Converging on Marine Reserves

Amber, Dave. 2001. “Converging on Marine Reserves.” The Scientist 15(8).

Research and policy point to protected ocean parks to protect threatened marine resources.
Anderson, Anthony B. (ed). 1990. Alternatives to Deforestation: Steps Toward Sustainable Use of the Amazon Rain Forest. Columbia University Press.

Case studies presenting options available to managers and local people hoping to deter deforestation in Amazonia.

Proceedings of an international conference convened by the Wilderness Society, American Forests, and the World Resources Institute on ecosystem management in forests.

Cyanide fishing is decimating the IndoPacific’s species-rich reefs but steps are being taking to turn the tide.

Explains the role of fire in forest regeneration and how it might be reintroduced.

Remote sensing can’t detect selective logging, which may have doubled the amount of damage to the Amazonian forest compared to satellite estimates.

A landmark project reveals a correspondence between indigenous land use and the survival of natural areas.

The ecological impacts of wildland fire-suppression activities may surpass the impacts of the fire itself.

Examines the evolution of the wilderness ethic in one of the leaders in the American Conservation movement.

In fragmented landscapes, species must traverse potentially dangerous territory to move between habitat patches.

Examines the role of business in creation and development of our national parks.

Bass, grizzly expert Doug Peacock, and biologist Dennis Sizemore search for grizzly bears in Colorado’s San Juan mountains.

A collection of essays about the Yaak Valley of northwestern Montana.

A lyrical description of the 10,000 acre Gold Hill roadless area in Northwest Montana.

A plan to save 15.5 million acre of spectacular wilderness in British Columbia’s northern Rockies is starting to unravel.

Indigenous people can provide high-quality biological specimens and ecological information, while education of local people in conservation biology is an important tool in forest protection.

An updated overview of coastal planning and management.

A leading resource management scholar presents a history and analysis of public lands management in the United States.

Comparison of terrestrial mammals from five continents indicate that remnant long-distant migrants have poor long-term prospects.

How to ensure that forests are managed for people, not profit.

Suggests conceptual shifts—toward a systems view, toward the inclusion of humans in the ecosystem, and toward participatory approaches to ecosystem management that are essential in community-based conservation.

How private forests can be sustainably managed.

A reprint of a classic set of essays about living at the edge of the sea on Cape Cod.

Logging in the Ozark National Forest is causing erosion and stream damage.

Criteria for green forest products.

Medicinal plants such as ginseng and goldseal are disappearing from our forests at an alarming rate.

A report from the Nature Conservancy on its experiences in protecting natural areas in Latin America and the Caribbean.

A survey of community land management and sustainable forestry.

A herd of 400 bison have been reintroduced to the Nature Conservancy's Niobara Valley Preserve to restore grassland ecosystems.

Shade-grown chocolate could help bring back endangered rainforests.

The Atlantic forest of Brazil may be the first of the world’s hotspots to heal. Or maybe not.

Indigenous people protest conservation plans developed without their participation.

Overgrazing causes soil erosion.

Community-based conservation sometimes works better than simply putting up a fence and saying, “this is a park.”

A description of the taungya system of agroforestry in Burma as a model of sustainable social forestry.

A new generation of forest managers works with fire, rather than just fighting it.

Coral reefs rival tropical rainforests in species richness, but 58 percent of all reefs are threatened by human activities.

Traces the complex relationship between Native Americans and our National Parks.

A handbook for practitioners in restoration ecology.

The politics and ecology for a Buffalo Commons in the Great Plains.

The author, in collaboration with The Women’s Group of Xapuri, Acre, Brazil, addresses women’s work in the forests and their more active economic and political participation in the movement.

Great photos of Vancouver Island’s Clayoquot Sound, site of Canada’s largest environmental protest.

A critique of the three largest international conservation organizations and their treatment of indigenous people. See volume 18, number 1 of the January/February 2005 issue for responses by the NGOs and others.

A movement to protect and restore prairies in the journal formerly known as Amicus Journal.

