
Sustainable Livelihoods from Theory to Conservation
... village studies, and farming systems that later informed and influenced development studies and livelihoods thinking (e.g., Lipton & Moore, 1972; Farmer, 1977; Long, 1984; Moock, 1986); however, it was not until the 1990s that the term ‘sustainable livelihoods’ entered the development discourse. Inc ...
... village studies, and farming systems that later informed and influenced development studies and livelihoods thinking (e.g., Lipton & Moore, 1972; Farmer, 1977; Long, 1984; Moock, 1986); however, it was not until the 1990s that the term ‘sustainable livelihoods’ entered the development discourse. Inc ...
A GUIDE TO MANAGEMENT PLANNING
... management. We begin by meeting the needs of our own organisations, but place equal emphasis on helping other organisations and individuals involved in conservation. We believe that good planning is the key to good management. Planning is the intellectual or ‘thinking’ component of conservation mana ...
... management. We begin by meeting the needs of our own organisations, but place equal emphasis on helping other organisations and individuals involved in conservation. We believe that good planning is the key to good management. Planning is the intellectual or ‘thinking’ component of conservation mana ...
Terrestrial Biodiversity
... of management: national/continental scale, regional scale, local land management, and management of key species. Critical information needs and research gaps are identified under each sub-theme. The overall aim of the research questions is to focus research effort on how we can incorporate risk and ...
... of management: national/continental scale, regional scale, local land management, and management of key species. Critical information needs and research gaps are identified under each sub-theme. The overall aim of the research questions is to focus research effort on how we can incorporate risk and ...
Strategic bushfire management plan
... This plan is the strategic bushfire management plan for the East Central bushfire risk landscape. It explains the fuel management strategy and other actions that we—the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) and Parks Victoria (PV)—will undertake to minimise the impact of major ...
... This plan is the strategic bushfire management plan for the East Central bushfire risk landscape. It explains the fuel management strategy and other actions that we—the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) and Parks Victoria (PV)—will undertake to minimise the impact of major ...
Canterbury Landscape Character and Biodiversity Appraisal
... consultants in accordance with the terms and conditions of Jacobs’ contract with the commissioning party (the “Client”). Regard should be had to those terms and conditions when considering and/or placing any reliance on this document. No part of this document may be copied or reproduced by any means ...
... consultants in accordance with the terms and conditions of Jacobs’ contract with the commissioning party (the “Client”). Regard should be had to those terms and conditions when considering and/or placing any reliance on this document. No part of this document may be copied or reproduced by any means ...
Landscape Patterns Environmental Quality Analysis
... providing a more holistic approach to informing assessment and monitoring across various scales and ecosystem components. ...
... providing a more holistic approach to informing assessment and monitoring across various scales and ecosystem components. ...
Landscape effects on insect pests of Dracaena marginata
... different landscape metrics were evaluated at six spatial scales from local to broad scale. Insect groups showed different responses at different spatial scales. While leafhopper egg abundance was more sensitive in terms of their correlations with different land uses and metrics; katydid egg abundan ...
... different landscape metrics were evaluated at six spatial scales from local to broad scale. Insect groups showed different responses at different spatial scales. While leafhopper egg abundance was more sensitive in terms of their correlations with different land uses and metrics; katydid egg abundan ...
Biodiversity in New Zealand plantation forests: Policy trends
... there is a notable mutual interest in this issue in plantation forestry and conservation. Because most weed problems are caused by exotics, encouraging indigenous vegetation could reduce the need for weed control and enhance biodiversity values of plantations at the same time. There is also a possib ...
... there is a notable mutual interest in this issue in plantation forestry and conservation. Because most weed problems are caused by exotics, encouraging indigenous vegetation could reduce the need for weed control and enhance biodiversity values of plantations at the same time. There is also a possib ...
A systems approach to biodiversity conservation planning
... Despite the complex nature of biodiversity, major management strategies and policy reports8 continue to use a definition limited to structural description according to three hierarchical scales. Similarly, scientific papers often to fail to define the perspective or context in which they use the ter ...
... Despite the complex nature of biodiversity, major management strategies and policy reports8 continue to use a definition limited to structural description according to three hierarchical scales. Similarly, scientific papers often to fail to define the perspective or context in which they use the ter ...
