiming to return sizable tracts of the Americanlandscape to nature, and to health. They"e;ve found success in preservingrare species, reversing negative ecological trends, and promotinggreater intimacy with nature.Yet the work is far from simple. Restoration projects are often in thenews not only because of the promise they hold, but also because ofthe controversy they provoke. Based on detailed reporting and numerousinterviews, Nature"e;s Restoration puts us on the front lines ofrestoration to learn how this burgeoning national movemshapesboth places and people.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Island Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781597262910
• Artikelnr.: 37950494

Autorenporträt

Peter Friederici is the author of The Suburban Wild (University of Georgia Press, 1999) and editor of Ecological Restoration of Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forests (Island Press, 2003), among other books. He teaches journalism at Northern Arizona University and has contributed articles to such publications as Audubon, Orion, and High Country News. He lives in Flagstaff, Arizona.