BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 14.0 MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-MS-OLK-FORCEINSPECTOROPEN:TRUE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:16011104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:16010311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20120208T151108Z DESCRIPTION:The human influence on natural ecosystems is already ubiquitous \, and will increase in the foreseeable future. Land conversion in respons e to food and agricultural needs\, the extraction and harvest of natural c ommodities\, and the disruptions created by climate change will further er ode natural capital and promote biodiversity loss. The traditional respon se of conservationists\, to establish parks and protected areas and seek t o exclude human influences\, is unlikely to be socially and economically s ustainable. Instead\, conservation efforts will have to focus on helping m anage larger landscapes and seascapes. The challenge of this approach is that it requires consideration of a variety of different management goals across the landscape: from biodiversity conservation\, through the mainte nance of cultural and social diversity\, the alleviation of poverty\, and the generation of economic benefits. Managing the trade-offs among land-us e goals will require effective governance and decision-making institutions \, and sustaining ecosystem services and biodiversity will depend on the r elative roles of national governments\, multinational entities\, private c orporations and civil society.\n DTEND;TZID="Eastern Standard Time":20120423T200000 DTSTAMP:20120208T151108Z DTSTART;TZID="Eastern Standard Time":20120423T190000 LAST-MODIFIED:20120208T151108Z LOCATION:Stewart Center 214 ABCD PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Conservation and Sustainability in a Human Dominated World TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E00800000000B0A4ADA048E6CC01000000000000000 0100000007DDEFBCB8DB05A4DACF064D3C5EDAB95 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n
\n\nThe human influence on natural ecosystems is already ubiquitous\, and will increase in the foreseeable future. Land conversion in response to fo od and agricultural needs\, the extraction and harvest of natural commodit ies\, and the disruptions created by climate change will further erode nat ural capital and promote biodiversity loss. \; The traditional respons e of conservationists\, to establish parks and protected areas and seek to exclude human influences\, is unlikely to be socially and economically su stainable. Instead\, conservation efforts will have to focus on helping ma nage larger landscapes and seascapes. \; The challenge of this approac h is that it requires consideration of a variety of different management g oals across the landscape: \; from biodiversity conservation\, through the maintenance of cultural and social diversity\, the alleviation of poverty\, and the generation of economic be nefits. Managing the trade-offs among land-use goals will require effectiv e governance and decision-making institutions\, and sustaining ecosystem s ervices and biodiversity will depend on the relative roles of national gov ernments\, multinational entities\, private corporations and civil society .
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