Western ranch lands are being divided up for vacation homes and hobby farms. Conservationists and ranchers are working together to save open space.

Discusses reserve design principles for oak savanna restoration,

A stinging criticism of Chinese forestry policies in Tibet. Part of a special section on the conservation crisis in Asia.

Bridges, culverts, and other wildlife corridors can be effective in connecting isolated habitats, but human dimensions must be considered as well.

Corporate ski resorts foster sprawl, consume resources, and damage forest habitat.

Local knowledge and cooperation are important in conservation.

Case studies from Guatemala, Brazil, Zaire, Thailand, and Indonesia that link land rights and economics with forest destruction.

Underwater refuges may be the best idea the U.S. has ever had.

Documents the forces involved in rainforest destruction. Includes a firsthand account of the killing of rubber-tapper Chico Mendez.

Local interests may be at odds with biological preservation.

The results of 31 years of groundbreaking but controversial wildlife research.

A collection of essays by noted environmental historians and philosophers about our attitudes toward nature.

How do you manage a wilderness full of human history?

Once abundant, this beautiful amphibian disappeared abruptly.

Removing sea grass so tourists can swim comfortably damages aquatic ecosystems.

A screening system can determine which exotic species are most problematic.

Argues that ranchers, environmentalists, and government agents can find realistic compromises on how to manage western rangelands.

An introduction to forest management and land-use planning.

Investigates fire impact on nesting bird populations.

An excellent history of sustainable forestry practices in the Menominee Forest of Wisconsin.

Describes how the Quivira Coalition attempts to find a middle ground between grazing and preservation of western rangelands.

Marine resources need protection.

Paying tropical countries to manage their forests sustain ably can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

A conference of experts conclude that many of the justifications for salvage logging have no ecological basis.

Suggests a framework for prioritizing fuel treatments and restoration activities in the wildlands-urban intermix versus those in areas farther from human settlement.

A plan to restore animals that disappeared 13,000 years ago from Pleistocene North America offers an alternative conservation strategy for the twenty-first century.

Examines the history of public lands in the United States and the challenges in managing them.

Describes problems in wildfire suppression and suggests alternative management practices to restore forest health.

Records a century of research and management of Kruger National Park in South Africa.

If forests are allowed to regenerate, many animal species can be preserved.

The story of Pacific Lumber and the struggle to save the last remaining old growth redwood forest in private hands.

Logging without laws in American forests.

After four decades, a pulp mill closes in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. What is next for the land and the people?

The human history and ecology of southern pine forests.

The logger barons control 95 percent of the timber trade and 111 million acres. See other related articles in this same issue.

Off-road vehicle traffic is increasing in national forests as is the controversy over where and how their use should be regulated.

Scientists track down wildlife poachers.

A plea to save the Arctic national Wildlife Refuge.

Argues that clearcut logging upstream threatens to bury California’s Redwood National Park in mudslides and debris.

Zoos are saving wildlife in wild places.

The world’s largest wetland is threatened by development.

To determine what needs to be restored and how to do it, we need to understand what ecosystems were like before they were disturbed.

There is more wilderness to be found in the abandoned homesteads and second growth of New England than in the western U.S., the author claims.

Explores the relation between people and their environment.

In small marine preserves, mere enclosure may not be enough to preserve communities; active restoration approaches, such as the "gardening concept" may be needed.

Ecological, economic, and legal issues of land use in floodplains, with case studies and suggestions for making floodplains safe for development through locally based planning and flood hazard management.

Identifies 10 common 'mistakes' in using biodiversity indicators from the standpoint of making better forest management choices.

Sometimes it isn’t a simple matter to restore rare species.

Coastal mangrove forests are disappearing rapidly worldwide despite their high biological value. This report compares rates and causes of deforestation, reforestation techniques, and costs and benefits to local communities.

An application of GIS to landscape analysis.

The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society's quarterly surveys the state of parks and preserves in Canada and prospects of completing the system of protected areas proposed in the national Green Plan.

