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The tragedy of political failure -- Like it or not, politics is the solution -- Getting the questions right -- Ten questions for conservation politics -- Adapting society to the wild -- Striking at the roots: the burgeoning human footprint -- Domination and the intractability of energy problems -- Taking the offensive -- Turning the tide: lessons from other movements and conservation history -- Lessons from large scale conservation -- Doing large-scale restoration -- The other connectivity reaching beyond the choir -- The special challenge of marine conservation -- The biological sciences and conservation -- Culture change -- Conservation, george orwell and language -- Restoring story and myth -- Conservation moral imperative: the human obligation to the wild -- Conclusion.

Whilst the science of conservation biology is thriving as a discipline, ultimately global conservation is failing. Why, when the majority of people say they value nature and its protection? David Johns argues that the loss of species and healthy ecosystems is best understood as human imposition of a colonial relationship on the non-human world - one of exploitation and domination. Global institutions benefit from transforming nature into commodities, and conservation is a low priority. This book places political issues at the forefront, and tackles critical questions of conservation efficacy. It considers the role of effective influence on decision making, key policy changes to reduce human footprint, and the centrality of culture in mobilising support. It draws on political lessons from successful social movements, including human anti-colonial struggles, to provide conservation biologists and practitioners in scientific and social science disciplines and NGOs with the tools and wider context to accelerate their work's impact.