Title Revealed biodiversity : an economic history of the human impact / by Eric L Jones

Published Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Pub. Co., 2014 ©20

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Description 1 online resource Contents Environmental crisis -- Environmental decline -- The example of English butterflies -- Commodity landscapes -- Agricultural history -- Drainage and wildlife exploitation in the Netherlands and England -- The shooting industry -- The angling industry -- Europe's overseas expansion -- Ecological history of the USA -- Recent ecological history of East Asia -- Modern agricultural prospects with special reference to Brazil -- Joint conservation of wildlife and ancient wildlife harvesting practices Summary Revealed Biodiversity: An Economic History of the Human Impact aims to show that for several centuries environmental conditions have been substantially the product of economic fluctuations. It contests the notion of perpetual decline in species composition. The arguments are supported by far more precise historical detail than is usual in books about ecology. The need to take the gains to human society into account when assessing environmental change is strongly emphasized. The book features case studies including England, the Netherlands, USA, East Asia, Brazil, and the areas of modern agricultural 'land grab'. This book is important for its close attention to the documented historical record of environmental change in several countries over several centuries; for its demonstration of how much wildlife populations have been influenced by fluctuations in market activity; for revealing the need to be sensitive to historical baselines; and for emphasizing the imperative of taking the gains to human society into account when assessing environmental change. It, therefore, has considerable significance for environmental and conservation policies as well as for future studies in ecological history Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes English Print version record Subject Agriculture -- Environmental aspects -- History Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- History Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- History Human ecology -- History. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. Agriculture -- Economic aspects Agriculture -- Environmental aspects Human ecology Nature -- Effect of human beings on Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9789814522571 9814522570

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