Postnormal conservation : botanic gardens and the reordering of biodiversity governance / Katja Grötzner Neves.

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Since their inception in the sixteenth century, botanic gardens have been embroiled with matters of governance. In 'Postnormal Conservation', Katja Grötzner Neves reveals that, throughout its long history, the botanical garden institution has been both a product and an enabler of modernity and the W...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:SUNY series in environmental governance.
Main Author: Neves, Katja Grötzner (Author)
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2019]
Series:SUNY series in environmental governance.
Subjects:
Botanical gardens.
Physical Description:xvii, 232 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Botanical garden histories of governance
  • Botanical knowledge, power, and governance: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in the Longue Durée
  • Post-normal conservation at Espace pour la Vie
  • Communities in nature : multi-species care at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Bristol Zoo Gardens.