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ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION International Journal of Environmental Science EDITOR: Nicholas V.C. Polunin University ofN ewcastle, UK VOLUME 26, 1999 pp. 1-78 March 1999 pp. 79-155 June 1999 pp. 157-241 September 1999 pp. 243-346 December 1999 <5 CAMBRIDGE S34 y UNIVERSITY PRESS Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RP, United Kingdom CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, United Kingdom 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne 3166, Australia © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1999 Typeset by Fakenham Photosetting, Fakenham, Norfolk Printed by Bell and Bain Ltd, Glasgow CONTENTS OF VOLUME 26, 1999 No. |M ARCH 1999 FOUNDATION NOTICE Confidential Awards Committee: ‘Best Paper’ Prizes for 1997 COMMENTS The impact of EU agricultural policy on the conservation of the English Pennines. By Lewis M. Routledge Reply: Protected areas and property rights in Thailand. By Peter Vandergeest PAPERS The vegetation of granite rock outcrops in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the need for its protection. By Sergio Tadeu Meirelles, Vania Regina Pivello and Carlos Alfredo Joly Conceptual and legal issues in the designation and management of conservation areas in Nepal. By Joel T- Heinen and Jai N. Mehta Trace element concentrations in the tissues of cetaceans from Hong Kong's territorial waters. By E.C M. Parsons Understanding local people's use of time: a pre-condition for good co-management. By CarolJ . Pierce Colfer, Reed L. Wadley and P Venkateswarlu Using GIS to identify under-represented ecosystems in the National Wilderness Preservation System in the USA. By John Loomis and J. Chris Echohawk Abating pocket gophers (7/omomys spp.) to regenerate forests in clearcuts. By K. Shawn Smallwood Knowledge of and attitudes toward population growth and the environment: university students in Costa Rica and the United States. By Karen D. Holl, Gretchen C. Daily, Scott C. Daily, Paul R. Ehrlich and Sarice Bassin BOOK REVIEWS The Environment and Mental Health, A Guide for Clinicians, edited by Ante Lunberg (BYRON M. HYDE); Climate-change Mitigation and European Land-use Policies, edited by W. Neil Adger, Davide Pettenella and Martin Whitby (IVAN WEIR); Principles and Methods in Landscape Ecology, by Almo Farina (ALAN FIELDING); Handbook of Environmental Risk Assessment and Management, edited by Peter Calow (MARTYN KELLY); Land Degradation in Mediterranean Environments of the World, edited by Arthur J. Conacher and Maria Sala (V.Z. KERAMIDAS AND G. DAOUTOPOULOS) No. 2 JUNE 1999 COMMENT The Convention on Biological Diversity: exposing the flawed foundations. By Lakshman D. Guruswamy PAPERS An economic analysis of blast fishing on Indonesian coral reefs. By C. Pet-Soede, H.S.J. Cesar and J.S. Pet Spatial and temporal characterization ofl and-use in the Buffalo National River Watershed. By H.D. Scott and T:H. Udouj Scale domains of abundance amongst species of mammalian Carnivora. By K. Shawn Smallwood Contents Remediation methods for white phosphorus contamination in a coastal salt marsh. By Michael R. Walsh, Marianne E. Walsh and Charles M. Collins The USA plastics recycling industry: a survey of manufacturers and vendors of recycled plastic products. By Constantine Hadjilambrinos Traditional resource-use systems and tropical deforestation in a multi-ethnic region in North-west Ecuador. By Rodrigo Sierra MEETING REPORTS Regional Meeting for Central and Western Asia and North Africa to facilitate and promote implementation of the Global Plan ofA ction for the Conservation and Unsustainable Use ofP lant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Ahmad K. Hegazy); Regional Workshop on Preparation and Financing for National Action Programmes to Combat Desertification (Ahmad K. Hegazy); Land-Boundary Demarcation and Management (Arthur H. Westing); /nternational Coastal Symposium (Roger H. Charlier); Sixth International Congress on the History of Oceanography, (ICHO) (Roger H. Charlier). BOOK REVIEWS Conservation Science and Action, edited by William J. Sutherland (NICHOLAS K. DULVY); Global Meltdown: Immigration, Multiculturalism, and National Breakdown in the