Witness to Extinction
(Sprache: Englisch)
Witness to Extinction tells the story of the demise of the beautiful Yangtze River Dolphin. It is a compelling, heartfelt account by a young naturalist involved in increasingly desperate attempts to save this legendary creature. We failed the dolphin, but...
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Witness to Extinction tells the story of the demise of the beautiful Yangtze River Dolphin. It is a compelling, heartfelt account by a young naturalist involved in increasingly desperate attempts to save this legendary creature. We failed the dolphin, but we can learn from this, and fight to protect other remarkable animals before it is too late.
Target group: Lovers of natural history, conservation, and those connected with, or concerned about, endangered species. Also general readers of popular science
Target group: Lovers of natural history, conservation, and those connected with, or concerned about, endangered species. Also general readers of popular science
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The tragic recognition of the extinction of the Yangtze River Dolphin or baiji in 2007 became a major news story and sent shockwaves around the world. It made a romantic story, for the baiji was a unique and beautiful creature that features in many Chinese legends and folk tales. The Goddess of the Yangtze, as it was known, was also the lone representative of an entire and ancient branch of the Tree of Life. But perhaps the greater tragedy is that its status as oneof the world's most threatened mammals had been widely recognized, yet despite wide publicity virtually no international funds became available.
A compelling read by a young naturalist, Samuel Turvey tells the story of the plight of the Yangtze River Dolphin from his unique perspective as a conservation biologist deeply involved in the struggle to save the dolphin. This is both a celebration of a beautiful and remarkable animal that once graced one of China's greatest rivers, its natural history and its role as a cultural symbol; and also a personal, eyewitness account of the failures of policy and the struggle to get funds that led to
its tragic demise. It is a true cautionary tale that we must learn from, for there are countless other threatened species that will suffer from the same human mistakes, and whose loss we shall not know until it is too late.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Witness to Extinction “
Prologue ; 1. The Goddess of the Yangtze ; 2. The Amazon of the East ; 3. Qi Qi ; 4. A New Hope? ; 5. The Rarest Animal in the World ; 6. Everything Is Going to be OK ; 7. The Politics of Extinction ; 8. End Game ; 9. The Hunting of the Snark ; 10. The Golden Channel ; 11. So Long, and Thanks For All the Fishing ; 12. What Have We Learnt?
Autoren-Porträt von Samuel Turvey
Samuel Turvey is Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology, a department of the Zoological Society of London. He is a conservation biologist with a principal interest in the history and prehistory of human-caused extinctions and in developing conservation strategies for today's threatened species. He was deeply involved with the conservation efforts surrounding the Yangtze River dolphin, and was the lead author of the 2007 paper 'Biology Letters' which declared that it was probably extinct, generating tremendous international media attention. He has published numerous other academic papers in a range of scientific journals, including 'Nature'.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Samuel Turvey
- 2009, New ed., 256 Seiten, 12 Abbildungen, Maße: 13 x 19,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0199549486
- ISBN-13: 9780199549481
- Erscheinungsdatum: 13.08.2009
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „Witness to Extinction “
Turvey weaves natural history, ecology, and politics into a tapestry that illusrates the pattern of human impact across the globe. A must-read perspective for those who think of conservation as a vigorous fight to save biodiversity rather than an academic discipline. Written from the point of view of a scientist actively involved in the fight to save the dolphin, the book seethes with personal anger while at the same time being highly scholarly. Quarterly Review of Biology
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