Science and the national parks

Responsibility: Committee on Improving the Science and Technology Programs of the National Park Service [and] Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council.
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Imprint: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1992.
Physical description: 1 online resource (xii, 122 pages) : illustrations, map

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Creators/Contributors

Corporate Author: United States. Committee on Improving the Science and Technology Programs of the National Park Service.
Contributor: National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology.

Contents/Summary

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-115) and index.

Contents

1 FRONT MATTER
2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
3 1 INTRODUCTION
4 2 THE IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH FOR THE NATIONAL PARKS
5 3 PREVIOUS REVIEWS OF RESEARCH IN THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
6 4 THE CURRENT RESEARCH PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
7 5 A NEW MANDATE FOR SCIENCE IN THE NATIONAL PARKS
8 REFERENCES
9 INDEX.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

Publisher's summary

The U.S. National Park Service needs much better scientific information to protect the nation's parks for future generations, and research must be an essential element in its mandate. Science and the National Parks examines the reasons why science is important to the national parks, reviews previous evaluations of research in the parks, and recommends ways to improve the current science program. The book stresses the need for two distinct but related approaches to research, called "science for the parks" and "parks for science." Science for the parks includes research to gain understanding of park resources and develop effective management strategies. The parks for science concept recognizes that the national parks are potentially very important to scientific investigations of broad national and global environmental problems and invaluable for understanding the ecological response to anthropogenic change. Science and the National Parks is a critical assessment of the problems hampering the current Park Service science program, providing strong recommendations to help the agency establish a true mandate for science, create separate funding and autonomy for the program, and enhance its credibility and quality.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

Subjects

Subjects: United States. National Park Service > Management.; États-Unis. National Park Service > Gestion.; United States. National Park Service.; National parks and reserves > Research > United States.; National parks and reserves > United States > Management.; Parcs nationaux > Recherche > États-Unis.; Parcs nationaux > États-Unis > Gestion.; NATURE > Natural Resources.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.; Management.; National parks and reserves > Management.; National parks and reserves > Research.; United States.

Bibliographic information

Publication date: 1992
ISBN: 0585085250 (electronic bk.); 9780585085258 (electronic bk.); 0309047811 (print); 9780309047814 (print)

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