Routledge Studies in Conservation and the Environment
About the Book Series
This series includes a wide range of inter-disciplinary approaches to conservation and the environment, integrating perspectives from both social and natural sciences. Topics include, but are not limited to, development, environmental policy and politics, ecosystem change, natural resources (including land, water, oceans and forests), security, wildlife, protected areas, tourism, human-wildlife conflict, agriculture, economics, law and climate change.
This series publishes titles for all audiences, including students, scholars and professional/policy-makers. Authors or editors of potential new titles should contact Hannah Ferguson, Editor ([email protected]).
Rewilding and Reintroductions in Britain: Human Interactions with Conservation
1st Edition
By Virginia Thomas
November 27, 2025
This book examines how rewilding and species reintroductions play a crucial role in conservation and ecological restoration in Britain. The book examines how humans think about and interact with our environment and nature, and how competing interests surrounding conservation, land-use (in ...
The Economics of the Wildlife Trade: Theory and Implications for Conservation
1st Edition
By Frederick Chen, Michael ’t Sas-Rolfes
October 09, 2025
This book presents a thorough overview and assessment of the economics of the wildlife trade for scholars and conservationists, requiring only a basic understanding of economic principles. Wildlife conservation and the sustainable extraction of living organisms from the wild for human use are ...
Becoming Nature Positive: Transitioning to a Safe and Just Future
1st Edition
By Marco Lambertini, Joseph W. Bull, Leroy Little Bear, Harvey Locke, Eva Zabey, Dorothy Maseke, Carlos Manuel Rodríguez
June 02, 2025
As humanity sits at an existential crossroads, this book introduces the need to build a nature-positive future to secure the functioning and stability of Earth systems essential to the survival and wellbeing of present and future human generations as well as the rest of Earth's amazing diversity of...
Japan's Withdrawal from International Whaling Regulation
1st Edition
Edited
By Nikolas Sellheim, Joji Morishita
May 06, 2025
This book examines the impact and implications of Japan’s withdrawal from the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW), which came into effect in July 2019. In 1982 the International Whaling Commission (IWC) adopted a moratorium on commercial whaling which has been in effect ...
Rewilding and Ecological Justice: The Ethics and Politics of Wildlife Regeneration
1st Edition
By Cristian Moyano-Fernández
April 19, 2025
This book presents rewilding as a matter of ecological justice. To date, most books and articles on rewilding have viewed this concept through the lens of environmental science, while others have analyzed it from a political, ethical, and philosophical perspective. However, little attention has so ...
Case Studies of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation in India
1st Edition
Edited
By Orus Ilyas, Afifullah Khan
March 13, 2025
This volume brings together a collection of case studies examining wildlife ecology and conservation across India. The book explores and examines a wide range of fauna across different terrains and habitats in India, revealing key issues and concerns for biodiversity conservation, with a ...
Conservation in the Anthropocene: Reshaping Interaction with Nature
1st Edition
By Fred Van Dyke
March 06, 2025
This book provides a critical assessment of conservation in the Anthropocene grounded in the personal, historical, and cultural development of human interaction with nature. The author argues that conservation can no longer be primarily about preserving nature but must adapt its efforts to promote ...
Saving Biodiversity: Threats, Strategies, and Big Ideas
1st Edition
By Matt W. Hayward
March 03, 2025
Drawing on the author's personal experiences working across the globe, this book explains why we need to conserve biodiversity, the threats it faces, how we can successfully conserve biodiversity, and some success stories of how we have conserved it. This is a personal journey from being an ...
The Maya Forest Waterlands: Shared Conservation, Entangled Politics, and Fluid Borders
1st Edition
By Hanna Laako, Edith Kauffer
February 12, 2025
This book examines the entanglements and blurred edges of nature conservation and geopolitical relations in the borderlands of the trinational Maya Forest. Maya Forest is an umbrella term for transboundary conservation developed by scientists and conservationists in the 1990s to protect the ...
Jackals, Golden Wolves, and Honey Badgers: Cunning, Courage, and Conflict with Humans
1st Edition
By Keith Somerville
October 09, 2024
This book explores the fascinating and complex lives of the honey badger, the African jackals (black-backed and side-striped), African golden wolves, and Eurasian golden jackals. In recent years, interest in these creatures has grown exponentially, through wildlife documentaries and media clips ...
Positive Psychology and Biodiversity Conservation: Health, Wellbeing, and Pro-Environmental Action
1st Edition
By Jolanta Burke, Darren Clarke, Jimmy O'Keeffe, Sean Corrigan
October 04, 2024
This book reveals how pro‑environmental actions can boost individuals’ and communities’ psychological, social, and emotional wellbeing, resulting in positive environmental changes. Pro‑environmental actions are often viewed as being motivated by anxiety, shame, or anger. However, emerging research ...
Conservation Effectiveness and Concurrent Green Initiatives
1st Edition
By Li An, Conghe Song, Qi Zhang, Eve Bohnett
August 26, 2024
The book examines concurrent green initiatives and their spillover effects on environmental conservation and management to reveal their impact on conservation effectiveness, drawing on a range of international case studies. Green initiatives are programs, payments, or endeavors that restore, ...