Unintended consequences of rangeland conservation structures

Unintended Consequences of Conservation Actions: Managing Disease in Complex Ecosystems

Infectious diseases are increasingly recognised to be a major threat to biodiversity. Disease management tools such as control of animal movements and vaccination can be used to mitigate the impact and spread of diseases in targeted species. They can reduce the risk of epidemics and in turn the risks of population decline and extinction. However, all species are embedded in communities and inte...

Unintended Consequences.

Rangeland Conservation Practices

We conducted a 5-year study on the impact of nutrients, depending on stream and season. grazing on stream-channel bare ground and erosion, and a © CSA 3-year study of cattle-trail erosion on intermittent stream channels draining grazed oak (Quercus)-woodland 450. Correlations of stocking with the cryptogamic soil watersheds. These studies were conducted on the San crust of a semi-arid rangeland...

Preempting Unintended Consequences

There is something called the “Law of Unintended Consequences.” Who enacted this law, who enforces it, and its exact scope are obscure. However, from time to time it manifests itself, most recently having made an appearance in some of the fallout from the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“the Act”). One unintended or, perhaps more accurately, unforeseen consequence of the Act h...

Responsibility for Unintended Consequences

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