ES290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ecosystem Management, Adaptive Management, Woodlot
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**focus: applying ecological concepts and processes to resource management. Video: downwind downstream observes a fragile ecosystem that has been disrupted. Lesson 8: ecosystem management directly by resource extraction and indirectly by long-range air pollution. Impacts of deforestation/agricultural intensi cation are directly related to declines in biodiversity and wildlife habitats which can be considered as non-consumptive resources. Textbook notes: ecosystem concept= application of general principles of the ecosystems to developing management strategies (provides a holistic/integrated approach in resource management) Studies living species and their physical environment as an integrated whole. Encourages analysts and planners to consider the big picture by focusing on entire systems, their component parts and the relationships between these parts. Ex: many water problems, such as pollution and ooding, can be resolved by focusing on only water based activities. For example, sources of pollution are from land-based activities. Growing trend for importance of non-consultive use, especially in wildlife (seen as an exploitive, consumptive resource)
