Livestock grazing and conservation on southwestern rangelands
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Authors: J. H. Brown, and W. McDonald
Date: 1995
Journal: Conservation Biology
Volume: 9
Number: 6
Pages: 1644-1647
Summary of Methods: Brown and McDonald detect a one-sided presentation of data and opinions on livestock grazing in an issue of Conservation Biology (Fleischner 1994; Noss 1994; Weurthner 1994). Much as been written about the relationship between science and advocacy. Conservation biology developed from roots in the basic biological sciences. According to Brown and McDonald, most of us are interested in conservation biology, however, because we have a love of wild places and the wild organisms that live in them. If we want to preserve these things, we must become advocates of practices and policies that will prevent their destruction and degradation. If we want to continue to claim that conservation biology is a science, however, we must also approach even highly controversial issues such as livestock grazing on western rangelands with scientific objectivity and rigor. Brown and Allen disagree with both the scientific interpretations and the anti-grazing advocacy in the recent articles by Fleischner (1994), Noss (1994), and Weurthner (1994), but they most emphatically agree with Editor Noss' call for better and more science to inform management and policy.
Article Summary / Main Points: None
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Agrovoc Control Words: Riparian zones Rangelands Wildlife
Article Review Type: Peer Reviewed
Article Type: Scientific Opinion
Keywords: livestock, grazing, conservation, rangelands, conservation, ecosystem processes
Annotation: Grazing intensity is not specified. Season of use is not specified.
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