"A Political-Ecology Approach to Wildlife Conservation in Kenya"
John S. Akama, Christopher L. Lant, and G. Wesley Burnett use a political-ecological framework in the analysis of the social factors of wildlife conservation in Kenya.
John S. Akama, Christopher L. Lant, and G. Wesley Burnett use a political-ecological framework in the analysis of the social factors of wildlife conservation in Kenya.
David Schmidtz argues that “the philosophies of both conservation and preservationism can fail by their own lights, since trying to put their respective principles of conservationism or preservationism into institutional practice can have results that are the opposite of what the respective philosophies tell us we ought to be trying to achieve.”
Andrew Jamison and Erik Baark attempt to indicate how national cultural differences affect the ways in which science and technology policies in the environmental field are formulated and implemented.
In this essay, Jay Odenbaugh examines the controversy concerning the advocacy of ethical values in conservation biology.
John O’Neill discusses the problems in conservation policy based upon the identification of ecological value with a particular conception of beauty and wilderness.
Wild Earth 8, no. 1 features essays on protection strategies for old growth forests, the problems of non-indigenous species for freshwater conservation, and using direct democracy to defend nature.
Wild Earth 8, no. 4 celebrates a “Wilderness Revival.” The essays present American and Canadian perspectives on wilderness and its values, wilderness politics, and wilderness campaigns both new and old.
Wild Earth 10, no. 1, presents essays on the mission, vision, and purpose of “The Wildlands Project,” which aims “to design and implement systems of protected natural areas/wildlands networks across the continent.”
Wild Earth 3, no. 3 features articles on protecting biodiversity in the Selkirk Mountains, preserving biodiversity in caves, restoring the Wild Atlantic Salmon, and changing state forestry laws.
In five sharply drawn chapters, Flight Maps charts the ways in which Americans have historically made connections—and missed connections—with nature.