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The forest and the trees. A review of State of the World 1986: A orldwach institute report on progress toward a sustainable society, written by Lester Brown, William U. Chandler, Christopher Flavin, Jodi L. Jacobson, Cynthia Pollock, Sandra Postel, and Edward C. Wolf. New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 1986, 250 pp, softbound $9.95

The forest and the trees. A review of State of the World 1986: A orldwach institute report on... Zoo Biology 5:313-314 (1986) The Forest and the Trees A Review of Sate of the World 7986: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society, written by Lester Brown, William U. Chandler, Christopher Flavin, Jodi L. Jacobson, Cynthia Pollock, Sandra Postel, and Edward C. Wolf. New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1986,250 pp, softbound $9.95. We are all familiar with the old saw about not being able to see the forest for the trees: the inability to understand the whole because of a preoccupation with specifics. In zoos I think we suffer from this syndrome to a certain degree, particularly when it comes to implementing education programs about conservation. We tend to focus upon the final act: the bulldozer plowing into a forest wall in New Guinea, an African tribesman snaring a colobus monkey for its fur, an elderly woman in China selling medicinal powders derived from rhino horn and the bones of monkeys. These individual acts are only the symptoms of an international economic and political system that does not yet recognize the importance of sound environmental planning. The publication of the latest edition of State ofthe Wortd 1986 by the World- watch Institute provides zoo http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Zoo Biology Wiley

The forest and the trees. A review of State of the World 1986: A orldwach institute report on progress toward a sustainable society, written by Lester Brown, William U. Chandler, Christopher Flavin, Jodi L. Jacobson, Cynthia Pollock, Sandra Postel, and Edward C. Wolf. New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 1986, 250 pp, softbound $9.95

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Zoo Biology 5:313-314 (1986) The Forest and the Trees A Review of Sate of the World 7986: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society, written by Lester Brown, William U. Chandler, Christopher Flavin, Jodi L. Jacobson, Cynthia Pollock, Sandra Postel, and Edward C. Wolf. New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1986,250 pp, softbound $9.95. We are all familiar with the old saw about not being able to see the forest for the trees: the inability to understand the whole because of a preoccupation with specifics. In zoos I think we suffer from this syndrome to a certain degree, particularly when it comes to implementing education programs about conservation. We tend to focus upon the final act: the bulldozer plowing into a forest wall in New Guinea, an African tribesman snaring a colobus monkey for its fur, an elderly woman in China selling medicinal powders derived from rhino horn and the bones of monkeys. These individual acts are only the symptoms of an international economic and political system that does not yet recognize the importance of sound environmental planning. The publication of the latest edition of State ofthe Wortd 1986 by the World- watch Institute provides zoo

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