Ecological Integrity: Integrating Environment, Conservation, and Health
edited by David Pimentel, Laura Westra and Reed F. Noss
Island Press, 2000 eISBN: 978-1-61091-063-7 | Cloth: 978-1-55963-807-4 | Paper: 978-1-55963-808-1 Library of Congress Classification QH541.15.E245E36 2000 Dewey Decimal Classification 304.2
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Global Integrity Project has brought together leading scientists and thinkers from around the world to examine the combined problems of threatened and unequal human well-being, degradation of the ecosphere, and unsustainable economies. Based on the proposition that healthy, functioning ecosystems are a necessary prerequisite for both economic security and social justice, the project is built around the concept of ecological integrity and its practical implications for policy and management.
Ecological Integrity presents a synthesis and findings of the project. Contributors -- including Robert Goodland, James Karr, Orie Loucks, Jack Manno, William Rees, Mark Sagoff, Robert Ulanowicz, Philippe Crabbe, Laura Westra, David Pimentel, Reed Noss, and others -- examine the key elements of ecological integrity and consider what happens when integrity is lost or compromised. The book:
examines historical and philosophical foundations of the concept of ecological integrity
explores how integrity can be measured
examines the relationships among ecological integrity, human health, and food production
looks at economic and ethical issues that need to be considered in protecting ecological integrity
offers concrete recommendations for reversing ecological degradation while promoting social and economic justice and welfare
.
Contributors argue that there is an urgent need for rapid and fundamental change in the ecologically destructive patterns of collective human behavior if society is to survive and thrive in coming decades.
Ecological Integrity is a groundbreaking book that integrates environmental science, economics, law, and ethics in problem analysis, synthesis, and solution, and is a vital contribution for anyone concerned with interactions between human and planetary health.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY David Pimentel is professor of ecology and agricultural science at Cornell University. Laura Westra is Barbara B. and Bertram J. Cohn Professor of Environmental Studies at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. Reed F. Noss is president and chief scientist for Conservation Science, Inc., president of the Society for Conservation Biology, and an international lecturer on biodiversity topics. He lives in Corvallis, Oregon.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I. Introduction and Outline of the Integrity Concept
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Ecological Integrity and the Aims of the Global Integrity Project
PART II. Historical and Philosophical Foundations
Chapter 3. Ecological Integrity and the Darwinian Paradigm
Chapter 4. Ecosystem Design in Historical and Philosophical Context
Chapter 5. Reconstructing Ecology
Chapter 6. Toward the Measurement of Ecological Integrity
PART III. The Sustainability and Integrity of Natural Resource Systems
Chapter 7. Environmental Sustainability and Integrity in the Agriculture Sector
Chapter 8. Patch Disturbance, Ecofootprints, and Biological Integrity: Revisiting the Limits to Growth (or Why Industrial Society Is Inherently Unsustainable)
Chapter 9. Can Canadian Approaches to Sustainable Forest Management Maintain Ecological Integrity?
Chapter 10. Pattern of Forest Integrity in the Eastern United States and Canada: Measuring Loss and Recovery
Chapter 11. Maintaining the Ecological Integrity of Landscapes and Ecoregions
Chapter 12. Health, Integrity, and Biological Assessment: The Importance of Measuring Whole Things
Chapter 13. Global Change, Fisheries, and the Integrity Of Marine Ecosystems: The Future Has Already Begun
PART IV. Human and Societal Health
Chapter 14. Global Environmental Change in the Coming Century: How Sustainable Are Recent Health Gains?
Chapter 15. Epidemiologic Methods for Assessing the Health Impact of Diminishing Ecological Integrity
Chapter 16. Institutionalized Environmental Violence and Human Rights
PART V. The Economics and Ethics of Achieving Global Ecological Integrity
Chapter 17. The Cost of the Wild: International Equity and the Losses from Environmental Conservation
Chapter 18. A Complex Systems Approach to Urban Ecosystem Integrity: The Benefit Side
Chapter 19. A Biocentric Defense of Environmental Integrity
Chapter 20. Commodity Potential: An Approach to Understanding the Ecological Consequences of Markets
Chapter 21. The State of the Planet at the Five-Year Review of Rio and the Prospects for Protecting Worldwide Ecological Integrity
PART VI. Synthesis
Chapter 22. Implementing Global Ecological Integrity: A Synthesis
About the Contributors
Index
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Ecological Integrity: Integrating Environment, Conservation, and Health
edited by David Pimentel, Laura Westra and Reed F. Noss
Island Press, 2000 eISBN: 978-1-61091-063-7 Cloth: 978-1-55963-807-4 Paper: 978-1-55963-808-1
Global Integrity Project has brought together leading scientists and thinkers from around the world to examine the combined problems of threatened and unequal human well-being, degradation of the ecosphere, and unsustainable economies. Based on the proposition that healthy, functioning ecosystems are a necessary prerequisite for both economic security and social justice, the project is built around the concept of ecological integrity and its practical implications for policy and management.
