Management Planning for Nature Conservation (eBook)

A Theoretical Basis & Practical Guide

Mike Alexander (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2007 | 2008
XVIII, 426 Seiten
Springer Netherland (Verlag)
978-1-4020-6581-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This is the first planning guide to meet the requirements of Natura 2000 sites. It brings a new dimension to the modern literature on conservation management. The book helps to explain what makes a really effective management plan.

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Mike Alexander’s Management Planning for Nature Conservation brings a new dimension to the modern literature on conservation management. Combining key theories with real practice it fills a critical gap which has often hindered in-depth understanding of the planning process. The book provides historical and rational background which helps to explain what makes a really effective management plan, and it presents a detailed practical guide to developing such a plan. It concludes with a series of case studies which clearly illustrate the underlying principles drawn out in the text, while highlighting the different approaches demanded by very different sites.
Drawing on the expertise of leaders in both conservation research and wildlife management, and with a combined experience from around the world, this book is essential reading for professional conservation managers and any student studying management planning for conservation within a range of degree and postgraduate courses. The book will be equally important for those attending professional training programmes and courses for practitioners in the statutory and voluntary environment and wildlife conservation sector.

Mike Alexander has been at the forefront of developing systems and methods in the field of management planning for conservation, with experience ranging from Uganda to Estonia, and from Costa Rica to Wales. He was a member of the team responsible for developing the current management planning guidelines for the international Ramsar (Convention on Wetlands) sites located around the world.

Autor

Mike Alexander has been at the forefront of developing systems and methods in the field of management planning for conservation, with experience ranging from Uganda to Estonia, and from Costa Rica to Wales. He was responsible for developing the current management planning guidelines for the international Ramsar (Convention on Wetlands) sites located around the world.

Inhalt

Foreword.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- 1. Why Plan?.- 2. Structure, Preparation and Precautionary Principle.- 3. Language and Audience.- 4. Local Communities and Stakeholders.- 5. Survey, Surveillance, Monitoring and Recording.- 6. Adaptable Management, Review and Audit.- 7. Ethics and Conservation Management or Why Conserve Wildlife?.- 8. What Do We Value?.- 9. Approaches to Conservation Management.- 10. Legislation and Policy.- 11. Description.- 12. Features and Evaluation.- 13. Factors.- 14. Objectives for Biological Features.- 15. Rationale for Biological and Other Features.- 16. Action Plan.- 17. Access, Tourism and Recreation.- Case study 1: Complete management plan.- Case study 2: Access Management Plan for Cors Caron NNR.- Case study 3: The Relationship between Species and Habitat Features (Topla Landscape Park).- Case study 4: Adaptable Planning Rhos Llawr Cwrt NNR.- Case study 5: Computers (CMS) and Management Planning.- Glossary.- References.- Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.12.2007
• Verlagsort: Dordrecht
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Conservation objectives • Environment • Habitat management • Management planning • nature conservation • Species management • wetland
• ISBN-10: 1-4020-6581-7 / 1402065817
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4020-6581-1 / 9781402065811