{"product_id":"9780295753430-viable-ecologies","title":"Viable Ecologies","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConservation and Coexistence on the Galápagos Islands\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow humans living amid an abundance of diverse flora and fauna help us rethink conservation\u003c\/b\u003eFamous for their geographic isolation and high proportion of endemic species, the Galápagos Islands have long been promoted as the premier destination for tourists and scientists seeking to escape humanity's impact on the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow humans living amid an abundance of diverse flora and fauna help us rethink conservation\u003c\/b\u003eFamous for their geographic isolation and high proportion of endemic species, the Galápagos Islands have long been promoted as the premier destination for tourists and scientists seeking to escape humanity's impact on the world. This idyllic vision dominates the islands' conservation policy, which, despite calls for a more integrated human-environment approach, continues to emphasize restoration. It ignores the people who call the Galápagos home, who must instead partner with their plant and animal neighbors to secure a thriving future for all. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on years of fieldwork, Paolo Bocci's \u003ci\u003eViable Ecologies\u003c\/i\u003e brings attention to the farmers and other marginalized locals who enact their own ways of caring for, and living on, the islands. Through extended observation and experimentation, they craft conservation strategies based on mutual dependence and long-term accountability. They fuse their livelihoods to the ecosystems around them and, in doing so, challenge the image of the Galápagos as a place to be studied and visited but never inhabited. As Bocci argues, the farmers' methods of remediation and recuperation broaden the scope of what conservation can—and should—be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConnecting environmental policy and science to matters of immigration and belonging, \u003ci\u003eViable Ecologies\u003c\/i\u003e offers strategies for crafting a future in which humans and nonhumans may thrive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55274787864950,"sku":"9780295753430","price":143.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_39376662_c50362a7-ae40-4257-8d5f-04f321e277d3.jpg?v=1767864279","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780295753430-viable-ecologies","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}