Our once and future planet : restoring the world in the climate change century /
Woodworth, Paddy,1951-
Includes bibliographical references (p. 487-499) and index.
Plots, five prairies, reflooding a delta -- The cranes are flying again -- From Necedah to Zaragoza via St. Louis: a restoration learning curve -- Greening the rainbow nation: saving the world on a single budget? -- Awkward questions from the windy city: why restore? to what? for whom? -- Keeping nature out? restoring the cultural landscape of the cinque terre -- The last of the woods laid low? fragile green shoots in Irish forests -- Future shock: "novel ecosystems" and climate change shake restoration's -- Foundations -- Dreamtime in Gondwanaland -- Restoration on a grand scale: finding a home for 350,000 species -- Killing for conservation: the grim precondition for restoration in New Zealand -- The Mayan men (and women) who can (re)make the rain forest -- Making the black deserts bloom: bog restoration on the brink of extinction -- Walk like a chameleon: three trends, one story -- Conclusions: why restore?.
Restoration ecology.
Environmental quality.
Climatic changes.
Global environmental change.