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...plan, which is projected to take 50 years to complete, aims to unite 11 reserves into one functioning ecosystem--providing habitat for tigers as well as elephants, rhinos and deer but without displacing farmers or herders. "The future of conservation in Asia is about zoning," observes Eric Dinerstein, chief scientist for the WWF. "We have to figure out how agriculture can coexist with wildlife...
...paper published in the June issue of Conservation Biology, Dinerstein and his colleagues describe how they used a computer model to identify gaps larger than 3 km in tiger-friendly habitats and work out ways to bridge them. The Terai Arc program gives local people incentives to plant trees or tall thatch grass, which they can harvest and which tigers can use as cover. As forests and grasslands recover, deer, wild pigs and other tiger prey return. "Big cats can handle a modest amount of disturbance," observes WCS's Ginsberg, "but what they really need is cat food...
...International. With 6 billion people and counting, the world is too crowded to fence off wilderness areas and ignore the impact on human livelihood. Communities must be able to prosper alongside wilderness without encroaching on it. "The future of conservation can be described in one word: zoning," says Eric Dinerstein, chief scientist for the World Wildlife Fund-U.S. "We cannot stop development, nor should we. The most we can do is have it in places where it does the least damage...
music directed by Jonathan Dinerstein...
...cast and crew of Antonelli's seem up to the challenge of the swing-era musical: lighting and staging are solid (although there were some opening night snafus), the acting is believable if slow-paced, the onstage band (led by Jon Dinerstein '01) is enthusiastic and the singing is often enjoyable (especially from Kirschner, who's got the chanteuse thing down, when you can hear...