Ghost bears [[electronic resource] ] : exploring the biodiversity crisis / / R. Edward Grumbine ; foreword by Michael Soulé |
Autore | Grumbine R. Edward |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c1992 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.95 |
Soggetto topico |
Biodiversity conservation - Philosophy
Environmental ethics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-59726-274-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Ch. 1: Boundary Marking: An Introduction""; ""Ch. 2: The Biology of Thinking Like a Mountain""; ""Defining Biodiversity""; ""The Advent of Conservation Biology""; ""The Quest for Viable Populations""; ""The Decline of Nature Reserves""; ""Effects of Habitat Fragmentation""; ""Natural Disturbances and Patchy Landscapes""; ""Greater Ecosystems and Biological Corridors""; ""A New Ecological Image of Nature""; ""Ch. 3: Ghost Bears""; ""Grizzly Bears in North America""; ""The Bear Mother Myth""
""Grizzlies in the North Cascades""""Grizzly Bear Recovery""; ""Decisions for the Future""; ""Ch. 4: Laws on the Land""; ""The Limits of Legal Preservation""; ""The Endangered Species Act and Biodiversity""; ""The National Forest Management Act""; ""National Forest Planning""; ""The Mount Baker-Snoqualmie Forest Plan""; ""Challenging the Forest Service in Wisconsin""; ""Forest Plans and the Courts""; ""A National Biodiversity Protection Act""; ""Legislation for Ancient Forests""; ""The Future of Legislative Reform""; ""Ch. 5: The Landscape of Management""; ""What Is a Resource?"" ""The Origins of Public Land Management and the Rise of the Forest Service""""Rivalry with the Park Service""; ""Wise-Use Today""; ""The Story of the Northern Spotted Owl""; ""The Genesis of Ecosystem Management""; ""Ecosystem Management in Practice: Lessons From Yellowstone and the North Cascades""; ""Federal Agencies and Public Participation""; ""Reforming the Landscape of Management""; ""Ch. 6: Ecosystem Management for Native Diversity""; ""Ecosystem-Management Goals""; ""Outlining a Model of Ecosystem Management""; ""Land Managers in Support of Biodiversity"" ""Passing an Engangered Ecosystems Act""""Protecting Biodiversity on State and Private Lands""; ""Scientists and Advocacy""; ""Biodiversity and Civic Responsibility""; ""Ch. 7: Resources, Ecosystems, Place""; ""The Council of All Beings""; ""Ecosystem Management for the Ecological Self""; ""The Fallacy of Ecosystem Management""; ""Dwelling in the Commons: A Map for the Future""; ""The Promise of the Biodiversity Crisis""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463333803321 |
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Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c1992 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ghost bears [[electronic resource] ] : exploring the biodiversity crisis / / R. Edward Grumbine ; foreword by Michael Soulé |
Autore | Grumbine R. Edward |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c1992 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.95 |
Soggetto topico |
Biodiversity conservation - Philosophy
Environmental ethics |
ISBN | 1-59726-274-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Ch. 1: Boundary Marking: An Introduction""; ""Ch. 2: The Biology of Thinking Like a Mountain""; ""Defining Biodiversity""; ""The Advent of Conservation Biology""; ""The Quest for Viable Populations""; ""The Decline of Nature Reserves""; ""Effects of Habitat Fragmentation""; ""Natural Disturbances and Patchy Landscapes""; ""Greater Ecosystems and Biological Corridors""; ""A New Ecological Image of Nature""; ""Ch. 3: Ghost Bears""; ""Grizzly Bears in North America""; ""The Bear Mother Myth""
""Grizzlies in the North Cascades""""Grizzly Bear Recovery""; ""Decisions for the Future""; ""Ch. 4: Laws on the Land""; ""The Limits of Legal Preservation""; ""The Endangered Species Act and Biodiversity""; ""The National Forest Management Act""; ""National Forest Planning""; ""The Mount Baker-Snoqualmie Forest Plan""; ""Challenging the Forest Service in Wisconsin""; ""Forest Plans and the Courts""; ""A National Biodiversity Protection Act""; ""Legislation for Ancient Forests""; ""The Future of Legislative Reform""; ""Ch. 5: The Landscape of Management""; ""What Is a Resource?"" ""The Origins of Public Land Management and the Rise of the Forest Service""""Rivalry with the Park Service""; ""Wise-Use Today""; ""The Story of the Northern Spotted Owl""; ""The Genesis of Ecosystem Management""; ""Ecosystem Management in Practice: Lessons From Yellowstone and the North Cascades""; ""Federal Agencies and Public Participation""; ""Reforming the Landscape of Management""; ""Ch. 6: Ecosystem Management for Native Diversity""; ""Ecosystem-Management Goals""; ""Outlining a Model of Ecosystem Management""; ""Land Managers in Support of Biodiversity"" ""Passing an Engangered Ecosystems Act""""Protecting Biodiversity on State and Private Lands""; ""Scientists and Advocacy""; ""Biodiversity and Civic Responsibility""; ""Ch. 7: Resources, Ecosystems, Place""; ""The Council of All Beings""; ""Ecosystem Management for the Ecological Self""; ""The Fallacy of Ecosystem Management""; ""Dwelling in the Commons: A Map for the Future""; ""The Promise of the Biodiversity Crisis""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786477303321 |
Grumbine R. Edward
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Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c1992 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Where the dragon meets the Angry River [[electronic resource] ] : nature and power in the People's Republic of China / / R. Edward Grumbine |
Autore | Grumbine R. Edward |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2012.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : Island Press, : Shearwater Books, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.720951/35 |
Soggetto topico |
River engineering - China - Nujiang Lisuzu Zizhizhou
Water resources development - Environmental aspects - China - Yunnan Sheng |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-59726-551-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Highest Good -- Chapter 2. The Frontier and the Middle Kingdom -- Chapter 3. Under the Jade Dragon -- Chapter 4. Old Mountains, Young Parks -- Chapter 5. In the Land of Twelve Thousand Rice Fields -- Chapter 6. Into the Great Green Triangle -- Chapter 7. The Dragon Meets the Angry River -- Chapter 8. China 2020 -- Chapter 9. Conservation with Chinese Characteristics -- Notes -- Quotation references -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458354803321 |
Grumbine R. Edward
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Washington, DC, : Island Press, : Shearwater Books, c2010 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Where the dragon meets the Angry River [[electronic resource] ] : nature and power in the People's Republic of China / / R. Edward Grumbine |
Autore | Grumbine R. Edward |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2012.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : Island Press, : Shearwater Books, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.720951/35 |
Soggetto topico |
River engineering - China - Nujiang Lisuzu Zizhizhou
Water resources development - Environmental aspects - China - Yunnan Sheng |
ISBN |
1-59726-233-1
1-59726-551-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Highest Good -- Chapter 2. The Frontier and the Middle Kingdom -- Chapter 3. Under the Jade Dragon -- Chapter 4. Old Mountains, Young Parks -- Chapter 5. In the Land of Twelve Thousand Rice Fields -- Chapter 6. Into the Great Green Triangle -- Chapter 7. The Dragon Meets the Angry River -- Chapter 8. China 2020 -- Chapter 9. Conservation with Chinese Characteristics -- Notes -- Quotation references -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791444803321 |
Grumbine R. Edward
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Washington, DC, : Island Press, : Shearwater Books, c2010 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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