The New Environmental Age

Max Nicholson
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 9/17/1987
EAN 9780521335225, ISBN10: 0521335221

Hardcover, 252 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
Language: English

The message of this book is that a concern for environmental issues no longer needs justification. Its aim is to put environmental conservation into perspective by looking at its achievements, failures and problems, and by examining the challenges and opportunities it faces.

List of illustrations
Foreword HRH the Duke of Edinburgh
Preface
Preface to the paperback edition
1. The context of the struggle
2. The early years of environmental conservation
3. Environmental conservation comes of age
4. The growth of knowledge and the spread of ideas
5. Organisation and resources of the movement
6. Interactions
7. Pioneers of conservation
8. A critical appraisal of the movement to-day
9. A forward view
Notes on sources
Acknowledgements
Index.