Rewilding the World
Reviews & Events“A call to retrofit more than a century of nature conservation in the United States and around the world...Fraser plows straight furrows through the ideological minefields of conservation politics.” ---July 15, 2010 "With this book, Fraser does for rewilding what David Quammen did for island biogeography in his seminal "The Song of the Dodo." Fraser uses lucid prose, engaging stories and personal experience to make the ideas accessible and vital to a wide audience."--January 31, 2010
"When it comes to keeping people off your habitat restoration project, one method is pretty much foolproof: land mines. After all, except for random explosives, the Korean DMZ has returned to a pristine state during the 56-year post-war standoff. But that probably isn't a realistic solution for the rest of the planet. In "Rewilding the World," Caroline Fraser follows individuals who are making bold attempts to save species without resorting to booby traps."--December 27, 2009
"Fraser presents us with the grim reality of mass, human-induced extinction, then offers a path of retreat through a movement known as rewilding....She also tracks the successes and pitfalls of this nascent movement, ultimately making the case for rewilding as a unifying paradigm for a global environmental movement. This is a big-picture book that genuinely inspires."--February 17, 2010
"The book covers six continents and...21 conservation projects: pronghorn antelope in Wyoming; wolves in New Mexico; jaguars in Arizona and Sonora; crocodiles, elephants and lions in Africa; rhinos in Nepal, bears in Europe; and critters galore in Costa Rica, Brazil and Australia. Fraser has done an almost unimaginable amount of reporting....If there isn't yet a textbook on the conservation practice of rewilding, "Rewilding the World" will probably become it."--1/10/10
"Amidst the hyperbole and hand-wringing often found in environmental writing, Rewilding the World is a beacon of clarity."--Winter 2009
Listen to a podcast of "Your Call," featuring Caroline Fraser, author of Rewilding the World, and Noah Greenwald of the Center for Biological Diversity talking about how to prevent mass extinction.
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