Perspectives on Ecological Integrity

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction to Perspectives on Ecological Integrity

   1. Introduction to Perspectives on Ecological Integrity

      • John Lemons, Laura Westra

      Pages 1-11

3. Conceptual Dimensions of Integrity

   1. Ecosystem Integrity and Sustainability: The Foundational Value of the Wild

      • Laura Westra

      Pages 12-33

   2. Ecological Integrity: Reclaiming Lost Connections

      • James R. Karr, Ellen W. Chu

      Pages 34-48

   3. Embracing Complexity the Challenge of the Ecosystem Approach

      • James J. Kay, Eric Schneider

      Pages 49-59

   4. Ecological Integrity and Sustainability: Buzzwords in Conflict?

      • Reed F. Noss

      Pages 60-76

   5. Ecosystem Integrity: A Causal Necessity

      • Robert E. Ulanowicz

      Pages 77-87

   6. Ecosystem Integrity in a Context of Ecostudies as Related to the Great Lakes Region

      • Henry A. Regier

      Pages 88-101

   7. Universal Environmental Sustainability and the Principle of Integrity

      • Robert Goodland, Herman Daly

      Pages 102-124

4. Integrity: Science, Ethics, and Policy

   1. Hard Ecology, Soft Ecology, and Ecosystem Integrity

      • Kristin Shrader-Frechette

      Pages 125-145

   2. Science for the Post Normal Age

      • S. O. Funtowicz, Jerome R. Ravetz

      Pages 146-161

   3. The Value of Integrity

      • Mark Sagoff

      Pages 162-176

5. Case Studies and Practical Consequences of Applying Integrity

   1. Ecological Integrity and National Parks

      • John Lemons

      Pages 177-201

   2. The Importance of Landscape in Ecosystem Integrity: The Example of Everglades Restoration Efforts

      • D. Martin Fleming, D. L. DeAngelis, W. F. Wolff

      Pages 202-217

   3. Integrity, Sustainability, Biodiversity and Forestry

      • Peter Miller

      Pages 218-238

   4. The Global Population, Food, and the Environment

      • David Pimentel

      Pages 239-253

   5. Sustainable Development and Economic Growth

      • Joel E. Reichart, Patricia H. Werhane

      Pages 254-264

   6. Ethical Obligations of Multinational Corporations to the Global Environment: The McDonald’s Corporation and Conservation

      • James D. Nations, Ray Cesca, J. Angus Martin, Thomas E. Lacher Jr.

      Pages 265-275

6. Back Matter

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Concepts of ecological integrity have recently been proposed to facilitate enhanced protection of biological and ecological resources against the threat of human activities. The promotion of ecological integrity as a basis for public policy and decision making stems from scientists and others concerned about the threats of human activities to ecosystems and species, and from philosophers attempting to derive a more suitable ethic to guide the relationships between humans and the non-human environment. Although ecological integrity has been proposed as a norm for public policy and decision making, the concept is relatively new and therefore the underlying scientific and philosophical rationales have not been fully developed. This book offers a number of perspectives to stimulate and inform future discussion on the importance and consequences of ecological integrity for science, morality and public policy.
Audience: Environmental professionals, whether academic, governmental or industrial, or working in the private consultancy sector. Also suitable as an upper-level reference text.

• biodiversity
• development
• ecosystem
• ethics
• morality
• sustainability
• sustainable development

`Appropriately assuming that environmental policy is both a matter of science and ethics, this book compellingly argues that ecosystem integrity should be the goal of environmental policy.'
Donald A. Brown, Director Bureau of Hazardous Sites and Superfund Enforcement, Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Resources, Harrisburg
`Westra and Lemons have done an admirable job fleshing out the debate on the role of ecological integrity in environmental decisionmaking.'
Margaret Mellon, Director Biotechnology and Agricultural Program, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, D.C.

• Department of Philosophy, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada

  Laura Westra

• Department of Life Sciences, University of New England, Biddeford, USA

  John Lemons

Policies and ethics