A new approach to conservation: The importance of the individual through wildlife rehabilitation Autor Aitken G. Fecha 2004 Fuente IUCN (ID: MON-072487) Editor | Lugar de publicación Ashgate Publishing Ltd | Aldershot, UK ISBN 0 7546 3283 0 Páginas 218 p. Tipo de documento Monografía/libro Idioma Inglés Campo de aplicación Internacional Materia Especies silvestres y ecosistemas Palabra clave Política/planificación Flora silvestre Ordenación/conservación Fauna silvestre Resumen Contents: Part I: Exploring conservation 's basic assumptions: Extinction; Rarity; Nativity Part II: The conservationist 's role redefined: Humans and nature: Is conservation meaningful?; How is nature to be safeguarded? Conservationist, custodian of wildness Part III: A new emphasis in conservation: The problem with species: Reviewing units of importance; Wildlife rehabilitation as conservation strategy?; Conservation and individual worth; Compatibility: Problems and answers Part IV: The upshot; Implications for action: Managing wildness?; The new conservation; Bibliography; Index