The Ecosystems Revolution
This book explores humanity’s relationship with the natural world throughout evolutionary history, and the need to reorient this onto a symbiotic basis. It integrates the themes of natural and artificial selection, the characteristics of historic ‘r
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Mark Everard
The Ecosystems Revolution
Mark Everard
The Ecosystems Revolution
Mark Everard University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol United Kingdom
ISBN 978-3-319-31657-4 ISBN 978-3-319-31658-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31658-1
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ALSO
BY
MARK EVERARD
• Breathing Space: The Natural and Unnatural History of Air (2015) • The Hydropolitics of Dams: Engineering or Ecosystems? (2013) • Common Ground: The Sharing of Land and Landscapes for Sustainability (2011) • The Business of Biodiversity (2009) • PVC: Reaching for Sustainability (2008) • Water Meadows: Living Treasures in the English Landscape (2005)
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CONTENTS
1
Introduction
1
2
Of This Earth
5
3
Breakthroughs in the Ascent of Humanity
19
4
Chance or Choice?
35
5
Reanimating the Landscape
55
6
A Revolutionary Journey
95
7
Co-creating the Symbiocene
Index
139 155
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LIST
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FIGURES
Fig. 4.1
Classical growth curves of organisms exploiting and depleting resources Fig. 4.2 Revolutions that are both directed and systemically assessed contribute to sustainable development, rather than merely reacting to immediate problems Fig. 7.1 Conceptual framework for directing decisions towards systemic, multi-service outcomes
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CHAPTER 1
Introduction
Keywords Revolution • Symbiotic • Sustainable development • Interdependence • Breakthroughs • Symbiocene • Decision-making The Ecosystems Revolution: Co-creating a Symbiotic Future is all about humanity’s relationship with the natural world, how it has shifted throughout our evolutionary journey, and how we urgently need to accelerate its evolution on a far more symbiotic basis. The book dra
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