Management Planning for Nature Conservation: A Theoretical Basis & Practical GuideSpringer Science & Business Media, 2012 M12 5 - 508 pages The first edition of Mike Alexander’s Management Planning for Nature Conservation, brought a new dimension to the modern literature on conservation management. This second edition, a significant enhancement of the original, deals with the development both, conceptual and practical, of adaptive management planning for nature conservation. It is about preparing management plans, and guides the reader through the entire process. Case-studies, including a conservation and access plan, demonstrate the planning process in action. This approach to planning can be applied to any place which is managed entirely, or in part, for wildlife. It can be applied to the management of species or habitats in any circumstance, regardless of site designation. The process is fully compatible with the Convention on Biological Diversity’s ‘ecosystem approach’ to conservation management. Mike Alexander has long been at the forefront of developing management planning for conservation, with experience ranging from Uganda to Estonia, and from Costa Rica to Wales. He is the General Secretary of the Conservation Management System Consortium, a group of organisations with a common aim of raising standards and developing best practice in conservation management and planning. In 2012 Mike Alexander was elected a Fellow of the Society of Biology in recognition of his contribution to nature conservation and in particular management planning. This book has drawn on the experiences and expertise of the CMS consortium and other leaders in both conservation research and wildlife management from around the world. It is essential reading for professional conservation managers and any student studying management planning for conservation within a range of degree and postgraduate courses. |
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... organisation as a planning guide as much as a text book, are all meant to commend professionalism to amateurs as well as to those whose job it is to conserve. Almost all of the habitats to which we now ascribe nature conservation value ...
... organisation say that, because of financial difficulties, they were thinking about suspending planning activities. Planning is so much more important in times of financial constraint: it is always easier to manage something when ...
... organisations, erroneously in my opinion, use different teams and different planning approaches for wildlife and people planning. The consequences can be that plans for the same site are contradictory and incompatible, and this approach ...
... which must be entirely relevant at site level but which also generates the information required at corporate levels within an organisation. The Need for Planning and Core Management Planning Principles Abstract xxv Introduction.
... organisations or individuals charged with their management – and without them, serious problems can ensue. (Thomas and Middleton 2003) A rather cynical response to these statements might be: if planning is so important, why are so many ...
Contents
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Adaptive Management Adaptive Planning Review and Audit | 69 |
The Ecosystem Approach | 93 |
Ethics and Conservation Management Why Conserve Wildlife? | 107 |
Objectives and Performance Indicators for Biological Features | 249 |
Rationale for Biological and Other Features | 303 |
Action Plan | 321 |
Access Tourism and Recreation Definition and Background | 343 |
Preparing an Integrated Plan for Access and Recreation | 359 |
Case Study 1 Extracts from a Conservation Management Plan | 395 |
Case Study 2 Access Recreation Sectionof the Management Plan for CorsCaron National Nature Reserve | 427 |
Case Study 3 The Relationship Between Species and Habitat Features | 453 |
What Do We Value? | 137 |
Approaches to Conservation Management | 151 |
Legislation and Policy | 171 |
Description | 183 |
Features and Evaluation | 205 |
Factors | 225 |
Case Study 4 Marsh Fritillaries at Rhos Llawrcwrt National Nature Reserve An Example of Adaptable Planning | 465 |
Case Study 5 Computers and Management Planning | 485 |
Glossary | 498 |
Index | 503 |
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