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Saving Biological Diversity, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008 Balancing Protection of Endangered Species and Ecosystems

Langue : Anglais

Coordonnateurs : Askins Robert A., Dreyer Glenn D., Visgilio Gerald R., Whitelaw Diana M.

Couverture de l’ouvrage Saving Biological Diversity
The Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology and Environmental Studies at Connecticut College is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary program that builds on one of the nation?s leading undergraduate environmental studies programs. The C- ter fosters research, education, and curriculum development aimed at understanding contemporary ecological challenges. One of the major goals of the Goodwin-Niering Center is to enhance the understanding of both the College community and the general public with respect to ecological, political, social, and economic factors that affect natural resource use and preservation of natural ecosystems. To this end, the C- ter has offered six conferences at which academicians, representatives of federal and state government, people who depend on natural resources for their living, and in- viduals from non-government environmental organizations were brought together for an in-depth, interdisciplinary evaluation of important environmental issues. On April 6 and 7, 2007, the Center presented the Elizabeth Babbott Conant interdisciplinary conference on Saving Biological Diversity: Weighing the Protection of Endangered Species vs. Entire Ecosystems. The Beaver Brook Foundation; Audubon Connecticut, the state of?ce of the National Audubon Society; the Connecticut Chapter of The Nature Conservancy; Connecticut Forest and Park Association and the Connecticut Sea Grant College Program joined the Center as conference sponsors. During this two-day conference we learned about conservation and endangered species fromawiderange ofperspectives. Likeallof theconferences sponsored bythe Goodwin-Niering Center, this conference was broadly interdisciplinary, with pres- tations by economists, political scientists, and conservation biologists.
Saving Biological Diversity: An Overview.- Saving Biological Diversity: An Overview.- Protecting Populations of Particular Species.- Toward a Policy-Relevant Definition of Biodiversity.- Navigating for Noah: Setting New Directions for Endangered Species Protection in the 21st Century.- Economics of Protecting Endangered Species.- The Center for Plant Conservation: Twenty Years of Recovering America’s Vanishing Flora.- The Piping Plover as an Umbrella Species for the Barrier Beach Ecosystem.- Restoring Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) to New England.- Protecting Regional Ecosystems.- Sea Change: Changing Management to Protect Ocean Ecosystems.- Valuing Benefits from Ecosystem Improvements using Stated Preference Methods: An Example from Reducing Acidification in the Adirondacks Park.- Conserving Forest Ecosystems: Guidelines for Size, Condition and Landscape Requirements.- Restoring America’s Everglades: A Lobbyist’s Perspective.- The Need For Global Efforts To Save Biological Diversity.- A Wildland and Woodland Vision for the New England Landscape: Local Conservation, Biodiversity and the Global Environment.- Creative Approaches to Preserving Biodiversity in Brazil and the Amazon.- Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Ocean Acidification: The Potential Impacts on Ocean Biodiversity.- Advancing Conservation in a Globalized World.- Protecting Biodiversity, from Flagship Species to the Global Environment.

Robert Askins is Professor of Biology at Connecticut College, where he teaches courses in ecology, environmental studies, animal behavior, and ornithology. His research focuses on the ecology and conservation of migratory birds in both their northern breeding areas and tropical wintering areas. He has analyzed the habitat requirements of forest birds that nest in deciduous forests in New England and Japan, and the ecology of songbirds that spend the winter in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He also has studied species that are restricted to early successional forest habitats. He has published scientific papers in numerous journals including Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Wetlands, Ecology, Current Ornithology, Studies in Avian Biology, Wilson Bulletin, and Conservation Biology. In 2000 he published "Restoring North America’s Birds; Lessons from Landscape Ecology," a book on the ecology and conservation of North American birds. Currently he is chair of the Biology Department at Connecticut College and Karla Heurich Harrison Director of the Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology and Environmental Studies.

Glenn D. Dreyer is the Charles & Sarah P. Becker ‘27 Director of the Connecticut College Arboretum and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Botany at Connecticut College. His career has focused primarily on the interface between horticulture and ecology from both academic and management perspectives. The Connecticut College Arboretum has historically operated as both public garden featuring native plants and as an ecological field site for research and teaching. Dreyer’s research has focused mainly on the ecology and control of invasives, vegetation management, and documenting big and historic trees. He also serves as Executive Director of the Goodwin-Niering Center.

Gerald R. Visgilio is Professor of Economics at Connecticut College, where he has spent nearly three decadesworking in the ar

Truly multidisciplinary approach – Each of the three sections of the book (on endangered species, ecosystems and global environmental problems) includes chapters by people with very different backgrounds and perspectives in fields such as ecology, conservation, philosophy, law, economics and policy. Both researchers and managers/conservationists have contributed their points of view. Accessible to general readers – The contributors were asked to write chapters that are accessible to a non-specialist, and the chapters were carefully edited to remove (when possible) or define (when necessary) specialist jargon, regardless of whether it came from economics, biology, law or political science. The distinctive styles and analytical approaches of different disciplines still come through, but a general reader should be able to understand the concepts in any chapter. Facilitates comparison and synthesis by the reader – Although Robert Askins attempts to summarize the major conclusions of this book in a final chapter, readers will discover their own connections and conclusions as they read about the same basic issue from many perspectives. Use as a textbook - Because this book is accessible and will trigger interesting ideas and discussions, it would be an excellent text to use for supplemental reading in a conservation biology or ecology course, or as one of the main readings in a seminar course.

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