TY - JOUR
T1 - Stewardship and the US Department of Energy
T2 - Encompassing ecosystem protection
AU - Burger, J.
AU - Gochfeld, M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank B. Friedlander, B.D. Goldstein, M. Greenberg, E. Faustman, K. Lowrie, J. Moore and C. Powers fopvrirdovilnuabcglameoms oenthnet research or manuscript. The research reported herein was funded by the Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation through the USDOE co-operative agreement (AI # DE–FC01–95EW55084, DE–FG26–00NT40938), by the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (ESO 5022) and by the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Stewardship normally refers to the long-term wise use and protection of natural or other resources. In the last 5 years the US Department of Energy (USDOE) has included stewardship as an important mission. Although the USDOE documents include responsibility for the protection of natural environments, statements on stewardship refer to responsibility for the long-term protection of human health and the environment from radioactivity and hazardous chemicals. We suggest that the USDOE should incorporate the buffer land around its hazardous sites into its stewardship mission, by adding these considerations to its Office of Environmental Restoration and developing performance measures for stewardship of this land that are as rigorously pursued as its clean-up goals. Although there will be lost opportunity costs, this option will have the advantages of ecosystem protection and enhanced ecosystem integrity, in addition to continued monitoring, assessment and security.
AB - Stewardship normally refers to the long-term wise use and protection of natural or other resources. In the last 5 years the US Department of Energy (USDOE) has included stewardship as an important mission. Although the USDOE documents include responsibility for the protection of natural environments, statements on stewardship refer to responsibility for the long-term protection of human health and the environment from radioactivity and hazardous chemicals. We suggest that the USDOE should incorporate the buffer land around its hazardous sites into its stewardship mission, by adding these considerations to its Office of Environmental Restoration and developing performance measures for stewardship of this land that are as rigorously pursued as its clean-up goals. Although there will be lost opportunity costs, this option will have the advantages of ecosystem protection and enhanced ecosystem integrity, in addition to continued monitoring, assessment and security.
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U2 - 10.1080/09640560120060894
DO - 10.1080/09640560120060894
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034932655
SN - 0964-0568
VL - 44
SP - 437
EP - 454
JO - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
JF - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
IS - 4
ER -