Product Description

This second and fully revised edition offers insights into the campaign for countryside access and protection and considers topical concerns afresh. It examines unwelcome choices for the future and Britain's role in the global conservation debate.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #162335 in Books
• Published on: 1997-01-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 312 pages

Review
`Evans provides a wealth of information on virtually every aspect of the history of nature and landscape conservation in Britain from early beginnings to the threshold of the 20th century. This fully revised 2nd edition will both enthuse and inform all those concerned with environmental and countryside issues.' - Cynthia Blackwell, Huddersfield University

From the Back Cover
Our attitudes towards `nature' and the countryside are fickle. The conservation movement, despite enjoying its highest membership ever, has achieved only limited success over the last one hundred years of campaigning. Can conservationists now shake off their insular, disunited and negative image so as to gain the influence that the size of their movement warrants?
A History of Nature Conservation in Britain traces the rise of the conservation movement from its beginnings in Victorian coffee houses to today's societies with their membership numbering in the millions. The first complete history of the British, and oldest, branch of the movement, David Evans's book offers invaluable insights into the campaigns for countryside protection and access, from battles against the use of pesticides, against pollution and genetic engineering through to legislation for the protection of our wildlife and the freedom to walk the mountains.
The 2nd Edition has been fully revised and updated. Topical issues are considered afresh; and new chapters reflect the rapid changes throughout the 1990s both in social attitudes, conservation practices, legislation, funding and within conservation organizations themselves. In the light of recent developments, Evans also looks at some difficult choices to be made in years ahead and asks how the conservation movement will fare on the new global stage.

Customer Reviews

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This book gives a great introduction to the nature conservation movement and gives a chapter by chapter account of how the movement has been shaped over the last century. The text is informative and contains a lot of relevant facts and figures. I wouldrecommend this book to students of conservation or people who would like to gain an understanding of what nature conservation is all about.