Ecosystem Management : Status and Potential.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bibliography.

Conservation of natural resources.

Political participation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 pages) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1994.

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text file

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Summary:

Also includes CRS executive summary of the symposium (pages 1-14), a bibliography (pages 317-328), and a glossary (pages 331).

Examination of ecosystem management issues concerning the Western U.S.; conditions affecting the future of the biosphere; overview of ecosystem management issues.

Legal issues involved in ecosystem management of public and private lands; effects of specific Federal laws on environmental policy and resources management; review of possible new directions in ecosystem management policies and legislation; examination of laws regarding aquatic resources, including fishery and marine mammal protection laws.

Overview of ecosystem management programs for northern California and Oregon watersheds, Saginaw Basin/Great Lakes area in Michigan, Yellowstone National Park grizzly bears, and Chesapeake Bay/Susquehanna River Basin area in Maryland and Pennsylvania; roles of government and citizens in represented ecosystem management efforts.

Overview of Federal policies and programs regarding ecosystem management, including White House activities.

Perspectives on intergovernmental relationships in ecosystem management; review of Federal policies on land management programs; examination of Federal coordination with State and local governments in ecosystem programs; potential for public-private ecosystem management programs.

Perspectives on various issues involved in ecosystem management; scientific aspects of ecosystem management, with views on methods and reasons to conserve resources; factors involved in determining ecosystem management policy, including role of science and ecosystem assessment actions.

Proceedings of CRS Mar. 24-25, 1994 symposium conducted by Jeffrey A. Zinn and M. Lynne Corn for six Congressional Committees to review issues concerning ecosystem management.

Symposium was conducted as a series of panels on various aspects of ecosystem management, and proceedings include a CRS topical summary preceding the papers presented by each panel.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Ecosystem Management Status and Potential 95-S322-1

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