A new approach to conservation: The importance of the individual through wildlife rehabilitation Auteur Aitken G. Date 2004 Source IUCN (ID: MON-072487) Éditeur | Lieu de publication Ashgate Publishing Ltd | Aldershot, UK ISBN 0 7546 3283 0 Pages 218 p. Type du document Monographie/livre Langue Anglais Champ d'application International Sujet Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes Mot clé Politique/planification Flore sauvage Faune sauvage Gestion/conservation Résumé 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