Reviews
"[Pearce] hits the nail on the head... [He] brings the balanced perspective of a seasoned, freethinking environmental reporter, pushing points that need to be made." -- Kirkus Reviews Praise for The New Wild "Pearce shows that biodiversity actually increases more frequently than it decreases when newer wildlife marches in. Must reading for environmentalists of every stripe, and an optimistic report on the resilience of nature in a world of constantly shifting ecosystems." -- Booklist "Pragmatic conservation has to begin with undogmatic, realistic ecology, which shows that alien-invasive plants and animals almost always increase biodiversity--and therefore nature's general health and robustness. Fred Pearce's 'new wild' suggests a matching 'new conservation.'" --Stewart Brand, author of Whole Earth Discipline "I wholly agree with Fred Pearce's argument for rewilding. Life, from the smallest bacterium to the whole living planet, is dynamic. Species do not belong in a planet-sized zoo. We should let Gaia evolve." --James Lovelock, author of The Vanishing Face of Gaia and A Rough Ride to the Future Praise for Fred Pearce The Land Grabbers "Terrific... [Pearce has] produced a work of required reading for anyone concerned about global justice in the twenty-first century." --Raj Patel, author of The Value of Nothing When the Rivers Run Dry "An enriching and farsighted work." --Jai Singh, San Francisco Chronicle, "[T]he author brings the balanced perspective of a seasoned, freethinking environmental reporter, pushing points that need to be made." -- Kirkus Reviews "Pragmatic conservation has to begin with undogmatic, realistic ecology, which shows that alien-invasive plants and animals almost always increase biodiversity--and therefore nature's general health and robustness. Fred Pearce's 'new wild' suggests a matching 'new conservation.'" --Stewart Brand, author of Whole Earth Discipline "I wholly agree with Fred Pearce's argument for re-wilding. Life, from the smallest bacterium to the whole living planet, is dynamic. Species do not belong in a planet sized zoo. We should let Gaia evolve." --James Lovelock, author of The Vanishing Face of Gaia and A Rough Ride to the Future, "[Pearce] hits the nail on the head.... [He] brings the balanced perspective of a seasoned, freethinking environmental reporter, pushing points that need to be made." -- Kirkus Reviews Praise for The New Wild "Pragmatic conservation has to begin with undogmatic, realistic ecology, which shows that alien-invasive plants and animals almost always increase biodiversity--and therefore nature's general health and robustness. Fred Pearce's 'new wild' suggests a matching 'new conservation.'" --Stewart Brand, author of Whole Earth Discipline "I wholly agree with Fred Pearce's argument for rewilding. Life, from the smallest bacterium to the whole living planet, is dynamic. Species do not belong in a planet-sized zoo. We should let Gaia evolve." --James Lovelock, author of The Vanishing Face of Gaia and A Rough Ride to the Future Praise for Fred Pearce The Land Grabbers "Terrific . . . [Pearce has] produced a work of required reading for anyone concerned about global justice in the twenty-first century." --Raj Patel, author of The Value of Nothing When the Rivers Run Dry "An enriching and farsighted work." --Jai Singh, San Francisco Chronicle, "Pragmatic conservation has to begin with undogmatic, realistic ecology, which shows that alien-invasive plants and animals almost always increase biodiversity--and therefore nature's general health and robustness. Fred Pearce's 'new wild' suggests a matching 'new conservation.'" --Stewart Brand, author of Whole Earth Discipline
