1st Edition

Ecosystem Management for Sustainability Principles and Practices Illustrated by a Regional Biosphere Reserve Cooperative

By John Peine, Samab Foundation Copyright 1998
    528 Pages
    by CRC Press

    As the 21st century approaches, the need to put principles of sustainable living and ecosystem management into practice has never been so urgent. Ecosystem Management for Sustainability recognizes this need and shares the experiences of the editor and 54 contributing authors, each leaders in the advancement of ecosystem management and champions of the natural environment. The book uses the Man And Biosphere program as a case example of a wide variety of resource management activities at work. Through the multi-authored contributions to this book, documentation of a comprehensive spectrum of ecosystem management and sustainable development principles is achieved. Ecosystem Management for Sustainability provides a link between theory and practice of these two philosophies.

    The Concepts and Their Relevance to the Man and the Biosphere Program
    Principles of Ecosystem Management and Sustainable Development, F. McCormick
    Environmental Policy, Sustainable Societies, and Biosphere Reserves, W. Gregg
    The Evolution of Land Use Ethics and Resource Management: Coming Full Circle, J. Nolt and J. Peine
    The Case Study Setting and Institutional Framework
    The Southern Appalachians: The Setting for the Case Study, J.C. Randolph, M. McKinney, C. Allen, and J. Peine
    Framework for Integrated Ecosystem Management: The Southern Appalachian Man and Biosphere Cooperative, H. Hinote
    A Comparison in the Management of Two Biosphere Reserves: Prioko-Terrasky Reserve, Russia, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, J. Peine, V. Koshevoi, K. Wade, I. Zhigarev, and M. Davydova
    Components of Ecosystem Management
    The Environmental Assessment as a Process to Set Priorities: The Southern Appalachian Experience, C. Berish, R. Durbrow, J. Harrison, B. Jackson, and K. Riiters
    Environmental Monitoring, E. Smith, C.Parker, and J. Peine
    The Role of Indicator Species: Neotropical Migratory Song Birds, T. Simons, K. Rabenold, D. Buehler, J. Collazo, and K. Franzreb
    Management of a Large Carnivore: Black Bear, J. Clark and M. Pelton
    Species Repatriation: Red Wolf, C. Lucash, B. Crawford, and J. Clark
    Management of Isolated Populations: Southern Strain Brook Trout, S. Guffy, G. McCracken, S. Moore, and C. Parker
    Control of Exotic Species: European Wild Boar, J. Peine and R. Lancia
    Control of Pests and Pathogens, S. Schlarbaum, R. Anderson, and F. Thompon-Campbell
    Air Quality Management: A Policy Perspective, J. Peine, L. Cox, M. Ross, B. Stephens, W. Miller III, B. Morton, and K. Malkin
    Fire Management, E. Buckner and N.Turrill
    Land Use Planning: Tourism, J. Peine
    Managing Biodiversity in Historic Habitats: Case History of the Southern Appalachian Grassy Balds, P. White and R. Sutter
    Climate Change: Potential Effects in the Southern Appalachians, J. Peine and C. Berish
    Ecosystem Stabilization and Restoration: The Clinch Powell River Basin Initiative, D. Yankee, J. Peine, J. Tuberville, and D. Gowan
    Threatened Ecosystem: High Elevation Spruce-Fir Forest, N. Nicholas, C. Eagar, and J. Peine
    The Role of Institutions in Ecosystem Management, D. Ostermeier
    The Future
    Moving to an Operational Level: A Call for Leadership from the Southern Appalachian Man and Biosphere Cooperative, J. Peine
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    As the 21st century approaches, the need to put principles of sustainable living and ecosystem management into practice has never been so urgent. Ecosystem Management for Sustainability recognizes this need and shares the experiences of the editor and 44 contributing authors, each leaders in the advancement of ecosystem management and champions of the natural environment. The book uses the Man And Biosphere program as a case example of a wide variety of resource management activities at work. Through the multi-authored contributions to this book, documentation of a comprehensive spectrum of ecosystem management and sustainable development principles is achieved. Ecosystem Management for Sustainability provides a link between theory and practice of these two philosophies.

    Biography

    John Peine; Samab Foundation

    "…provides the reader with a working example of an ongoing process from which to learn."
    The Canadian Field-Naturalist, Vol. 114, August 28, 2000