Watching, from the Edge of Extinction

摘要: To those struggling on the frontlines to save endangered plants and animals, crucial challenge is confront biological causes of species' decline. But just as threatening their survival are obstacles erected by human politics, greed, corruption, folly, hypocrisy. In this mesmerizing book, Beverly Stephen Stearns tell stories people who have worked directly with disappearing species in Europe, Africa, North America, Oceania. They passion commitment, competence selflessness. also that alarm, for even unheralded heroes working reverse what often seems be a inevitable march toward extinction, incompetent or self-interested parties against them. The authors interviewed work diverse Mediterranean monk seals, large blue butterflies, African wild dogs, native Hawaiian crows, Texas salamanders, rare Mauritius. These dedicated individuals, discussing how they view work, problems encounter, thoughts broader significance reveal extinction unique each species-sometimes subtle complex, at other times obvious simple. Yet an always represents irretrievable loss evolutionary potential diminishing beauty, diversity, value our own lives. dramatic lessons book shed new light offer hope we may yet change fate totter edge extinction.