Autore |
Bevington Douglas <1970->
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Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c2009
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Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (298 p.)
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Disciplina |
333.95/160973
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Soggetto topico |
Environmentalism - United States
Biodiversity - United States
Environmental policy - United States
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ISBN |
1-61091-144-X
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: The Rise of Grassroots Biodiversity Activism and the Rebirth of Environmentalism -- Grassroots Biodiversity Groups and the U.S. Environmental Movement -- Three Grassroots Biodiversity Protection Campaigns -- Elements of Success -- The Death of Environmentalism or the Rebirth of Environmentalism? -- Chapter 2: Origins of the Grassroots Biodiversity Groups -- Origins of the Modern Environmental Movement -- National Environmental Organizations -- Earth First! -- Grassroots Biodiversity Groups -- Chapter 3: Never Mind the Nationals: The Headwaters Forest Campaign -- Redwoods, Earth First!, and the Origins of the Headwaters Forest Campaign -- EPIC, the Sierra Club, and Litigation -- Forests Forever and the Grand Accord -- Focus on Headwaters Forest -- New Organizations and Tactics -- The September 15th Rally of 1995 -- The Headwaters Forest Coordinating Committee -- The September 15th Rally of 1996 and the Deal -- Funding Issues -- Divisions over the Deal -- Organizing Challenges in the Wake of the Deal Announcement -- Increasing Repression: Pepper Spray and the Death of David "Gypsy" Chain -- New Allies: Salmon Protection, Rural Communities, and Steelworkers -- The Culmination of the Deal -- Was the Headwaters Deal a Victory? -- After the Deal -- The Legacy of the Headwaters Campaign -- Chapter 4: Transforming a National: The John Muir Sierrans and the Zero-Cut Campaign -- Old-Growth Forests and the Northern Spotted Owl -- Origins of Zero Cut: Protect Our Woods and Heartwood -- Growth of Zero Cut: The Native Forest Council -- Reforming the Sierra Club: Origins of the John Muir Sierrans -- The Salvage Rider -- Chad Hanson and the Second Ballot Initiative -- John Muir Project and the National Forest Protection and Restoration Act.
The Sierra Club Board of Directors -- Beyond the Sierra Club: Timber Sale Litigation and the National Forest Protection Alliance -- The Roadless Rule and the Heritage Forests Campaign -- Fire and Funding during the George W. Bush Years -- Achieving More by Being Bold -- Chapter 5: Becoming a National: The Center for Biological Diversity and Endangered Species Litigation -- The Endangered Species Act -- Jasper Carlton and the Earth First! Biodiversity Project -- Origins of the Center for Biological Diversity -- The Mexican Spotted Owl Injunction -- Applying the ESA to New Issues -- Early Organization Growth -- Relationship to the Nationals: The Endangered Species Coaltion and ESA Reauthorization -- Relationship to the Clinton Administration: Struggles over Listings and Critical Habitat -- Expanding beyond the Southwest -- Continued Growth amid the George W. Bush Years -- Becoming a National: Getting It Right by Doing It Wrong -- Chapter 6: Boldness Has Genius: The Lessons of Grassroots Biodiversity Activism for the Campaign Against Global Warming -- Achieving Success by Avoiding Constraints -- Rethinking the Relationship between the Grassroots and the Nationals -- Grassroots Activism and Global Warming -- Afterword: Arrival of the Obama Administration -- Appendix: Origins of Four Biodiversity Protection Laws -- Chapter Notes -- Glossary of Acronyms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
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