Defending Illusions: Federal Protection of EcosystemsThis book examines the science, philosophy, and law of ecosystem management. It shows how efforts to make federal protection of ecosystems the centerpiece of national environmental policy rest on weak science and a worldview that places concern fo the well-being of nature ahead of the well-being of people. The author goes on to suggest how we can improve our stewardship of the land. |
Contents
Everyone Knows What an Ecosystem Is Or Do They? | 23 |
Mapping Ecosystems | 43 |
Visions of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem | 69 |
Claims of Environmental Calamity | 89 |
Nature Worship and the New Paradigm | 115 |
Science Ecosystems and the Emperors New Clothes | 139 |
The Law and Ecosystem Protection | 171 |
Ecosystem Protection Proposals | 207 |
Human Consequences of the New Paradigm | 231 |
Improving Environmental Stewardship | 259 |
Knowledge and Responsibility | 287 |
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