The world and the wild /

Summary: Publisher Summary 1 Rothenberg (philosophy, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and editor, Terra Nova ) and Ulvaeus (director of Terra Nova ) reprint 16 articles offering international perspectives on wilderness (first published in Terra Nova v.3, no.3). The editors' position is that contra such thinkers as William Cronon and J. Baird Callicott, wilderness is a meritorious term, an enlightened concept with as much or more value as biodiversity and sustainability. While the Terra Nova directors set out to purge wilderness of misapplied meanings, the real goal of this anthology is to "reinvigorate the effort to understand, reveal, and save wilderness beyond the usual futile polarities" (i.e., nature/culture, man/animal, natural/artificial). Topics include Romantic nature painting by Zeese Papanikolas, social ecology in India by Sahotra Sarkar, saving endangered species and cultures by Edward Whitsell, and the Penan of Malaysia by William Bevis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)   Publisher Summary 2 Can nature be restored to a pristine state through deliberate action?Must the preservation of wilderness always subordinate the interests of humans to those of other species? Can indigenous peoples be entrusted with the guardianship of their own wild resources? This collection of international writings tackles tough questions like these as it expands wilderness conservation beyond its American roots. One of the first anthologies to consider wilderness as a global issue, it takes a stand against the notion that wilderness is a northern colonialist conceit and is irrelevant to the plans of third world countries. Contributions from all over the planet? Nepal, Borneo, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Kenya, South Africa, India, and the United States? show instead that wilderness has an important place in the environmental thought and policy of any nation, industrial or developing. The World and the Wildboldly advances the idea that our concept of wilderness must expand to take in new vistas. It breaks fresh ground in global environmentalism and is essential reading for anyone concerned with development issues related to conservation. Contents Foreword: Whither World Wilderness? / Vance G. Martin Introduction: Wilderness in the Rest of the World / David Rothenberg How Can Four Trees Make a Jungle? / Pramod Parajuli The Unpaintable West / Zeese Papanikolas Restoring Wilderness or Reclaiming Forests? / Sahotra Sarkar For Indian Wilderness / Philip Cafaro and Monish Verma In the Dust of Kilimanjaro / David Western Why Conservation in the Tropics Is Failing / John Terborgh "Trouble in Paradise": An Exchange / David Western and John Terborgh Zulu History / Ian Player Bruno Manser and the Penan / William W. Bevis Roads Where There Have Long Been Trails / Kathleen Harrison Volcano Dreams / Tom Vanderbilt Recycled Rain Forest Myths / Antonio Carlos Diegues The Park of Ten Thousand Waterfalls / Dan Imhoff Mapping the Wild / Edward A. Whitesell Earth Jazz / Evan Eisenberg They Trampled on Our Taboos / Damien Arabagali