Natural Resources: Issues and OutlookNova Publishers, 2001 - 246 sider Eleven pieces, written by contributors whose academic or organizational affiliations are not noted, describe and discuss the legislative background, management issues, points of contention, and other features of major debates in natural resource management in the US. Topics include the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; the Endangered Species Act; assessing non-market values of natural resources through contingent valuation; wetlands regulation and the law of property rights "takings"; international forest agreements; and mining in national parks and wilderness areas. c. Book News Inc. |
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PROCEEDINGS OF A CRS WORKSHOP | 19 |
THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE | 77 |
THE NEXT CHAPTER | 93 |
CONTINUING CONTROVERSY | 109 |
LEGAL DEFINITIONS AND BIOLOGICAL REALITIES | 127 |
OIL AND GAS LEASING AND REVENUE | 133 |
ASSESSING NONMARKET VALUES THROUGH CONTINGENT VALUATION | 147 |
WETLANDS REGULATION AND THE LAW OF PROPERTY RIGHTS TAKINGS | 169 |
CURRENT STATUS | 211 |
POLICY RULES ACTIVITY | 221 |
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Side 4 - A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.
Side 4 - Act, an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation, which is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions...
Side 7 - Nothing in this Act shall constitute an express or implied claim or denial on the part of the Federal Government as to exemption from State water laws.