Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- By the Numbers: Hunted, Traded, and Eaten into Extinction, Sharon Guynup -- Foreword: A Brief History, Kent H. Redford -- Introduction: Wildlife, Wildlands, and Oceans, Sharon Guynup -- Part I: State of the Wild -- Gold or Flowers: One View on the State of the Wild, George B. Schaller -- Mapping the Wild: The Human Footprint, Eric. W. Sanderson -- Discoveries, Bijal Trivedi -- New Conservation Methods and Technologies, Ken Kostel -- Regulating the Wild, Ken Kostel -- The Rarest of the Rare: Some of the World's Most Endangered Animals, Michael Berens -- Part II: Global News Highlights -- Africa, Ken Kostel -- Asia, Ken Kostel -- Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, Ken Kostel -- Central and South America, Jesse Chapman-Bruschini -- Europe, Jesse Chapman-Bruschini -- Middle East and North Africa, Ken Kostel -- North America, Jesse Chapman-Bruschini -- Oceans, Bijal Trivedi -- Polar Regions, Jesse Chapman-Bruschini -- Acknowledgments -- Part III: Hunting and the Wildlife Trade: Setting the Scene, Elizabeth L. Bennett and Sharon Guynup -- A Short History of Hunting in North America, Ted Kerasote -- Consuming Wildlife in the Tropics, Elizabeth L. Bennett -- Wildlife Trade within East Asia: Supply and Demand for Traditional Oriental Medicine, James Compton and Samuel K.H. Lee -- Twine and the Ancient Mariners: Albatrosses, Sea Turtles, and Fishing Gear Encounters, Carl Safina, Eric Gilman, and Wallace J. Nichols -- Ebola, SARS, and Other Diseases That Imperil People and Animals, Robert A. Cook and William B. Karesh -- Hunting for Conservation in the Amazon Rain Forests -- Lessons Learned from Peru, Richard Bodmer -- Part IV: Conservation Controversies -- Let Them Eat Cake? : Some Skeptical Thoughts on Conservation Strategies in the Bushmeat Range States, David Brown.

Biting the Hand That Feeds You: The Consumption of Nature and Natural Resources in the Tropics, John Robinson -- Point-Counterpoint -- Response to John Robinson: Postindustrial Conservation Ideals and Real-World Politics, David Brown -- Response to David Brown: The View from Versailles Contrasts with Local Reality, John Robinson -- Comments on Brown vs. Robinson: Bushmeat Trade: Thoughts from "The Coast," Glyn Davies -- Through the Looking Glass: The Tragedy of Depleting Wildlife Resources: A Response to John Robinson and David Brown, Kathy MacKinnon -- Let Them East LSD Bushmeat: Thoughts Arising from Brown vs. Robinson, Ian Redmond -- Part V: Wildlife -- Listening to the Birds: Joseph Tobias, Leon Bennun, and Alison Stattersfield -- Species in Focus: Saving Jaguars throughout Their Range: From Theory to Practice, Alan Rabinowitz -- Climate Change and the Wild: Into the Great Unknown, Glenn Scherer -- The Gathering Wave of Ocean Extinctions, Ellen K. Pikitch -- Conservation Strategies for Colonial and Social Species, William Conway -- Part VI: Wildlands and Oceans -- The Land the Wilderness Act Forgot, Rick Bass -- Marine Protected Areas: Can We Rebuild Marine Ecosystems by Closing Areas to Fishing?, Callum M. Roberts -- Part VII: People and Culture -- Culturally Determined Wildlife Populations: The Problem of the Designer Ark, Bill Weber -- Part VIII: The Art and Practice of Conservation -- Conservation and Conflict: The Importance of Continuing Conservation Work during Political Upheaval and Armed Conflict, Peter Zahler -- Neither War nor Peace: Protected Areas Still at Risk in DR Congo, 2005, John Hart -- The Destruction of Iraq's Wetlands and Impacts on Biodiversity, David Jensen, Hassan Partow, and Chizuru Aoki -- Captive Breeding: Miracle Under Fire, Dan Wharton.

Can Tropical Forests Be Managed for Timber Production and Wildlife Protection?, Francis E. Putz -- What Falls through the Cracks in Conservation Strategies? : Interviews with Sylvia Earle and Thomas Lovejoy, Sharon Guynup -- Afterword: The Relative Wild, Bill McKibben -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index.