Conservation for a New Generation

by Knight, Richard L.; White, Courtney

• ISBN13: 9781597264389
• ISBN10: 1597264385
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-07
• Publisher: Island Pr

Summary

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 organizations and private landowners, and fueled by economic incentives, to promote both healthy natural communities and healthy human communities. Conservation for a New Generationcaptures 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 emphasizes building strong relationships results in outcomes that are beneficial to both people and land.

Author Biography

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 organization
dedicated to building bridges between ranchers, conservationists, public land
managers, scientists, and others.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
This Place in Time	p. 11
Agencies and Institutions: The Need for Innovation	p. 31
Natural Resource Agencies: The Necessity for Change	p. 33
Public Lands: Better Policies from Better Politics	p. 48
Parks and Protected Areas: Conserving Lands across Administrative Boundaries	p. 61
Innovators Down Under: New Zealand's Fisheries	p. 77
When Government Respects Landholders: Wildlife in Zimbabwe	p. 83
Kinzua Deer Cooperative: Conservation through Cooperation	p. 89
Working Wildlands	p. 96
A Changing Toolbox for Conservation	p. 103
Conservation Planning: New Tools and New Approaches	p. 105
Community Planning: Challenges, Obstacles, and Opportunities	p. 121
Economic Incentives: Conservation That Pays	p. 135
Ecosystem Services: The Nature of Valuing Nature	p. 155
Conservation at the Speed of Business	p. 170
California North Coast Forest Conservation Initiative	p. 177
Ranching for Family and Profit	p. 185
The Radical Center: Finding Common Ground	p. 191
Food and Open Spaces Bridging the Rural-Urban Divide	p. 193
Land Health: A Language to Describe the Common Ground Beneath Our Feet	p. 207
Reciprocity: Toward a New Relationship	p. 221
Communication Networks, Leadership, and Conservation in an African Seascape	p. 235
Farmer as Conservationist	p. 243
Wallowa County: The Power of "We"	p. 249
Collaboration as Teacher	p. 256
Groundswell: Community Dynamics from the Bottom Up	p. 263
Where Will the Moose Live?	p. 272
Conclusion: An Unprecedented Future	p. 285
List of Contributors	p. 297
Index	p. 305
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