Principles of Ecosystem Stewardship Resilience-Based Natural Resource Management in a Changing World /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Folke, Carl (Editor), Kofinas, Gary P. (Editor), Chapin, F. Stuart (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Subjects: Environment.; Ecosystems.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Environmental management.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Ecotoxicology.; Nature conservation.; Nature Conservation.; Environmental Management.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.

Natural resource management is entering a new era in which rapid environmental and social changes inevitably alter ecosystems and the benefits they provide to society. This textbook provides a new framework for natural resource management—a framework based on stewardship of ecosystems for ecological...