Our islands, our selves : a history of conservation in New Zealand / David Young.
Material type: TextPublication details: Dunedin, N.Z. : University of Otago Press, 2004.Description: 298 pages : illustrations, (some color), col. maps ; 27 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1877276944 (hbk.) :
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Non-Fiction | Suzanne Aubert Library at Jerusalem | WG_JLIFE | 333.72 YOU | 1 | Available | T00500271 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Our Islands, Our Selves is a book for the general reader and tells the story of how a conservation ethic emerged in New Zealand. It looks at the phases of Maori settlement and how the need to preserve slowly became an element of the use of some resources. It identifies the issues, personalities and organizations of the past 200 years, as the country evolved from a "quarry economy" to a modern society grappling with erosion and flooding issues, predator proliferation, and habitat and species loss. As the concerns of the nation have shifted, the approaches to conservation have changed: from acclimatization of exotic species to national parks, the development of island sanctuaries and, now, an ecological approach that protects relationships as well as specific flora and fauna.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-288) and index.
Patterns of antiquity -- Maori in Aotearoa -- Transforming landscape, transforming identity -- A dawning awareness -- Remnants preserved -- Sleeper's awake -- The price of progress -- Citizens of a living landscape.
Ch. 1. Patterns of antiquity -- Ch. 2. Maori in aotearoa -- Ch. 3. Transforming landscape, transforming identity -- Ch. 4. A dawning awareness -- Ch. 5. Remnants reserved -- Ch. 6. Sleepers awake -- Ch. 7. The price of progress -- Ch. 8. Citizens of a living landscape.
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