The Ecological Basis Of Conservation
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Author | : Steward Pickett |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 477 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1461560039 |
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From its inception, the U.S. Department of the Interior has been charged with a conflicting mission. One set of statutes demands that the department must develop America's lands, that it get our trees, water, oil, and minerals out into the marketplace. Yet an opposing set of laws orders us to conserve these same resources, to preserve them for the long term and to consider the noncommodity values of our public landscape. That dichotomy, between rapid exploitation and long-term protection, demands what I see as the most significant policy departure of my tenure in office: the use of science-interdisciplinary science-as the primary basis for land management decisions. For more than a century, that has not been the case. Instead, we have managed this dichotomy by compartmentalizing the American landscape. Congress and my predecessors handled resource conflicts by drawing enclosures: "We'll create a national park here," they said, "and we'll put a wildlife refuge over there." Simple enough, as far as protection goes. And outside those protected areas, the message was equally simplistic: "Y'all come and get it. Have at it." The nature and the pace of the resource extraction was not at issue; if you could find it, it was yours.
Author | : S. T. A. Pickett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Steward Pickett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : 1997-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781461560043 |
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Author | : Merrill R. Kaufmann |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Ecosystem management |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : William R. Catton |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 1980-10-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0252098005 |
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Our day-to-day experiences over the past decade have taught us that there must be limits to our tremendous appetite for energy, natural resources, and consumer goods. Even utility and oil companies now promote conservation in the face of demands for dwindling energy reserves. And for years some biologists have warned us of the direct correlation between scarcity and population growth. These scientists see an appalling future riding the tidal wave of a worldwide growth of population and technology. A calm but unflinching realist, Catton suggests that we cannot stop this wave - for we have already overshot the Earth's capacity to support so huge a load. He contradicts those scientists, engineers, and technocrats who continue to write optimistically about energy alternatives. Catton asserts that the technological panaceas proposed by those who would harvest from the seas, harness the winds, and farm the deserts are ignoring the fundamental premise that "the principals of ecology apply to all living things." These principles tell us that, within a finite system, economic expansion is not irreversible and population growth cannot continue indefinitely. If we disregard these facts, our sagging American Dream will soon shatter completely.
Author | : George Hennings |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : Natural resources |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : William R. Catton |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1982-06 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780252009884 |
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Our day-to-day experiences over the past decade have taught us that there must be limits to our tremendous appetite for energy, natural resources, and consumer goods. Even utility and oil companies now promote conservation in the face of demands for dwindling energy reserves. And for years some biologists have warned us of the direct correlation between scarcity and population growth. These scientists see an appalling future riding the tidal wave of a worldwide growth of population and technology. A calm but unflinching realist, Catton suggests that we cannot stop this wave - for we have already overshot the Earth's capacity to support so huge a load. He contradicts those scientists, engineers, and technocrats who continue to write optimistically about energy alternatives. Catton asserts that the technological panaceas proposed by those who would harvest from the seas, harness the winds, and farm the deserts are ignoring the fundamental premise that "the principals of ecology apply to all living things." These principles tell us that, within a finite system, economic expansion is not irreversible and population growth cannot continue indefinitely. If we disregard these facts, our sagging American Dream will soon shatter completely.
Author | : Melanie A. Judge |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Conservation of natural resources |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Florencia Montagnini |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2005-03-24 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9783540237976 |
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Importance pf tropical forests; characteristics of tropical forests; classification of tropical forests; deforestation in the tropics; management of tropical forests; plantatios and agroforestry systems; approaches for implementing sustainable management techniques.
Author | : Society for Ecological Restoration International |
Publisher | : Island Press |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 2016-11 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1610916972 |
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