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"An essential and accessible introduction to the historical background, central concepts, and strategies of utilitarian, preservationist, and stewardship approaches to conservation, using a broad geographical and cultural scope. It explores the conservation of wild organisms and their ecosystems in ecological, historical, and cultural contexts"--
List of contents
Preface; Introduction: getting and evaluating information for making decisions about conservation; Part I. Maintaining Populations of Featured Species: A Utilitarian Approach to Conservation; 1. Historical context: beginnings of formal utilitarian conservation; 2. Central concepts: populations, succession and ecosystems; 3. Strategies: managing harvests and habitats for valued species; 4. Strategies: managing to minimize conflicts between pests and people; Part II. Protecting and Restoring Populations and Habitats: A Preservationist Approach to Conservation: 5. Historical context: rising concerns about human impacts; 6. Central concepts: evolution, adaptation and extinction; 7. Strategies: protecting and restoring species; 8. Strategies: protecting and restoring ecosystems; Part III. Promoting Biocultural Diversity and Resilience: A Stewardship Approach to Conservation; 9. Historical context: new opportunities and challenges; 10. Central concepts: complexity and change; 11. Strategies: stewardship to conserve complex, resilient ecosystems; 12. Strategies: stewardship to integrate conservation of biological and cultural diversity; Appendix: types of ecosystems; Bibliography; Index.
About the author
Bertie J. Weddell is a retired member of the Washington State University faculty, and former Principal and founder of Draba, a natural resource conservation business. She has been teaching, writing, and consulting about conservation for four decades. Dr. Weddell has provided expert testimony on wetland ecology regarding Tribal and federal water rights. She is the author of Conserving Living Natural Resources in the Context of a Changing World (Cambridge University Press, 2002).
Summary
An essential introduction to the historical background, central concepts, and strategies of utilitarian, preservationist, and stewardship approaches to conservation, using a broad geographical and cultural scope. It explores the conservation of wild organisms and their ecosystems in ecological, historical, and cultural contexts.
