Tickets for the Ark: From wasps to whales – how do we choose what to save?

Thought-provoking and topical ... an illuminating analysis of where human efforts may best be directed * Observer * Amazing ... important * Birdwatching * Thought-provoking ... Nesbit challenges some widely held assumptions, many I held myself, and is skillful in doing so ... a welcome antidote to the simplistic and divisive thinking that can sometimes taint the well-meaning world of conservation. -- Katie Burton * Geographical * Conservation often requires tough decisions. Rebecca Nesbit takes an entertaining and unflinching look at one of the toughest decisions of all - what do we save if we can't save everything. A fascinating read for anyone interested in the future of the planet -- Adam Hart, author and BBC science presenter Praise for Rebecca Nesbit: Clear-headed and with a strictly fact-based view of the issue, it highlights the complexities inherent in understanding the multiple ways in which plant genetic engineering can and has been used in the real world. If you want to get beyond post-truth on the issue of GMOs, Nesbit's book is a great place to start -- Mark Lynas Tickets for the Ark expertly navigates us through innumerable conservation dilemmas, trilemmas and quadrillemas, and forces us to contemplate our own underlying assumptions about the natural world. Why do we want to protect wildlife, for whom, and how can we reach agreement when entirely reasonable people take differing perspectives? -- Chris Thomas, author * Inheritors of the Earth * Tickets for the Ark answers crucial questions that it hadn't occurred to most of us even to ask -- Ken Thompson, author * Where Do Camels Belong? * Makes you question why you care about the things you care about - and why you don't care about things you should ... a fantastic way to explore a range of really difficult questions faced by those who want to conserve the natural world -- Tom Ireland, editor * Biologist *