Grazing on Swiss meadows can gradually lead to the loss of species diversity.

Examines the laws and policies governing wildlife refuges.

An examination of how land-use and landcover change may affect global climate.

What is sustainable tourism and how can it be applied?

Argues that private land ownership carries public obligations.

A collection of views on the need for and practice of restoration in this important biome.

A hard look at the effects of ecotourism in Guatemala. See also article by Michael Passoff in same issue.

Prairie conservation is taking root, but federal farm policy is still busting sod.

In a remote, mountainous region of western Yunnan, four of the great rivers of Southeast Asia run in parallel through a magnificent but relatively unknown parkland.

No take zones help replenish adjacent fish stocks.

Bridging two worlds is difficult.

What are the causes and effects of global deforestation?

Native Americans work to restore wild bison.

Lead article in a special issue on the U.S. Wildlife Refuge System.

A case for wildlife corridors in the northern Rockies.

Proceedings of the Second Biennial Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

A protest against cutting California’s Headwaters Forest.

Traditional forest inhabitants resist scientific forestry and nationalization of local resources.

No take zones help replenish adjacent fish stocks.

Whooping cranes have made a comeback. It's their Texas refuge that's eroding.

Great photographs of the monarch butterfly sanctuaries in Mexico.

Ecuadorian natives protest oil pollution and degradation of traditional lands.

Buying “green” products isn’t enough to save biodiversity in the tropics. A plan for marketing conservation services may be the answer.

The ongoing battle between environmentalists and business over irreplaceable natural resources in California.

A good description of forest fires, many deliberately set, that darkened southeast Asian skies.

A comprehensive examination of the more than 550,000 miles of roads that crisscross our national parks, national forests, Bureau of Land Management lands, and wildlife refuges

Effects of motorized access on public lands.

A series of classic papers on how traditional resource access was criminalized.

Some biomes are well represented among protected areas, while others are not.

Traces European exploitation of the Amazon, starting with the rubber boom of the last century and continuing to the present. Argues that only "socialist ecology" can save the forest.

Conservationists the Northwest Forest Plan.

A masterful compilation of information about a forest ecosystem.

Describes how the husbandry of living resources, particularly partnerships between plants and soil organisms, can help support sustainable agriculture.

Can military bases provide habitat for endangered species?

We need more coastal reserves.

Some biomes have fairly good protection levels, but others—particularly temperate grasslands and Mediterranean biomes need more protection.

A survey of both good and bad examples of ecotourism from around the world.

A proposal for rating lodges, resorts, tour operators, and other sectors of the tourism industry for their environmental and social impacts.

As expected, small habitat fragments have less genetic diversity than larger areas.

Land logged a century or two ago in the eastern U.S. is regaining old growth status.

Updates a classic on restoration of the United States greatest estuary.

A richly illustrated article about saving the Zumwalt Prairie in Oregon.

Biological reserves may be the best way to protect endemic species.

Major agroforestry systems are estimated to cover 45 million ha. in China, and agroforestry is reported to have a positive effect on soil conservation and biodiversity.

Traces the emergence of deforestation as an issue on the international political agenda and assesses the prospects for future agreements.

Fire suppression has reduced habitat for some rare and endangered species.

Profiles from more than 20 states of farmers, ranchers, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations who are striving to develop and renew successful agricultural practices that are compatible with wild nature.

Proceedings of the workshop on biosphere reserves, World Conservation Congress, Montreal 1996.

A newly discovered population of orangutans in Borneo is endangered by logging.

Forest Service employees decry the politicization of top ranks in the USFS.

An analysis of the need for and benefits of sustainable forestry practices.

The Bush Administration has ordered the Bureau of Land Management to stop designating wilderness areas in the western U.S.

A vision of a new environmental ethic based on two decades of experience in restoring nature.

GIS is a useful tool for policy makers.

Examples of habitat conservation plans and restoration planning.

How should native land claims be recognized?

