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Ecological integrity could be found in any ecological system no matter how severely degraded when any social value could be identified that is still provided by the system.
Ecological integrity is a successful, but controversial application of ecosystem theory.
The biological reality of ecological integrity was indeed questionable if even as a of 38 phenomena of ecological systems can admittedly only ‘sketch’ its meaning (Regier 1993).
http://www.ecology.uni-kiel.de/~jan/Barkmann&Windhorst2000_Hedging_our_bets_The_Utility_of_Ecological_Integrity.html

  
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Ecological Integrity and Ecological Health If biotic impoverishment is the problem, then protecting the integrity of biological systems must be the goal.
But we are not using those tools most effectively." The Problem of Biotic Impoverishment These organizations and the constituencies they represent recognize that all is not well on planet Earth; planetary life-support systems critical to human society are threatened.
-- > Ecological Integrity and Ecological Health Are Not the Same James R Karr The Folly of the Status Quo Environmental issues are not merely a concern of extremists; healthy biological systems are critical to the success, perhaps even survival, of the human species.
http://www.nap.edu/nap-cgi/skimit.cgi?isbn=0309051983&chap=97-110

  
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Maintaining the health and integrity of ecosystems is necessary, because science is showing us that the consequences of doing otherwise could disrupt ecosystem functions to the point where human existence would no longer be one that we would desire, nor one we would wish to leave to future generations.
It is a relationship in which the effects of human activities do not threaten the integrity of the self-organizing systems that provide the context for these activities.
An ecosystem has integrity if it retains its complexity and capacity for self-organization (arguably its health) and sufficient diversity, within its structures and functions, to maintain the ecosystem's self-organizing complexity through time.
http://www.fs.fed.us/eco/eco-watch/ew940701.htm

  
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Today, efforts are being made to rehabilitate badly degraded ecosystems and protect areas which have important ecological value, such as national parks, critical fish and wildlife habitats, natural communities and endangered species.Since human values are an integral part of the decisions to protect or rehabilitate-the goals and objectives for such actions are often unclear.
Concepts of "health," "integrity" and "diversity" express important values associated with management actions but they do not provide clear guidelines for these actions.The criteria developed and applied in this book provide guidelines and serve as a road map to anyone involved in ecosystem management-scientists, land managers and policy makers.
http://www.arsmedica.com/sl/sl-1622.html

  
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"Ecological Integrity and Health: Toward a Clear Conceptual Distinction," Second Plenary Session, Connecting Environmental Ethics, Ecological Integrity and Health in the Millennium, San Jose, Costa Rica, June 25, 2000.
"From the Balance of Nature to the Flux of Nature: The Land Ethic in a Time of Change," in Richard L. Knight, ed., Aldo Leopold: An Ecological Conscience (Washington: Island Press, 2002): 91-105.
"Social Justice, Cultural and Religious Perspectives," Fourth Plenary Session, Connecting Environmental Ethics, Ecological Integrity and Health in the Millennium, San Jose, Costa Rica, June 26, 2000.
http://www.phil.unt.edu/faculty/vjbc.html

  
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Landscape ecology: a framework for integrating pattern and process in river corridors.
Impacts of stream acidification on litter breakdown: implications for assessing ecosystem functioning.
(2002) A case for using litter breakdown to assess functional stream integrity.
http://www.eawag.ch/research_e/lim/e_publ.html

  
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C. Assess current conditions and compare them to natural conditions to determine the most appropriate management strategies for maintaining and restoring ecological integrity.
However, we strive to prevent the further loss of natural biological features and processes; that is, biological integrity.
When we develop these goals and objectives we include goals and objectives for maintaining and restoring the ecological integrity of the System as described in this policy.
http://policy.fws.gov/library/00fr61356.html

  
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Developing an ecological imagination means we learn to see reality coherently in what can be described as a place's ecological integrity because the structure and function of the assembled living organisms are understood as working together to form a functional unit.
The effective functioning of the whole nourishes each member according to an elaborate system of interdependent services or feeding relations among all of the participants.
Chemical elements that make up compounds are the natural accounting system we use to determine the degree of ecological functionality possessed by all places in differing degrees.
http://fox.rollins.edu/~jsiry/ECOINTEG.html

  
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There is a growing awareness of, and interest in, health ecology
the history and philosophy behind the ecological integrity concept;
effects on health in a long-term, ecological framework rather
http://ije.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/full/31/3/704

  
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Brisbin, I. "The Principles of Ecology as a Frame of Reference for Ethical Challenges: Towards the Development of an Ecological Theology." Georgia Journal of Science, vol.
Man's Responsibility for Nature: Ecological Problems and Western Traditions.
Made from Stardust: Exploring the Place of Human Beings within Creation.
http://www.cep.unt.edu/ecotheo.html

  
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Statistical analysis revealed very close correlations between the results of the rapid assessment methods and the field-based indicators.
The data indicate a pattern of ecological condition associated with certain land uses and land use practices.
Based on the analysis of the onsite biological, hydrological, and chemical measurements, there is discernable variation between study sites.
http://www.mass.gov/czm/wetlandassesswaquoit.htm

  
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Ecological Understanding: The nature of theory and the theory of nature.
Ecological, Economic, Cultural, and Political Principles of Institutions for the Environment.
Encyclopedia of Mammals: A Comprehensive Illustrated Guide by International Experts.
http://www.balogh.com/scotts.html

  
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In order to understand the integrity within community types across the NCB, a method to categorize the overall integrity for subunits of each community is needed.
Methods of incorporating series-level diversity into broader ecological assessments need to be explored.
One step in the process of locating these areas is to understand the current level of ecological integrity within the major community types across the NCB.
http://www.legacy-tlc.org/reports/EIA/Eia_rept051002.html

