Cover image for Environmental policy and biodiversity
Environmental policy and biodiversity
Title:
Environmental policy and biodiversity
Author:
Grumbine, R. Edward.
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : Island Press, [1994]

©1994
Physical Description:
xv, 416 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
The preservation of natural biotic communities / Victor E. Shelford -- What is conservation biology? / Michael Soulé -- What do genetics and ecology tell us about the design of nature reserves? / Michael Soulé and Daniel Simberloff -- The landscape ecology of large disturbances in the design and management of nature reserves / William L. Baker -- Conservation biology in context: an interview with Michael Soulé -- Taking account of the ecosystem on the public domain: law and ecology in the Greater Yellowstone Region / Robert B. Keiter -- Six biological reasons why the Endangered Species Act doesn't work--and what to do about it / Daniel J. Rohlf -- Response to: "Six biological reasons why the Endangered Species Act doesn't work--and what to do about it" / Michael O'Connell -- Defining the role of conservation biology in the law of protecting ecosystems / Walter Kuhlmann -- An ecologist's view of biodiversity law: an interview with David Wilcove -- The Wildlands Project: land conservation strategy / Reed F. Noss -- Science, values, and uncertainty: a critique of the Wildlands Project / Lynn A. Maguire -- Conservation through coordination: California's experiment in bioregional councils / Deborah B. Jensen -- The Natural Community Conservation Planning Program and the coastal sage scrub ecosystem of southern California / John McCaull -- Great Lakes intergovernmental cooperation: a framework for endangered species conservation / Susan MacKenzie -- Forging an ecosystem management plan for the Chattooga River Basin / Buzz Williams -- Policy and process: ecosystem management on Department of Defense lands in northern Florida / Jeffrey L. Hardesty -- Uncertainty, resource exploitation, and consrvation: lessons from history / Donald Ludwig, Ray Hilborn, and Carl Walters -- Creating and using knowledge for species and ecosystem conservation: science, organizations, and policy / Tim W. Clark -- Setting the policital agenda: paradigmatic shifts in land and water policy / Hanna J. Cortner and Margaret Ann Moote -- Mixing conservation biology with grassroots environmentalism: an interview with Bonnie Phillips-Howard.
Added Author:
ISBN:
9781559632829

9781559632836
Format :
Book