A scale-independent, site conservation planning framework in The Nature Conservancy

Poiani, Karen A.; Baumgartner, Jeffrey V.; Buttrick, Steven C.; Green, Shelley L; Hopkins, E.J.; Ivey, George D; Seaton, Katherine P; Sutter, Robert

doi:10.1016/s0169-2046(97)00086-8

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“…The Nature Conservancy and its global conservation partners have devoted significant resources to developing a practical framework for assessing conservation impact (Poiani et al 1998, TNC 2000a, 2000b, Salafsky et al 2002. This framework, called "Measures of Conservation Success," is being implemented by The Nature Conservancy and its partners in hundreds of large-scale conservation areas across the Americas, Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Africa.…”

Section: A Framework For Measuring Conservation Effectivenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Are We Conserving What We Say We Are? Measuring Ecological Integrity within Protected Areas

Parrish¹,

Braun²,

Unnasch³

2003

BioScience

368

258

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Managers of protected areas are under increasing pressure to measure their effectiveness in conserving native biological diversity in ways that are scientifically sound, practical, and comparable among protected areas over time. The Nature Conservancy and its partners have developed a "Measures of Success" framework with four core components: (1) identifying a limited number of focal conservation targets, (2) identifying key ecological attributes for these targets, (3) identifying an acceptable range of variation for each attribute as measured by properly selected indicators, and (4) rating target status based on whether or not the target's key attributes are within their acceptable ranges of variation. A target cannot be considered "conserved" if any of its key ecological attributes exceeds its acceptable range of variation. The framework provides a rigorous basis not only for measuring success but for setting conservation objectives, assessing threats to biodiversity, identifying monitoring and research needs, and communicating management information to nonspecialists.

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Section: A Framework For Measuring Conservation Effectivenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Are We Conserving What We Say We Are? Measuring Ecological Integrity within Protected Areas

Parrish¹,

Braun²,

Unnasch³

2003

BioScience

368

258

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“…Often institutional scale limits the actions by actors to meet compliance with ecological targets at landscape scale [7,62]. Therefore, actors focused on integrating diverse levels of the institutional framework that enables better cross-scale (ecosystem and jurisdiction) to implement adaptive ecosystem conservation across multiple ecosystem scales [63][64][65].…”

Section: Temporal and Spatial Arrangements Applied To Ecosystem Consementioning

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Matching Ecosystem Functions with Adaptive Ecosystem Management: Decision Pathways to Overcome Institutional Barriers

Nanda

Rijke

Beesley

et al. 2018

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Environmental management strategies aim to protect or repair ecological assets (ecosystems, species) so that their ecological and social values can be preserved. However, creating an effective strategy is difficult because multiple government departments are involved and because water and land use legislation and policy instruments are often fragmented. A key obstacle that is often overlooked is the spatial mismatch between ecological processes and institutional organisation (i.e., legislative framework and government departments). Successful management depends on the ability to cultivate resilient ecosystems through institutional reforms that take into account the complexity of ecosystems while supporting cross-sectoral and scale-dependent decision-making within the science-policy interface. Here, we use a case study approach to illustrate how collective strategic decisions can be made to manage a valued ecosystem situated within an urban matrix. We used a three-step framework to guide our approach and commenced by identifying a range of adaptation measures (i.e., management interventions) and the actors responsible. For each adaptation measure, we then investigated (i) mismatches among ecosystem and institution scales and levels; (ii) institutional barriers; and (iii) the role of actors in decision making. We use this information to identify 'decision pathways': i.e., a flexible decision-making platform that assists stakeholders to make strategic short-and long-term decisions. Key insights included the discussion of policy and practical experiences for ecosystem management at different levels and the necessary conditions to provide better alignment between jurisdictional an ecosystem scale to guide decision makers accordingly. We detail the institutional and jurisdictional changes that must be implemented across all levels of governance to protect and support the resilience of environmental assets. 'Short-term' decision pathways were preferred among actors and cross-level cooperation at jurisdictional level provided an adequate fit with the ecosystem scale. 'Long-term' decisions require substantial change of the institutional framework to enable the implementation of adaptive management. Although challenges at institutional and jurisdictional scales remain, decision pathways promote adaptive ecosystem management through a better fit of jurisdictional and institutional roles/policy and ecosystem-scale processes.

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“…Studies conducted in protected areas revealed that eco-tourism contributes to the protection of biodiversity, supports the welfare of local people, reduces the negative environmental and cultural effects, promotes minimum use of non-renewable resources, and provides job opportunities for local people (Poiani et al, 1998;Yucel, 2002 andDaniel et al 2005). This does not mean that, there are no potential threats.…”

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Assessing protected areas for ecotourism development: The case of Maze National Park, Ethiopia

Henok¹,

Teshome²,

Asteray³

2017

J. Hosp. Manage. Tourism

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Ecotourism is growing niche market with the potential of being sustainable development tool in protected areas. Ecotourism development needs preliminary assessment of the destination resources. This study was done with the objective of assessing ecotourism potential of Maze National Park for ecotourism development. The study used survey research design. Structured questionnaires and structured key informant interviews were used to collect data. Target population of the study was tourism experts. Samples are selected purposefully to gather genuine information from relevant respondents. The result showed that Maze National Park has high ecotourism potential in terms of its natural features, but it has moderate potential regarding provision of site infrastructure and human resource features. The local community residing in the vicinity of the national park has low potential of tangible cultural features but possesses various intangible cultural features which can attract tourists. Hence, the national park has good potential for ecotourism development.

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A scale-independent, site conservation planning framework in The Nature Conservancy

Cited by 41 publications

References 27 publications

Are We Conserving What We Say We Are? Measuring Ecological Integrity within Protected Areas

Are We Conserving What We Say We Are? Measuring Ecological Integrity within Protected Areas

Matching Ecosystem Functions with Adaptive Ecosystem Management: Decision Pathways to Overcome Institutional Barriers

Assessing protected areas for ecotourism development: The case of Maze National Park, Ethiopia

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