Science and Politics in the International Environment
This book seeks to explain what science and politics are in the context of environmental policymaking and how the interplay of science and politics influences international environmental policy.
This book seeks to explain what science and politics are in the context of environmental policymaking and how the interplay of science and politics influences international environmental policy.
Wild Earth 4, no. 1 discusses aquatic ecosystems, vacuuming the Northern Forest, mismanagement in the Southern Appalachians, and lessons from the Vermont wilderness.
Wild Earth 5, no. 1 focuses on prairie dog ecosystems and includes a Minnesota biosphere recovery strategy.
Using two European case-study areas, this paper explores the relative advantages of the two valuation approaches.
The seminal “World Conservation Strategy” of 1980 argues for the protection of essential ecological processes and habitats, the preservation of genetic diversity, and the sustainable utilization of species and ecosystems.
Environmental Anthropology Engaging Ecotopia brings together case studies from across the globe to reveal underlying cultural ontologies and call for more integration between the work of scholars and practitioners.
In this 1995 annual report, the Fund for Wild Nature focuses on current anti-environmental politics and the skirting of environmental laws. The purpose of the fund, its funding guidelines, areas of support, and grant projects are laid out. Their intent is to foster connections among diverse groups with the underlying philosophy of Deep Ecology.
Kamaljit Kaur Sangha and Jeremy Russell-Smith propose an integrated ecosystem services (ES) valuation framework for an indigenous savanna estate in northern Australia, describing how capabilities along with biophysical and socio-cultural ES benefits play a vital role for peoples’ well-being.
While reading Baron von Humboldt’s 1807 Essay on the Geography of Plants, Paula Unger writes about modern science creating boundaries between the human and the nonhuman, and how Indigenous understandings transcend them.