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Media type:
E-Book
Title:
Planning for the Planet
:
Environmental Expertise and the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, 1960-1980
Contains:
Frontmatter
Contents
Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction. Conserving Global Nature
Chapter 1. Old Hands, Pastures New: IUCN and the New Environmental Age
Chapter 2. Classifying Ecosystems: Th e International Biological Program, 1964-1974
Chapter 3. Expertise and Diplomacy: Systems Politics at the UN Stockholm Conference, 1972
Chapter 4. Nature's Value: Th e Fault Lines in the World Conservation Strategy, 1975-1980
Conclusion. IUCN and Environmental Expertise, 1960s-Present
Appendix. Expert Biographies
Bibliography
Index
Description:
During the 1960s and 1970s, rapidly growing environmental awareness and concern created unprecedented demand for ecological expertise and novel challenges for ecological advocacy groups such as the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). This book reveals how, despite their vast scientific knowledge and their attempts to incorporate socially relevant themes, IUCN experts inevitably struggled to make global schemes for nature conservation a central concern for UNESCO, UNEP and other intergovernmental organizations