During the 1960s and 1970s, rapidly growing environmental awareness and concern created unprecedented demand for ecological expertise and novel challenges for ecological advocacy groups such as the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).
Based on previously inaccessible archives and a wide range of interviews with WWF VIPs, this book tells the remarkable story of how the idea of a few British naturalists turned into the world's largest environmental organisation. It charts WWF's battle to save the world's wildlife from early campaigns for endangered species such as the tiger, whale or panda, to their more recent efforts to promote sustainable development and combat climate change.
Ce livre rend hommage à l'histoire de l'UICN et célèbre les 70 ans depuis sa création à Fontainebleau.
Este libro conmemora la historia de la UICN y celebra los 70 años de su creación en Fontainebleau.
This book is a celebration of IUCN's history and the 70 years since its establishment in Fontainebleau.
This is the French-language edition of the catalogue about the castle and the forest of Fontainebleau. It is about an album of lithographies collecting 27 views of the castle and the forest, the high places of the rising tourism and offering a remarkable testimony on Fontainebleau under Louis Philippe and Napoleon III.
A Future in Ruins is the story of UNESCO's efforts to save the world's heritage and, in doing so, forge an international community dedicated to peaceful co-existence and conservation. It traces how archaeology and internationalism were united in Western initiatives after the political upheavals of the First and Second World Wars.
