The Endangered Species Act at Thirty

Vol. 2: Conserving Biodiversity in Human-Dominated Landscapes

J. Michael Scott, Dale D. Goble, Frank W. Davis (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

376 Seiten

2006
Island Press (Verlag)
978-1-59726-055-8 (ISBN)

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Examines the key policy tools available for protecting biodiversity in the United States, by revisiting some basic questions in conservation: What are we trying to protect and why? What are the limits of species-based conservation? And, can we develop conservation strategies that are more ecologically and economically viable than past approaches?

A companion volume to "The Endangered Species Act at Thirty: Renewing the Conservation Promise", published by Island Press in fall 2005, this new book examines the key policy tools available for protecting biodiversity in the United States by revisiting some basic questions in conservation: What are we trying to protect and why? What are the limits of species-based conservation? Can we develop new conservation strategies that are more ecologically and economically viable than past approaches?

J. Michael Scott is a research biologist with the U. S. Geological Survey and professor of wildlife biology at the University of Idaho. Dale D. Goble is Margaret Wilson Schimke Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Idaho College of Law in Moscow. Frank W. Davis is professor of environmental science and management in the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California at Santa Barbara.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.6.2006
Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Umweltrecht
ISBN-10	1-59726-055-X / 159726055X
ISBN-13	978-1-59726-055-8 / 9781597260558
Zustand	Neuware