Plant Life

Released on by Rosetta S. Elkin
preview-18

  • Plant Life Book Detail

  • Author : Rosetta S. Elkin
  • Release Date : 2022-05-17
  • Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
  • Genre : Nature
  • Pages : 334
  • ISBN 13 : 1452967229
  • File Size : 58,58 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Plant Life by Rosetta S. Elkin PDF Summary

Book Description: How afforestation reveals the often-concealed politics between humans and plants In Plant Life, Rosetta S. Elkin explores the procedures of afforestation, the large-scale planting of trees in otherwise treeless environments, including grasslands, prairies, and drylands. Elkin reveals that planting a tree can either be one of the ultimate offerings to thriving on this planet, or one of the most extreme perversions of human agency over it. Using three supracontinental case studies—scientific forestry in the American prairies, colonial control in Africa’s Sahelian grasslands, and Chinese efforts to control and administer territory—Elkin explores the political implications of plant life as a tool of environmentalism. By exposing the human tendency to fix or solve environmental matters by exploiting other organisms, this work exposes the relationship between human and plant life, revealing that afforestation is not an ecological act: rather, it is deliberately political and distressingly social. Plant Life ultimately reveals that afforestation cannot offset deforestation, an important distinction that sheds light on current environmental trends that suggest we can plant our way out of climate change. By radicalizing what conservation protects and by framing plants in their total aliveness, Elkin shows that there are many kinds of life—not just our own—to consider when advancing environmental policy.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Plant Life books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Plant Life

Plant Life

File Size : 80,80 MB
Total View : 6253 Views
DOWNLOAD

How afforestation reveals the often-concealed politics between humans and plants In Plant Life, Rosetta S. Elkin explores the procedures of afforestation, the l

Hawaiian Plant Life

Hawaiian Plant Life

File Size : 20,20 MB
Total View : 7001 Views
DOWNLOAD

Hawaiian Plant Life has been written with both the layperson and professional interested in Hawai‘i’s natural history and flora in mind. In addition to sign

Plant Life of a Desert Archipelago

Plant Life of a Desert Archipelago

File Size : 90,90 MB
Total View : 2201 Views
DOWNLOAD

The desert islands of the Gulf of California are among the world's best-preserved archipelagos. The diverse and unique flora, from the cardón forests of Chollu

Plant Life in Field and Garden

Plant Life in Field and Garden

File Size : 91,91 MB
Total View : 1200 Views
DOWNLOAD

The third of six books in Arabella Buckley's Eyes and No Eyes series. This book covers detailed plant life found in the fields and gardens. Subjects include flo

Geology and Plant Life

Geology and Plant Life

File Size : 6,6 MB
Total View : 605 Views
DOWNLOAD

Before any other influences began to fashion life and its lavish diversity, geological events created the initial environments--both physical and chemical--for