Description: Ecosystem Management : Selected Readings, Paperback by Samson, Fred B. (EDT); Knopf, Fritz L., ISBN 0387946675, ISBN-13 9780387946672, Brand New, Free shipping in the US processes; (3) ensure the integrity of ecosys The theory and practice of ecosystem manage tems; and (4) advocate the sustainable use of ment is pivotal to the debate over how to sustain the health and productivity of our envi natural resources. In this book, each of these ronment. In particular, the role of ecosystems four topics is addressed by a set of eight key in preserving biological diversity, their contri journal articles. The first article in each section bution to economic growth, and their influence provides an overview, followed by case histo ries and a concluding paper which is a commen on human well-being is highly controversial tary on the difficulty of the issue or assesses its (Lubchenco et al. 1991). Traditional resource management does not protect natural values future direction. An article by Risser provides a (Sax 1993) or provide for the sustainable pro closing synthesis to this collection. duction of goods and services (Barnes 1993). The authors of the articles in Part 1-Under Yet a number of researchers and managers stand Diversity - speak to the current problems further question the ability of science to pro and directions in the conservation of biological vide sufficiently powerful tools for the under diversity. Tilman and Downing argue that standing and implementation of ecosystem preservation of native biodiversity is essential management (Clark 1996).
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Book Title: Ecosystem Management : Selected Readings
Number of Pages: 462 Pages
Publication Name: Ecosystem Management : Selected Readings
Language: English
Publisher: Springer New York
Subject: Life Sciences / Ecology, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Life Sciences / Biological Diversity, Earth Sciences / General
Publication Year: 1996
Item Height: 0.4 in
Item Weight: 64.2 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Nature, Science
Item Length: 10 in
Author: Fritz L. Knopf, Fred B. Samson
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
