State of the wild
Subtitle: a global portrait
By: Wildlife Conservation Society ; vol. ed. Eva Fearn ; series ed., Kent H. Redford ; foreword by Ward Woods
Contributors: Wildlife Conservation Society (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781597266772; 9781597266789
Subjects: Wildlife conservation; Nature conservation; Endangered species
Other titles: 2010-2011 state of the wild; State of the wild 2010-2011; Wildlife conservation in a time of war.
Description: Discusses emerging issues in wildlife and nature conservation and highlights worldwide efforts to preserve natural habitat and resources, as well as providing a conservation forecast for the near future.
Notes: With a special section "Wildlife conservation in a time of war"

At head of title: 2010-2011.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-233) and index.
Table of contents: title: By the numbers:  Wildlife conservation in a time of war; title: Foreword:  Conservation and the global economic recession; title: Introduction:  Future states of the wild; title: PART I:  State of the Wild:  State of the wild:  wounded wilderness; title: Global conservation and news highlights:  Africa; Asia; Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands; Central and South America; Europe; North America; Oceans; title: Discoveries; title: The rarest of the rare:  Some of the world's most endangered animals; title: Rarest ecosystems; title: Emerging diseases and conservation; title: An update on One World-One Health; title: Champions of the wild; title: PART II:  Focus on the Wild:  Wildlife conservation in a time of war; title: Conservation amid war; title: Conservation and governance:  Lessons from the reconstruction effort in Afghanistan; title: Marine life in times of conflict; title: Who owns the wild?  Civil conflict in Africa; title: Parks as peace makers:  The Peru-Ecuador Divide; title: PART III:  Emerging issues in the wild:; title: Conservaiton of Wildlife; title: Vanishing Asian turtles; title: What future for forest elephants?; title: Restoration of the Guanaco, icon of Patagonia; title: Changing flyways:  Migratory birds in a warming world; title: Conservation of Wild Places:; title: The boreal forest:  Trouble in Canada's great wilderness; title: Inspiring ocean conservation; title: The wild and the city; title: Life waters:  Wetlands and climate change; title: Conservation controversy:  Can paying for ecosystem services save biodiversity?; title: The Art and Practice of Conservation:; title: Faith, hope, and conservation; title: Canine detection teams and conservation; title: Agriculture and wildlife in Europe; title: The dilemma of confiscated wildlife; title: The evolving practice of conservation in Rwanda; title: Final thoughts:  Safe havens for wildlife and people in contested Holy Lands.