Steerinq conservation on a path towards hope

摘要

Stories of destruction and doom dominate headlines in conservation. Forests, grasslands, and wetlands are rapidly being converted to fields of rice or soybeans and plantations of palm oil or rubber trees. Rising temperatures threaten to push alpine species off mountaintops and bleach coral reefs undersea. Increased rates of poaching threaten tigers and elephants at a time now considered to be the sixth mass extinction. One thing missing from these stories might be the most important factor in turningaround this dismal scene: hope.In Wild Hope: On the Front Lines of Conservation Success, Andrew Balmford presents a variety of conservation success stories to restore hope to the field of conservation. These case studies represent a diverse group of conservation programs, from a smallcommunity in Ecuador protecting its forested water catchment to one of the largest mining companies in the world restoring jarrah forests in Australia after stripping them during bauxite extraction. Balmford takes the reader on a journey across six continents to highlight some of the victories in conservation and to identify the key ingredients in conservation programs.