This study shows that preserving individual species may not be the best way to protect overall biodiversity.

Profiles of five of our most important forest species followed by an excellent review of sustainable forestry practices and sustainable wood marketing programs.

An overview of the state of wilderness in the U.S.

What’s the place of high technology in the wilderness?

A sympathetic look at how establishing Redwood National Park affects local communities.

Residents in the Yucatan jungle defend the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve.

Ranchers, environmentalists, and federal agencies work together to preserve fragile New Mexican grasslands.

A thought-provoking look at ranchers' ecological commitments to the land, their cultural commitments to American society, and the economic role ranching plays in sustainable food production and the protection of biodiversity.

A comprehensive work focused on real-world applications of ecosystem management, new forestry, and sustainability.

Stories from around the world about successful sylvan conservation, showing how the lives of people and communities have been integrated with the preservation, use, and enjoyment of forests.

Details the centuries-long political struggle between foresters, government officials, herders and farmers over the proper use of fire in one of the world’s richest biodiversity hotspots.

Raises questions about the effectiveness of floodplain management and federal flood insurance.

A salt lake sacred to the Zuni people is threatened by a coal mine.

Deforestation varies substantially between Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Africa.

Discusses why pastoralists suffer from their loss of lands, how they organize themselves in relation to land, what distinguishes them from other land users, and the relationship between land tenure and the changes taking place on Africa’s rangelands.

Describes bushmeat hunting and Paul Elkin’s efforts to control it in the Gualago Triangle adjacent to Nouable-Ndoki National Park in the Congo.

Amazonian understory birds respond negatively to artificial edges created by roads.

Even 'untouched' rainforests are being hit by environmental change.

How to understand, manage, and conserve the remaining fragments of tropical forests around the world. Summarizes what is known about the ecology, management, restoration, socioeconomics, and conservation of fragmented forests.

Logging in tropical lowlands has serious impacts on ecosystems in adjacent mountains.

No differences were detected in genetic diversity in a major tree species comparing two regenerated forest stands and an undisturbed control area after selective logging in Malaysia.

Lead article on ecological restoration of the Everglades in a special issue devoted entirely to the politics, biology, and opportunities in this vast wetland.

A human and natural history of the river of grass.

Salvage harvesting often undermines many of the benefits of ecosystem disturbance.

Practical essays on sustainable forestry by forest ecologists and managers from around the world.

While most efforts at biodiversity conservation have focused on protected areas and reserves, the surrounding, unprotected lands are equally important to preserving global biodiversity and maintaining forest health.

Gap analysis is used to evaluate whether the genetic resources conserved in situ in protected areas are adequate for conifers in western Oregon and Washington (U.S.A.).

Climate change has unleashed massive pest outbreaks in the boreal forest.

Breeding programs may be able to save endangered animals, but as habitat disappears, will these creatures be condemned to captivity?

Theory, history, and case studies of the effects of national parks on rural development.

There are many definitions for “old growth,” but none captures all the characteristics of this forest type.

Lead article in a special issue on European landscape ecology.

Discusses the need for fire to regenerate forests.

A comprehensive survey of world vegetation and land use changes.

A guide to up-scale ecotourist lodges around the world.

Examines logging practices and corruption in Papua, New Guinea.

A reissue of a 1933 classic by the founder of the Wilderness Society.

Increasing domestic forest protection without simultaneously decreasing demand for wood necessitates an increase in foreign imports, introducing a negative impact on forest biodiversity elsewhere, which may come back to haunt you.

First in a series of articles on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and why it should be left alone.

After stamping out forest fires for decades, the government wants the American West to go to blazes.

A history of the Adirondack Park and the problems of mixing people with wilderness.

An enthusiast’s description of the National Wilderness System.

How is the U.S. Congress spending the $900 million annual fund for purchasing new parks and preserves?

Photos and descriptions of the newest national monuments.

How a supposedly sustainable logging program led to over harvesting.

Theory and examples of innovative financing for conservation.

A critique of land trusts and conservation easements.