{"product_id":"the-social-lives-of-forests-9780226322667","title":"The Social Lives of Forests","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForests are in decline, and the threats these outposts of nature face - including deforestation, degradation, and fragmentation - are the result of human culture. Or are they? This volume calls these assumptions into question, revealing forests' past, present, and future conditions to be the joint products of a host of natural and cultural forces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A clear message emerges that established views and conservation approaches based on seeing people as separate from nature-or viewing the land as divided into the pristine and wild versus the humanized and despoiled-are erroneous and doomed to generate unsuccessful policies and approaches to stewardship. These are not novel ideas, but this volume is unusual and valuable in making a forceful case for their validity based on work from many different landscapes and cultures and a great diversity of environmental and historical conditions.\" (David R. Foster, director of the Harvard Forest, Harvard University)\"","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036520612183,"sku":"9780226322667","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226322667.jpg?v=1750932275","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-social-lives-of-forests-9780226322667","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}