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There is an urgent need for greater dialogue between subscribers to the three traditions: economic, ecologic, and biocentric. One problem preventing dialogue is the institutional residency of the traditions. Residency is most clear cut for the biocentric tradition. It is resident in so-called special interest groups — Friends of the Earth, National Wildlife Federation, World Wildlife Fund and other conservation organizations. Economic efficiency permeates forest industry and, it is often claimed, the U.S. Forest Service. To some extent it also is dominant in forestry schools. The ecologic tradition resides primarily in university forestry, wildlife, and ecology departments, and to some extent in research branches of public agencies. The extremely large sums of money spent in litigation between, for example, biocentric organizations and public economic efficiency organizations is testimony to the need for more dialogue between them.
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© 1985 Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht
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Leary, R.A. (1985). Toward a Synthesis of Conservation Traditions. In: Interaction theory in forest ecology and management. Forestry Sciences, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5151-8_14
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