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Harnessing The Power Of Information To Protect Our Public Natural Resource Legacy, Alyson C. Flournoy, Heather Halter, Christina Storz
Harnessing The Power Of Information To Protect Our Public Natural Resource Legacy, Alyson C. Flournoy, Heather Halter, Christina Storz
UF Law Faculty Publications
In practice, our laws have proven unequal to the lofty objectives of preserving a legacy of public natural resources for our children or achieving sustainable use of these resources. There are many factors that contribute to this shortfall, but inherent inadequacies in the design of these statutes cannot be overlooked as an important determinant. Despite the statutes' broadly stated aspirations toward sustainability and protection of the interests of future generations, only a handful of these statutes include strong and enforceable mandates for sustainable resource use. Many of these statutes accord natural resource-management agencies broad discretion to balance and permit a …