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Renewable natural resource managers are often forced to choose between actions that are economically efficient and those that are ecologically and environmentally sound. Sometimes an action may be both economically efficient and ecologically sound, but often the two action criteria are incompatible. When incompatible, the choice between actions can be difficult for a number of reasons. For one, citizens who become involved in resource use decisions often are aligned with one of two broad categories for action, one financial or economic, the other ecologic or enviornmental. The economic efficiency criterion for action presumes a particular view of the world, one associated with commodities or items for trade or commerce. On the other hand, the ecologic criterion for action probably presumes no financial values at all among the affected object populations. Citizens favoring each of these two broad categories of actions have different value systems. Groups sharing the same or similar value systems often form special interest groups and vie for effect on public renewable natural resource decisions through litigation. Final decisions on management actions are increasingly made by courts of law rather than by professional resource managers.
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© 1985 Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht
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Leary, R.A. (1985). Introduction. In: Interaction theory in forest ecology and management. Forestry Sciences, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5151-8_1
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