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The Emergence of Place-Based Conservation

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Place has emerged as a significant topic within conservation research and practice. The transformative changes connected to contemporary conservation are related to recognition of multi-scaled, social-ecological dynamics; emergent, multi-scaled governance structures; and rising importance of place-specific meanings and local knowledge. These transformative changes are central to place-based conservation and closely tied to the social sciences. There is no singular approach to place-based conservation; however there are ways to organize the complexity of related ideas. This chapter overviews the purpose of the book as a resource for researchers and practitioners to build the conceptual grounding for place-based conservation, including characterizations of the meaning of place, their relevance to conservation, and an explanation for the organization of the book.

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  1. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 240 West Prospect Road, Fort Collins, CO, 80526-2098, USA

    Daniel R. Williams

  2. Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism, University of Illinois, 104 Huff Hall, Champaign, IL, 61820, USA

    William P. Stewart

  3. Juneau Forestry Sciences Laboratory, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 11175 Auke Lake Way, Juneau, AK, 99801, USA

    Linda E. Kruger

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  2. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Centre Avenue 2150A, Fort Collins, 80526-1891, Colorado, USA

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  3. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Glacier Highway 11305, Juneau, 99801-8626, Alaska, USA

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Williams, D.R., Stewart, W.P., Kruger, L.E. (2013). The Emergence of Place-Based Conservation. In: Stewart, W., Williams, D., Kruger, L. (eds) Place-Based Conservation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5802-5_1

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