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The Ecological Basis of Conservation. Heterogeneity, Ecosystems and Biodiversity.
Pickett, Steward T. A.; Ostfeld, Richard S.; Shachak, Moshe; Likens, Gene E.
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Hardback. Conservation policy is shifting away from the preservation of single endangered species toward conservation and management of the interactive networks and large-scale ecosystems on which species depend. This text offers a scientific framework for this approach. Num Pages: 466 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 862.
From its inception, the U.S. Department of the Interior has been charged with a conflicting mission. One set of statutes demands that the department must develop America's lands, that it get our trees, water, oil, and minerals out into the marketplace. Yet an opposing set of laws orders us to conserve these same resources, to preserve them for the long term and to consider the noncommodity values of our public landscape. That dichotomy, between rapid exploitation and long-term protection, demands what I see as the most significant policy departure of my tenure in office: the use of science-interdisciplinary science-as the ... Read more
From its inception, the U.S. Department of the Interior has been charged with a conflicting mission. One set of statutes demands that the department must develop America's lands, that it get our trees, water, oil, and minerals out into the marketplace. Yet an opposing set of laws orders us to conserve these same resources, to preserve them for the long term and to consider the noncommodity values of our public landscape. That dichotomy, between rapid exploitation and long-term protection, demands what I see as the most significant policy departure of my tenure in office: the use of science-interdisciplinary science-as the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
Number of pages
466
Condition
New
Number of Pages
466
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780412098512
SKU
V9780412098512
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Reviews for The Ecological Basis of Conservation. Heterogeneity, Ecosystems and Biodiversity.
`... this book is of great value for anyone interested in ecology or conservation science. It should be on the bookshelves of many libraries at universities, research institutes, management planning agencies to give the opportunity for regular consultation.' Abstracta Botanica, 22 (199)