Environments articles from December 2004

Environments archives from December 2004

Editorial.(Editorial)
December 1, 2004... Biosphere reserves are an undeservedly neglected part of the protected area, conservation and sustainable development system in Canada. Indeed the use of the word system is difficult to justify in the explicit sense, for government and public...

Biosphere reserves in Canada: an introduction.
December 1, 2004... The concept of a "biosphere reserve" was invented some 30 years ago in the context of the UNESCO "Man and the Biosphere" program (UNESCO/MAB). Its purpose was to promote and recognize the ideals of conservation--set within a larger landscape...

Biosphere reserves in Canada: ideals and some experience.
December 1, 2004... Abstract Since its creation by the UNESCO "Man and the Biosphere" (MAB) Program over 30 years ago, the "biosphere reserve" concept has become a central feature of the MAB program and is vested with high expectations about exemplifying in...

Identifying principles for place-based governance in biosphere reserves.
December 1, 2004... Abstract Literature from the fields of public participation, community development and collaborative planning converge to illustrate the importance of place-based governance. This paper reviews several of the key themes that relate to...

A road to tomorrow: local organizing for a biosphere reserve.
December 1, 2004... Abstract At any given moment there are several biosphere reserve proposals under development somewhere in Canada. The road they will pursue to designation is fraught with peril, but, with the right tools, is navigable--as the 13 designated...

Research, monitoring and education: exploring the "logistics function" of four Canadian biosphere reserves.
December 1, 2004... Abstract Research and monitoring are the fundamental components of the biosphere reserve logistics function, providing information at the local and regional level to move the conservation and sustainable development functions forward. Four...

Resilience and biosphere reserves.
December 1, 2004... Abstract The need to understand complex systems phenomena has influenced the development of theory about sustainability and resilience in coupled systems of humans and nature. This paper summarizes the main features of ongoing research by...

Networking possibilities: learning together for sustainable development.(IDEAS)
December 1, 2004... The concept of a "biosphere reserve" (BR) has evolved from its original focus on conservation areas associated with research, monitoring and education. There is now increasing emphasis placed on the importance of linking the conservation of...

Canadian biosphere reserves: idealizations and realizations.( )
December 1, 2004... A three-part ideal has been central to the planning and designation of biosphere reserves throughout their history. The simplest configuration is the three concentric rings illustrated in Figure 1. At the centre is a natural core--undisturbed...

Commentary.(Unesco biosphere reserves.)
December 1, 2004... UNESCO biosphere reserves are increasingly recognised world-wide as an alternative, realistic, effective way to achieve conservation goals in environments that are being impacted by humans more and more. I say increasingly, because, in the past...

Are biosphere reserves the missing link in Canada's move towards a more sustainable society?(Commentary)
December 1, 2004... UNESCO Biosphere Reserves were invented in the 1970's in response to environmental concern at that time. As Francis (this volume) and Jamieson (this volume) show, until the last 10 years, the growth in the number and profile of biosphere...

American Indian environmental ethics: an Ojibwa case study.(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... American Indian environmental ethics: An Ojibwa case study J. Baird Callicott and Michael P. Nelson. 2004. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/Prentice Hall. ix, 163pp. ISBN: 0-13-043121-4. Cdn. $19.00 (paper). American Indian...

Ireland, the Great War and the Geography of Remembrance.(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Ireland, the Great War and the Geography of Remembrance Nuala C. Johnson. 2003. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 0521826160 (hc) US$60.00. 204 pages. A recent article by Kevin Myers (2004) in the Sunday Telegraph reminds...

Places of the Soul: Architecture and Environmental Design as a Healing Art.(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... Places of the Soul: Architecture and Environmental Design as a Healing Art. Christopher Day, 2004. Architectural Press an Imprint of Elsevier, Oxford & Burlington, MA. ISBN 0-7506-5901-7 (ppr) CDN $22.37. 369 pp. This 2nd edition of...