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Proactive Strategies for Protecting Species: Pre-Listing Conservation and the Endangered Species Act
C. Josh (Ed) Donlan
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Description for Proactive Strategies for Protecting Species: Pre-Listing Conservation and the Endangered Species Act
Hardback. Providing a roadmap for designing species conservation programs on the ground so they are effective and take place upstream of regulation, this book is suitable for anyone anywhere interested in designing programs that incentivize environmental stewardship and species conservation. Editor(s): Donlan, C. Josh. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 line drawings, 14 b/w images, 17 tables. BIC Classification: RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 564.
Now forty years old, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) remains a landmark act in conservation and one of the world's most comprehensive laws designed to prevent species extinctions and support recovery efforts for imperiled species. A controversial law and often subject to political attack, the ESA is successful overall but not without difficulties. Those who enforce the ESA, for example, struggle to achieve viable recovery goals for many species. At the forefront of challenges is a reactive framework that sometimes leads to perverse incentives and legal battles that strain support and resources. Further, few species have been delisted. Proactive Strategies ... Read more
Now forty years old, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) remains a landmark act in conservation and one of the world's most comprehensive laws designed to prevent species extinctions and support recovery efforts for imperiled species. A controversial law and often subject to political attack, the ESA is successful overall but not without difficulties. Those who enforce the ESA, for example, struggle to achieve viable recovery goals for many species. At the forefront of challenges is a reactive framework that sometimes leads to perverse incentives and legal battles that strain support and resources. Further, few species have been delisted. Proactive Strategies ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520276888
SKU
V9780520276888
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About C. Josh (Ed) Donlan
C. Josh Donlan is director and founder of Advanced Conservation Strategies, an organization that makes livelihoods and environments better through science, human-centered design, and innovation. He is a recipient of Fulbright and Guggenheim fellowships and has published over eighty scientific and public articles in venues such as Nature, Conservation Biology, and PNAS.
Reviews for Proactive Strategies for Protecting Species: Pre-Listing Conservation and the Endangered Species Act
"A breath of fresh air... This book represents the first concerted, pragmatic effort to examine how [PLC programs] might actually be accomplished in a market-based framework."
Robin S. Waples BioScience "I appreciated the diversity of land uses represented in the text, from agriculture and forestry to energy development to military training. The diversity of geographic areas and ecosystems presented ... Read more
Robin S. Waples BioScience "I appreciated the diversity of land uses represented in the text, from agriculture and forestry to energy development to military training. The diversity of geographic areas and ecosystems presented ... Read more