Melville's mistake : essays in defense of the natural world /

"In 1977, Michael J. Bean introduced the concept of "wildlife law" as a distinct new component of environmental law. Known fittingly thereafter as the "dean of wildlife law" Bean has since written scores of articles shaping the policies that impact the natural world. Surviva...

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Main Author: Bean, Michael J., 1949- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2022]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Gideon Lincecum nature and environment series.
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505 0 |a Foreword / by Carl Safina -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. What Melville Got Wrong about Whales -- In the Beginning: Two Fish Tales -- A Brief History of Federal Wildlife Conservation Efforts -- Biodiversity and Why It Matters -- Rachel Carson, the Recognition of Pervasive Threats to Biodiversity, and the Birth of the Modern Environmental Movement -- Wildlife Refuges: A Legacy of Theodore Roosevelt -- Three Threats to Biodiversity in the Modern Age: Climate Change, Plastics, and Commerce -- In Praise of Spineless Creatures -- An Endangered Act? -- The Endangered Species Act's Most Unexpected Ally -- The Inconvenient Truth of Unintended Consequences -- Looking to Aldo Leopold for Solutions -- Turning Rare Species into Assets -- Epilogue. 
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