Overview
- William Jordan is a leading person in the development of ecological restoration in the US, a founding member of the Society for Ecological Restoration and the first journal of the field (now Ecological Restoration)
- The book makes timely and important contributions to ongoing discussions and controversies in the rapidly growing field of restoration
- The authors’ approach of setting environmental restoration against a broader history of environmental attitudes, degradation, and management is unique
Part of the book series: The Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration (SPER)
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Making Nature Whole is a seminal volume that presents an in-depth history of the field of ecological restoration as it has developed in the United States over the last three decades. The authors draw from both published and unpublished sources, including archival materials and oral histories from early practitioners, to explore the development of the field and its importance to environmental management as well as to the larger environmental movement and our understanding of the world.
Making Nature Whole is a landmark contribution, providing context and history regarding a distinctive form of land management and giving readers a fascinating overview of the development of the field. It is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding where ecological restoration came from or where it might be going.
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Book Title: Making Nature Whole
Book Subtitle: A History of Ecological Restoration
Authors: William R. Jordan, George M. Lubick
Series Title: The Science and Practice of Ecological Restoration
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-042-2
Publisher: Island Press Washington, DC
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Island Press 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-1-61091-042-2Published: 20 September 2011
Series ISSN: 2945-5391
Series E-ISSN: 2945-5405
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 258
Topics: Environmental Management, Ecosystems, Landscape Ecology, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Nature Conservation