Rambunctious Garden

Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World

Emma Marris, Marris

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Bloomsbury Press
01 September 2013

Mathematics & Sciences; Conservation of the environment

"“Remarkable . . . Emma Marris explores a paradox that is increasingly vexing the science of ecology, namely that the only way to have a pristine wilderness is to manage it intensively.” —The Wall Street Journal

A paradigm shift is roiling the environmental world. For decades people have unquestioningly accepted the idea that our goal is to preserve nature in its pristine, pre-human state. But many scientists have come to see this as an outdated dream that thwarts bold new plans to save the environment and prevents us from having a fuller relationship with nature. Humans have changed the landscapes they inhabit since prehistory, and climate change means even the remotest places now bear the fingerprints of humanity. Emma Marris argues convincingly that it is time to look forward and create the ""rambunctious garden,"" a hybrid of wild nature and human management.

In this optimistic book, readers meet leading scientists and environmentalists and visit imaginary Edens, designer ecosystems, and Pleistocene parks. Marris describes innovative conservation approaches, including rewilding, assisted migration, and the embrace of so-called novel ecosystems.

Rambunctious Garden is short on gloom and long on interesting theories and fascinating narratives, all of which bring home the idea that we must give up our romantic notions of pristine wilderness and replace them with the concept of a global, half-wild rambunctious garden planet, tended by us."

By: Emma Marris, Marris
Imprint: Bloomsbury Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 243g
ISBN: 9781608194544
ISBN 10: 160819454X
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 September 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Emma Marris is an environmental writer who grew up in Seattle, Washington. She has written for the world's foremost science journal, Nature, on ecology, conservation Biology and other topics. She gave a TED talk that urges us to reconsider what we define as nature, and her articles have also appeared in Wired, the Christian Science Monitor, and Conservation. She currently lives in Columbia, Missouri, with her husband and daughter.

Reviews for Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World

Potentially the most optimistic and controversial work about the future of nature to appear in years. - Grist.com Marris... challenges us to revisit the definition of nature in our increasingly unnatural world. - Nature <p> Ms Marris's book is an insightful analysis of the thinking that informs nature conservation. - Economist May be the most important book about the environment in a generation. - Idaho Statesman <p> Marris argues that the conservation and appreciation of nature can take place at far less exotic locations, such as backyards, city parks, farms, and even parking lots....This gracefully written and well-argued book deserves a wide readership. - Reason [Marris] doesn't just dwell in the imperfections of the past. She also offers forward-looking innovations. -Mother Jones Seamlessly intertwining lyrical travelogue with ecological science...[Marris] champions a controversial approach to conservation. - Discover <p> Into her lively reporting, [Marris] wea