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Wildlife in the Anthropocene – Conservation After Nature, Jamie Lorimer

Wildlife in the Anthropocene – Conservation After Nature, 2015

Jamie Lorimer

 

Considers the effects of the Anthropocene era on approaches to conservation

In Wildlife in the Anthropocene, Jamie Lorimer argues that the idea of nature as a pure and timeless place characterized by the absence of humans has come to an end. Offering a thorough appraisal of the Anthropocene—an era in which human actions affect and influence all life and all systems on our planet—Lorimer unpacks its implications for changing definitions of nature and the politics of wildlife conservation.

 

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