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Moving from Ecological Conservation to Restoration: An Example from Central Taiwan, Asia

Yueh-Hsin Lo,Yiching Lin,Juan A. Blanco,Chih-Wei Yu,B. Guan

Published 2012 in Unknown venue

ABSTRACT

The concept of “natural conservation” has been evolving since the beginning of the first efforts to preserve the natural landscape. The creation of the first national parks in the 19th century was originated by the belief that landscapes of exceptional beauty should be preserved from human influence and maintained in their current state for the enjoyment of future generations (Runte, 1997). During the first years of the establishment of national parks around the world, defining these “exceptional landscapes” was usually based on the static beauty of the area: majestic mountains, glaciers, old forests, gorges, canyons, waterfalls, etc. The protection in these areas was basically achieved through the prevention of creating human structures in the sites, reducing and controlling human activity and, in practice, maintaining the areas as they look at the time when they were declared as protected. Therefore, this protection was not based on ecological considerations, but on a human-centered view of natural sites.

PUBLICATION RECORD

  • Publication year

    2012

  • Venue

    Unknown venue

  • Publication date

    2012-03-07

  • Fields of study

    Geography, Environmental Science

  • Identifiers
    DOI 10.5772/38911
  • External record

    Open on Semantic Scholar

  • Source metadata

    Semantic Scholar

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