Resurrection Science : Conservation, De-Extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things (Hardcover)

from ssimon2000

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.This is a fascinating look at the current conservation movement, its history and its future. The book has eight chapters, each dedicated to the on-going work with a specific species, ranging from the very unusual spray toads in ...

from ssimon2000

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.This is a fascinating look at the current conservation movement, its history and its future. The book has eight chapters, each dedicated to the on-going work with a specific species, ranging from the very unusual spray toads in ...

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Received via NetGalley and St. Martin's Press in exchange for an completely unbiased review. Also posted on Silk & Serif M.R O'Connor attempts to tackle the moral and social implications regarding de-extinction efforts. Considering the fact that mammoth DNA has been fully sequenced, it stands to ...

from bness2

A fascinating and sobering look at the fate of species on earth in light of the effects we humans are having on nature. Extinction is put into perspective nicely and is shown to be both less serious, in terms of sheer number of taxa being lost, and more serious, in terms of the pervasive effects ...

from pomo58

In Resurrection Science M.R. O'Connor examines many of the difficult aspects of contemporary conservation. This work is broken down into species-specific case studies (each chapter) to illustrate various elements of past, present and future conservation efforts. In so doing some past procedures a...