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Ecological Sustainability and Integrity: Concepts and Approaches pp 203–217Cite as

The Federal Ecosystem Management Initiative in the United States

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In a recent book, Lost Landscapes and Failed Economies, Power (1996) argues convincingly that the quality of the natural landscape is an essential part of an area’s permanent economic base and should not be sacrificed in short-term efforts to maintain economic interests and pursuits that are ultimately not sustainable. In another book, Ecosystem Management in the United States (Yaffee et al. 1996), Yaffee and his students at the University of Michigan list 619 projects that reflect elements of ecosystem management, the emerging new paradigm for achieving sustainable development in the U.S.

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  1. Nuclear Waste Project Office, Capitol Complex, Carson City, NV, 89710, USA

    Charles R. Malone

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  1. Department of Life Sciences, University of New England, Biddeford, Maine, USA

    John Lemons

  2. Department of Philosophy, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

    Laura Westra

  3. Environment Department, The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA

    Robert Goodland

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Malone, C.R. (1998). The Federal Ecosystem Management Initiative in the United States. In: Lemons, J., Westra, L., Goodland, R. (eds) Ecological Sustainability and Integrity: Concepts and Approaches. Environmental Science and Technology Library, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1337-5_12

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