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Conservation for a New Generation
Redefining Natural Resources Management
Richard L Knight
Courtney White
272 pages
Publisher:
Island Press, USA
In hundreds of watersheds and communities across the United States, conservation is being reinvented and invigorated by collaborative efforts between federal, state, and local governments working with nongovernmental organisations and private landowners, and fueled by economic incentives, to promote both healthy natural communities and healthy human communities.
Conservation for a New Generation captures those efforts with chapters that explain the new landscape of conservation along with case studies that illustrate these new approaches. The book brings together leading voices in the field of environmental conservation—Lynne Sherrod, Curt Meine, Daniel Kemmis, Luther Propst, Jodi Hilty, Peter Forbes, and many others—to offer fourteen chapters and twelve case studies that;
demonstrate the benefits of government agencies partnering with diverse stakeholders
explore how natural resources management is evolving
discuss emerging practices for conservation, including conservation planning, ecological restoration, valuing ecosystem services, and using economic incentives
promote cooperation on natural resources issues that have in the past been divisive
Throughout, contributors focus on the fundamental truth that unites human and land communities: as one prospers, so does the other; as one declines, so too will the other. The book illustrates how natural resources management that emphasises building strong relationships results in outcomes that are beneficial to both people and land.
Richard L. Knight is professor of wildlife conservation in the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University. Courtney White is cofounder and executive director of the Quivira Coalition, a nonprofit organisation
dedicated to building bridges between ranchers, conservationists, public land
managers, scientists, and others.
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