New Naturalist: Nature Conservation by Peter Marren, Collins, £19.99, ISBN 0007113064 Reviewed by Gail Vines
OVER the past few decades, “saving” wildlife has become a cause célèbre across much of Europe and North America. In Britain alone, a once-obscure charity devoted to the “protection of birds” now has more than a million members.
Even central government has grudgingly come to add nature conservation to its political agenda in recent years. The plight of the flamingo moss and the narrow-headed ant, for example, are now officially recognised in Britain’s “Biodiversity Action Plan”. Awesomely boring reports abound.
But is any…
