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Whales and Nations

- Environmental Diplomacy on the High Seas
Af: Kurkpatrick Dorsey Engelsk Hardback

Whales and Nations

- Environmental Diplomacy on the High Seas
Af: Kurkpatrick Dorsey Engelsk Hardback
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Before commercial whaling was outlawed in the 1980s, diplomats, scientists, bureaucrats, environmentalists, and sometimes even whalers themselves had attempted to create an international regulatory framework that would allow for a sustainable whaling industry. In Whales and Nations, Kurkpatrick Dorsey tells the story of the international negotiation, scientific research, and industrial development behind these efforts —and their ultimate failure.

Whales and Nations begins in the early twentieth century, when new technology revived the fading whaling industry and made whale hunting possible on an unprecedented scale. By the 1920s, declining whale populations prompted efforts to develop “rational”—what today would be called sustainable—whaling practices. But even though almost everyone involved with commercial whaling knew that the industry was on an unsustainable path, Dorsey argues, powerful economic, political, and scientific forces made failure nearly inevitable.

Based on a deep engagement with diplomatic history, Whales and Nations provides a unique perspective on the challenges facing international conservation projects. This history has profound implications for today’s pressing questions of global environmental cooperation and sustainability.

Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QsLlM5KTx0

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Before commercial whaling was outlawed in the 1980s, diplomats, scientists, bureaucrats, environmentalists, and sometimes even whalers themselves had attempted to create an international regulatory framework that would allow for a sustainable whaling industry. In Whales and Nations, Kurkpatrick Dorsey tells the story of the international negotiation, scientific research, and industrial development behind these efforts —and their ultimate failure.

Whales and Nations begins in the early twentieth century, when new technology revived the fading whaling industry and made whale hunting possible on an unprecedented scale. By the 1920s, declining whale populations prompted efforts to develop “rational”—what today would be called sustainable—whaling practices. But even though almost everyone involved with commercial whaling knew that the industry was on an unsustainable path, Dorsey argues, powerful economic, political, and scientific forces made failure nearly inevitable.

Based on a deep engagement with diplomatic history, Whales and Nations provides a unique perspective on the challenges facing international conservation projects. This history has profound implications for today’s pressing questions of global environmental cooperation and sustainability.

Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QsLlM5KTx0

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 392
ISBN-13: 9780295993119
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0295993111
Udg. Dato: 1 feb 2014
Længde: 0mm
Bredde: 152mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: University of Washington Press
Oplagsdato: 1 feb 2014
Forfatter(e): Kurkpatrick Dorsey
Forfatter(e) Kurkpatrick Dorsey


Kategori Bevaring af vilde dyr og habitater


ISBN-13 9780295993119


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 392


Udgave


Længde 0mm


Bredde 152mm


Højde 229mm


Udg. Dato 1 feb 2014


Oplagsdato 1 feb 2014


Forlag University of Washington Press

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