About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherIsland Press

ISBN-101559632828

ISBN-139781559632829

eBay Product ID (ePID)892468

Product Key Features

Number of Pages426 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameEnvironmental Policy and Biodiversity

Publication Year1994

SubjectEnvironmental, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Public Policy / General, Life Sciences / Biological Diversity, Natural Resources, Public Policy / Environmental Policy

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaNature, Law, Political Science, Science

AuthorR. Edward Grumbine

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight0 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN94-012635

Dewey Edition20

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal363.7/00973

Table Of ContentPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction PART 1. Conservation Biology: Theories and Principles for Policy and ManagementChapter 1. The Preservation of Natural Biotic CommunitiesChapter 2. What Is Conservation Biology?Chapter 3. What Do Genetics and Ecology Tell Us about the Design of Nature Reserves?Chapter 4. The Landscape Ecology of Large Disturbances in the Design and Management of Nature ReservesChapter 5. Conservation Biology in Context: An Interview with Michael Soulé PART II. Toward a ""Common Law""? of Ecosystem ManagementChapter 6. Taking Account of the Ecosystem on the Public Domain: Law and Ecology in the Greater Yellowstone RegionChapter 7. Six Biological Reasons Why the Endangered Species Act Doesn't Work'and What to Do About ItChapter 8. Response to: ""Six Biological Reasons Why The Endangered Species Act Doesn't Work'and What To Do About It""Chapter 9. Defining the Role of Conservation Biology in the Law of Protecting EcosystemsChapter 10. An Ecologist's View of Biodiversity Law: An Interview with David Wilcove PART III. Applying Conservation Biology in the Real World: Case StudiesChapter 11. The Wildlands Project: Land Conservation StrategyChapter 12. Science, Values, and Uncertainty: A Critique of the Wildlands ProjectChapter 13. Conservation through Coordination: California's Experiment in Bioregional CouncilsChapter 14. The Natural Community Conservation Planning Program and the Coastal Sage Scrub Ecosystem of Southern CaliforniaChapter 15. Great Lakes Intergovernmental Cooperation: A Framework for Endangered Species ConservationChapter 16. Forging an Ecosystem Management Plan for the Chattooga River BasinChapter 17. Policy and Process: Ecosystem Management on Department of Defense Lands in Northern Florida PART IV. Conservation Science, Politics, and PolicymakingChapter 18. Uncertainty, Resource Exploitation, and Conservation: Lessons from HistoryChapter 19. Creating and Using Knowledge for Species and Ecosystem Conservation: Science, Organizations, and PolicyChapter 20. Setting the Political Agenda: Paradigmatic Shifts in Land and Water PolicyChapter 21. Mixing Conservation Biology with Grassroots Environmentalism: An Interview with Bonnie Phillips-Howard An Ecological DenouementIndex

SynopsisScientists and policymakers must work together if solutions to the biodiversity crisis are to be found. Yet all too often, scientific data are unknown or incomprehensible to policymakers, and political realities are not fully appreciated by scientists.Environmental Policy and Biodiversity addresses that problem by presenting both an overview of important concepts in the field of conservation biology and an examination of the strengths and limitations of the policymaking process. Topics covered include: the ethical and scientific bases of conservation biology the effectiveness of existing environmental policy in protecting biodiversity case studies from California, the Great Lakes region, southern Appalachia, and the Florida panhandle an examination of overall environmental policy goals and processes Featuring provocative and clearly argued essays from a range of disciplines, Environmental Policy and Biodiversity provides resource professionals with valuable insight into conservation issues, and can serve as a useful tool in both graduate and undergraduate courses in conservation biology and environmental policy., Scientists and policymakers must work together if solutions to the biodiversity crisis are to be found. Yet all too often, scientific data are unknown or incomprehensible to policymakers, and political realities are not fully appreciated by scientists.Environmental Policy and Biodiversity addresses that problem by presenting both an overview of ......

LC Classification NumberGE180.G78 1994