TY  - GEN
T1  - For the birds : protecting wildlife through the naturalist gaze
T2  - Nature, society, and culture.
A1  - Cherry, Elizabeth, 1977-
LA  - English
PP  - New Brunswick, New Jersey
PB  - Rutgers University Press
YR  - 2019
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1121628456
AB  - 2020 Award for Distinguished Book from the Animals & Society Section of the American Sociological Association One in five people in the United States is a birdwatcher, yet the popular understanding of birders reduces them to comical stereotypes, obsessives who only have eyes for their favorite rare species. In real life, however, birders are paying equally close attention to the world around them, observing the devastating effects of climate change and mass extinction, while discovering small pockets of biodiversity in unexpected places. For the Birds offers readers a glimpse behind the binoculars and reveals birders to be important allies in the larger environmental conservation movement. With a wealth of data from in-depth interviews and over three years of observing birders in the field, environmental sociologist Elizabeth Cherry argues that birders learn to watch wildlife in ways that make an invaluable contribution to contemporary conservation efforts. She investigates how birders develop a "naturalist gaze" that enables them to understand the shared ecosystem that intertwines humans and wild animals, an appreciation that motivates them to participate in citizen science projects and wildlife conservation.
OP  - 229
CN  - QL677.5 .C44 2019eb
SN  - 9781978801073
SN  - 1978801076
SN  - 9781978801066
SN  - 1978801068
SN  - 9781978801059
SN  - 197880105X
KW  - Bird watching.
KW  - Bird watching : Political aspects.
KW  - Birds : Conservation.
KW  - Wildlife conservation.
KW  - Oiseaux : Observation.
KW  - Oiseaux : Observation : Aspect politique.
KW  - Oiseaux : Protection.
KW  - Faune : Protection.
KW  - SCIENCE / General.
KW  - Bird watching
KW  - Birds : Conservation
KW  - Wildlife conservation
KW  - Electronic books.
ER  -