CBD Fourth National Report
... exploitation and destruction from fires, pollution and other anthropogenic activities including settlements. In response to the threats to biodiversity, Government in 1999 developed the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP). The NBSAP is a policy framework that promotes the conserva ...
... exploitation and destruction from fires, pollution and other anthropogenic activities including settlements. In response to the threats to biodiversity, Government in 1999 developed the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP). The NBSAP is a policy framework that promotes the conserva ...
US West Coast Strategic Plan - The David and Lucile Packard
... to respond to current and future environmental challenges, notably climate change. This strategy describes the David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s long-term goal to enhance the ability of the U.S. West Coast marine ecosystems to sustain biodiversity and productivity as pressures and demands on the ...
... to respond to current and future environmental challenges, notably climate change. This strategy describes the David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s long-term goal to enhance the ability of the U.S. West Coast marine ecosystems to sustain biodiversity and productivity as pressures and demands on the ...
UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/7
... McGinnis 2011) have analyzed case studies from around the world and shown that long-term effective and robust resource management systems at the local level share several key characteristics, or so-called ‘design principles’. These design principles correspond to the conditions under which human-env ...
... McGinnis 2011) have analyzed case studies from around the world and shown that long-term effective and robust resource management systems at the local level share several key characteristics, or so-called ‘design principles’. These design principles correspond to the conditions under which human-env ...
Integrated Ocean Management and the Fisheries Sector
... services that will be needed by future generations to produce their own socioeconomic benefits. Thus IOM (and fisheries management) as forms of marine governance can contribute to concrete approaches to sustainable development. For example, they may support the emerging ‘green growth’ strategy, refe ...
... services that will be needed by future generations to produce their own socioeconomic benefits. Thus IOM (and fisheries management) as forms of marine governance can contribute to concrete approaches to sustainable development. For example, they may support the emerging ‘green growth’ strategy, refe ...
Introduction to Ecological Landscaping: A
... made to develop new perspectives and strategies for more ecologically-informed approaches to urban landscape design and management (Smith et al. 2007; Tallamy 2007; Ecological Landscaping Association 2008; National Wildlife Federation 2008; Sustainable Sites Initiative 2008). These efforts provided ...
... made to develop new perspectives and strategies for more ecologically-informed approaches to urban landscape design and management (Smith et al. 2007; Tallamy 2007; Ecological Landscaping Association 2008; National Wildlife Federation 2008; Sustainable Sites Initiative 2008). These efforts provided ...
Agents of Pattern Formation: Disturbance Regimes
... Rescaling natural disturbance regimes by making disturbances smaller (or larger), less frequent (or more), more or less intense by altering land use or by suppressing the natural processes that maintain diversity. For example: < biogeographic barriers created by humans (e.g., roads, canals, park bou ...
... Rescaling natural disturbance regimes by making disturbances smaller (or larger), less frequent (or more), more or less intense by altering land use or by suppressing the natural processes that maintain diversity. For example: < biogeographic barriers created by humans (e.g., roads, canals, park bou ...
Stakeholders
... The results of this classification may assess the fundamental question of “which groups are stakeholders deserving or requiring manager’s attention, and which are not?” This is salience - “the degree to which managers give priority to competing stakeholder claims” (Mitchell, Agle et al., 1997:854) ( ...
... The results of this classification may assess the fundamental question of “which groups are stakeholders deserving or requiring manager’s attention, and which are not?” This is salience - “the degree to which managers give priority to competing stakeholder claims” (Mitchell, Agle et al., 1997:854) ( ...
The effects of landscape fragmentation on
... Understanding the relative effects of such processes is critical in designing effective management strategies to limit pollination and pollinator decline. We reviewed existing published work from 1989 to 2009 and found that only six of 303 studies considering the influence of landscape context on po ...
... Understanding the relative effects of such processes is critical in designing effective management strategies to limit pollination and pollinator decline. We reviewed existing published work from 1989 to 2009 and found that only six of 303 studies considering the influence of landscape context on po ...
