Ecosystem-Based Management in the Colorado River Delta: EBM in the CRD

Karen Hyun

ISBN 10: 3639117174 / ISBN 13: 9783639117172

Editore: VDM Verlag Dr. M�ller 2009-01-07, 2009

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• Titolo: Ecosystem-Based Management in the Colorado River Delta: EBM in the CRD
• Editore: VDM Verlag Dr. M�ller 2009-01-07
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3639117174
• ISBN 13: 9783639117172
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

The Colorado River Delta (CRD) is only 8% of its original size and is mainly sustained on agricultural run-off. Ecosystem-based management (EBM), the process of controlling human activities to protect, conserve, and enhance the quality of ecosystems to meet current and future needs, provides a way forward. This study uses nine common EBM principles to analyze legislation, research, management plans, and community actions of six major CRD institutions, establishing a governance baseline. Specific resulting recommendations include extending Intentionally Created Surplus to Mexico, testing Mexico¿s National Water Law amendments, and adding a Minute to the U.S.-Mexico Water Treaty to make EBM functional. Furthermore, the EBM principles of ecosystem valuation, the precautionary approach, and adaptive management can be made more operable through cooperative restoration, experimentation, and demonstration, strengthening the CRD governance system. There is currently a window of opportunity to dedicate an instream flow to the CRD and encourage EBM.

L'autore

Karen Hyun has a Ph.D. in Marine Affairs from the University of Rhode Island and a M.S. and B.S. in Earth Systems from Stanford University. This work is a product of her dissertation research, which would not have been possible without the patient, untiring, and committed people who live and work in the Colorado River Delta.