Need for conservation planning in postconflict Colombia

Negret, Pablo José; Allan, James R.; Braczkowski, Alexander; Maron, Martine; Watson, James

doi:10.1111/cobi.12935

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“…154 There is growing consensus that the postwar period is a critical time for scientific and professional engagement in biodiversity conservation planning. 26,155,156 Decisions made during recovery and reconstruction often shape future policies on a range of natural resource issues, from protected area management to forestry, mining, fisheries, and agriculture. 157 Immediate development and reconstruction priorities often compete with environmental concerns, but biodiversity threats can be mitigated through an emphasis on sustainability.…”

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“…160 Efforts are also underway to include biodiversity goals in rural development plans for postwar Colombia, where territory controlled by FARC rebels for over five decades remains largely forested. 156,161 Sustained commitment is necessary for biodiversity conservation to succeed in the postwar period, however. Initial progress in the Mesopotamian marsh restoration, for example, has been largely reversed in part due to upstream water diversion for irrigation, flood control, drinking water, and hydropower.…”

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“…173 r Opportunities to include biodiversity conservation priorities in postwar planning, reconstruction, and recovery efforts. 156,159 Major policy implications r Awareness of biodiversity conservation on military lands is increasing in North America, 72 Europe, 75 and elsewhere, 76 creating opportunities for integrated environmental management that preserve training capacity while promoting biodiversity and avoiding long-term habitat degradation. 39 r Case studies suggest that even limited conservation activity in conflict zones, particularly the support of local protected area staff, can significantly reduce harm to biodiversity.…”

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Biodiversity conservation and armed conflict: a warfare ecology perspective

Hanson

2018

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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The activities involved in preparing for, executing, and recovering from armed conflict are globally pervasive and consequential, with significant impacts on natural systems. Effects on biodiversity are predominantly negative, produced by direct and indirect battlefield impacts, as well as the general breakdown of social, economic, and governance systems during wartime. Certain conservation opportunities do occur, however, particularly on lands set aside for training exercises, buffer zones, and peace parks. Here, the relationship between armed conflict and biodiversity is reviewed using the temporal framework of warfare ecology, which defines warfare as an ongoing process of three overlapping stages: preparations, war (armed conflict), and postwar activities. Several themes emerge from recent studies, including a heightened awareness of biodiversity conservation on military lands, the potential for scientific and conservation engagement to mitigate negative biodiversity impacts in war zones, and the importance of the postwar period for incorporating biodiversity priorities into reconstruction and recovery efforts. Research limitations and knowledge gaps are also discussed.

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Biodiversity conservation and armed conflict: a warfare ecology perspective

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2018

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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“…This is a well-established post conflict pattern and the consequences for biodiversity can be devastating (McNeely, 2003;Negret et al, 2017). Mozambique's human population is also growing rapidly at a rate of ~3 per cent per year, putting increasing pressure on the country's natural resources (Crist et al, 2017;Temudo & Silva, 2012).…”

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"Patterns of Forest Loss in One of Africa’s Last Remaining Wilderness Areas: Niassa National Reserve (Northern Mozambique) "

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Niassa National Reserve (NNR) supports Mozambique's largest populations of endangered fauna and sustains the livelihoods of > 40,000 people who utilise its natural resources. Accurately monitoring finescale spatial and temporal trends in land-use and tree-cover is increasingly used for monitoring the ecological state of conservation areas. Here we provide essential information on land-use changes in NNR to support ongoing conservation efforts in the region. We examined patterns of forest and woodland loss in NNR between 2001 and 2014 using high resolution maps of global tree-cover change, and compared this with changes in the wider region. We found that NNR lost 108 km 2 of forest (0.9 per cent of its 11,970 km 2 aggregated forest extent), with the majority (89 km 2 ) of forest loss occurring due to expanding agriculture around settlements and along main roads. Although this loss was substantial, it was lower than changes in the surrounding region, with the adjacent districts and Provinces losing 200 km 2 (3.2 per cent) and 6,594 km 2 (5.7 per cent) of their respective forest extents. We found NNR's diverse Miombo ecosystems are still intact and could support large mega-faunal assemblages, investment in ensuring the long-term success of NNR is an obvious global conservation priority.

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“…These efforts seem to be making a difference so far as tourism numbers and revenue are concerned, but there is little evidence that it has yet delivered much in the way of sustainable conservation benefits to post-conflict regions where deforestation rates jumped by 44 percent in 2016 (Brodzinsky 2017). So even with Colombia appearing to meet all the requirements at the national level, conservation success is not guaranteed without effective and complementary efforts at regional scales (Negret et al 2017). Rural Colombia faces the challenges of resettling displaced peoples and reintegrating combatants, which have caused defaunation problems in Cambodia (Loucks et al 2009).…”

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How to realize social and conservation benefits from ecotourism in post‐conflict contexts

Winton

2018

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Need for conservation planning in postconflict Colombia

Cited by 58 publications

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Biodiversity conservation and armed conflict: a warfare ecology perspective

Biodiversity conservation and armed conflict: a warfare ecology perspective

"Patterns of Forest Loss in One of Africa’s Last Remaining Wilderness Areas: Niassa National Reserve (Northern Mozambique) "

How to realize social and conservation benefits from ecotourism in post‐conflict contexts

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