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Eric W. Sanderson

Eric W. Sanderson is a senior conservation ecologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society. He is the best-selling author of Mannahatta:  A Natural History of New York City (2009), which re-constructed the historical ecology of Manhattan before European discovery, and more recently of Terra Nova: The New World After Oil, Cars, and Suburbs (2013), which surveys a path toward a sustainable future for the United States through rearrangement of the interconnections between energy, transportation, and land use policy.  The author of more than 50 scientific articles, Dr. Sanderson has written about the human footprint on Earth, mechanisms for range-wide species conservation planning, including for jaguars, tigers, bison and crocodiles; and landscape level conservation issues in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. His work has been featured in the New York Times, National Geographic, and The New Yorker.

#ForewordFriday: Resilience in Jamaica Bay Edition

Each month, Island Press discounts one of its e-books wherever e-books are sold—and today is your last chance to get Prospects for Resilience: Insight from New York City's Jamaica Bay! Informed by insights of more than fifty scholars and practitioners, the book establishes a broad framework for understanding resilience practice in cities and sets out a process for grappling with the many meanings of resilience.
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Island Press Holiday Gift Guide 2016

This holiday season, give the gift of an Island Press book. With a catalog of more than 1,000 books, we guarantee there's something for everyone on your shopping list. Check out our list of staff selections, and share your own ideas in the comments below.  For the OUTDOORSPERSON in your life: