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- Invaluable for scientists and policy makers alike when dealing with waste issues in the North Sea
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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About this book
Is ecological knowledge relevant for environmental policy and if so, to what extent and in what way? These are some of the basic questions addressed in this book.
Triggered by a series of oxygen depletion events in German, Danish and Swedish coastal waters at the beginning of the 1980s, international policies to reduce inputs of nitrogen and phosphorus to the North Sea were agreed upon by the North Sea states.
The book provides a critical analysis of the role, scientists and scientific information, as well as civil servants, have played in the formulation and implementation of these decisions.
Reviews
From the reviews of the first edition:
"This book focuses on the relevance of ecology for environmental policy by taking up the theme of marine eutrophication as an illustrative case. … The book presents an interesting account of developments in science and policy making in NW Europe and of their interacting processes. Therefore, the book makes a useful reading for both politicians and water quality managers, as it gives insight into the processes involved in interactions of science, policy making and politics." (Karel Essink, Aquatic Ecology, Vol. 40, 2006)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Folkert de Jong (1951) studied biology in Groningen (NL). He has more than 20 years experience with international environmental policy-making in the North Sea area. Since 1990 he has been deputy secretary of the International Wadden Sea Secretariat in Wilhelmshaven (Germany). In this position he was responsible for the coordination of quality assessments of the international Wadden Sea ecosystem and closely involved in the elaboration of North Sea quality status reports.
He now co-ordinates the activities of the trilateral Wadden Sea Forum, a platform of stakeholders from the Wadden Sea region, working on sustainable development perspectives and integrated coastal zone management.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Marine Eutrophication in Perspective
Book Subtitle: On the Relevance of Ecology for Environmental Policy
Authors: Folkert Jong
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-33648-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-33647-1Published: 22 May 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07018-1Published: 14 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-33648-8Published: 21 April 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 335
Topics: Ecotoxicology, Biogeosciences, Ecology, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Environmental Management, Political Science