Wilderness in Alaska: The Need for Cross-Disciplinary Understanding of Meanings and Values

他的研讨会汇集了来自北极圈的科学家，比较了被保护为荒野的陆地和水生生态系统评估过程的不同方法。此外，还包括土地管理人员、学生和当地决策者。目标是评估荒野价值的知识状况；探索自然旅游、生态保护以及地方和土著社会之间人与环境的关系的作用；比较荒野资源利用分配的国家、区域和地方政策层面；并制定一个共同框架，用于分析跨学科的环极荒野保护问题。

ABSTRACTOPP-0117286Alessa, UAAThis workshop brings together scientists from the circumpolar North to compare different approaches to the valuation process for terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems protected as wilderness. Also included are land managers, students, and local decision-makers. The goals are to assess the state of knowledge of wilderness valuation; explore the roles of nature tourism, ecological protection, and human-environment relationships among local and indigenous societies; compare national, regional, and local policy dimensions of wilderness resource use allocation; and develop a common framework for analysis of cross-disciplinary, circumpolar wilderness protection issues.