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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... mammals. How could such drastic losses occur without more public outcry? Why were sentiments for conservation so limited and ineffectual? While answers to these questions fall beyond the scope of this book, it is important to appreciate ...
... mammals. Nevertheless, it would be a mistake to ignore the roles timber cutting played in fostering the spread of settlements and the application of these tools (Cronon 1983, 1991). Logging drew settlers into new regions, provided ...
... mammals with higher rates of increase, such as muskrat and mink, persisted even in the face of intense trapping. Bobcats were considered vermin worth a bounty until 1963 in Wisconsin and became subject to sport hunting in 1973. The ...
... mammal, an Indochinese ox called the kouprey (Diamond 1985a). New mammals and birds still turn up, but at a relatively slow rate. From 1940 to 1983, biologists discovered an average of less than one new genus of mammals per year, none ...
... like Borneo and Colombia. Not only can we name all of the birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians that occur, but reasonably good ecological data compiled through years of study by wildlife 22.
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 |