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Journal
of Contemporary Conservation Issues
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Articles Karen Atchison: Pesticides – Can Poisons Help Feed India? Why are pesticides having a detrimental effect on health and the environment in India? Thomas Hiles: Post-colonial Imperialism and Conservation An examination of the effects of
globalised relationships between states and corporations, and the effects on
conservation policy. Andrew HuntThe Role of Globalisation in the Deep Versus Shallow
Ecology Debate Globalisation plays a major role in the world’s
economy and drives it towards a more consumerist world. It’s exploitative
nature is examined from the deep and shallow ecological perspectives. Glyn Jones: Does international law provide an effective and
ethic basis for the management of a global common resource? Paul Northcott: Energy Consumption and Exploitation Through Time and Culture A journey through time and culture exploring the ways in which human societies have consumed and exploited resources under their care. Stuart Thomas: Beth Williams:Socio-environmental Impacts of Free Trade The environmental and social consequences of international free trade and the influence of international political and economic bodies.
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These pages present the work carried out by students on the final year of the BA/Bsc (Hons.) Environmental Conservation course for the Contemporary Conservation Issues module. The aim was for each member of the team studying the module to write a book review and an article, to be compiled as an academic journal. Individual and team work was important: the team members chose a book to review and the article subject to write on, but the group had to approve the choices made and agree on an overall theme for the articles. The agreed theme was globalisation and its effects on contemporary environmental issues. The roles of the group members were as follows: Grammatical editors: Glyn Jones and Beth Williams Book review editors: Karen Atchison and Paul Northcott Webpage editor: Thomas Hiles Article and review compilers: Stuart Thomas and Andrew Hunt. The team met once a week through the first semester of 2003. The weekly meetings were used to discuss how to improve the articles and present the journal, with the end result that an understanding of the process of creating an academic journal was developed. The other member of the group was the module lecturer Chris House – he was the guiding light in an otherwise confused state of affairs. We hope the following stimulates thought and discussion. BA/BSc Environmental Conservation School of the Built and Natural Environment Faculty of Applied Design and Engineering Swansea Institute of Higher Education SA1 6ED Module Lecturer chris.house@sihe.ac.uk |
Book Reviews Future Nature: A Vision for Conservation, by W.M. Adams, 1996, published by
Earthscan Reviewed by Thomas Hiles
The 2030 Spike: Countdown to Global Catastrophe, by Colin Mason, 2003, published by
Earthscan Reviewed by Andrew Hunt
by the Worldwatch Institute, 2003,
published by Earthscan Reviewed by Glyn Jones
by Edward O.Wilson, 2003,
published by Abacus Reviewed by Beth Williams
Nature By Design: People, Natural Processes and Ecological Restoration, by E. Higgs, 2003, published by
MIT Reviewed by Karen Atchison
Monster of God: The Man Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and
the Mind, by David Quammen, 2003, published
by W.W. Norton Reviewed by Paul Northcott
Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals, by John Gray, 2002, published by
Granta Reviewed by Stuart Thomas
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