Ecosystem Science & Management

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Reforming the Forest Service

Reforming the Forest Service contributes a completely new view to the current debate on the management of our national forests. Randal O'Toole argues that poor management is an institutional problem; he shows that economic inefficiencies and environmental degradation are the inevitable result of the well-intentioned but poorly designed laws that govern the Forest Service. In this book, he proposes sweeping reforms in the structure of the agency and new budgetary incentives as the best way to improve management.

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Modeling the Environment

An Introduction To System Dynamics Modeling Of Environmental Systems

Modeling the Environment is the first introductory textbook for a technique of rapidly growing importance. It requires little or no mathematical background, and is appropriate for undergraduate environmental students as well as professionals new to modelling.

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Modeling in Natural Resource Management

Development, Interpretation, and Application

The natural environment is so complex that simplification through abstraction is necessary to communicate concepts and relationships, to comprehend possible reactions, and to decide upon a course of action for management. Today, nearly every decision concerning the management of natural resources is based on a model of one kind or another.

Modeling in Natural Resource Management offers a much-needed overview of the basic principles for understanding and evaluating models.

Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Policy Responses

Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Policy Responses

Findings of the Responses Working Group

With the knowledge of possible outcomes, what kind of actions should we take? The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment scored 74 response options for dealing with declines in ecosystem services and biodiversity, and managing drivers such as climate change and nutrient loading. This third volume in the MA series analyzes the track record of past policies and the potential of new ones.

The Business of Sustainable Forestry - Case Studies

Analyses And Case Studies

In 1996, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation brought together leading experts from business, environmental groups, universities, and foundations to explore the restructuring of the forest products industry into a more sustainable enterprise. The result is a series of sixteen case studies and analyses that examine the shift to sustainability from all angles and in all parts of the world. Each individual case study is also available separately.

Estuarine Science

A Synthetic Approach To Research And Practice

Estuaries are the point of convergence for almost the entire array of coastal and ocean environmental issues. Management of these rapidly changing environments requires a whole-system perspective that includes integration of all available knowledge of the ecology, chemistry, and physics of estuaries. Yet estuarine research has been primarily short-term and site-specific, providing few insights that can be generalized and applied to a broader understanding of these complex ecosystems.

Conservation Directory 2005-2006

Conservation Directory 2005-2006

The Guide To Worldwide Environmental Organizations

The 2005-2006 edition of the National Wildlife Federation Conservation Directory is the most comprehensive listing of conservation and environmental organizations ever published, with information on over 4,000 government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and colleges and universities, as well as more than 18,000 officials concerned with environmental conservation, education, and natural resource use and management.

Each entry contains detailed contact information including names, addresses, and telephone and fax numbers; also included are selected e-mail and Internet addresse

Monitoring Ecosystems

Interdisciplinary Approaches for Evaluating Ecoregional Initiatives

Often a commitment to large ecosystem initiatives is linked both conceptually and legally with requirements for ecological monitoring as a means of evaluating the effectiveness of management actions.

The State of the Nation's Ecosystems 2008

The State of the Nation's Ecosystems 2008

Measuring the Land, Waters, and Living Resources of The United States

Revised and updated periodically, The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems is widely recognized as America’s most comprehensive report on the condition of our lands, waters, and living resources. Like the acclaimed first edition, this second edition provides nonpartisan, scientifically reliable information for policymakers, scientists, journalists, and anyone who is interested in the state of America’s environment.
 
The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems provides a way to “take the pulse” of America’s environment.

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