Wildlife Conservation
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
At a time when humanity's encroachment upon the natural world accelerates at an alarming pace, Wildlife Conservation by H. J. Frith stands as an authoritative and impassioned account of the struggle to protect Australia's extraordinary fauna. Frith, a distinguished ornithologist and wildlife scientist, presents a comprehensive examination of the principles and practices underpinning conservation efforts, drawing on decades of rigorous fieldwork to argue for the urgent necessity of protecting native species and their habitats. The book chronicles the mounting pressures faced by Australian wildlife — from land clearing and introduced species to the indifference of policy and public alike — and details practical frameworks for reversing these destructive trends. Frith writes with the measured clarity of a scientist and the moral conviction of an advocate, producing a work that is as intellectually rigorous as it is genuinely affecting. His prose instructs without condescending, making complex ecological relationships accessible to the general reader while retaining the depth demanded by specialists. Wildlife Conservation remains a landmark text in Australian natural history literature, a work that not only documents a crisis but challenges its readers to consider what — and how much — may be lost if the call to action goes unheeded.
Author: H. J. Frith
Format: Hardback
Genre: Natural history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
At a time when humanity's encroachment upon the natural world accelerates at an alarming pace, Wildlife Conservation by H. J. Frith stands as an authoritative and impassioned account of the struggle to protect Australia's extraordinary fauna. Frith, a distinguished ornithologist and wildlife scientist, presents a comprehensive examination of the principles and practices underpinning conservation efforts, drawing on decades of rigorous fieldwork to argue for the urgent necessity of protecting native species and their habitats. The book chronicles the mounting pressures faced by Australian wildlife — from land clearing and introduced species to the indifference of policy and public alike — and details practical frameworks for reversing these destructive trends. Frith writes with the measured clarity of a scientist and the moral conviction of an advocate, producing a work that is as intellectually rigorous as it is genuinely affecting. His prose instructs without condescending, making complex ecological relationships accessible to the general reader while retaining the depth demanded by specialists. Wildlife Conservation remains a landmark text in Australian natural history literature, a work that not only documents a crisis but challenges its readers to consider what — and how much — may be lost if the call to action goes unheeded.