ESPM 298:21 Rudy Grah Graduate Seminar on Sustainable
Use
Fall Semester 1998
Ignacio Chapela ichapela@nature.berkeley.edu
office hours
Louise Fortmann fortmann@nature.berkeley.edu
limited office hours by appointment 121 Giannini
Adina Merenlender adina@nature.berkeley.edu
office hours: by appointment 160 Mulford Hall
We will be exploring the rigorous interdisciplinary scientific study of
sustainable use of natural resources at a variety of scales from the micro
to the global. We will be addressing questions such as what is to be
sustained, for what period of time? How do the concepts, theories and
methods of the biophysical and social sciences overlap or complement each
other. Where is there need for bridging or rethinking? What are the new
intellectual tools we need to address sustainable use? How can we deal
with the mismatch between ecological and social units?
If all goes well, copies of the readings will be in the Resource Center in
Mulford Hall.
August 25 Sustainable Use- What is It?
Students and instructors will share their definitions and
understanding of sustainable use.
September 2 Framing the Problem
Reading: Levine, S. 1993. Science and
SustainabilityEcological Applications 3
September 9 Emery Roe- Perspectives from a Policy Analyst
Reading: D. Ludwig, R. Hilborn and C. Walters 1993.
"Uncertainty. Resource Exploitation, and conservation: Lessons from
History" Science 260-17-36
Emery Roe. 1998. Taking Complexity Seriously: Policy Analysis,
Triangulation and Sustainabile Development. pages: 23-103
September 16 Dick Norgaard-Perspectives from a Resource Economist
Reading: Lele, S. and R.B. Norgaard. 1996. "Sustainablity
and the Scientists' Burden." Conservation Biology: 10 (2):354-365.
September 23 class will actually be on September 25 (Friday)
Readings: R.P. Neumann. 1997. "Primitive ideas: Protected
area buffer zones and the politics of land in Africa." Development and
Change 28 (3):559-582.
C. B. Barrett and P. Arcese. 1995. "Are Integrated
Conservation-Development Projects (ICDPs) Sustainable? On the Conservation
of Large Mammals in Sub-Saharan Africa" World Development 23(7):
1073-1084
September 30 class will actually be on September 28th at 4pm
Marshall Murphree will be giving the Inauagural Rudy Grah lecture
on Forestry and Sustainable Development during the regular ESPM seminar
time.
October 7 Wayne Getz Perspectives from an Ecological Modeller
Reading: A. M. Starfield. 1997. A pragmatic approach to
modeling for wildlife management. J Wildlife Management 61:261-270.
J. Macnab. 1991 Does game cropping serve conservation? A reexamination
of the African data. Canadian J. Zoology, 69:2283-2290.
And for those interested in Elephants:
R. F. W. Barnes. 1996. The conflict between humans and elephants in the
central African forests. Mammal Review 26:67-80
October 14 Presentation of Prospectus. Your prospectus is due today.
October 21 David Hughes :An Anthropological Perspective
Turning sustainability on its head: people who make forests and
conservationists who manage people in Africa
Readings:Bonner, Raymond. 1994. 'Western conservation groups and the
ivory-bandwagon.' In Milton M.R. Freeman and Urs. P. Kreuter, eds.
Elephants and Whales: Resources for Whom? Basel: Gordon and Breach
Science Publishers. Pp. 59-71.
Fairhead, James and Melissa Leach. 1994. 'Contested forests: modern
conservation and historical land use in Guinea's Ziama Reserve.' African
Affairs 93: 481-512.
Hughes, David M. 1996. 'When parks encroach upon people: expanding national parks in the Rusitu Valley, Zimbabwe.' Cultural Survival Quarterly 20(1)
: 36-40.
Peluso, Nancy. 1993. 'Coercing conservation? The politics of state resource
control.' Global Environmental Change 3(2): 199-217.
Ribot, Jesse. 1996 'Participation without representation: chiefs, councils
and forestry law in the West African Sahel.' Cultural Survival
Quarterly 20(3): 40-44.
October 28 Pam Matson (Stanford University) Perspectives from a
BioGeochemist
What will it take to sustain an atmospheric commons?: Multiple
Interactions among Humans, Ecosystems and the Atmosphere
Reading: Vitousek, P., Mooney, H., Lubchenko, J., & J.
Melillo 1997. "Human Domination of Earth's Ecosystems"Science vol
494-499.
November 4 Hottest Topic
November 11 Claire Kremen (Stanford University)
Lessons from the Masoala ICDP.
Reading: "On scientific grounds: designing the Masoala National Park
in Madagascar." Kremen et al.
November 18 Presentation of papers
November 25 No Class Thanksgiving Holiday
December 2 Presentation of papers
Papers are due today in class
Course Requirements:
Class Participation (40%) Each student is expected to attend and
participate fully in the discussion in every class unless s/he has been run
over by a bus in which case the absence will be excused with a note from
the bus driver.
1 page Paper Prospectus (5%) In Class Prospectus Presentation (5%)
Paper (45%) Paper Presentation (5%) Each student is required to write
a 20 page (MAX including footnotes, double spaced 12 point type (with page
numbers- thank you !)) paper on some aspect of the interdisciplinary study
of sustainable use. You should discuss your topic with one of the
instructors before writing your prospectus. A one page (MAX- double spaced
12 point type) prospectus is due in class on October 14. Prospecti will be
presented and discussed in class. Papers are due in class (Dec 2?).
No Late Papers will be accepted unless you have been run over by a
bus-see above. Papers will be presented and discussed in class.
In doing the readings and listening to lectures, ask these questions (to
yourself and out loud to the lecturers.)
What is the problem?
Does this problem occur differently at different scales? How does
that affect its study?
Are social and ecological scales congruent in this problem? How
does that affect its study?
How would someone from a different discipline study this
problem?
What are the generalizable lessons we can learn from this problem
which are independent of location and species?
Please bring your own cup to every class so we can be sustainable and not
use paper cups. thanks!
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