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):

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

Biodiversity conservation.

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

Conservation of natural resources.

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

Ecosystem management.

Environmental policy--United States.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Akron, Ohio : University Of Akron Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This timely collection 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 explore why ecosystems must be valued and managed in their own right. The importance of ecosystems has been underestimated. 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. Edited by Kalyani Robbins, a law professor, The Laws of Nature investigates how ecosystems function, their value to humans and wildlife, and what factors affect ecosystems' 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 multi-disciplinary understanding of the importance of ecosystem is presented"-- Provided by publisher.

"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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4619-5688-9

1-937378-27-6

OCLC:

864854746