Individual dispersal, landscape connectivity and
... We review whether landscape connectivity estimates could gain in both precision and generality by incorporating three fundamental outcomes of dispersal theory. Firstly, dispersal is a multi-causal process; its restriction to an ‘escape reaction’ to environmental unsuitability is an oversimplificatio ...
... We review whether landscape connectivity estimates could gain in both precision and generality by incorporating three fundamental outcomes of dispersal theory. Firstly, dispersal is a multi-causal process; its restriction to an ‘escape reaction’ to environmental unsuitability is an oversimplificatio ...
pdf - Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
... with) non-native species. Actions taken are grazing by live stock, sod cutting, mowing and mechanical/manual removal of invasive species. With the exception of recent initiatives in e.g. the Netherlands and Belgium (Herrier and Killemaes 1998), actions aiming to restore aeolian processes are rare. T ...
... with) non-native species. Actions taken are grazing by live stock, sod cutting, mowing and mechanical/manual removal of invasive species. With the exception of recent initiatives in e.g. the Netherlands and Belgium (Herrier and Killemaes 1998), actions aiming to restore aeolian processes are rare. T ...
Conservation approaches and development of local communities in
... conservation culture. It also describes recent efforts to reconcile conflicting conservation and development priorities through ecodevelopment programmes, highlighting their constraints and gaps. Lastly, it analyses the emerging communitylivelihood centred approaches, which appear to offer a ...
... conservation culture. It also describes recent efforts to reconcile conflicting conservation and development priorities through ecodevelopment programmes, highlighting their constraints and gaps. Lastly, it analyses the emerging communitylivelihood centred approaches, which appear to offer a ...
The low performance of forest versus rural coyotes in northeastern
... Contrairement à notre prédiction, la disponibilité de proies animales dans le paysage forestier dépassa celle du paysage rural. Nos résultats démontrent que la présence de proies ne correspond pas à leur disponibilité pour les prédateurs. Les coyotes semblent mal adaptés pour la chasse dans la végét ...
... Contrairement à notre prédiction, la disponibilité de proies animales dans le paysage forestier dépassa celle du paysage rural. Nos résultats démontrent que la présence de proies ne correspond pas à leur disponibilité pour les prédateurs. Les coyotes semblent mal adaptés pour la chasse dans la végét ...
Introduction to the Special Feature: Adaptive Management
... that adaptive management is not possible when either the natural system or the stakeholders are too inflexible to try new approaches. Flexibility might be increased through novel assessments, small-scale experiments, or a management crisis that restructures power relationships among stakeholders. Gi ...
... that adaptive management is not possible when either the natural system or the stakeholders are too inflexible to try new approaches. Flexibility might be increased through novel assessments, small-scale experiments, or a management crisis that restructures power relationships among stakeholders. Gi ...
Landscape composition influences patterns of native and exotic lady
... 2009). Landscapes supply both native and exotic species to agricultural ecosystems resulting in agricultural food webs containing introduced species at each trophic level. Although habitat loss and the introduction of exotic species are considered the major threats to native biodiversity (Wilcove et ...
... 2009). Landscapes supply both native and exotic species to agricultural ecosystems resulting in agricultural food webs containing introduced species at each trophic level. Although habitat loss and the introduction of exotic species are considered the major threats to native biodiversity (Wilcove et ...
Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in Agriculture
... trends of the world's agricultural biodiversity and of their underlying causes (including a focus on the goods and services agricultural biodiversity provides), as well of local knowledge of its management; (ii) Adaptive management: to identify management practices, technologies and policies that pr ...
... trends of the world's agricultural biodiversity and of their underlying causes (including a focus on the goods and services agricultural biodiversity provides), as well of local knowledge of its management; (ii) Adaptive management: to identify management practices, technologies and policies that pr ...
LOCAL DISTURBANCE CYCLES AND THE MAINTENANCE OF
... Abstract. In marine systems, the occurrence and implications of disturbance–recovery cycles have been revealed at the landscape level, but only in demographically open or closed systems where landscape-level dynamics are assumed to have no feedback effect on regional dynamics. We present a mussel me ...
... Abstract. In marine systems, the occurrence and implications of disturbance–recovery cycles have been revealed at the landscape level, but only in demographically open or closed systems where landscape-level dynamics are assumed to have no feedback effect on regional dynamics. We present a mussel me ...