Wildlife in the Anthropocene: Conservation after Nature

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In Wildlife in the Anthropocene, Jamie Lorimer argues that the idea of nature as a pure and timeless place characterized by the absence of humans has come to an end. Offering a thorough appraisal of the Anthropocenean era in which human actions affect and influence all life and all systems on our planetLorimer unpacks its implications for changing definitions of nature and the politics of wildlife conservation.

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"Against all-too-human accounts of the Anthropocene, Jamie Lorimer envisions a dynamic cosmopolitics for wildlife. He demonstrates how species conservation can somehow proceed as neither mastery nor naturalism but, instead, as necessary experiments in interspecies responsibility."Stacy Alaimo, author of Bodily Natures: Science, Environment, and the Material Self

"Jamie Lorimer has written a very provocative and relevant book about the future of conservation."CHOICE

"An enlightening and very readable introduction to some key concepts."Human Geography

"An important book for anyone engaged in conservation."Quarterly Review of Biology

Author Bio

Jamie Lorimer is associate professor of geography and the environment at Oxford University.