Protected Areas as Tools for Disaster Risk Reduction. A handbook for practitioners

Dudley, Nigel; Buyck, Camille; Furuta, Naoya; Pedrot, Claire; Renaud, Fabrice G.; Sudmeier-Rieux, Karen

doi:10.2305/iucn.ch.2015.02.en

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“…For example, at the coast and along river corridors (e.g. Hopkins et al 2007;Opperman et al 2009;Brazier et al 2012;Jackson et al 2012;Arkema et al 2013;Temmerman et al 2013;Tessler et al 2015), such solutions can help to provide resilience and reduce the vulnerability of protected areas and human communities to natural hazards such as coastal erosion, flooding, landslides, and soil erosion under more extreme climatic events (Dudley et al 2010(Dudley et al , 2015Naylor et al 2017).…”

Section: Supporting Biodiversity Conservation and Adaptation To Climamentioning

confidence: 99%

Enhancing the Role of Geoconservation in Protected Area Management and Nature Conservation

Gordon

Crofts²,

Díaz-Martínez

et al. 2017

Geoheritage

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Acknowledgement by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) that geodiversity is part of natural diversity and geoheritage is part of natural heritage should help to strengthen the position and delivery of geoconservation through engagement with the wider nature conservation agenda. In particular, we identify six key areas offering opportunities to enhance the standing and mainstreaming of geoconservation: (1) integrating geoconservation principles in protected area management, including the promotion of geoheritage conservation across the full range of IUCN Protected Area Management Categories; (2) supporting biodiversity conservation and adaptation to climate change through the nature-based solutions approach and 'conserving nature's stage'; (3) contributing to natural capital and ecosystem services valuation; (4) contributing to conservation in the marine environment; (5) enhancing the connections between people, place, and nature and contributing to human well-being; and (6) promoting ecosystem stewardship and contributing to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Adoption of a more outward-looking approach should help to progress the integration of geoconservation within nature conservation, protected area planning and management, and broader environmental strategies and policies.

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Section: Supporting Biodiversity Conservation and Adaptation To Climamentioning

confidence: 99%

Enhancing the Role of Geoconservation in Protected Area Management and Nature Conservation

Gordon

Crofts²,

Díaz-Martínez

et al. 2017

Geoheritage

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“…The management of wetlands for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaption is gaining global attention and is well-encapsulated in the new approach of Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction / Climate Change Adaptation (Estrella and Saalismaa, 2011;CNRD/PEDRR, 2013;Costanza et al, 2014;Dudley et al, 2015;PEDRR, 2013;Gupta and Nair, 2012;Renaud et al, 2013;UNEP, 2009).…”

Section: Managing Wetlands For Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Chmentioning

confidence: 99%

Building Resilience in Natural Capital to Reduce Disaster Risks and Adapt to Climate Change: A Case of Wetlands in the Eastern Free State; South Africa

Belle¹,

Collins²,

Jordaan³

2017

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

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Wetlands are a form of natural capital which provide services that improve the welbeing of the local community. Unfortunately many wetlands have been degraded before their values and functions were realised. Using a system thing appraoach and a mixed research method, this article collected primary data from 176 respondents using questionnaires. Besides, 21 wetlands were observed using field observation data sheet while interviews were conducted with 31 environmental, disaster and climate change experts. Lastly secondary data were obtained from the South Africa Weather Service on two climate parameters. All these data were used to investigate the vulnerability and functions of wetlands as a natural capital and how to build wetland resilience in the eastern Free State of South Africa. The main findings were that wetlands especially those in communal land were still very vulnerable partly due to ignorance of wetland values and functions. The dominant function of the wetlands in the study area was agriculture (both crop production and grazing). These wetlands also perform other functions that support the welbeing and safety of the local community. Despites these valuable functions, wetland degradation is still going on and the management is still predominantly reactive. The main recommendation therefore was a proposed integrated management framework that build wetland resilience to the changing environment characterised by increasing extreme weather events and disaster risks exacerbated by negative impacts of climate change.

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“…There are currently more and more inventories of CWR, and priority species or taxa for exsitu and/or in-situ conservation are being Figure 12. Examples of the role of protected areas in mitigating risks from drought and wildfire (Source: Dudley et al, 2015) identified and documented (Vincent et al, 2013;Castañeda-Álvarez et al, 2015).…”

Section: Integrating Biodiversity Conservation and Drr To Enhance Co-mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Gap analysis can be a useful tool for conservation planning as well as to inform policy. Dudley et al (2015) provided a brief step-by-step approach on how a gap analysis can be used to identify potential protected areas for both conservation and DRR by combining data on protected area occurrence with other datasets (i.e. critical sites for Eco-DRR).…”

Section: Integrating Biodiversity Conservation and Drr To Enhance Co-mentioning

confidence: 99%

Helping nature help us: Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management

Monty¹,

Murti²,

Furuta³

2016

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Protected Areas as Tools for Disaster Risk Reduction. A handbook for practitioners

Cited by 29 publications

References 4 publications

Enhancing the Role of Geoconservation in Protected Area Management and Nature Conservation

Enhancing the Role of Geoconservation in Protected Area Management and Nature Conservation

Building Resilience in Natural Capital to Reduce Disaster Risks and Adapt to Climate Change: A Case of Wetlands in the Eastern Free State; South Africa

Helping nature help us: Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management

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