Science, Conservation, and National Parks
Steven R. Beissinger, David D. Ackerly, Holly Doremus, and Gary E. Machlis
Abstract
This book captures contributions from the 2.5-day summit entitled “Science for Parks, Parks for Science: The Next Century” held at the University of California, Berkeley from 25 to 27 March 2015 to celebrate the centennial of events at UC Berkeley that helped launch the US National Park Service, and the role of UC Berkeley graduates in staffing the National Park Service and in conducting early and influential research in national parks. It addresses the unprecedented challenges to sustain the ecological integrity of parks and to promote their welfare to a public that has become more urbanized ... More
This book captures contributions from the 2.5-day summit entitled “Science for Parks, Parks for Science: The Next Century” held at the University of California, Berkeley from 25 to 27 March 2015 to celebrate the centennial of events at UC Berkeley that helped launch the US National Park Service, and the role of UC Berkeley graduates in staffing the National Park Service and in conducting early and influential research in national parks. It addresses the unprecedented challenges to sustain the ecological integrity of parks and to promote their welfare to a public that has become more urbanized and less connected to nature. Contributions fall into four main sections: (1) the mission and relevance of national parks and protected areas, which features an essay by and discussion with E. O. Wilson on parks, biodiversity, and education that is followed by chapters addressing marine parks and global perspectives on parks; (2) stewardship of parks in a changing world, with chapters examining climate change, novel disturbance regimes, air pollution, invasive species, and conservation of large mammals; (3) engaging people in parks, which features contributions on parks as coupled human-natural systems, science and conflict in parks, citizen science in parks, and the spiritual and cultural significance of parks; and (4) the future of science and parks, with chapters that consider how parks and science may evolve together over the next century. The first three sections each conclude with edited transcripts of strategic conversations from the summit that addressed related themes.
Keywords:
biodiversity,
citizen science,
climate change,
conservation,
education,
invasive species,
marine parks,
national parks,
public engagement,
protected areas
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2017 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780226422954 |
| Published to Chicago Scholarship Online: September 2017 |
DOI:10.7208/chicago/9780226423142.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Steven R. Beissinger, editor
University of California, Berkeley
David D. Ackerly, editor
University of California, Berkeley
Holly Doremus, editor
University of California, Berkeley
Gary E. Machlis, editor
Clemson University
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