| Titre : |
Information management for biodiversity: a proposed US national biodiversity information center |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Bruce L. Umminger, Auteur ; Steve Young, Auteur |
| Année de publication : |
1996 |
| Importance : |
p 491-504 |
| Langues : |
Français (fre) |
| Catégories : |
SCIENCES DE LA VIE
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| Mots-clés : |
BIODIVERSITE GESTION D'INFORMATION RESEAU D'INFORMATION CENTRE DE RESSOURCES D'INFORMATION |
| Résumé : |
In biodiversity, which affects our lives in the most fundamental ways possible, people are interested in the environment and biodiversity. That interest extends to the natural environment. More people in America visit museums and zoos every year than attend professional sporting events. Not only is interest keen in biodiversity and the environment,but, unlike the weather, humans can do something to change the situation and we do a great deal. We eliminate species like the ivory-billed woodpecker and passenger pigeon. We introduce species like the gypsy moth and zebra mussel. We alter and destroy habitat and sometimes we restore ecosystems and reintroduce native species that had been extirpated. In short, unlike weather, we can do much to change the environment for the better or worse. Each of us takes actions that to various degrees help or harm.
The present adminstration of the United States is committed to an ecosystem management approach to the environment and the economy. The concept of ecosystem management recognizes the linkages between ecology and economy and rejects the assumption that there is an inherent conflict between jobs and the environment. USA also is committed to a policy of sustainable development; conservation of biodiversity. If we do not know what our ecological assets are, we are poormy equipped to safeguard those assets through wise use and management. If we "spend" too much of the natural production and capital of an ecosystem, we see symptoms of impeding bankruptcy, e.g. the collapse of fisheries, endangered species and loss of jobs. Managing ecosystems by deficit-spending results in what secretary of the US Department of the Interior calls train wrecks. Information is equally critical to financial and ecosystem management. Without information, we cannot manage finances at the personal, corporate or governmental levels without information, we cannot manage personal "backyard" local or regional ecosystems so as to conserve biodiversity.
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| Numéro du document : |
A 10422/BIO 47 |
| Niveau Bibliographique : |
2 |
| Bull1 (Theme principale) : |
BIOLOGIE |
| Bull2 (Theme secondaire) : |
BIOLOGIE GENERALE |
Information management for biodiversity: a proposed US national biodiversity information center [texte imprimé] / Bruce L. Umminger, Auteur ; Steve Young, Auteur . - 1996 . - p 491-504. Langues : Français ( fre)
| Catégories : |
SCIENCES DE LA VIE
|
| Mots-clés : |
BIODIVERSITE GESTION D'INFORMATION RESEAU D'INFORMATION CENTRE DE RESSOURCES D'INFORMATION |
| Résumé : |
In biodiversity, which affects our lives in the most fundamental ways possible, people are interested in the environment and biodiversity. That interest extends to the natural environment. More people in America visit museums and zoos every year than attend professional sporting events. Not only is interest keen in biodiversity and the environment,but, unlike the weather, humans can do something to change the situation and we do a great deal. We eliminate species like the ivory-billed woodpecker and passenger pigeon. We introduce species like the gypsy moth and zebra mussel. We alter and destroy habitat and sometimes we restore ecosystems and reintroduce native species that had been extirpated. In short, unlike weather, we can do much to change the environment for the better or worse. Each of us takes actions that to various degrees help or harm.
The present adminstration of the United States is committed to an ecosystem management approach to the environment and the economy. The concept of ecosystem management recognizes the linkages between ecology and economy and rejects the assumption that there is an inherent conflict between jobs and the environment. USA also is committed to a policy of sustainable development; conservation of biodiversity. If we do not know what our ecological assets are, we are poormy equipped to safeguard those assets through wise use and management. If we "spend" too much of the natural production and capital of an ecosystem, we see symptoms of impeding bankruptcy, e.g. the collapse of fisheries, endangered species and loss of jobs. Managing ecosystems by deficit-spending results in what secretary of the US Department of the Interior calls train wrecks. Information is equally critical to financial and ecosystem management. Without information, we cannot manage finances at the personal, corporate or governmental levels without information, we cannot manage personal "backyard" local or regional ecosystems so as to conserve biodiversity.
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| Numéro du document : |
A 10422/BIO 47 |
| Niveau Bibliographique : |
2 |
| Bull1 (Theme principale) : |
BIOLOGIE |
| Bull2 (Theme secondaire) : |
BIOLOGIE GENERALE |
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