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Title: Freshwater Ecoregions of North America: A Conservation Assessment by Robin A. Abell, David M. Olson, Eric Dinerstein, Patrick T. Hurley, James T. Diggs, William Eichbaum, Steven Walters, Wesley Wettengel, Tom Allnutt, Colby J. Loucks ISBN: 1-55963-734-X Publisher: Island Press Pub. Date: December, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $70.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Green Lantern...
Comment: In the sphere of the social sciences, a long standing bias has existed against the so-called "natural sciences:" the lack of rhetorical power, and more simply, of terminological variability, has turned away sociologists, anthropologists, and historians from the literature of natural science. This bias is evident, but at base, irrational, at least by the uniform standards for scholarship that transcends disciplines. After all, the sociologist cannot simply write-off the work of the economist, just because of language.
This important work, although highly priced, must be read by social scientists as well as by natural scientists. Editor Robin Abell, with her talented staff at WWF-USA, have put together an inherently readable account of what "ecoregions" are threatened, while enumerating the attributes and possible threats to these areas. A reader, like myself, who knows little about such things , is sure to find themself surprisingly drawn to what otherwise seem like trivialities. For example, the consistent format of the volume, from section to section, provides the reader with a template, or general design, by which whole areas of geography can be understood.
And this understanding goes past the parochial association of one region with the "political unit" it is found in.
The title of this mini-review was not only meant to be teasing: it is my hope that more writers and editors adopt the style that Abell et al. have established. Perhaps then important subjects like this can climb closer to the center of the public conscience.
Rating: 4
Summary: Insightful New Approach
Comment: The first approach anywhere that looks not only at scale of biodiversity loss and priorities for conservation for our often over-looked freshwater resources. This book is essential for anyone who truly cares about North America's diverse natural habitats.
The maps in the book are wonderful. They effectively convey areas which are spectacular and also the areas that are most threatened.
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Title: Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America: A Conservation Assessment by Taylor H. Ricketts, Eric Dinerstein, David M. Olson, Colgy J. Loucks, William Eichbaum, Colby J. Loucks ISBN: 1559637226 Publisher: Island Press Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind by David Quammen ISBN: 0393051404 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 08 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Rivers for Life: Managing Water for People and Nature by Sandra Postel, Brian Richter ISBN: 1559634448 Publisher: Island Press Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment by James Gustave Speth ISBN: 0300102321 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: March, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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