Beyond naturalness : rethinking park and wilderness stewardship in an era of rapid change / edited by David N. Cole and Laurie Yung.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Park and wilderness stewardship: the dilemma of management intervention / David N. Cole and Laurie Yung -- The trouble with naturalness: rethinking park and wilderness goals / Gregory H. Aplet and David N. Cole -- Evolving ecological understandings: the implications of ecosystem dynamics / Richard J. Hobbs [and others] -- Shifting environmental foundations: the unprecedented and unpredictable future / Nathan L. Stephenson, Constance I. Millar, and David N. Cole -- Changing policies and practices: the challenge of managing for naturalness / Laurie Yung [and others] -- Let it be: a hands-off approach to preserving wildness in protected areas / Peter Landres -- Ecological integrity: a framework for ecosystem-based management / Stephen Woodley -- Historical fidelity: maintaining legacy and connection to heritage / David N. Cole, Eric S. Higgs, and Peter S. White -- Resilience frameworks: enhancing the capacity to adapt to change / Erika S. Zavaleta and F. Stuart Chapin III -- Objectives, priorities, and triage: lessons learned from invasive species management / John M. Randall -- Responding to climate change: a toolbox of management strategies / David N. Cole, Constance I. Millar, and Nathan L. Stephenson -- Conservation at large scales: systems of protected areas and protected areas in the matrix / Peter S. White [and others] -- Planning in the context of uncertainty: flexibility for adapting to change / F. Stuart Chapin III [and others] -- Wild design: principles to guide interventions in protected areas / Eric S. Higgs and Richard J. Hobbs -- A path forward: conserving protected areas in the context of global environmental change / Laurie Yung, David N. Cole, and Richard J. Hobbs.

Print version record.

The central concept guiding the management of parks and wilderness over the past century has been "naturalness"--To a large extent the explicit purpose in establishing these special areas was to keep them in their "natural" state. But what does that mean, particularly as the effects of stressors such as habitat fragmentation, altered disturbance regimes, pollution, invasive species, and climate change become both more pronounced and more pervasive? Beyond Naturalness brings together leading scientists and policymakers to explore the concept of naturalness, its varied meanings, and the extent to which it provides adequate guidance regarding where, when, and how managers should intervene in ecosystem processes to protect park and wilderness values. The main conclusion is the idea that naturalness will continue to provide an important touchstone for protected area conservation, but that more specific goals and objectives are needed to guide stewardship. The issues considered in Beyond Naturalness are central not just to conservation of parks, but to many areas of ecological thinking-including the fields of conservation biology and ecological restoration-and represent the cutting edge of discussions of both values and practice in the twenty-first century. This book offers excellent writing and focus, along with remarkable clarity of thought on some of the difficult questions being raised in light of new and changing stressors such as global environmental climate change

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