Oaks, Dragonflies and People - Creating a Small Nature Reserve and Relating its Story to Wider Conservation Issues by Norman W Moore

Oaks, Dragonflies and People - Creating a Small Nature Reserve and Relating its Story to Wider Conservation Issues by Norman W Moore

This is a very personal account of the author's experiences in the field of conservation. The book is divided into two distinct but related parts. In the first, he describes how some 40 years ago he acquired a bare field adjacent to his home in Cambridgeshire and transformed part of it into a private nature reserve with a wood, a large pond and rough grassland. He details his successes in trying to attract the wildlife which has subsequently colonized it as well as his failures. In his words: many people wish to encourage wildlife on their land but do not know exactly what to do or what they can expect to achieve. In the second part, he relates his own local experiences to the wider conservation scene. Most people are still unaware of the fundamental importance of wildlife or its connection with our own survival and they are also unaware of the urgency of the measures our generation can and must take. He considers how the failures of democratic governments to carry out crucial long-term measures might be overcome. The author's aims are to encourage farmers and owners of large gardens to create nature reserves by describing the pleasures which flow from such a project, as well as to stimulate debate on conservation policy and on the role of governments, nationally and internationally, in furthering the conservation of our own species as well as that of wildlife - currently a red-hot topic.

Norman Moore is one of our best-known and most highly respected naturalists. He has a wide knowledge of and interest in many aspects of British wildlife and has pursued a distinguished career in nature conservation, including the post of Chief Advisory Officer, Nature Conservancy Council from 1979-1983. He was also a founding member of the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) and a judge of the Silver Lapwing Award for conservation in farming. In addition to numerous scientific papers and articles, his published works include two in the New Naturalist series, Dragonflies with P.S. Corbet and Cynthia Longfield, and Hedges with E. Pollard and M.D. Hooper; and The Bird of Time, which won the Natural World Book of the Year award. He has recently been honoured by the Zoological Society of London with the Stamford Raffles Award for his distinguished contribution to the ecology and behaviour of Dragonflies, and also by the Royal Entomological Society both with an Honorary Fellowship and with the Marsh Entomological Award for Insect Conservation, of which he is the first recipient.

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ISBN 13	9780946589715
ISBN 10	0946589712
Title	Oaks, Dragonflies and People - Creating a Small Nature Reserve and Relating its Story to Wider Conservation Issues
Author	Norman W Moore
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Brill
Year published	2002-01-01
Number of pages	144
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