Ecological Integrity presents a synthesis and findings of the project. Contributors -- including Robert Goodland, James Karr, Orie Loucks, Jack Manno, William Rees, Mark Sagoff, Robert Ulanowicz, Philippe Crabbe, Laura Westra, David Pimentel, Reed Noss, and others -- examine the key elements of ecological integrity and consider what happens when integrity is lost or compromised. The book:
examines historical and philosophical foundations of the concept of ecological integrity
explores how integrity can be measured
examines the relationships among ecological integrity, human health, and food production
looks at economic and ethical issues that need to be considered in protecting ecological integrity
offers concrete recommendations for reversing ecological degradation while promoting social and economic justice and welfare
.
Contributors argue that there is an urgent need for rapid and fundamental change in the ecologically destructive patterns of collective human behavior if society is to survive and thrive in coming decades.
Ecological Integrity is a groundbreaking book that integrates environmental science, economics, law, and ethics in problem analysis, synthesis, and solution, and is a vital contribution for anyone concerned with interactions between human and planetary health.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY David Pimentel is professor of ecology and agricultural science at Cornell University. Laura Westra is Barbara B. and Bertram J. Cohn Professor of Environmental Studies at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. Reed F. Noss is president and chief scientist for Conservation Science, Inc., president of the Society for Conservation Biology, and an international lecturer on biodiversity topics. He lives in Corvallis, Oregon.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I. Introduction and Outline of the Integrity Concept
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Ecological Integrity and the Aims of the Global Integrity Project
PART II. Historical and Philosophical Foundations
Chapter 3. Ecological Integrity and the Darwinian Paradigm
Chapter 4. Ecosystem Design in Historical and Philosophical Context
Chapter 5. Reconstructing Ecology
Chapter 6. Toward the Measurement of Ecological Integrity
PART III. The Sustainability and Integrity of Natural Resource Systems
Chapter 7. Environmental Sustainability and Integrity in the Agriculture Sector
Chapter 8. Patch Disturbance, Ecofootprints, and Biological Integrity: Revisiting the Limits to Growth (or Why Industrial Society Is Inherently Unsustainable)
Chapter 9. Can Canadian Approaches to Sustainable Forest Management Maintain Ecological Integrity?
Chapter 10. Pattern of Forest Integrity in the Eastern United States and Canada: Measuring Loss and Recovery
Chapter 11. Maintaining the Ecological Integrity of Landscapes and Ecoregions
Chapter 12. Health, Integrity, and Biological Assessment: The Importance of Measuring Whole Things
Chapter 13. Global Change, Fisheries, and the Integrity Of Marine Ecosystems: The Future Has Already Begun
PART IV. Human and Societal Health
Chapter 14. Global Environmental Change in the Coming Century: How Sustainable Are Recent Health Gains?
Chapter 15. Epidemiologic Methods for Assessing the Health Impact of Diminishing Ecological Integrity
Chapter 16. Institutionalized Environmental Violence and Human Rights
PART V. The Economics and Ethics of Achieving Global Ecological Integrity
Chapter 17. The Cost of the Wild: International Equity and the Losses from Environmental Conservation
Chapter 18. A Complex Systems Approach to Urban Ecosystem Integrity: The Benefit Side
Chapter 19. A Biocentric Defense of Environmental Integrity
Chapter 20. Commodity Potential: An Approach to Understanding the Ecological Consequences of Markets
Chapter 21. The State of the Planet at the Five-Year Review of Rio and the Prospects for Protecting Worldwide Ecological Integrity
PART VI. Synthesis
Chapter 22. Implementing Global Ecological Integrity: A Synthesis
About the Contributors
Index
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