Ecology, Uncertainty and Policy
Subtitle: Managing Ecosystems for Sustainability
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781315847832
Subjects: Ecosystem management; Environmental policy; Sustainable development; Écosystèmes; Gestion; Environnement; Politique gouvernementale; Développement durable
Description: "A broad and comprehensive exploration of the role of the ecological sciences in sustainability for undergraduates. The urgent quest for more sustainable patterns of development has placed new and difficult demands on both scientists and policy makers as they seek to establish more informed and effective policy processes and management regimes in the the face of pervasive uncertainty. Written by an international group of authors from a range of disciplines - ecology, geography, law, policy analysis and others - the chapters explore issues of scientific legitimacy, public participation, non-governmental organisations, inter-sectoral communication and pragmatic public policy across a wide range of ecosystem management contexts."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 Ignorance, uncertainty and ecology: key themes  -- Stephen Dovers Tony Norton John Handmer; title: chapter 2 Challenges to ecosystem management and some implications for science and policy  -- Tony Norton; title: chapter 3 Bioregional approaches to conservation: local strategies to deal with uncertainty  -- Nels Johnson Kenton Miller Marta Miranda; title: chapter 4 Sentimental ecology, science and sustainable ecosystem management  -- Robert J. Mason Sarah Michaels; title: chapter 5 Limitless lands and limited knowledge: coping with uncertainty and ignorance in northern Australia  -- John Woinarski Freya Dawson; title: chapter 6 Global warming: science as a legitimator of politics and trade? 1  -- Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen; title: chapter 7 Sustainability, uncertainty and global fisheries  -- Rosemary Rayfuse Martijn Wilder; title: chapter 8 Sustainability, uncertainty and environmental policy: lessons from New Zealand's pastoral high country  -- Michael Harte Janet Gough; title: chapter 9 Fire and biodiversity: understanding and managing the impacts of fire on forest biodiversity in south eastern Australia  -- Jann E. Williams; title: chapter 10 Wetlands: policy ahead of knowledge?  -- Paul Adam; title: chapter 11 Acid rain and critical loads: science policy processes in the United Kingdom  -- Andrew Tickle; title: chapter 12 Uncertainty, epistemic communities and public policy  -- K.J. Walker; title: chapter 13 Managing ecosystems for sustainability: challenges and opportunities -- John Handmer Stephen Dovers Tony Norton.