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The Necessity Of Changing What Is Possible: Implementing Large-Scale Wildlands Protection, David Johns
The Necessity Of Changing What Is Possible: Implementing Large-Scale Wildlands Protection, David Johns
Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
Presentation on the Wildlands Project approach to conservation
The Wildlands Project Outside North America, David Johns
The Wildlands Project Outside North America, David Johns
Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
The Wildlands Project seeks to create a connected system of protected areas across North America that will ensure the survival of all native species, including top predators and wideranging species, in the context of fully functioning ecosystems. Core protected areas are designated based on the biological needs of key species and the requirements of critical ecological processes. To work they must have, or will be restored to have, those attributes traditionally ascribed to wilderness. Some critics argue that The Wildlands Project model is inapplicable to other parts of the world, especially the developing world. The inapplicability is based on nonbiological …
Biological Science In Conservation, David Johns
Biological Science In Conservation, David Johns
Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
Large-scale wildlands reserve systems offer one of the best hopes for slowing, if not reversing, the loss of biodiversity and wilderness. Establishing such reserves requires both sound biology and effective advocacy. Attempts by The Wildlands Project and its cooperators to meld science and advocacy in the service of conservation is working, but is not without some problems. Scientists and advocates have differences in methods of work, different understandings of the origins and place of values in conservation, and differing expectations about the efficacy of biological information in achieving protection. Despite these differences, successful relationships can be forged where these differences …