A Framework For Sustainable Ecosystem Management

National Forests were directed to change to ecosystem management,Ó under which policy the Forest Service was directed to manage by applying a concept of ecosystem sustainability. This report identifies problems specific to eastside ecosystems. Contents: problems extend beyond management practices & beyond the eastside; derive management principles; use an ecosystems approach; consider info. a primary resource; develop communities of interest; manage across boundaries, for change, & as an experiment; define objective measures of ecosystem sustainability; build a new management system & decision process. Also includes a 16-page report, Disburbance Ecology & Forest Management: A Review of the LiteratureÓ (1996).

"This book provides an integrated assessment of climate change impacts on agriculture, aquaculture, and fisheries and explores a set of strategies to secure sustainable food security"--

As the 21st century approaches, the need to put principles of sustainable living and ecosystem management into practice has never been so urgent. Ecosystem Management for Sustainability recognizes this need and shares the experiences of the editor and 54 contributing authors, each leaders in the advancement of ecosystem management and champions of the natural environment. The book uses the Man And Biosphere program as a case example of a wide variety of resource management activities at work. Through the multi-authored contributions to this book, documentation of a comprehensive spectrum of ecosystem management and sustainable development principles is achieved. Ecosystem Management for Sustainability provides a link between theory and practice of these two philosophies.