scholarly journals Conservation for a New Generation: Redefining Natural Resources Management

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
N. R. Gunawardene
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
The United States ◽  
Science And Policy ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
The Us ◽  
Conservation Of Natural Resources ◽  
New Generation

Having studied environmental science and policy in the United States (US) during my undergraduate years, I was interested to read an overview of the legislative and administrative changes that have occurred in the US over the last 20 years. The first paragraph of the introduction thrust me into the position of the ?new generation? of natural resource practitioners that Professor Richard L. Knight?s generation has engendered. He put into perspective what my generation takes for granted- the cross-disciplinary nature of conservation biology and the effort that was required to get multi-disciplinary cooperation on environmental issues. The book is structured in three parts looking at current partners/stakeholders in land management, the tools that are available for conservation and land management and finally the middle ground, where the diverse parties involved in conservation of natural resources meet. Each part is supported by case studies, mainly from the US, written by people involved in each study.

Economic and Environmental Costs of Meat Waste in the US

2021 ◽  
pp. 685-702
Author(s):  
Nicholas Hardersen ◽  
Jadwiga R. Ziolkowska
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Nitrous Oxide ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
The United States ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Total Annual Cost ◽  
Livestock Breeding ◽  
The Us ◽  
Social And Environmental Impacts

Food waste is a major issue around the globe impacting food security, resource use, economic operations, and the environment. Meat waste, constituting approximately half of total annual meat production in the United States, is particularly relevant to address due to significant resource inputs used in livestock breeding and the meat production process. In this chapter, the authors monetize annual costs of natural resources including water, land, and energy, as well as emissions of methane and nitrous oxide embedded in wasted meat in the United States. Results indicate the total annual cost of $32-32.5 billion. The outcomes substantiate the need to reduce current levels of wasted meat in order to minimize economic, social, and environmental impacts on natural resources and make food and meat production more sustainable.

scholarly journals Process oriented thinking as a key for integration of ecohydrology, biotechnology and engineering for sustainable water resources management and ecosystems

2015 ◽  
Vol 366 ◽  
pp. 187-187
Author(s):  
M. Zalewski
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Well Being ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Societal Needs ◽  
Sustainable Water Resources Management

Abstract. The recent high rate of environmental degradation due to unsustainable use of water and other natural resources and mismanagement, is, in many cases, the result of a dominant sectoral approach, limited communication between different users and agencies, and lack of knowledge transfer between different disciplines, and especially lack of dialogue between environmental scientists and engineers. There is no doubt that the genuine improvement of human well-being has to be based on understanding the complexity of interactions between abiotic, biotic and socio-economic systems. The major drivers of biogeosphere evolution and function have been the cycles of water and nutrients in a complex array of differing climates and catchment geomorphologies. In the face of global climate change and unequally distributed human populations, the recent sectoral mechanistic approach in natural resources management has to be replaced by an evolutionary systems approach based on well-integrated problem-solving and policy-oriented environmental science. Thus the principles of ecohydrology should be the basis for further integration of ecology, hydrology, engineering, biotechnology and other environmental sciences. Examples from UNESCO IHP VII show how the integration of these will not only increase the efficiency of measures to harmonize ecosystem potentials with societal needs, but also significantly reduce the costs of sustainable environmental management.

scholarly journals Diversity Beyond Demographics: Environmental Worldviews of Forestry and Natural Resource Undergraduate Students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sativa Cruz ◽  
Chelsea Batavia ◽  
Ana Spalding ◽  
Ivan Arismendi ◽  
Michael Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Natural World ◽  
State University ◽  
Ethical Beliefs ◽  
The Us ◽  
Environmental Worldviews ◽  
New Generation

In U.S. academic institutions, efforts often concentrate on enhancing the recruitment of students from underrepresented groups, focusing on gender and/or race. Yet, non-demographic forms of diversity have received little attention, such as environmental worldviews, i.e., differences in the metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical beliefs that define how humans view, value, and interact with the natural world. Here, we develop an exploratory measure of environmental worldview diversity among undergraduate students enrolled in natural resource related programs. We tested our procedure at Oregon State University, a large public land-grant university in the US. Many students reported metaphysical, epistemological, and/or ethical beliefs that deviate from what has been philosophically characterized as the dominant western worldview of natural resources (anthropocentric, dualistic, hierarchical, utilitarian, mechanistic). Our results suggest that, although forestry students’ environmental worldviews are in some ways more closely aligned with the dominant western worldview than other students in natural resources, generally their worldviews reflect long-term generational shifts away from a strict resource-commodity value orientation, as documented in past research. Our findings highlight the importance of considering environmental worldviews as a dimension of diversity within the new generation natural resource students. Future efforts toward understanding these levels of difference can be important assets in designing programs which appeal to wide variety of students; ultimately helping efforts to recruit and retain a diverse of aspiring natural resource professionals.

Liability for Damage to Public Natural Resources under the 2004 EC Environmental Liability Directive: Standing and Assessment of Damages

2005 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward H.P. Brans
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Oil Pollution ◽  
Civil Liability ◽  
The United States ◽  
Environmental Liability ◽  
Locus Standi ◽  
The Us

This article focuses on the April 2004 EC Directive on Environmental Liability (Directive 2004/35/CE). It examines its measure of damages, its framework for assessing damages and its provisions regarding the issue of standing. Comparisons will regularly be made with the United States Oil Pollution Act of 1990, its natural resource damage regulations and its provisions on locus standi. Finally, a comparison is made with international civil liability conventions that cover damage to natural resources. The goal of the analysis is to show that the Directive's rules on assessing damages are inspired by the natural resource damage regulations of the US Oil Pollution Act, and secondly, to show that there is a difference between the measure of damages in the international civil liability conventions and the new Directive. *

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