{"product_id":"the-baseline-concept-in-biodiversity-conservation-being-nostalgic-or-not-in-the-anthropocene-era-9781786308887","title":"The Baseline Concept in Biodiversity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Anthropocene era has been marked by such significant human pressure that it has led to the sixth mass extinction. \u003ci\u003eThe Baseline Concept in Biodiversity Conservation\u003c\/i\u003e interprets human domination of the Earth as the process of gradual landscape change, the execution of which is neither linear nor homogeneous.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is structured around three key questions: Where and when did everything go wrong? How do we define baseline states for biodiversity conservation strategies? How are reference states mobilized in a concrete way through case studies?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToday, biodiversity conservation faces a dilemma that this book sheds light on: return to states less modified by humans than today but in a world that has changed significantly; or, let the nature of tomorrow express itself where it still can but without a road map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1. Defining Baselines\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Temporal Baselines: Finding a Tipping Point in the Past by \u003ci\u003eLaurent Godet, Simon Dufour, Anne-Julia Rollet and Armelle Decauln\u003c\/i\u003ee\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Spatial Baselines: Is Going Elsewhere Easier Than Going Back in Time by \u003ci\u003eAnne-Julia Rollet, Simon Dufour and Armelle Decaulne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Mapping What is Left of Nature by \u003ci\u003eLaurent Godet and Adrien Geutté\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Baseline: A Social Construction by \u003ci\u003eClémence Moreau, Cécile Barnaud and Raphaël Mathevet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2. Using Baselines to Conserve Nature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Rewilding by the Return of Ghosts of the Past by \u003ci\u003eLaurent Godet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Spontaneous Rewilding through Land Abandonment by \u003ci\u003eAdrien Guetté and Jonathan Carruthers-Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Geoprospective: Looking for Potential Scenarios by \u003ci\u003eThomas Houet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Place of Ecological Knowledge in Policies for Ecological Neutrality: No Net Loss and Biodiversity Offsetting by \u003ci\u003eCoralie Calvet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3. Examples of the Use of Baselines\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The Variability of Baselines Mobilized in Littoral Protected Areas: The Anthropocene as a Dividing Line? By \u003ci\u003eVincent Andreu-Boussut and Céline Chadenas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Baselines and French Forests by \u003ci\u003eDamien Marage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. How Can We Maintain Traditional Agro-Pastoral Landscapes? By \u003ci\u003eDavid Montembault\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ISTE Ltd and John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042429337943,"sku":"9781786308887","price":112.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781786308887.jpg?v=1750954109","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-baseline-concept-in-biodiversity-conservation-being-nostalgic-or-not-in-the-anthropocene-era-9781786308887","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}