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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... Waller, Walter Kuhlmann. Wild Forests CONSERVATION BIOLOGY - AND POBLIC POLICY i William S. Alverson Walter Kuhlmann Donald M. Waller FOREW ORD BY JARED DIAMOND About Island Press Island Press is the only nonprofit organization. Front ...
Conservation Biology And Public Policy William S. Alverson, Don Waller, Walter Kuhlmann. Wild Forests Wild Forests C O N S E RVAT I O.
... wild (i.e., unengineered) conditions as the surest way to achieve a return to the biological conditions which brought us the species richness we now enjoy. Our preference for wild forests is the result of a hard-headed scientific ...
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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 |