The conservationist and environmentalist Michael Mehta Webster brings the message of the existence of a natural salvation effect that nature has and to which man can help a little now and then if necessary, and the message that nature is not a museum of fine art. Such an idea is based on the obviously false assumption that nature does not change if people do not interfere with it. Based on countless documents, we can convince ourselves that such a claim is not based on truth. The fossil record proves that life has been constantly evolving and changing for billions of years. Ecosystems change over thousands of years, the Earth's climate is constantly changing, the changes are deepening and, according to most experts, the outlook is not good.



However, the author does not sound the alarm; points out that hope can be seen in the spontaneous effect of salvation, consisting in the innate ability of nature to help organisms survive even in unfavorable times. It is up to people as observers (and often as perpetrators) to consider whether to use the various new technologies and lend a helping hand to the salvation effect.



The book is a collection of readable case studies of endangered species, including the Bengal tiger, kidney salmon, pygmy smolt, American chestnut trees, corals on the reefs off the coast of Honduras, cichlids in Lake Victoria, and plant communities on Asciension Island. We will even go on a pilgrimage to the Pleistocene and consider the possibility of resurrecting long-extinct species: cave bears or woolly mammoths.