Table of Contents

Exploring Conservation's Basic Assumptions: Extinction; Rarity; Nativity. The Conservationist's Role Redefined: Humans and nature - is conservation meaningful?; How is nature to be safeguarded? Conservationist, custodian of wildness. A New Emphasis in Conservation: The problem with species - reviewing units of importance; Wildlife rehabilitation as conservation strategy?; Conservation and individual worth; compatibility - problems and answers. The Upshot; Implications for Action - Managing wildness?; The new conservation.