Overview
- The only volume on the rapid expansion of energy development throughout the West makes the book a must-have for the target audience
- As reviewers note, linking of science to practical on-the-ground management and conservation makes the book relevant and valuable to people working in the field
- Editor as well as contributors are well-known professionals, state and federal biologists, and research scientists, who represent well the people responsible for implementing the recommendations in the book
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Energy Development and the Human Footprint
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Biological Response of Wildlife and Invasive Plants to Energy Development
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Conservation by Design: Planning and Implementing Solutions
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About this book
Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North America offers a road map for securing our energy future while safeguarding our wildlife heritage. Contributors show how science can help craft solutions to conflicts between wildlife and energy development by delineating core areas, identifying landscapes that support viable populations, and forecasting future development scenarios to aid in conservation design.
The book calls for a shift away from site-level management that has failed to mitigate cumulative impacts on wildlife populations toward broad-scale planning and implementation of conservation in priority landscapes. It concludes by identifying ways that decision makers can remove roadblocks to conservation, and provides a blueprint for implementing conservation plans.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Energy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North America
Editors: David E. Naugle
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-022-4
Publisher: Island Press Washington, DC
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Island Press 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-1-61091-022-4Published: 20 September 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 308
Number of Illustrations: 21 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sustainable Development, Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management, Energy Systems, Nature Conservation, Renewable and Green Energy