  
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If one chooses to eat high-impact food, one should pay the full costs of such a choice," says David Pimentel, the professor of ecology and agricultural science who is a co-editor and co-author of the newly published book Ecological Integrity: Integrating Environment, Conservation, and Health (Island Press, 2000, ISBN 1-55963-807-9).
The contributors examine key elements of ecological integrity and consider what happens when it is lost or compromised.
For his part, Pimentel notes that "a powerful trend to eat lower on the food chain" has started in many developed nations.
http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Jan01/pimentel_book.hrs.html

  
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Although Appalachia faces many obstacles for ecological recovery, the opportunities for restoration are as great as the mountains themselves.
The theme, Defining Problems and Solutions for Appalachian Restoration, will be addressed in panel discussions, field trips, and keynote presentations by Dr. Orie Loucks (Miami University) and Dr. John Cairns (Virginia Polytechnic Institute).
*"Can human society exist without ecological restoration?"-Dr. Joh Cairns, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
http://www.mtnforum.org/calendar/events/9806caea.htm

  
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UNIFYING ASPECTS OF CULTURE and session report OLD and NEW
Urbino, July 2003 - Ecological Integrity, Democracy, Governance, and Education: THE NEED and A WORK-REPORT towards an embodied Covenant, presented at: Global Ecological Integrity, Human Rights, and Human Responsibilities: Intersections Between International Law and Public Health, 2003, June 27- July 1, Open Space, The Earth Charter in Action, June 26- 30, Urbino, Italy
EMBODIED COVENANT - presentation around ecological integrity, law and the EARTH CHARTA
http://www.coforum.de/index.php4?HeinerBenking

  
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He has worked extensively on the development of a framework and measures for evaluating ecosystem integrity.
His thinking on the ecosystem approach is summarized in the article: An Ecosystem Approach For Sustainability: Addressing The Challenge Of Complexity in the journal Futures (September, 1999) and in the review article "Perspective changes everything: managing ecosystems from the inside out", in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (Vol.1, 2003)
His research activities span the full spectrum from the theoretical and epistemological basis for an ecosystem approach, to the formulation of ecosystem based environmental policy, the development of ecosystem monitoring programs, to on the ground ecosystem planning both in the context of urban, industrial, and natural ecosystems and the greening of institutions.
http://www.jameskay.ca/shortbio.html

  
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it is not only an insightful account of ecological responsibility in light of theological understanding but also a practical guide to Wesleyan theology in particular.
Loving Nature is a great book that takes the economics-environmental crisis seriously.
I used the book as required reading in a course I taught in January 1999 at Eastern Nazarene College ("A Christian Perspective on the Environment").
http://store.cookienest.com/reviews/loving-nature-ecological-integrity-and-christian-responsibility-churches-center-for-theology-and-public-policy-id0687228247.php

  
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"Ecological integrity is now the primary consideration in all aspects of the management of Canada's national parks.
The new law reflects the direction of the Panel on Ecological Integrity in National Parks in providing for caps on commercial development in parks communities such as Banff, Jasper and Lake Louise.
The panel's detailed report, released in March 2000, revealed that Canada's national parks system is seriously threatened by an increasing number of visitors and commercial development.
http://www.sierralegal.org/m_archive/2000/pr00_11_03.html

  
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This site contains principles developed in Canada and designed to encourage thought and discussion about some of the key challenges facing the transportation sector.
It is intended to provide an ethical foundation for the emerging world community.
The values and principles address ecological integrity, a just and sustainable economic order, democracy and peace.
http://www.communitiesbychoice.org/resources.cfm?c=246&rs=1

  
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Ecological fate, effects, and prospects for the elimination of environmental polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
Catabolic plasmids of environmental and ecological significance: A review.
http://www.ceb.utk.edu/publications.html

  
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By documenting the ecological roles of each biological, the document also attempts to clarify understanding of interactions among ecosystem components and justify use of particular biological s as indicators.
Several appendices of the document are in electronic format and provide a data base of information on environmental tolerances, life history, habitat preferences, and other characteristics of individual taxa, as well as tabulating results of the analyses of indicator variability.
As an additional aid to future monitoring, the document broadly describes field sampling methods potentially applicable to the region's wetlands.
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/wqual/ppaindex.html

  
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"Fact and Value in Ecological Science," Environmental Ethics 7 No. 2 (1985): 99-116.
"Concepts of Ecosystem Design in Historical and Philosophical Context," in David Pimentel, Laura Westra, and Reed Noss, eds., Ecological Integrity in Environmental, Agricultural, and Health Systems, (Washington, DC: Island Press, 2000), ch.
"Biodiversity and the Culture of Ecology," Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America Vol 74, No. 4 (December 1993):pp.374-381.
http://www.puaf.umd.edu/IPPP/publications_sagoff.htm

  
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"Further, industry and global institutions must appreciate that ensuring economic justice, equity and ecological integrity are of greater value than profits at any cost," she said.
Maathai collected a gold Nobel medal and a diploma to a standing ovation from 1,000 guests.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1210-03.htm

  
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"...To begin to protect and restore the integrity of the Central Appalachians we need to establish a comprehensive system of buffered and connected ecological reserves based on principles of conservation biology.
The Wildlands Project is an international effort to apply such a land conservation strategy throughout the North American continent.
To get the brochure or for more information, contact Steve Krisbaum at 412 Carter Street, Stauntin, VA 24401 - (540) 886-1584
http://www.wvhighlands.org/caeif.html

  
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COFI Mountain Pine Beetle Task Force - Protecting the Ecological Integrity of the Forest
The three Forest Districts that are the hardest hit are the Lakes, Vanderhoof, and the Quesnel Districts.
http://www.mountainpinebeetle.com/update_fall_2000/plans.htm

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