Perspectives on Ecosystem Management for the Great Lakes: A Reader (Suny Series in Environmental Public Policy)

In 1978 Canada and the United States concluded an agreement for the protection and enhancement of water quality in the Great Lakes based on the ecosystem approach to management. Since ratification of this agreement, little progress has been made in practical application of this concept to basin-wide management for the Great Lakes. At the same time public concern for the quality of the Great Lakes and their future has risen dramatically. As a result, the need has arisen for a practical, authoritative explanation of the ecosystem concept. This volume, written by highly qualified authorities, addresses these important ecological, political, and economic issues in a systematic and informative manner.In this study, the ecosystem concept and its objectives are defined. The institutional structure that has evolved for governance of the Great Lakes, the need for a more effective governance structure, and prospects for rehabilitation of the Great Lakes Waters are crucial issues considered. The management question is the single most important policy question with respect to the Great Lakes and this is the only study available that brings together all pertinent information and provides steps for new and constructive management of the Great Lakes. Introduction : Implementing An Ecological Systems Approach To Basin-wide Management / Lynton K. Caldwell -- The Ecosystem Approach : A Strategy For Management Of Renewable Resources In The Great Lakes Basin / R.l. Thomas ... [et Al.] -- The Great Lakes, 1955-1985 / Leonard B. Dworsky -- Institutional Arrangements For Great Lakes Management / Michael A. Donahue -- A Governance Structure Designed To Learn Would Better Protect The Great Lakes Ecosystem / Lester W. Milbrath -- Remediation And Rehabilitation Of The Great Lakes / Henry Regier -- Biodancing : The 1-2-3 Of Great Lakes Monitoring / Bruce L. Bandurski -- The Great Lakes As A Water Resource : Questions Of Ownership And Control / Julia R. Wilder : Great Lakes Diversion / Sally Cole-misch -- Toward A More Accountable Process : The Royal Society-national Research Council Report / Don. Munton -- Great Lakes Governance And The Ecosystem Approach / George R. Francis -- Appendices: Treaty Between The United States And Great Britain (1909). Agreement On Great Lakes Water Quality (1978). The Great Lakes Charter, Adopted By Governors And Premiers (1985). Lynton K. Caldwell, Editor. This Collection Of Papers Grew Out Of A Canadian-united States Inter-university Seminar That Was Carried On For Several Years--pref. Includes Bibliographies And Index.