The laws of nature : reflections on the evolution of ecosystem management law and policy / edited by Kalyani Robbins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Robbins, Kalyani, 1970-

Series:

&Law

&Law, legal thought across disciplines

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecosystem management--Law and legislation--United States.

Ecosystem management.

Conservation of natural resources--Law and legislation--United States.

Conservation of natural resources.

Conservation of natural resources--Law and legislation.

Biodiversity conservation--Law and legislation.

Ecosystem management--Law and legislation.

United States.

Biodiversity conservation--Law and legislation--United States.

Biodiversity conservation.

Environmental policy--United States.

Environmental policy.

Environmental law--United States.

Environmental law.

Physical Description:

x, 311 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Akron, Ohio : University Of Akron Press, 2013.

Summary:

"This timely collection is written by an interdisciplinary array of law professors, who specialize in legal and policy issues surrounding ecosystem management, and scholars and practitioners in areas such as environmental policy and planning, conservation, economics, and biology, and explores why ecosystems must be valued and managed in their own right. We cannot simply hope ecosystems will benefit from legislation focused on other environmental and natural resource protections, such as those for wildlife, trees, air, and water. An ecosystem, a community of organisms together with their physical environment, viewed as a system of interacting and interdependent relationships, has its own intricate administrative issues. The Laws of Nature investigates how ecosystems function, their value to humans and wildlife, and what factors affect their survival. This analysis is coupled with cutting-edge theories and regulatory proposals from legal scholars who study ecosystem questions. In the end, a thorough and multidisciplinary understanding of the importance of ecosystems is presented"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

An ecosystem management primer : history, perceptions, and modern definition / Kalyani Robbins

Ecosystem-based management : an empirical assessment / Judith A. Layzer

Integrating law, policy, and science in managing and restoring ecosystems / Daniel J. Rohlf

Whatever happened to ecosystem management and federal lands planning? / Martin Nie

Ecosystem services and ecosystem management : how good a fit? / J.B. Ruhl

Ecosystem management : a policy-oriented jurisprudence perspective / Susan G. Clark, David N. Cherney

Addition by subtraction : NEPA routines as means to more systemic ends / Jamison E. Colburn

Restoration and law in ecosystem management / Robert W. Adler

Landscape-scale conservation and ecosystem services : leveraging federal policies / Lynn Scarlett, James W. Boyd

Wildlife conservation, climate change, and ecosystem management / Robert B. Keiter

From principles to practice : developing a vision and policy framework to make ecosystem management a reality / Sara O'Brien, Sara Vickerman

Valuation and payment for ecosystem services as tools to improve ecosystem management / Deborah McGrath, Travis Greenwalt.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781935603634

1935603639

OCLC:

809420869