03510nam 2200493 450 991067149230332120170716165522.01-68328-340-6(CKB)3710000000869121(MiAaPQ)EBC5245474(EXLCZ)99371000000086912120180312h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierNaturalness and biodiversity policy and philosophy of conserving natural areas /Gordon SteinhoffWashington, District of Columbia :Environmental Law Institute,2016.©20161 online resource (241 pages)Includes index.1-58576-178-8 Society and wilderness --Interpreting the Wilderness Act of 1964 --Prohibited uses and exceptions : how much manipulation of wilderness is too much? --Naturalness and biodiversity --Managing for naturalness in a changing world --Ecological integrity in protected areas : two interpretations --Citizen ideals vs. consumer preferences --Restoring nature in protected areas --Federal environmental impact statements : overly inflated needs result in needless environmental harm --Why we should protect natural areas."Maintaining natural conditions and processes, or "naturalness," is an essential goal in the management of wilderness, national parks, and other protected areas. Yet management experts routinely recommend the abandonment of naturalness as a required goal in protected areas. There are many examples of native biodiversity being lost or threatened as a result of managers manipulating protected areas to conserve "what we value" without respect for natural conditions. Too often, agencies seemingly ignore environmental goals expressed within federal law and policy in their efforts to satisfy consumer preferences, resulting in environmental degradation. [This book] is primarily concerned with the preservation of national parks, wilderness, and other legally protected areas through proper interpretation and application of federal environmental law and policy. Philosophers, legal scholars, and land use managers alike will appreciate the interdisciplinary approach Prof. Gordon Steinhoff takes with his discussion of philosophy, ecology, and environmental policy. Although [this book] may be controversial, calling into question much that has been written by philosophers and by leading land management and restoration experts, it offers a needed response to much that appears in the current environmental literature, providing thoughtful analysis on why naturalness is essential for the preservation of native biodiversity." -- Back cover.Biodiversity conservationLaw and legislationUnited StatesNaturalness (Environmental sciences)United StatesEcosystem managementUnited StatesUnited StatesUSAgndElectronic books.Biodiversity conservationLaw and legislationNaturalness (Environmental sciences)Ecosystem management346.73044Steinhoff Gordon1334437Environmental Law Institute,MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910671492303321Naturalness and biodiversity3045745UNINA