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Renewable Natural Resources

Science and Policy Seminar @ Davidson College

Case Study: California Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014

April 7, 2016 By Fuji Lozada

The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014 requires the formation of local groundwater sustainability agencies that must assess conditions in their local basins and adopt locally-based management plans. The act provides substantial time - 20 years - for GSAs to implement and achieve long-term groundwater sustainability. It protects existing surface water and groundwater … [Read more...]

How Ocean Pollution Affects Humans

February 23, 2016 By Fuji Lozada

How ocean pollution affects humans – Graphic by the team at DIVE.in … [Read more...]

Engaging, Engaged Management Strategies: A Battle at Every Scale

February 11, 2016 By jaburtonakright

Wasson et al discuss implementing an ecosystem based management program at Elkhorn Slough, a Californian estuary, in  Lessons learned from an ecosystem-based management approach to restoration of a California estuary. The ‘lessons learned’ leave us with great recommendations – engage stakeholders of different perspectives, fund for the long haul, develop specific management … [Read more...]

Ecosystem-Based System in Practice

February 10, 2016 By Jose Balcazar

Restoring the structure of an ecosystem, although seemingly complex because of the great amount of land an ecosystem may constitute, is in practicality difficult to complete because of the many stakeholders involved. In Kerstin Wasson et al.'s "Lessons learned from an ecosystem-based management approach to restoration of a California estuary," they discuss the difficulties … [Read more...]

Cost-Benefit Analysis of EBM in Massachusetts Bay

February 9, 2016 By bescarafoni

In the world of ecosystem-based management (EBM) ecological preservation goes hand in hand with regulating human interaction with the environment.  It is defined in the paper The interaction triangle as a tool for understanding stakeholder interactions in marine ecosystem based management by Rockmann et. al as “an integrated approach to management that considers entire … [Read more...]

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2016 Case Studies

  • Red Wolf
  • Fracking
  • Grazing Rights
  • Catawba River
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Cod

Spring 2016

Tuesday/Thursday 12:15- 1:30pm
Chambers 3106

This interdisciplinary course will focus on developing a scientific understanding of natural resources and their use by humans, and how renewable resources are then used, overused, managed and conserved by humans. We will primarily consider modern methods of resource management, including adaptive and ecosystem-based management.

We will address natural resource and environmental issues from an ecosystem and a policy perspective. Through case studies, readings, class discussions, and knowledge construction, you will learn more about ecosystem ecology and management policies and approaches, and then apply your knowledge to identify management principles that are consistent with a more holistic ecosystem approach to resource management. You will apply your knowledge to develop a case study of use and management of one natural resource.
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