Environmental management

Collaboration has become a popular approach to environmental policy, planning, and management.

Everyone agrees that firms should obey the law.

Everyone agrees that firms should obey the law.

Today, most of the 2,800 tranquil acres that make up Wye Island are managed by the Maryland Park Service.

Today, most of the 2,800 tranquil acres that make up Wye Island are managed by the Maryland Park Service.

Ocean and coastal management regimes are increasingly subject to competing demands from stakeholders.

Ocean and coastal management regimes are increasingly subject to competing demands from stakeholders.

Issues of the Day provides an easy way for students, academics, journalists, policymakers, and the public to learn about a diverse range of policy issues affecting the environment, energy, transportation, and public health.

Issues of the Day provides an easy way for students, academics, journalists, policymakers, and the public to learn about a diverse range of policy issues affecting the environment, energy, transportation, and public health.

The vast size of the United States and extensive variation of its climate, topography, and biota across different regions contribute to both the richness of the nation's natural heritage and the complexities involved in managing its resources.

The vast size of the United States and extensive variation of its climate, topography, and biota across different regions contribute to both the richness of the nation's natural heritage and the complexities involved in managing its resources.

Project XL (eXcellence and Leadership) was the flagship effort by the Clinton administration for 'cleaner, cheaper, and smarter' regulation.

Project XL (eXcellence and Leadership) was the flagship effort by the Clinton administration for 'cleaner, cheaper, and smarter' regulation.

Small firms - including 'microenterprises' and 'small and medium enterprises' (SMEs) - play a vital economic role in developing countries.

Small firms - including 'microenterprises' and 'small and medium enterprises' (SMEs) - play a vital economic role in developing countries.

Most land in the United States is in rural areas, as are the sources of most of its fresh water and almost all its other natural resources.

Most land in the United States is in rural areas, as are the sources of most of its fresh water and almost all its other natural resources.

Environmental Management Systems (EMSs) offer an approach to regulatory policy that lies somewhere between free-market and traditional command-and-control methods.

Environmental Management Systems (EMSs) offer an approach to regulatory policy that lies somewhere between free-market and traditional command-and-control methods.

This book presents national environmental, or 'green' accounting as it has developed in Europe and other parts of the world.

This book presents national environmental, or 'green' accounting as it has developed in Europe and other parts of the world.

Nutrients from farms in the Mississippi River Basin are the leading cause of the Gulf of Mexico's 'Dead Zone,' a 5,000 to 7,000 square mile region where declining oxygen levels are threatening the survival of marine life.

Nutrients from farms in the Mississippi River Basin are the leading cause of the Gulf of Mexico's 'Dead Zone,' a 5,000 to 7,000 square mile region where declining oxygen levels are threatening the survival of marine life.

As a low-lying delta region with a high population density, the Netherlands has long focused on the prevention of flooding catastrophes and the reclamation of valuable land.

As a low-lying delta region with a high population density, the Netherlands has long focused on the prevention of flooding catastrophes and the reclamation of valuable land.

In the last twenty years, policy makers in Australia have been forced to acknowledge that it is not possible to perpetually supply more water at a low cost.

In the last twenty years, policy makers in Australia have been forced to acknowledge that it is not possible to perpetually supply more water at a low cost.

Leveraging the Private Sector offers the first sustained analysis of public and private sector initiatives designed to encourage firms and industries to use their own management expertise to improve their environmental performance.

Leveraging the Private Sector offers the first sustained analysis of public and private sector initiatives designed to encourage firms and industries to use their own management expertise to improve their environmental performance.

The connections between communities and forests are complex and evolving, presenting challenges to forest managers, researchers, and communities themselves.

The connections between communities and forests are complex and evolving, presenting challenges to forest managers, researchers, and communities themselves.

Water policy seems in perpetual crisis.

Water policy seems in perpetual crisis.

In this volume, a group of distinguished international scholars provides a fresh investigation of the most fundamental issues involved in our dependence on natural resources.

In this volume, a group of distinguished international scholars provides a fresh investigation of the most fundamental issues involved in our dependence on natural resources.

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play an increasingly prominent role in addressing complex environmental issues such as climate change, persistent bio-accumulative pollutants, and the conservation of biodiversity.

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play an increasingly prominent role in addressing complex environmental issues such as climate change, persistent bio-accumulative pollutants, and the conservation of biodiversity.

It is the rare book that remains in print for nearly fifty years, earning wide acclaim as a classic.

It is the rare book that remains in print for nearly fifty years, earning wide acclaim as a classic.

Alaska in the early 1950s was one of the world's last great undeveloped areas.

Alaska in the early 1950s was one of the world's last great undeveloped areas.

As a forester interested in economics and policy, Daowei Zhang followed the softwood lumber dispute between the U.

As a forester interested in economics and policy, Daowei Zhang followed the softwood lumber dispute between the U.

Many articles in the Reader were originally published in RFF's quarterly magazine, Resources.

Many articles in the Reader were originally published in RFF's quarterly magazine, Resources.

As external forces increase the demand for land conversion, communities are increasingly open to policies that encourage conservation of farm and forest lands.

As external forces increase the demand for land conversion, communities are increasingly open to policies that encourage conservation of farm and forest lands.

This text is divided into three parts.

While there continues to be refinement in defining and assessing sustainable management, there remains the urgent need for policies that create the conditions that support sustainability and can halt or slow destructive practices already underway.

While there continues to be refinement in defining and assessing sustainable management, there remains the urgent need for policies that create the conditions that support sustainability and can halt or slow destructive practices already underway.