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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : MINN:31951P01067904S
Author : Barry Mackintosh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : National parks and reserves
ISBN : MINN:31951D025275869
Author : David N. Cole,Laurie Yung
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781597269117
The central concept guiding the management of parks and wilderness over the past century has been “naturalness”—to a large extent the explicit purpose in establishing these special areas was to keep them in their “natural” state. But what does that mean, particularly as the effects of stressors such as habitat fragmentation, altered disturbance regimes, pollution, invasive species, and climate change become both more pronounced and more pervasive? Beyond Naturalness brings together leading scientists and policymakers to explore the concept of naturalness, its varied meanings, and the extent to which it provides adequate guidance regarding where, when, and how managers should intervene in ecosystem processes to protect park and wilderness values. The main conclusion is the idea that naturalness will continue to provide an important touchstone for protected area conservation, but that more specific goals and objectives are needed to guide stewardship. The issues considered in Beyond Naturalness are central not just to conservation of parks, but to many areas of ecological thinking—including the fields of conservation biology and ecological restoration—and represent the cutting edge of discussions of both values and practice in the twenty-first century. This bookoffers excellent writing and focus, along with remarkable clarity of thought on some of the difficult questions being raised in light of new and changing stressors such as global environmental climate change.
Author : David Harmon
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Nature
ISBN : 2831702143
Author : Robert Manning
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781493060672
There are fifty-five National Heritage Areas scattered across the US and they continue to grow in number and diversity. Though they’re not officially national parks, their conservation, education, and recreation related objectives echo those of the national parks: to conserve nationally significant natural and cultural landscapes and to make them available to the public for purposes of education, recreation, and sustainable tourism-related economic development. But the methods of achieving these objectives are different—very different—than those used in the national parks. While both national parks and NHAs are established by Congress, national parks are conventionally large areas of public land that are owned and managed by the National Park Service (NPS). NHAs take a more inclusive, partnership-based approach to their work; they offer local citizens, government at all levels, non-profit organizations, and private sector enterprises the opportunity to define, celebrate and conserve the natural, historic, cultural, scenic and recreational resources that have been vital in shaping their identity and destiny. NHAs are composed primarily of private lands; they’re living landscapes where participants reside, work and play. Each chapter in this guidebook describes the remarkable natural and cultural resources that define NHAs and highlights nearby visitor attractions, enticing readers to visit NHAs and to enjoy and appreciate the attractions offered.
Author : Stuart Chape,Mark Spalding,Martin Jenkins
Publisher : Univ de Castilla La Mancha
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520246608
"Illustrated with maps, color photographs, and graphics, this reference offers a comprehensive status report on the world's 60,000 parks, nature reserves, and other land and marine areas designated as protected areas. It offers an overview of what these protected areas have and have not accomplished and what threats they face." -- Provided by publisher.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Historic Preservation
ISBN : MINN:31951D02401388Q
Author : David Harmon,Allen Putney
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2003-07-14
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780742581067
The Full Value of Parks is the first comprehensive look at the values associated with parks and other kinds of protected areas. Much has been written about the importance of parks to the tourism industry, yet the reasons why people care deeply about them usually have little or nothing to do with money. Instead, people value parks as sacred sanctuaries and places of spiritual self-discovery, as settings of breathtaking beauty, as venues of scientific inquiry, as destinations for much-needed recreation-even as places where one can go to heal a wounded psyche. The profound attachment that people feel to the world's great natural areas and cultural sites arises from an incredibly diverse, complex, and sometimes conflicting array of values. After a thorough overview of the kinds of values found in parks, the unique challenges of managing parks to accommodate differing viewpoints are surveyed in this path-breaking book. Drawing on insights from a broad group of international experts, and offering examples from Siberia to tropical Africa, from the Andes to the Australian outback, The Full Value of Parks is an engaging and lucid exploration of the entire range of benefits and values of protected areas-from economics to the intangible.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Outdoor recreation
ISBN : MINN:31951D02837511D
Author : United States. Forest Service. Northern Research Station
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Forests and forestry
ISBN : CORNELL:31924104473263
Author : Jerry Emory
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780226824949
"In 1927, at the age of twenty-three, George Meléndez Wright conceptualized and eventually funded the first wildlife survey of western National Parks, radically changing how the National Park Service (NPS) would manage natural resources under its charge. By the time Wright arrived in Yosemite National Park to work as a ranger naturalist-the first Hispanic person to occupy a professional position in the NPS-he had already visited every national park in the Western United States. At a time when national parks routinely fed bears garbage as part of "shows" and killed "bad" predators such as wolves and coyotes, Wright's new ideas for conservation set the stage for modern scientific management of parks and other public lands. Before his revolutionary ideas began to influence Park Service policy, however, Wright faced persistent pushback by an entrenched culture that disregarded wildlife apart from the role that fauna played as a tourist attraction. Nonetheless, he prevailed. Wright died tragically in a car accident in 1936, while working to establish parks and wildlife refuges on the US-Mexico border, and yet, to this day, he remains a celebrated figure among conservationists, wildlife experts, and park managers. Jerry Emory, a writer connected to Wright's family, draws on hundreds of letters, field notes, interviews, and other primary documents to offer both a biography of Wright and a historical account of a crucial period in the evolution of our parks. Including a foreword by former National Park Service director Jonathan Jarvis, the book explores and celebrates Wright's vision for science-based wildlife management and his vocal support of wilderness in our parks and asks if current practices have achieved his goals"--
Author : Chris Wilhelm
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780820368870
Author : IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. Special Meeting
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Landscape protection
ISBN : MINN:31951D02057990J
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : National parks and reserves
ISBN : MINN:30000010621153
Author : Robert Manning
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-11-05
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781493081424
There are twenty-four World Heritage Sites scattered across the United States.These U.S. World Heritage Sites are the most important natural and cultural areas around the world; these are the places that the United Nations, and the 167 countries it represents, have recognized as the most important contributions to the world’s heritage. World Heritage Sites are premier visitor destinations, yet most people are not familiar with the World Heritage Site designation and many of the places included on the World Heritage List. A Guide to America's World Heritage Sites: The Heritage of Humanity describes these twenty-four sites, including why they are so important, the visitor attractions they feature, and logistical advice on how to visit them.