The Laws of Nature : Reflections on the Evolution of Ecosystem Management Law & Policy.

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I: Understanding and Evaluating Ecosystem Management Thus Far -- 1. An Ecosystem Management Primer: History, Perceptions, and Modern Definition -- 2. Ecosystem-Based Management: An Empirical Assessment -- 3. Integrating Law, Policy, and Science in Managing and Restoring Ecosystems -- 4. Whatever Happened to Ecosystem Management and Federal Lands Planning? -- Part II: Letting Theory Inform Practice -- 5. Ecosystem Services and Ecosystem Management-How Good a Fit? -- 6. Ecosystem Management:A Policy-Oriented Jurisprudence Perspective -- Part III: Making Better Use of Existing Federal Law -- 7. Addition by Subtraction: NEPA Routines as Means to More Systemic Ends -- 8. Restoration and Law in Ecosystem Management -- 9. Landscape-scale Conservation and Ecosystem Services: Leveraging Federal Policies -- Part IV: Finding the Right Tools Going Forward -- 10. Wildlife Conservation, Climate Change, and Ecosystem Management -- 11. From Principles to Practice: Developing a Vision and Policy Framework to Make Ecosystem Management a Reality -- 12. Valuation and Payment for Ecosystem Services as Tools to Improve Ecosystem Management -- Index.

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