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- Restoring Paradise: rethinking and rebuilding nature in hawai'i
Restoring Paradise: rethinking and rebuilding nature in hawai'i
Author: Robert J. Cabin
Publisher: University of Hawaii: 2013
Format: Paperback
Condition: New
ISBN: 9780824836931
Description
Three quarters of the U.S.'s bird and plant extinctions have occurred in Hawai'i, and one third of the country's threatened and endangered birds and plants reside within the state. Yet despite these alarming statistics, all is not lost: There are still 12,000 extant species unique to the archipelago and new species are discovered every year. In Restoring Paradise: Rethinking and Rebuilding Nature in Hawai'i, Robert Cabin shows why current attempts to preserve Hawai'i's native fauna and flora require embracing the emerging paradigm of ecological restoration--the science and art of assisting the recovery of degraded species and ecosystems and creating more meaningful and sustainable relationships between people and nature.