Wild Forests: Conservation Biology And Public PolicyIsland Press, 05.03.2013 - 323 Seiten Wild Forests presents a coherent review of the scientific and policy issues surrounding biological diversity in the context of contemporary public forest management. The authors examine past and current practices of forest management and provide a comprehensive overview of known and suspected threats to diversity. In addition to discussing general ecological principles, the authors evaluate specific approaches to forest management that have been proposed to ameliorate diversity losses. They present one such policy -- the Dominant Use Zoning Model incorporating an integrated network of "Diversity Maintenance Areas" -- and describe their attempts to persuade the U.S. Forest Service to adopt such a policy in Wisconsin. Drawing on experience in the field, in negotiations, and in court, the authors analyze the ways in which federal agencies are coping with the mandates of conservation biology and suggest reforms that could better address these important issues. Throughout, they argue that wild or unengineered conditions are those that are most likely to foster a return to the species richness that we once enjoyed. |
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... Diversity 160 Part IV Toward a New Diversity Policy (and Twenty-First Century Old Growth) 179 12 Sources of a New Diversity Policy for the National Forests 182 13 Case History: The Wisconsin National Forests 209 14 Dominant-Use Zoning ...
... diversity currently lie in the tropics or, on this continent, in the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest. Nevertheless, we believe the biological and public policy issues we face in the northern Great Lakes forests justify the ...
... policy. It is not a textbook on forest biology, a history of Forest Service policy, or a law review article, but rather something of a synthesis of all three. Too often, those concerned about protecting diversity in our forests, whether ...
Conservation Biology And Public Policy William S. Alverson, Don Waller ... diversity threatened by anthropogenic disturbance. As foresters increasingly ... diversity of plant and animal communities. In Part II we review some of what is ...
... diversity) dictates choosing management methods that are conservative in the sense of maintaining diversity. In ... policy and implementation. Chapter 12 explores key aspects of Forest Service policy over the decades and the three ...
Inhalt
Ecological Mechanisms and Biotic Resources | 35 |
Approaches to Forest Managment | 117 |
Toward a New Diversity Policy and TwentyFirst Century Old Growth | 179 |
First Postscript | 257 |
References | 259 |
Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms | 287 |
Species List | 291 |
Index | 293 |
Island Press Board of Directors 1994 | 301 |