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Agriculture and Environment: The Great Plains Example

Agriculture and Environment: The Great Plains Example. Deborah E. Popper City University of New York’s College of Staten Island. Three Scenarios. Business as Usual Buffalo Commons Between North America’s Arteries. Business as Usual. Large-scale Driven by markets and government regulation

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Agriculture and Environment: The Great Plains Example

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  1. Agriculture and Environment: The Great Plains Example Deborah E. Popper City University of New York’s College of Staten Island

  2. Three Scenarios • Business as Usual • Buffalo Commons • Between North America’s Arteries

  3. Business as Usual • Large-scale • Driven by markets and government regulation • Cost-benefit analysis should include ecosystem services

  4. Buffalo Commons • Small scale • Alternative markets • Centrality of native species • Collaboration between public, private, and not-for-profit organizations

  5. Between North America’s Arteries • Investment and development along region’s edges • Driven by trade and coastal global- warming threats • Possibilities for ignoring, improving, or exploiting the grasslands between the highways

  6. Policy Issues • Water • Energy costs • Energy development projects • Food

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