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Ecosystem Sustainability News Results

·29/6/2009 - Peer Pressure Plays Key Role In Environmental Behavior, redOrbit

·29/4/2009 - Dryland development needs science and sustainability, SciDev.Net

·18/4/2009 - Worst Environmental Problem? Overpopulation, Experts Say, ScienceDaily

·11/4/2009 - California: State must rescue delta from crisis, San Francisco Chronicle

·30/3/2009 - United Kingdom: Living walls and green roofs pave way for biodiversity in new building, Guardian

·5/1/2009 - New cash crop for farmers could be carbon trade, News-Post

·4/12/2008 - Eco-problems of the 80s return to haunt us, New Scientist

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·Environment Outlook in Amazonia

·Global Terrestrial Observing System

·Sustainable Ecosystems Institute

·Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

· EcoEarth.Info Environmental Sustainability Portal

·The State of the Nation's Ecosystems

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1. Forests           Rank: 73%

Forests in Landscapes Ecosystem approaches to sustainability The Earthscan Forestry Library Forests in Landscapes: Ecosystem Approaches to Sustainability Jeffrey A. Sayer and Stewart Maginnis (eds) The Politics of Decentralization: Forest, Power and People Carol J. Pierce Colfer and Doris Capristrano (eds) Plantations, Privatization, Poverty and Power: Changing Ownership and Management of State Forests Mike Garforth and James Mayers (eds) The Sustainable Forestry Handbook 2nd edition Sophie...
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2. ECOSYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH           Rank: 72%

ECOSYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH Bernard T. Bormann USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station Forestry Sciences Laboratory 3200 SW Jefferson Way Corvallis, OR 97331 Ecosystem sustainability is the stated goal for Federal land managers; adaptive management is proposed as the principal means by which sustainability can be achieved. Ecosystem sustainability, adaptive management, and other terms now have multiple meanings, and any debate about their use...
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3. Analysis of the Management Situation           Rank: 72%

Analysis of the Management Situation Ecosystem Restoration and Sustainability on the Mark Twain National Forest Introduction ___ Ecosystem restoration and sustainability are integral components in the restoration and maintenance of Missouri's distinctive natural communities and species viability. Most people (including resource specialists and scientists) do not fully understand what ecosystems are, primarily because few have experienced truly...
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4. APPENDIX D: GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF ECOSYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY           Rank: 72%

Appendix D Sustainability through Ecosystem Restoration Mark Twain National Forest Cover image: Post oak flatwoods Photographer: Paul Nelson, Mark Twain National Forest Appendix D-Sustainability through Ecosystem Restoration Appendix D Sustainability through Ecosystem Restoration Introduction The ecosystem approach to management is a strategy for protecting biodiversity and maintaining species viability on the Mark Twain National Forest. The approach to managing for diverse and sustainable...
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5. ** Reflections on "A Definition of Sustainability for Ecosystem...           Rank: 71%

Eco-Watch 7/20/94 Reflections on "A Definition of Sustainability for Ecosystem Management," by Dave Iverson and Zane Cornett. by Doug MacCleery1 I applaud the authors' efforts to come to grips with what is a central issue to successfully implementing ecosystem management -- defining sustainability, or to state it in another way, to define what values, uses, and natural processes we will purposely seek to sustain over time. There are many efforts currently going on to define sustainable...
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6. Discussion topics           Rank: 71%

Using logic to evaluate forest ecosystem sustainability 1 Keith M. Reynolds, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station Sean N. Gordon, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station K. Norman Johnson. Oregon State Univ., College of Forestry, Dept. of Forest Resources "All models are wrong; some models are useful" (Box 1979, p. 212). Introduction In this paper, we have three objectives: 1) to illustrate the utility of a logic-based approach to evaluating the sustainability...
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7. Crossing Scales and Disciplines to Achieve Forest Sustainability           Rank: 71%

of a Special Feature on Crossing Scales and Disciplines to Achieve Forest Sustainability Crossing Scales and Disciplines to Achieve Forest Sustainability Michael J. Papaik 1 , Brian Sturtevant 2 , and Christian Messier 1 Key Words: decision support; ecosystem management; forest sustainability; interdisciplinary modeling; land planning; participatory modeling; scaling; sustainable forest management. Forest land managers are faced with unprecedented global pressures to produce resources for human...
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