Authors
Marc Mangel, Lee M Talbot, Gary K Meffe, M Tundi Agardy, Dayton L Alverson, Jay Barlow, Daniel B Botkin, Gerardo Budowski, Tim Clark, Justin Cooke, Ross H Crozier, Paul K Dayton, Danny L Elder, Charles W Fowler, Silvio Funtowicz, Jarl Giske, Rober J Hofman, Sidney J Holt, Stephen R Kellert, Lee A Kimball, Donald Ludgwig, Kjartan Magnusson, Ben S Malayang III, Charles Mann, Elliott A Norse, Simon P Northridge, William F Perrin, Charles Perrings, Elliott a Norse, Simon P Northridge, William F Perrin, Charles Perrings, Randall M Peterman, George B Rabb, Henry A Regier, John E Reynolds III, Kenneth Sherman, Michael P Sissenwine, Time D Smith, Anthony Starfield, Robert J Taylor, Michael F Tillman, Catherine Toft, John R Twiss Jr, James Wilen, Truman P Young
Publication date
1996/5
Journal
Ecological applications
Volume
6
Issue
2
Pages
338-362
Publisher
Ecological Society of America
Description
We describe broadly applicable principles for the conservation of wild living resources and mechanisms for their implementation. These principles were engendered from three starting points. First, a set of principles for the conservation of wild living resources (Holt and Talbot 1978) required reexamination and updating. Second, those principles lacked mechanisms for implementation and consequently were not as effective as they might have been. Third, all conservation problems have scientific, economic, and social aspects, and although the mix may vary from problem to problem, all three aspects must be included in problem solving. We illustrate the derivation of, and amplify the meaning of, the principles, and discuss mechanisms for their implementation. The principles are: Principle I. Maintenance of healthy populations of wild living resources in perpetuity is inconsistent with unlimited growth of human …
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