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Today, when the environment and conservation attract almost daily attention in the media, it is hard to believe that fifty years ago they were very much a minority interest. Much of the credit for the change in public attitude must go to a body that few people have ever heard of - IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, now known more simply as The World Conservation Union.
In The Green Web, Martin Holdgate (who was Director-General of IUCN between 1988 and 1994) gives us a history of half a century of work for conservation throughout the world. Drawing on archives and interviews, he reveals the often turbulent story behind the action and describes both triumphs and the near-disasters that several times have threatened to undermine them.
