| Implementing ecosystem management in public agencies: lessons from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service. | |
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PMID: 18254853 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Ecosystem management was formally adopted over a decade ago by many U.S. natural resource agencies, including the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. This approach calls for management based on stakeholder collaboration; interagency cooperation; integration of scientific, social, and economic information; preservation of ecological processes; and adaptive management. Results of previous studies indicate differences in the extent to which particular components of ecosystem management would be implemented within the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management and suggest a number of barriers thought to impede implementation. Drawing on survey and interview data from agency personnel and stakeholders, we compared levels of ecosystem-management implementation in the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management and identified the most important barriers to implementation. Agency personnel perceived similarly high levels of implementation on many ecosystem-management components, whereas stakeholders perceived lower levels. Agencies were most challenged by implementation of preservation of ecological processes, adaptive management, and integration of social and economic information, whereas the most significant barriers to implementation were political, cultural, and legal. |
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Authors:
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Tomas M Koontz; Jennifer Bodine |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology Volume: 22 ISSN: 1523-1739 ISO Abbreviation: Conserv. Biol. Publication Date: 2008 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-02-07 Completed Date: 2008-03-07 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9882301 Medline TA: Conserv Biol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 60-9 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, 210 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. koontz.31@osu.edu |
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Agriculture Conservation of Natural Resources / methods* Ecosystem* Forestry United States United States Government Agencies |
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