New World Disorder, by Joseph Wayne Smith, Graham Lyons and Evonne Moore (ARTHUR H. WESTING); Protection of Global Biodiversity: Converging Strategies, edited by Lakshman D. Guruswamy and Jeffrey A.M cNeely (ARTHUR H. WESTING); /nvertebrate Surveys for Conservation, by T.R. New (HAMISH G. ROBERTSON); The Environmental Dictionary, by David D. Kemp (JANE MCLEOD); Ecologists and Ethical Judgements, edited by N.S. Cooper and R.C.J. Carling (GARRY W. TROMPF); New Pioneers: the Back-to-the-Land Movement and the Search for a Sustainable Future, by Jeffrey Jacob (GARRY W. TROMPF); Butterfly Conservation, 2nd Edn., by T.R. New (HAMISH G. ROBERTSON) No, 3 SEPTEMBER 1999 COMMENT Towards a universal recognition of environmental responsibilities. By Arthur H. Westing The importance of place in partnerships for regional environmental management. By Sarah Michaels, Robert J. Mason and William D. Solecki Environmental scientists: advocates as well? By Norman Myers The case for long-term studies of greenhouse gas emissions. By Tim Newcomb PAPER Vegetation change in the Astrakhanskiy Biosphere Reserve (Lower Volga Delta, Russia) in relation to Caspian Sea level fluctuation. By F.A. Baldina, J. De Leeuw, A.K. Gorbunov, L.A. Labutina, A.E. Zhivogliad and J.F. Kooistra Quantitative decision tools for conservation programme planning: practice, theory and potential. By Seth Guikema and Mark Milke Small wetlands lost: a biological conservation hazard in Mediterranean landscapes. By Juan B. Gallego-Ferndndez, M. Rosario Garcia-Mora and Francisco Garcta-Novo An assessment of social impacts of national parks on communities in Quebec, Canada. By Marie-Jose Fortin and Christiane Gagnon Contents A survey of ecotourism on islands in north-western México. By B.R. Tershy, L. Bourillén, L. Metzler and ]. Barnes The impact of wildlife-related benefits on the conservation attitudes of local people around the Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania. By Sarah Gillingham and Phyllis C. Lee Distribution of coastal freshwater wetlands and riparian forests in the Herbert River catchment and implications for management of catchments adjacent the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. By A.K.L. Johnson, S.P Ebert and A.E. Murray BOOK REVIEWS Bovine Tuberculosis in Cattle and Badgers, by J. Krebs (MARTIN HANCOX); Reframing Deforestation. Global Analysis and Local Realities: Studies in West Africa, by James Fairhead and Melissa Leach (RICHARD BLACK); The Biosphere, by Vladimir 1. Vernadsky (RAY SIMPSON); Cattle, Deforestation and Development in the Amazon: an Economic, Agronomic and Environmental Perspective, by Merle D. Faminow (PHILIP M. FEARNSIDE); Vital Signs 1998. The Environmental Trends that are Shaping our Future, by Lester R. Brown, Michael Renner and Christopher Flavin (MINNA J. HSU) No. 4 DECEMBER, 1999 EDITORIAL Humility and the environment. By N. Polunin COMMENT Environmental scientists, advocacy, and the future of Earth. By Brendan G. Mackey The Convention on Biological Diversity: a solid foundation for effective action. By Jeffrey A. McNeely Transboundary biosphere reserves: a new framework for cooperation. By JulietJ .F all FOUNDATION NOTICE Confidential Awards Committee: “Best Paper’ prizes for 1998 PAPERS Landscape analysis of jaguar (Panthera onca) habitat using sighting records in the Sierra de Tamaulipas, Mexico. By Miguel A. Ortega-Huerta and Kimberly E. Medley Assessing trail conditions in protected areas: application of a problem-assessment method in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. By Yu-Fai Leung and Jeffrey L. Marion Modern technology and customary use of wildlife: the harvest of Sooty Shearwaters by Rakiura Maori as a case study. By 2 O'B. Lyver and H. Moller | An Australian perspective on the constraints to the transfer and adoption of innovations in land management. By Jurlough E Guerin Biodiversity as an environmental service in Brazil’s Amazonian forests: risks, value and conservation. By Philip M. Fearnside Characterizing human-modelled landscapes at a stationary state: a case study of Minorca, Spain. By Guillem Chust, Danielle Ducrot, Joan LL. Riera and Joan LL. Pretus Status of wetland forests and their structural richness in Latvia. By Normunds Prieditis