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Patching The Ark: Improving Legal Protection Of Biological Diversity, Holly Doremus
Patching The Ark: Improving Legal Protection Of Biological Diversity, Holly Doremus
Holly Doremus
Critiques the species-by-species approach of the 1973 Endangered Species Act (ESA) and discusses more holistic alternatives; US.
The Rhetoric And Reality Of Nature Protection: Toward A New Discourse, Holly Doremus
The Rhetoric And Reality Of Nature Protection: Toward A New Discourse, Holly Doremus
Holly Doremus
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Sciene Plays Defense: Natural Resource Management In The Bush Administration, Holly Doremus
Sciene Plays Defense: Natural Resource Management In The Bush Administration, Holly Doremus
Holly Doremus
The George W. Bush Administration has been criticized by scientists for its use of science in the policy arena generally, and for politicizing science. However, the problem is more one of the scientizing of politics, as the administration has shown that the rhetoric of science can be used defensively, as a barrier to regulation. Key methods used by the administration to pursue its strategy of defensive science in natural resource management are detailed. A more normatively defensible, and a more politically effective, strategy for conservationists would emphasize the need to bring transparency and a commitment to updating into the regulatory …