Looking Back to Look Forward

Although palaeoecologists have published papers on the relevance of long-term data to conservation for over 20 years [1,2], an accessible book that brings examples together and relates them to contemporary conservation issues for a non-technical audience is long overdue. Gillson's contribution has a broad, international target audience, ranging from researchers and senior undergraduate and postgraduate students in a palaeoecology, conservation, and natural resource management, to conservation practitioners, educators, and policymakers.