Lynn Rhodes
Lynn Rhodes is an international, independent consultant and scholar. She is the President of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations (ISCSC); Trustee of the Anza Borrego Foundation; and former Chief for California State Parks. Ms. Rhodes serves on the prestigious Environmental Crimes Committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Ms. Rhodes is a graduate of the FBI National Academy.
Ms. Rhodes is a published author and consults nationally and internationally on several subjects including natural and cultural resource protection, land-use design and planning, trends in environmental law and trends in law enforcement including effects on society and civilization. She has provided expertise for military base re-utilization efforts in California; serves as a formal advisor for Protected Area Management in Mongolia and as an Environmental Consultant for Zhongnan University, Wuhan, P.R. China. Ms. Rhodes is an Honorary Professor of Soochow University, Suzhou P.R. China.
Address: Aptos, California, United States
Ms. Rhodes is a published author and consults nationally and internationally on several subjects including natural and cultural resource protection, land-use design and planning, trends in environmental law and trends in law enforcement including effects on society and civilization. She has provided expertise for military base re-utilization efforts in California; serves as a formal advisor for Protected Area Management in Mongolia and as an Environmental Consultant for Zhongnan University, Wuhan, P.R. China. Ms. Rhodes is an Honorary Professor of Soochow University, Suzhou P.R. China.
Address: Aptos, California, United States
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As the former Chief of Law Enforcement for the California State Parks Department, I have been involved in environmental enforcement and protection since the late 1970’s in California, as well as with sister parks and protected areas around the world. Two of the most interesting are the parks of Israel and Mongolia—which is, surprisingly, one of the first countries to have a national protected area and home of California’s first official Sister Park.
This paper provides a comparison of California State Parks with those of Israel and Mongolia; how the public trust resources are protected and what it means to the resources themselves, the people and the economy.
How are the demands of humanity affecting our earth, environment and ultimate survival? China and the United States both have environmental standards and complex problems along with unique innovations. A comparison of the two systems of environmental protection may demonstrate that action is just in time, or too much, too little, too late.
This paper will explore what some are calling an unprecedented emergency where our environment(s) are challenged with overpopulation, development and increased consumption and showing clear signs of overall degradation, water pollution and air pollution. When the air in China and parts of California’s central valley, are so thick with pollution that children and adults are warned to stay inside; when major life activities are affected; when city and county water sources are rendered toxic, undrinkable, and unsafe for their populations, governments are challenged to enact and implement effective laws, policies and enforcement. Effective is another word for actionable and something that can be accomplished with and for society.
As the former Chief of Law Enforcement for the California State Parks Department, I have been involved in environmental enforcement and protection since the late 1970’s in California, as well as with sister parks and protected areas around the world. Two of the most interesting are the parks of Israel and Mongolia—which is, surprisingly, one of the first countries to have a national protected area and home of California’s first official Sister Park.
This paper provides a comparison of California State Parks with those of Israel and Mongolia; how the public trust resources are protected and what it means to the resources themselves, the people and the economy.
How are the demands of humanity affecting our earth, environment and ultimate survival? China and the United States both have environmental standards and complex problems along with unique innovations. A comparison of the two systems of environmental protection may demonstrate that action is just in time, or too much, too little, too late.
This paper will explore what some are calling an unprecedented emergency where our environment(s) are challenged with overpopulation, development and increased consumption and showing clear signs of overall degradation, water pollution and air pollution. When the air in China and parts of California’s central valley, are so thick with pollution that children and adults are warned to stay inside; when major life activities are affected; when city and county water sources are rendered toxic, undrinkable, and unsafe for their populations, governments are challenged to enact and implement effective laws, policies and enforcement. Effective is another word for actionable and something that can be accomplished with and for society.