Links
(1) A literature review that has the title "End of the
Road" was published by the "Natural Resources Defence Council" (NRDC)
in New York in December 1999. This study summarizes the key results of
each article in one sentence ('key finding') and then gives a summary
of the paper in the form of an abstract. However, this study does not
include neither German literature nor literature from France or from
the Netherlands. The study includes the effects of clear-cutting of
forests. It is structured into the sections "Harm to wildlife", "Spread
of tree diseases and bark beetles", "Promotion of insect infestations",
"Invasion by harmful non-native plant and animal species", "Damage to
soil resources and tree growth", "Impacts on aquatic ecosystems" and
"General review papers on the ecological effects of roads". It does not
contain tables giving overviews, recommendations, or discussions of the
results comparing the various studies but is limited to a strictly
descriptive presentation. http://www.nrdc.org/land/forests/roads/eotrinx.asp
(2) „Fragstats" probably is the best known program to
analyze the structure of landscapes quantitatively. Five years after
the release of version 2.0 (in 1995) the updated and extended version
3.0 became available. It includes the three new landscape metrics
"effective mesh size", "landscape division" and "splitting index" that
Jochen Jaeger has developed (Jaeger 2000a). These measures have been
discussed in the new section "Subdivision Metrics" of version 3.0. To
find a description of these metrics follow the link and then go to
"Fragstats Metrics". http://www.umass.edu/landeco/research/fragstats/fragstats.html
(3) The "Infra Eco Network Europe" (IENE) is a community
of experts and institutions on the European level that is concerned
with the problem of habitat fragmentation and dissection caused by
transportation infrastructure. The network brings the experts together
to foster the exchange of knowledge and practical experience among the
European countries. http://www.iene.info
(4) Dr. Martin Scheringer from the ETH Zurich
is doing research on the
question of how environmental intrusions can
be assessed with more
emphasis of the precautionary principle in
the future. To this end, he has
developed the concept of environmental
threat (for the example of
environmental chemicals). A second important
topic of his work is the
question of what the general characteristics
of problem-oriented trans-
disciplinary research projects are and how
such projects can be structured
most suitably and how they can be fostered
more efficiently in the current
research system. http://ltcmail.ethz.ch/scheri/
(5) The group "Environment and Risk
Prevention" at the ETH Zurich is also
interested in environmental chemicals, in
new ways of applying the
precautionary principle, and in the concept
of environmental threat. It is led
by professor Dr. U.
Müller-Herold. http://www.ecorisk.ethz.ch/team.html
(6) The journal "GAIA: Ecological
Perspectives in Science, Humanities,
and Economics" is a unique journal for the
publication of trans-disciplinary
research articles. It combines scientific
quality standards with an appealing
lay-out (e.g., due to high quality figures
in colours) and is well written to
attract a broad audience from various
disciplines. General topics are
environmental research in all its width,
environmental precaution strategies,
and the development of a sustainable
economy. GAIA is a double-blind
reviewed scientific journal. Jochen Jaeger is
a member of the scientific
advisory board of GAIA (since 2004).
http://www.oekom.de/zeitschriften/gaia.html
(7) In 2003 the Center for Road Ecology at
the University of California in
Davis was founded. http://roadecology.ucdavis.edu/
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