Integrated science for ecosystem management: an achievable imperative

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Integrated science for ecosystem management is an achievable goal and a must, although the challenges are difficult ones in the real world. The science of conservation biologists may not be adequate for the task of identifying opportunities for improvement. Someone must pay for the changes in study, practice, field work and research that are to come, but funding shapes educational priorities on North American campuses. Funding is usually from the government, which has shown some reluctance to fund the needed programs. Conservation biologists trying to find interdisciplinary approaches may find it hard to even find places to apply for funding, although some 70 conservation biology programs can be found in colleges and universities in the US and Canada. Conservation biologists must work with managers and educate politicians. US government agencies that relate to these problems and are in many cases in transition are reviewed with some recent history.

Canada, Practice, Economic policy, Political aspects, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, United States. Congress, Biotic communities, Biological diversity conservation, Biodiversity conservation, United States. National Science Foundation, United States. Forest Service, Federal aid to higher education, Government aid to higher education, United States. Department of the Interior, United States. National Park Service

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The complex links between governance and biodiversity

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Environmental protection regulations and its impacts on a region's biodiversity is examined.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Legal/Government Regulation, Evaluation, Laws, regulations and rules, Biological diversity, Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Environmental issue

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