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Wilderness and Humanity: THE GLOBAL ISSUE
The proceedings from the 6th World Wilderness Congress held in Bangalore, India. Edited by Vance G. Martin and M.A. Partha Sarathy 6 X 9, 352 pages b/w photographs, illustrations, maps, tables and charts Paperback.
A must for wilderness management professionals, environmentalists, and anyone interested in wilderness preservation.The 6th World Wilderness Congress met in Bangalore India in 1998, convening over 600 policy makers, scientists, tribal people, politicians, business persons, educators and more. With an emphasis on Asia within global context of wilderness and wildland issues, this action-oriented forum was the most recent in a line of such international forums covering over 25 years of the international wilderness and environmental movement. This current volume is the most up-to-date, and is both well edited and amply illustrated for ease of reading, with over 40 chapters, by different authors from different countries and professions, covering all aspects of wilderness and wildlands research, conservation, history and strategy.