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Energy Sprawl Solutions

Balancing Global Development and Conservation

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  • © 2017

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Editors:
  1. Joseph M. Kiesecker

    1. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, USA

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  2. David E. Naugle

    1. Dept. Ecosystem & Conservation Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, USA

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  • Offers a practical, science-driven approach to balancing energy development and biodiversity protection

  • Provides succinct case studies of project sites around the world, each featuring a different energy sector

  • Illustrated with clear maps and graphics, providing geographic context for sited projects presented

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. A Glimpse into Future Sprawl

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-4
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    2. Geography of Risk

      • James Oakleaf, Christina M. Kennedy, Sharon Baruch-Mordo, Joseph M. Kiesecker
      Pages 7-19

    3. Challenges of a Green Future

      • Gert Jan Kramer
      Pages 20-30

  3. Solutions for Reducing Energy Sprawl

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-36
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    2. Energy Sprawl and Wildlife Conservation

      • Mark Hebblewhite
      Pages 38-50

    3. Win-Win for Wind and Wildlife

      • Joseph M. Kiesecker, Jeffrey S. Evans, Kei Sochi, Joe Fargione, Dave Naugle, Kevin Doherty
      Pages 52-64

    4. Solar Energy Development and Regional Conservation Planning

      • D. Richard Cameron, Laura Crane, Sophie S. Parker, John M. Randall
      Pages 66-75

    5. Planning for Offshore Oil

      • Eduardo Klein, Juan José Cardenas, Roger Martínez, Juan Carlos González, Juan Papadakis, Kei Sochi et al.
      Pages 76-87

    6. Energy and Ecosystem Services in Latin America

      • Heather Tallis
      Pages 88-98

    7. Biofuels Expansion and Environmental Quality in Brazil

      • Christina M. Kennedy, Peter L. Hawthorne, Kei Sochi, Daniela A. Miteva, Leandro Baumgarten, Elizabeth M. Uhlhorn et al.
      Pages 100-111

    8. Sustainable Energy and Healthy Rivers

      • Jeff J. Opperman
      Pages 112-124

  4. Making Best Practice Common Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-128
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    2. Policies, Practices, and Pathways for Sustainable Energy

      • Linda Krueger, Bruce McKenney, Graham Watkins, Amal-Lee Amin
      Pages 130-141

    3. The Last Word

      • Joseph M. Kiesecker, David E. Naugle
      Pages 143-145

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 147-172
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About this book

The editors provide a roadmap for preserving biodiversity despite the threats of energy sprawl. Their strategy—development by design—brings together companies, communities, and governments to craft blueprints for sustainable land development. This commonsense approach identifies and preemptively sets aside land where biodiversity can thrive while consolidating development in areas with lower biodiversity value. This approach makes sense for energy industries and governments, which can confidently build sustainability into their energy futures.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, USA

    Joseph M. Kiesecker

  • Dept. Ecosystem & Conservation Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, USA

    David E. Naugle

About the editors

Joseph M. Kiesecker is a Lead Scientist for The Nature Conservancy’s Conservation Lands Team. In this capacity his main responsibilities include developing new tools, methods, and techniques that improve conservation. He pioneered the Conservancy’s Development by Design strategy, to improve impact mitigation through the incorporation of predictive modeling to provide solutions that benefits conservation goals and development. He also conducts his own research in areas ranging from disease ecology, to the effectiveness of new conservation tools such as conservation easements.

His training was in ecology, conservation biology and animal behavior, with a Ph.D. from Oregon State University in 1997. He has held faculty appointments at Yale University, Penn State University and currently holds a faculty appointment at the University of Wyoming. He has been a Donnelly Fellow, and has received funding for his research from National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the IUCN and numerous private foundations. Kiesecker has published over 100 articles, on topics ranging from climate change to the effectiveness of conservation strategies; examples of his work have been published in Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Conservation Biology, Ecology and American Scientist.

His past work has focused primarily on the conservation and ecology of freshwater systems. In particular, he has been interested in the global amphibian decline phenomenon. This line of research has involved investigating how perturbations resulting from climate change and land use changes can stress organisms, making them more susceptible to disease. He began his job with the Conservancy in 2004 with the challenge of putting years of classroom teaching and academic research into conservation practice in the real world. Kiesecker has been married for thirteen years to his wife Cheri, together they have a 9 year son (Jackson) and 7 year old son (Griffin).

David Naugle is Professor of Wildlife Biology at the University of Montana in Missoula.

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