Research Catalog

Title

Fate of the wild : the Endangered Species Act and the future of biodiversity / Bonnie B. Burgess.

Author

Burgess, Bonnie B., 1946-

Publication

Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2001.

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Description

xix, 211 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Given widespread concern over the worldwide loss of biodiversity and popular crusades to "save" endangered species and habitats, why has the Endangered Species Act remained unauthorized since October 1992? In Fate of the Wild Bonnie B. Burgess offers an illuminating assembly of facts about biodiversity and straightforward analysis of the legislative stalemate surrounding the Endangered Species Act. Fate of the Wild surveys the history of and analyzes the conflict over the legislation itself, the heated issues regarding its enforcement, and the land-use and habitat battles waged among conservationists, environmental activists, and private property proponents."--BOOK JACKET.

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books

Subject

• United States. > History
• Washingtoner Artenschutzübereinkommen
• Endangered Species Act of 1973 (United States)
• Endangered species > Government policy > United States
• Biodiversity conservation > Government policy > United States
• Biodiversität
• Naturschutz
• Umweltpolitik
• Bedrohte Tiere
• Bedrohte Pflanzen
• Biodiversity conservation > Government policy
• Endangered species > Government policy
• USA
• United States

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-199) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- PART ONE: SETTING THE STAGE: History of the Endangered Species Act -- The Endangered Species Act today -- The importance of biodiversity -- PART TWO: CHARACTERS: Protagonists and the environmental arguments -- Antagonists and the private rights argument -- PART THREE: CONFLICT: In the halls of Congress -- Presidential power -- The bureaucratic contribution -- Species economics -- PART FOUR: RESOLUTION: Ecosystem management -- Antidote.

ISBN

• 0820322962 (alk. paper)
• 9780820322964 (alk. paper)
• 9780820324920 (pbk)
• 0820324922 (pbk)

LCCN

^^^00053657^

OCLC

45362678

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library