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More copies of this ISBNEcosystem Management: Adaptive, Community-Based Conservationby Gary K. Meffe
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Today's natural resource managers must be able to navigate among the complicated interactions and conflicting interests of diverse stakeholders and decisionmakers. Technical and scientific knowledge, though necessary, are not sufficient. Science is merely one component in a multifaceted world of decision making. And while the demands of resource management have changed greatly, natural resource education and textbooks have not. Until now. Ecosystem Management represents a different kind of textbook for a different kind of course. It offers a new and exciting approach that engages students in active problem solving by using detailed landscape scenarios that reflect the complex issues and conflicting interests that face today's resource managers and scientists. Focusing on the application of the sciences of ecology and conservation biology to real-world concerns, it emphasizes the intricate ecological, socioeconomic, and institutional matrix in which natural resource management functions, and illustrates how to be more effective in that challenging arena. Each chapter is rich with exercises to help facilitate problem-based learning. The main text is supplemented by boxes and figures that provide examples, perspectives, definitions, summaries, and learning tools, along with a variety of essays written by practitioners with on-the-ground experience in applying the principles of ecosystem management. Accompanying the textbook is an instructor's manual that provides a detailed overview of the book and specific guidance on designing a course around it. Ecosystem Management grew out of a training course developed and presented by the authors for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at its National Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. In 20 offerings to more than 600 natural resource professionals, the authors learned a great deal about what is needed to function successfully as a professional resource manager. The book offers important insights and a unique perspective dervied from that invaluable experience. Book News Annotation:Meffe (wildlife ecology and conservation, U. of Florida), Nielsen (College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State U.), Knight (wildlife conservation, Colorado State U), and Schenborn (Washington State Department of Natural Resources) present a textbook that developed out of a course that the National Conservation Training Center of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. They present the information in an integrated context, presenting problems first and then demonstrating the application of ecology and conservation biology to the problems within the socioeconomic and institutional matrix surrounding the scenarios. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Synopsis:Ecosystem Management represents a different kind of textbook for a different kind of course. It offers a new and exciting approach that engages students in active problem solving by using detailed landscape scenarios that reflect the complex issues and conflicting interests that face today's resource managers and scientists. Synopsis:Today's natural resource managers must be able to navigate among the complicated interactions and conflicting interests of decisionmakers and diverse stakeholders, ranging from regulators to representatives of interest groups to members of local communities. Technical and scientific knowledge, though necessary, are not sufficient; science is merely one component in a multifaceted world of decision making. And while the demands of resource management have changed greatly, natural resource education and textbooks have not. Until now.<P> Ecosystem Management represents a different kind of textbook for a different kind of course. It offers a new and exciting approach that engages students in active problem solving using detailed landscape scenarios that reflect the complex issues and conflicting interests that face today's resource managers and scientists. Focusing on the applicationof the sciences of ecology and conservation biology to real-world problems, it emphasizes the intricate ecological, socioeconomic, and institutional matrix in which natural resource management functions, and illustrates how to be more effective in that challenging arena.<P> Accompanying the textbook is an instructor's manual that provides a detailed overview of the book and specific guidance on designing a course around it, including learning objectives, issues that may arise from the material, supplementary teaching activities, in-depth discussion of each exercise, teaching devices to help illustrate each chapter, sample test questions, and relevant website addresses.
About the AuthorGarry K. Meffe is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida and Editor of the international journal Conservation Biology. Larry A. Nielsen is a fisheries biologist and Dean of the College of Natural Resources at North Carolina State University. Richard L. Knight is Professor of Wildlife Conservation at Colorado State University, and Co-editor of Stewardship Across Boundaries (Island Press, 1998) and A New Century for Natural Resources Management (Island Press, 1995). Dennis A. Schenborn is Chief of Planning and Budget for the Bureau of Fisheries Management and Habitat Protection of the Wisconsin State Department of Natural Resources. Table of ContentsPreface About the Authors Essay Contributors Introduction: New Approaches for a New Millennium Part 1: The Conceptual Toolbox 1. The Landscape Scenarios The ROLE Model SnowPACT PDQ Revival 2. Getting a Grip on Ecosystem Management The Evolution of Natural Resource Management Toward Ecosystem Management A Model of Ecosystem Management A Closer Look at Ecosystem Management Information, Organizational Behavior and Command and Control
3. Incorporating Uncertainty and Complexity into Management Sources of Complexity and Uncertainty in Natural Resource Management Dealing with Complexity and Uncertainty
4. Adaptive Management Adaptive Management: Another Way to Learn Active Adaptive Management Passive Adaptive Management Adaptive Management as Documented Trial and Error Conditions Necessary for Successful Adaptive Management
Part II. The Biological and Ecological Background
5. Genetic Diversity in Ecosystem Management What is Genetic Diversity? How is Genetic Diversity Lost? The Loss of Allelic Richness The Role of Genetics in Conservation and Ecosystem Management
6. Issues Regarding Populations and Species The Species The Roles of Species in Science and Policy Connecting Populations and Species to Landscapes
7. Populations and Communities at the Landscape Level Single-Species Management Managing for Species Communities
8. Landscape-Level Conservation Habitat Fragmentation Mosaic and Matrix
9. Managing Biodiversity Across Landscapes: A Manager's Dilemma Ecosystems or Species? Coarse-Filter and Fine-Filter Approaches Landscape-Level Considerations That Protect Biodiversity and Ecosystems Working Across Administrative Boundaries HCPs: Protecting Biodiversity While Promoting Competition
Part III. The Human Dimensions
10. Working in Human Communities The Success Triangle Stakeholder Identification and Assessment Techniques for Stakeholder Involvement Keys to Successful Collaboration Three Little Words
11. Strategic Approaches to Ecosystem Management Characteristics of Strategic Management A Simple Strategic Management Model The Strategic-Thinking Step
12. Evaluation The Context for Evaluation Formative Evaluation Process Evaluation Summative Evaluation
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