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A leading figure in the emerging field of extinction studies, Thom van Dooren puts philosophy into conversation with the natural sciences and his ethnographic encounters to vivify the cultural and ethical significance of modern-day extinctions. Unlike other meditations on the subject, Flight Ways incorporates the particularities of real animals and their worlds, drawing philosophers, natural scientists, and general readers into the experience of living among and losing biodiversity.Each chapter of Flight Ways focuses on a different species or group of birds: North Pacific albatrosses, Indian vultures, an endangered colony of penguins in Australia, Hawaiian crows, and the iconic whooping cranes of North America. Written in eloquent and moving prose, the book takes stock of what is lost when a life form disappears from the world-the wide-ranging ramifications that ripple out to implicate a number of human and more-than-human others. Van Dooren intimately explores what life is like for those who must live on the edge of extinction, balanced between life and oblivion, taking care of their young and grieving their dead. He bolsters his studies with real-life accounts from scientists and local communities at the forefront of these developments. No longer abstract entities with Latin names, these species become fully realized characters enmeshed in complex and precarious ways of life, sparking our sense of curiosity, concern, and accountability toward others in a rapidly changing world.

Birds --- Avian extinctions --- Bird extinctions --- Extinction of birds --- Extinction (Biology) --- Extinct birds --- Extinction. --- Extinction

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La conservation de la nature est une préoccupation en pleine croissance. Les sciences de la conservation prennent une importance grandissante et répondent à une forte demande sociétale. Il était alors urgent de proposer un ouvrage de référence dans ce domaine à l'intention des lecteurs francophones.Un texte accessible et pédagogique. Présenté sous la forme d'un manuel, ce livre peut servir de support à l'enseignement des sciences de la conservation et également constituer un portail d'entrée pour un large public tel que des gestionnaires, des politiques, ou des professionnels de l'environnement... Les connaissances scientifiques de base sont illustrées par un grand nombre d'encarts présentant des exemples concrets et des cas pratiques.

Conservation des ressources (biologie) --- Espèces (biologie) --- Espaces naturels --- Diversité des espèces --- Écosystèmes --- Développement durable --- Extinction --- Protection --- Conservation biology --- Extinction (Biology) --- Nature conservation --- Species diversity --- Biotic communities --- Sustainable development --- Diversité des espèces. --- Écosystèmes. --- Développement durable. --- Extinction. --- Protection. --- Extinction (biologie) --- Diversité des espèces. --- Écosystèmes. --- Développement durable.

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Does extinction have to be forever?  As the global extinction crisis accelerates, conservationists and policy-makers increasingly use advanced biotechnologies such as reproductive cloning, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and bioinformatics in the urgent effort to save species.  Mendel's Ark considers the ethical, cultural and social implications of using these tools for wildlife conservation. Drawing upon sources ranging from science to science fiction, it focuses on the stories we tell about extinction and the meanings we ascribe to nature and technology.  The use of biotechnology in conservation is redrawing the boundaries between animals and machines, nature and artifacts, and life and death.  The new rhetoric and practice of de-extinction will thus have significant repercussions for wilderness and for society. The degree to which we engage collectively with both the prosaic and the fantastic aspects of biotechnological conservation will shape the boundaries and ethics of our desire to restore lost worlds.

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