Protected Areas: Foundation of a Better Future Relationship with Energy

By Harvey Locke, originally published by Post Carbon Institute/Foundation for Deep Ecology

November 29, 2013

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This essay comes from the book ENERGY: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth published by the Foundation for Deep Ecology in collaboration with Watershed Media and Post Carbon Institute.

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Harvey Locke

A native of Alberta, Canada, Harvey Locke is a founder and Strategic Advisor of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative. Globally known for his work on wilderness, national parks, and large landscape conser-vation, he is Strategic Conservation Advisor at the WILD Foundation, Senior Advisor for Conservation at the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, a member of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, and a leading thinker on integrating nature conservation and climate change policy.

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